INDEX 



Abbas Pacha's Cliallenge, lOO 

 Abd-el-Kader's Description of 



Arab Horse, 65 

 Abyssinian Mules, 183 

 Accident with a Cob, 449 

 "Achievement,'' 72 

 Acland, Sir Thomas Dyke, 213 

 Act for Discouraging Pony Races, 



58 



Action, a Point in Agricultural 

 Horse, 161 ; in Horses, 195 ; 

 of Funeral Coach-horse, 196 ; 

 of Race-horses, 196 ; of Walk- 

 ing and Trotting. 290 



Adults, Horsemanship for, 256 ; 

 Riding Lesson, 257 



Advertisements of Copers, 187 



Advice to Horsewomen, 337 



Age, and Weight Races, 'j'] ; in 

 Horses, 192, 201 ; of L,ady 

 Riders, 317 



Agricultural Horse, Action of. 

 Chest of. Feet of. Height of, 

 Long Quarters of, Shoulder 

 of, Tail of, 161 



Alcock Arabian, 55 



"Aleppo." 52 



Alfieri's First Horse, 133 



Algerian Horses, ir7 



" Almanzor,'' 52 



Alterative Ball or Powder, 600 



Althorpe, Lord, in Top Boots, 

 238 



Amazones, Hints to, 315 ; Dress 

 of, 320 



American Horses, 139 ; Descended 

 from English Horses, 2 ; Frank 

 Forester on, 140 ; Horses in 

 England, 142 ; stoves, 488 



American's Ride with Milton 

 Hounds, 465 



American, Thorough-breds, 93 ; 

 Trotters, Captain Parker 

 Gillmore on, 9 ; Trotting, 

 140, 289, 386 ; Waggon for 

 Breaking to Harness, 367 



Anatomy of Seat, 275 



Anazeh Tribe, 15 



Ancient Hunting, 395 



Andalusian Horse, 134 



Angerstein, General, 12 



Anglesea, Lord, 259 



Annals of Tarporley Club, 399 



Aperient Ball or Draught, 600 



Arab, and Spanish Crosses, 29 ; 

 Darley's, 57 ; Farhan, 12 ; 

 Horse, Description of, by 

 Abd-el-Kader, 65; Dispo- 

 sition of, 22 : Major Adrian 

 Hope's. 12; Markham's, 50; 

 Mrs. H. Turnbull's, 12 ; Omar 

 Pacha's, 9 ; Points Compared 

 with Race-horses, 65 ; Pony 

 Charger (illustration), 241 ; 

 Sidonia's, 8 ; Sir H. Rawlin- 

 son's, 12 



Arabian, Childe's Grey, 13 ; Go- 

 dolphin, 55 ; Honeywood, 52 ; 

 Mare and Foal, 1 1 ; Magdala, 

 Mr. J. M. Clayworth's, 13 



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Arab, The, a Weight Carrier, 31 

 Arabs, 6 ; Continental, 30 ; in 

 Austria, 32 ; in Egypt, 32, 

 34 ; in Hungary, 32 ; in 

 Poetry, 8 ; in Reality, 8 ; in 

 Russia, 32 : Stallions and 

 English Mares, 24 ; Syrian, 



14 

 "Archer," Duke of Rutland's, 51 

 Ardennes Horses, 114 

 Argentine Republic, Horse Supply 



of, 143 

 Aristocracy, Equine, 6 

 Art of Driving easily acquired, 



349 

 Art of Driving of great value, 



349 



Ascot Heath, 89 



Asiatic Horses, 26 



Ass, English Useof the, 169; Euro- 

 pean, Abyssinian, origin of, 

 168 ; feeds like a Goat, 168 ; 

 Poor Man's Horse, 168 



Asses and Mules, 168 



Asses cannot bear Cold, 168 



Assheton, Mr., and Tom Edge, 

 429 



Attwood Bignall, Condition of 

 Hunters, 473 



Auctions, Precautions Necessary 

 at, 186 



Australian Buck-jumpers, 149 



Australian Horses, 149 ; Colonel 

 Mundy on, 149 ; Rough-aiid 

 ready System of Horse-breed- 

 '"gi SS6 < Saddle (illustration), 

 263 



Austria, Arabs in, 32 ; Horse 

 Supply in, t28 



Austrian Stud Book, 128; Martin- 

 gale, 57 1 



Awkward Drivers, 371 



Axle-tree Arm, Meaning of the 

 Term, 549 ; Boxes, Meaning 

 of the Term, 549 ; Washer, 

 Meaning of the Term, 549 



Baker Pacha's Turcoman Stal- 

 lion, 29 



" Bald Galloway," 55 



Ball, To Give, 596 ; Alterative, 

 600 



Ballad, " Best of a Moderate Lot," 

 429 



Banda, Oriental Horses of, 145 



Bandages and Water, 476. 305 



" Barb and Bridle, The," Riding 

 Lesson, 326 



Barbary Horse, 40 



Barbs, 6, 9 



Barlow, Lieutenant - Colonel on 

 Roadsters. 102, 103 



Baron Bullion's Cob, 234 



Baronet's, Somersetshire, Beagles, 



403 

 Barouche, 532 ; Horses, 243 

 Barrett, Michael, 40 

 Bars, Spring, of Saddle, 305 

 Barllett's Childers, 55 



Basket Pony-Phaeton, 538 



" Basto," Duke of Devonshire's, 



51. 53. 55 



Bath, Cold or Tepid, 489 



Baths, 486 ; and Stoves, 487 



Baudet Stallion Ass, 173 



" Bay Bolton," 55. 



