INDEX 



293 



Hounds, riding after, 220 



Hunters, work of, 52 ; old- 

 fashioned summering of, 52 ; 

 effect of phj^sicking and sweat- 

 ing of, 54 ; turning out of 

 condition, 55 ; summering in 

 the house, 56 ; early prepara- 

 tion, 57-58 ; cub hunting, 59 ; 

 should be ridden slowh^ home, 

 1 00-101 ; wisping and ban- 

 daging of, 100 ; gruel for, on 

 homeward journey, loi ; stimu- 

 lant for tired, 104; food for, on 

 return from hunting, 104-105 



Hunting, the object of many who 

 ride, 205 ; but not all, 205 ; 

 knowledge necessary for novice, 

 206 ; guides for novice, 207 ; 

 man must choose his class, 222 ; 

 on wheels, 225; dress, 228; 

 etiquette, 229 ; economical, 

 279 ; rough estimate of cost 

 of, 280 ; the carted deer, 281 ; 

 the hare, 281 ; carted deer, 

 nonsense written about, 282 ; 

 what two horses can do, 282 



Hunt meetings, gentlemen riders, 

 243 ; care of horse for, 244 ; 

 well-bred horses necessary for, 

 245 ; bona fide, 256 



Hygiene, progress of stable, 2 



Indigestion, symptoms and treat- 

 ment of, 154 



Influenza, symptoms and treat- 

 ment of, 153 



Judging, difficulty of, from ring 



side, 83 

 Judgment, errors of, 26-27 

 Jumping, theories about, 208 ; 

 water, 210 ; essential for safe, 

 211 ; quick, advantage of, 258 



Ladies, cross and side saddles for, 



230 ; horses don't pull with, 



231 ; reason for, 232 ; their 

 horses and saddlery should be 

 of the best, 232 ; often give 

 horses sore back, 234 ; reason 

 for this, 235 ; how frequently 

 taught to ride, 235 ; seat on 

 saddle, 237 ; bad habits con- 

 tracted by, 238 ; should be 

 attended, 238 ; dress, 239 



Looking on, becomes a habit, 

 223 ; " down wind," 224 ; 

 knowledge of country, 224 



Loose boxes, compared with 

 stalls, 4 ; preference for, 13 ; 

 best kind of, 13 ; big ones pre- 

 ferable, 14 ; Mr. Wilkinson's, 

 14 ; size of, 15 



Mangers, best kind of, 20-21 

 Manners, good, essential in a 



hack, 61-65 ; indispensable for 



ladies' horses, 233 

 Maria, her wickedness in stable, 



123 ; her only fall, 180 

 Markham, Gervase, on jockeys' 



tricks, 24 ; on glanders, 25 ; 



his knowledge, 25 ; his advice 



to travellers, 136 ; recipes by, 



136-137 

 Martingales, two kinds of, 172 ; 



use of standing, 173 ; benefit 



of running, 173 

 Mayhew cited, 12 

 Measure, corn, should be standard, 



109 

 Motor car, use of as covert hack, 98 

 Mud fever, causes of, 148 ; treat- 

 ment of, 150 

 Mulcaster, George, on horses 



nibbling grass, 45 



Newsome, James, 269 



Noseband, not to be used unless 

 needed, 164 ; use of, 165, 

 Cavesson, 165 ; Gillard's, 165 ; 

 the Bucephalus, 165 



Overreach, prevention of, 145 ; 

 treatment of, 146 ; guard for, 

 146-147 



Point-to-point races, description 

 of, 249 ; new rules for, 252 ; 

 care necessary in their manage- 

 ment, 254 ; picking ground in, 



258 

 Ponies, Highland, 77 ; Fell, 77 ; 

 Dales, 77 ; Hill and Forest, 77 ; 

 small, value of, 77 ; children's, 



78 

 Pony, a child's, 184 

 Provender house, furniture of, 21 



Racks, not desirable, 20 



