INDEX. 



479 



Snaffle, thin racing, 35. 

 ,, , twisted, 35. 

 ,, -, unjointed, 33, in. 

 ,, , use of, no. 

 Snaffles, 32-41. 

 "Snob," 360. 

 Sore backs, 119, 133. 

 Sornette, 412. 

 Soup, 465. 

 " Spectacles," 103. 

 Speed, 15, 17, 19, 24. 

 Spinal column, 117. 

 Spring bars, 113, 451. 



,, hooks, 56. 



,, in saddle, 122. 

 Sprinters, 19. 



Spurs, 214, 216, 217, 367, 432. 

 Stabling for hunters, 319. 

 Stag hunting, 316, 320. 

 Standing in the stirrups, 396. 

 Staples, 117. 

 Starch, 461, 462. 

 Starting for a race, 402-405. 



,, ,, ,, run, 384, 386. 

 Steel for bits, 30-32. 

 Steeplechase riding, 437. 

 Steinbok, 347. 

 Stevens, Mr. John, 267. 

 Sticks, 214, 217, 225. 

 Stile, Midland, 378. 

 Stirrup irons, 142, 452. 



,, leathers, 141, 155, 156. 



,, ,, , buckles of, 142. 



,, ,, , twisting, 152. 



Stirrups, feet home in, 200. 



,, , length of, 205. 



,, , measuring, 173, 294. 



,, , riding without, 8. 

 Stock driving, 234. 

 Stops on reins, 60. 

 Straight head (pommel), 124. 



,, , riding, 386. 

 Stud-billets, 56. 

 Stuffing of panel, 132. 

 Stumbling, 283. 

 Stutterer, a, 417. 

 Subscriotions to hunts, 341-343. 



Surcingles, 114, 149, 454. 

 Sweat flaps, 116. 

 Sweating, 467. 

 Swerving, 253. 

 Swimming a horse, 258. 

 Swindells, Mr. F., 432. 



TAR, 333, 334- 

 Tarporley.Hunt Club, 361. 

 Taunton Vale, 363. 

 Thorns, 359. 

 Throat-latches, 58, 109. 

 Thurlow's bit, Lord, 47, 85. 

 Ties, hunting, 366. 

 Timber, riding at, 308. 

 Timing training gallops, 407. 

 Toast, 461. 

 Tomato, 432. 

 Tongue over bit, 83, 278. 

 Training recruits, 290. 

 Trees, saddle, 112, 114, 119. 

 Trot, 238, 243. 



,, , turning at the, 25, 249, 250. 

 Turning horse, 25, 26, 75, 101, 229, 



233. 247-251. 

 Turning horse at canter, 26, 250. 



,, ,, ,, trot, 25, 250. 



,, ,, ,, walk, 25, 250. 



Twist of a saddle, 116, 121. 



UNITED, 362. 

 Unsteadiness, 280. 

 Urea, 457. 

 Uric acid, 458, 459. 



VALE OF WHITE HORSE, 342. 



Valentine's Brook, 447. 



Vauban, 422. 



Vaulting and Games, 292. 



Vegetables, 459, 463, 466. 



Vertebrae, 117. 



Vices, horses with, 259-285. 



Vine, 372. 



Vixens, 320, 353-358- 



Voice, 214, 226. 



