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INDEX 



AIDS, THE, 213, 297. 

 Alderson, Colonel, 108. 

 Amory's, Sir John, 316. 

 Annealed iron, 30-32. 

 Apology, 412. 



Archer, Fred, 7, 398, 419, 426 

 Army horses, 286. 

 Ash plant, 225. 

 Asteroid, 423. 

 Atherstone, 362. 

 Australia, 2, 262. 

 Australians, 2, 178. 

 Austrian officers' saddle, 136. 



" BACK " OF SADDLE, 127. 



., , weight-bearing surfaces 



117, 120. 



Backs, sore. 119, 133. 

 Badgers, 333, 357, 358. 

 Balance, riding by, 8. 

 Bandages, 370. 

 Bar plates, 115. 

 Barclay. Mr II. T.. 203. 

 Bare-backed riding, 21. 

 Bars of a saddle, 114, 115. 



,, ,, the mouth, 21, 73. 



,, , spring, 113. 

 Bath, lamp, 469. 



,, , Turkish, 470. 

 Bearing-reins, 28. 

 Beaufort, Duke of, 371. 

 Beaufort's, Duke of, 342, 362. 

 Bedale, 342. 

 Beecher's Brook, 447. 



Bellies of a tree, 115. 



,, on a saddle, 126. 

 Belts, weight, 453. 

 Belvoir, 67, 318, 319, 343, 363. 



foxes, 393. 

 Ben Morgan bit, 44. 

 Bend Or, 422, 426. 

 Bending to the rein, 21. 

 Bicester and Warden Hill, 342. 

 Billets, 54. 

 Bit and bridoon, 27. 

 ,, , choice of a, 109. 

 Bits, 27-52. 

 , cast, 30-32. 

 ,, , materials for, 30. 

 Bitting, principles of, 27. 

 Black Diamond, 419. 

 Blackmore Vale, 341. 

 Blackwell nose-net, 278. 

 Blencathra, 341. 

 Blood, 349. 



" Blooding " a boy, 353. 

 Body, weight of, 214, 226. 

 Boers, 168. 

 Boots for horses, 370 



,, , top, 367. 

 Boring, 260. 

 Bottoms, 380. 

 Boys learning to ride, 6. 

 Breast- plates, 114, 148. 

 Breeches, hunting, 363. 

 Breeding horses, 328, 338. 

 Bridle, adjustment of, 106. 

 ,, , afraid to go up to, 28, 