" Bay Jack," 51 



Beaconsfield, Earl of, at Crock- 

 ford's, 79, 83 



Beans for Horses, 512 



Bearing-reins, their Use .'ind 

 Abuse, 361 



Beau Bnimmel, 479 



Beaumont, Mr., on South Ameri- 

 can Mules. 181 



Beckford, Peter, on Hunting. 403 



Bedouin, Horse-dealing, 15 et set/. 



Beer for Horses, 474 



Beginners. Short Lessons Essential 

 for. 264 



Behaviour on Going to Cover, 441 



Belgrade Turk, 52, 55 



Belly, Laceration of the Wall of, 



583 



Belooch Chief Mounted (illus- 

 tration), 10 



Bencraft's Collar, 354 



Berenger on Horsemanship, 53 ; 

 on Horses, 136 



Berkeley Pack, 397 



" Best of a Moderate Lot" (Lady 

 Florence Dixie's Poem), 429 



Bethel's Arabian, 55 



Betting Men Classed, 77 



■' Betty," SI 



" Betty Leedes," 56 



Between Both Hands, Ready for 

 Field (illustration), 452 



Biarritz Boots for Ladies Riding, 

 320 



Bidets, French Pony and Cob, 122 



Bishop Stortford Stallion Com- 

 pany, Rules of Subscription, 

 166 



Bit, Curb, 308; Fitting Mouth, 

 Importance of, 357 ; Mexican, 

 147 : Rearing, 301, 3r4 ; To 

 Choose, 309 



Bits, 304 ; and Bridles, 306 ; 

 Illustrations of, 307 



Bitting a Horse, 309 ; Lessons, 559 



Black Barb, 55 



"Black Hearty," Duke of Rut- 

 land's, SI, 55 



Black Shire Horse, 157 



" Blackie," Hudson's Bay Horse, 

 141 



" Blair Athol " and " Gladiateur," 



74 



" Blink Bonnie," y^ 



Blinkers, 358 ; Forand.\gainst, 359 



Blood-horse, a Useful Sire, 90 : 

 English, a Modern Creation, 

 7 : Modern, 63 



Blood-horses, are they Deterio- 

 rated ? 61 ; and Dray-horses, 

 Crossing of, 156 ; Oriental, 6 ; 

 Uses of, 91, 02 



Blood-hound Pack, 413 



Blood-hounds, Hunting with, 4 1 ; 

 Blood Hunters, 417 

 Blood Sires, 90 

 Blood-vessels, Injuries to, 581 

 Bloody Buttocks, 32, S5 

 Bloody-shouldered Arabian, SS 

 Bog Spavin, 591 

 Bollan's StarUng Arab. 53 

 " Bolton Sloven," 51 

 Bolton Sweepstakes, i/>. 

 Bolzna, Stud, Hung.ary, 33 

 Bone Spavin, 391 

 Boner's "Transylvania," 129 

 " Bonnie Black," 53 

 Boodle's Club, 467 

 Bookmaking "Trade Described, 81 

 Boot-jack for Fox-hunters, 493 

 Boots, 265 ; Riding, 320 ; Tops or 

 Butchers', 483 ; colour of 



483 



" Borack," Pony Stallion, 217 



Borrow, George, on Horses, 8 



Boswell on Riding Post, 228 



Both Hands needed for Driving, 

 372 



Boulonnaise Cart Trotters, 122 



Box-spur for Road-riding, 297 



Boxes or Stalls, 500 



Boys and Girls Hunting, 457 



Boys as Riders, 258 



Boy's Pony. 266 ; Stirrups. 277 



Brake, or Drag, 546 ; Use of, 547 ; 

 Screw, S46 



Bran, 513 



Brass, To Clean, 548 



Breakfasts, Hunting, 491 



Breaking Ponies to Ride or Drive, 

 222 ; to Harness, 363 



Breast-cloths for Horses, 304 



Breeching, 356 



Breeders, English, Success of, 2 ; 

 Objections to Arabs, 24 



Breeding, Californian, 150 ; Cost 

 of, 105 ; Effects of Hunting- 

 fields on, 61 : Packs, 459 



Breeding Horses, 550 ; Colours 

 for, 551 ; Cost of, 353 



Breton Horses, 120 



Brewers* Horses, Diseases of, 160 



Brewery Dray-horses, 159 



Bridle a Horse, How to, 313 ; and 

 Saddle. 260 : Double in One 

 Hand, 279 ; Hook (iUus.). 502 ; 

 Lady's. 329 



Bridles. 304 : and Bits, 306 ; with 

 Martingales. 313 



Bridling well, 203 



Bridoon Bit, 306 



Brighton Hack, Anecdote of, 260 



Brilliant and Fast, 195 



" Brimmer," 31 



" Brisk," 51, 52 



British Race-horse, Origin of, 5c 



Brittany Hacks, 122 



Britzka. 532 



" Brocklesby.'' 51 



" Brocklesby Betty." 53 



Brocklesby Pack. 397 



Broken Knees. 583 



Bronchitis. 396 



