Index. 



60 ■ 



Draught or Ball Aperient, 600 I 

 Drawers for Lady Riders, 321 

 Dray-horses and Blood-horses, 



Crossing of, 156 

 Dray-horses, Colour of, 160 ; 



English-bred, 159 ; London, 



159 • Weight of, 160 

 "Dream of Old Meltonian" (Poem 



by Bromley-Davenport, M.P.), 



432 

 Dress for Riders, 317 

 Dressing a Horse, Order of, 509 

 Drill and Gymnastics, 273 

 Drive and Ride Horses, 187 

 Driver of Brougham, 527 

 Driving, 369 ; Both Hands Neces- 

 sary for, 372 ; Down-hill. 374 ; 

 Four-in-Hand, 376 ; in Town, 

 374; must be Taught by a 

 Master, 349 

 Driving a Pair (illustration), 352 

 Driving, Ponies for, 222 

 "Druid's" Description of the 



Shetland Pony, 213 

 Dry Foundation important for 



Stables, 498 

 Drying a Horse, 508 

 Drying-room for Stable, 487 

 Due de St. Simon, his Method of 

 Changing to a Second Horse, 

 408 

 Dwyer's Bit, 312; Illustration, 



563 

 Dwyer, Major, on Seats and 

 Saddles, 274 



Expenses of Road Coaching, 384 

 Express Pigeon, 493 

 Eye, Injuries to, 586 

 Eyesight, Defective, cause of Shy- 

 ing, 201 



Early Four-in-Hands, 377 



Ears of Race- horses, 63 



liast, Mr. Joshua, Job-master, 



249 

 East Prussia, Horse-breedmg m, 



126 

 "Eclipse," 54, 56. '^ ^'i-- ^^^ 

 Racer, 59 ; Height of, 56 ; 

 Pedigree of, 57; Pictures of, 

 c^9 

 "Edmund," a Thoroughbred, m 



Harness, 92 

 Egypt, Arabs in, 32 

 Egyptian Arabs, 34 ; Donkey and 

 Boy, 172 ; Donkey Boys, 

 Anecdote of, 171 

 Elastic Jacket, 482 

 "Emblem," Lord Coventry s 



Steeplechase Mare, 92 

 Enamelled Leather, To Clean, 547 

 English Blood-horse a Modern 

 Creation, 7 ; History of, 50 ; 

 Breeders, Success of, 2 ; Cart 

 Horse, 160 ; Coachman, 5 ; 

 Draught Horses, 157 ; Dray 

 Horses, 159 ; Saddle (illustra- 

 tion), 261 ; Trotting, 287 

 Epsom Downs, 89 

 Equine Aristocracy, 6 

 Equitation in France, 115 ; for 



Children, 265 

 Equus Onager, 175 

 Esterhazy's, Count, Steppers, : 



210 

 Ethan Allen, 104 | 



Etiquette of Gentleman Ridmg 



with Lady, 345 

 European-bred Arabs, 34 

 Excellence in Horsemanship, 



Essentials for, 272 

 Exercise for Horses, 515; for 

 Hunter, Value of, 472 ; want 

 of Exercise cause of Rearing, 

 301 ; Shying, 204 

 Exmoor, A Day on— how to get 

 there— where to go, 418 ; Pony, 

 213 ; Visit to, 213 

 Exmoor Ponies, Modern, not 



Thoroughbred, 213 

 (expense of Riding Habit, 322 ; 

 of Carriage and Horses, 491- 



" Fair Nell," who beat the Pacha's 



Arab, 100 

 Fairs, 385 



Falling, 450 , . 



Falls to be avoided in Tramnig, 



450 

 Family Carriages, 523; Pony 



Phaeton, 538 

 Fare of the Sportsman, 489 

 "Farban," Anazeh Blood-horse, 



sent to Australia, 12 

 Farmers' Grievance in Queen 

 Anne's time, 467; Hunters, 

 426 

 Fashionable Carriages, 523 

 Fast and Safe Action, 195 

 Fat Colts, 3S4 

 Feeding Fox-hunters, 491 ; Mares 



in Foal, 552 ; of Horses, 160 

 Feeders, Bad, 204 

 Feet of Agricultural Horses, 161 ; 

