294 



THE COMPLETE HORSEMAN 



Railway, as covert hack, 99 ; 



drawback of, 99 

 Repositories, well-conducted, 31 ; 



care necessary at, 32 

 Riders, qualified, 340 

 Riding, careless, 188 ; signs of 



bad, 189; to a pilot, 215 ; an 



independent line, 215 ; to 



points, 224 ; in races, 240 ; 



work entailed by race, 241 ; in 



steeplechases hard work, 248 

 Riding boots, heels of, 197 

 Riding master burnt with his 



horse for magic, 267 

 Rules for Bad Horsemen, an able 



book, 190 ; on the proper seat, 



193 



Saddle galls, early treatment of, 



151 



Saddle racks, one for each saddle 

 necessary, 160 



Saddle room, a key to the estab- 

 lishment, 158 ; should be con- 

 venient, 158; motto for, 159; 

 must be panelled or lined, 161 



Saddles, lumps in, must be re- 

 moved, 161 ; component parts 

 of, 174 ; girths, 174 ; Pulver- 

 macher's girths, 174 ; stirrup 

 leathers, 1 74 ; safety bars, 1 75 ; 

 stirrups, advantage of "round 

 legged," 175; a good tread to 

 stirrups, 176 ; necessity for 

 well-fitting, 176 ; rider should 

 be measured for, 176 ; ladies' 

 saddles, 177 ; correct fit of 

 horse and rider essential, 194 ; 

 grip on the, 195 



Salt, rock, 49 



Salts, use of, beneficial, 49 



" Schooling," 246-247 



School riding, Newcastle on, 

 266 ; not necessary to make 

 capable horseman, 266 ; fell 

 into neglect in England, 267 ; 

 advantages of, 267 ; Mr. E, L. 

 Anderson on, 270 ; theory of 

 seat, 272 ; use of legs in, 272 ; 

 use of reins, 273 ; bending, 

 274 ; turning on forehand, 274 ; 

 turning on haunches, 275 ; 

 " shoulder in," 275 ; passaging, 

 276 ; rein back, 276 ; maxim, 

 a sound, 277 



Seat, a good, 193-194; things to 

 be avoided, 195 ; stiffness to 

 be avoided, 196 ; the American, 

 242 ; Col. Meysey Thompson 

 on, 242 ; at Aintree, 243 



Shafts, ventilating, 19 



Show horses, buying of, 85 ; 

 management of, 86, 87, 90 ; 

 must be principally confined 

 to showing, 89 ; educating, 93 ; 

 in harness, 95 ; difficult to 

 keep in condition, 96 



Showing, sound policy in, 80 ; 

 fun of, 81 ; vicissitudes of, 81 



Sieve, necessity for use of, 109 



Singeing, naphtha preferred to 

 gas, no 



Sponges, waste of, 112 



Spurs, should not be too long in 

 the neck, 173 ; ill-advised use of, 

 212 ; sharp rowels are better 

 avoided, 213 



Stable management, only one 

 rule for, 2 ; regularity in, 

 essential, 115 ; routine of, 116 



Stable necessaries, two classes of, 

 106 ; in common, 106 ; the 

 groom's personal, in et seq. ; 

 cost of, 113 



Stables, first consideration, i ; 

 bad, until recent times, 2 ; 

 stuffy, 2 ; light, 3 ; improve- 

 ment in building, 3 ; site for, 

 6 ; open situation necessary, 



8 ; kicking in, 9 ; flooring of, 

 9-10 ; drainage of, 10 ; light in, 

 17 ; artificial lighting of, 18 ; 

 water for, 20 ; routine, 39 



Stalls, number of, 7 ; size of, 8- 



9 ; slope of, 9-10 



Steel, keeping of spare, 161 

 Sticking the elbows out, to be 



avoided, 199 ; by ladies, 238 

 Stirrup leathers, importance of 



right length of, 190 ; rule for 



obtaining it, 191 

 Stud, proper time to replenish, 54 

 Swire, Mr. John, on Spanish 



Walk and Trot, 271 



Thompson, Col. Meysey, on 

 stalls and boxes, 4 ; on cubic 

 space of stables, 15 ; on earth 

 eating, 44 



Thong, use of the, 213 