 Horses', To Wash, 508 1 



Felly or Fello, Meaning of the 



Term, 549 

 Felton on Carriages, 535 

 Fever in the Feet, 593 

 Fevers, Stimulating Drink for, 



600 

 Field Exercise for Horses, 516 

 Field-Marshals in the Row, 239 

 " Field, The,'' Newspaper, 391 

 " FiUe de I'Air," French Racer, 77 

 Filtered Water for Horses, =11 

 Finishing Lessons in Horseman- 

 ship, Value of, 570 

 Firm Seat in Riding, 273 

 First Lesson in Hunting, 437 I m 



Riding, 273 

 Fistula of the Withers, 594 

 Fitness, Physical, for Horse E.xer- 

 cise, 31S , 



Fit of Harness Collar, 351 ; ol 



Ladies' Habit, 322 

 Fittings for Stables, 505 

 Fitzwygram, Colonel, on Stable 



Management, 472, 507 

 Flanders Draught Horses, 157 

 Flannel Bandages, 505 

 Fleming Horse, 40 „ . , 



Fleming, Mr. G., on Practical 



Horse-shoeing, 57^ 

 Flemish Horses, 16 

 Flower, Mr., Anecdote of, 362; 

 Calculations of Cost of Breed- 

 ing Horses, 553 

 "Flying Childe's" Hard Riding, 



407 

 "Flying Dutchman" (illustra- 

 tion), 73 

 Foals and Yearlings, Treatment 



°f' 555 _ , 



Fodder for Horses, 512 ; Purchase 



of, 514 

 Foljambe, Squire, Anecdote of, 



191 

 Follow, To Train a Horse to, 298 

 Food of Donkeys, 170 ; of Horse, 

 Estimate of Expense, 514 ; of 

 Sick Horses, 160 

 I Foot, Diseases of, 592 

 Footman, his Dress, 521 

 Forage, List of, 513 

 I Foreign and Colonial Horses, 112 

 Forge, Errors of the, 577 

 Form, To Judge, Ijo 

 "Forrard! Awayi' Stag-hunting 



Ballad, 414 

 Four-Horse Teams, 383 

 Four-in-Hand, 37S i Carriages, 

 382 ; Decline of, 378 ; Horses, 

 582 ; Revival of, 380 



Four Positions for Ladies Mount- 

 ing, Illustration of, 332 



Four Positions for Men in Mount- 

 ing, Illustration of, 280-1 



Four-wheeled Carriages, Miscel- 

 laneous, 523, 538 



Four-wheeled P'is-d-vis, 537 



fox, 55 



Fox, Charles James, on Pleasure 

 of Gambling, 78 



Fox, Dead, Distribution of, 495 



Fox-hound, How brought to Per- 

 fection, 463 



Fox-hounds, Careful Selection and 

 Uniformity of Size, 463 ; Packs 



Fox-hunt, Canon Kingsley on, 465 

 Fox-hunter's Bootjack, 493 ; Club, 

 467 ; Fare, 489 ; Literature, 49s 

 Fox-hunting Song, 405 

 France, Mule-breeding in, 179 

 Franco-German War, Effect of on 



Horses, 108 

 Frank Forester on American 



Horses, 140 

 French Horse-collar and Traces, 

 354; Breeds of Horses, 112; 

 Circus Riders, Anecdote of, 

 I2S ; Government Studs, 115, 

 123 ; Origin of, 115 i Half- 

 bred Government Stallions, 

 113 ; Half-breds, Hunters, 

 Stallions, 99; Horse Shows, 

 118 ; Master of the Horse (illus- 

 tration), 4; Post Horses, 119; 

 Race-horses, Excellence of, 96 ; 

 Racing, 97 

 Fresh Air and Warmth, Value of, 



474 

 Freshness cause of Shying, 201 



I Friesland Horses, 40 

 Frost or Snow, Hunters in, 471 

 Fund for Hiring StaUions, in 

 Futchells, Meaning of the Term, 

 549 



Girths and Girthing. 328 ; Leather, 

 305 ; Mellon, 305 ; Raw Hide, 

 30=5 



"Gladiateur " and " Rlair Athol, 



Glanders, 598 



Glasgow Stallion Show, 163 

 Glasgow, Lord, ill-luck of, 88 

 Gloves for Lady Riders, 322 

 Godolphin Arabian, 52, 54, 55 

 Go, hark ! " Charles Kingsley s 

 Song, 409 , ^ 



Going Straight with One or a 

 Pair, Driving (ihustration), 370 

 Going to Cover, 437 

 Good for any Hounds (illustra- 

 tion), 408 ; Want of Good 

 Mares and Sires, no ; Good 

 Start with Hounds (illustra- 

 tion), 424 

 Goode's Loaves {see Forage), 514 

 Goodwood Park, 89 

 Grantley Berkeley, Mr., on 



Hunting, 446 

 Greek Merchant's Horse, 234 

 Green Forage and Roots for 



Horses, 513 

 Greenwood, Colonel s, Maxims 



for Riders, 268 

 Greville's Diary, Extracts from, 85 ; 

 on George IV.'s Corduroys, 



479 



Grooming, 507 ._^ 



Grooms, Caution to, 35s i Dress 

 of, 521 ; Duties of, 516 ; 

 French, 125; German, 125 



Grout, John, on Irish Horses, 

 206 



Gruel for Hunters, 474 



" Gustavus," 67 



Gymnastics Good for Horse- 

 riders, 319, 258 



Gag Bearing-rein, Abuse of, 361 

 Gallop, 292 



Galloping, for Ladies, 342 ; Prac 

 tiee necessary for, 293 ; Exer 

 cise, 516; "Squire, The Gal 

 loping'' (a poem), 405 

 Galloways and Cobs, 224 

 Galloway Horses, 43 

 GambUng and Horse-breedmg, 62 

 GambHng Houses formerly Li- 

 censed, 79 

 Gambling, Lord Holland on, 79 

 Garments, Riding, 265 

 Garters, Tight, produce Cold 



Feet, 321 

 Gate-opening, 440 

 Geldings, 189 

 General Omnibus Company s 



Horses, 109 

 Genet of Spain, 40 

 Gentleman Riding with Lady, 



Etiquette of, 345 

 "Gentleman Smith," Author of 



" Diary of a Huntsman," 468 

 Gentlemen's Recreations, 396 

 George Morland's Hunting Pic- 

 tures, 407 

 George IV. on Horseback, 236 

 I George the Fourthian Style of 

 I Dress, 479 

 George HI., Hunting in the Time 

 I of, 410 ; the Farmers' Friend, 



i 467 



German Thoroughbreds, 98 ; 

 ' Training Halter and Martin- 

 j gales (illustration), 563 



Germany, Arabs in, 32 

 1 Gervase Markham on Harness- 

 I horses, 230 ; on Music of the 

 I Pack, 395; Traveller and 

 I Sportsman, 37 



Habit for Lady Riders, 321 ; to 



Hold Properly, 323 

 Hack for Countrv Use, 231 

 Hack, to Turn into a Hunter, 



431 

 Hackney-coach Race, Lord Albe- 

 marle's Reminiscences, 377 

 Hacks, Brittany, 122 ; Light Grey, 



195 ; Piebald Objectionable, 



195 

 Hair-dressing for Lady Riders, 



322 

 Half-bred Horse, 99; French 



Hunter Stallion, 99 ; Meaning 



of the Term, 99 

 Hallamshire Heavy Harriers, the 



Sheftielders' Pack, 404 

 Hammer, loi 

 Hammer-cloth, Meaning of Term, 



549 „ 



Hand Gallop, 292 



Handicapping, 61 



Handicaps, Principal Prizes, 77 



Hand Lamps for Stables, 4B8 



Hands and Reins, 370 



Hanover Carriage-horses, 248 



Hansom, Private, 543 



Harcourt, Vernon, Archbishop, 

 Sydney Smith on Parsons' 

 Riding, 276 



Hare-hunting, 393, 395. 402 J 

 Countries, 403, 415, 408 ; In- 

 troduction to Fox-hunting, 402 ; 

 of the Yeomanry, 43 ; Varieties, 

 403 



Harness, 349, 357; and Saddle- 

 rooms, 501 ; for Brougham, 

 527 ; Sledges, 544 ; Hacks, 

 209 ; Horses, 241 ; Gervase 

 Markham on, 250 ; Mares, 208 ; 

 Ponies, 221 ; Work, Effect of, 

 on Horses, 187 

 Harrier-field Cap, 485 



I Harriers, 460 ; Cost of, 460 



