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The Book of the Horse. 



Poitevin Mare, Mule-breeding, 122 

 Pole, Carriage, Size of, 545, 549 

 Pole-pieces, 549 

 Pole-pin, 549 



"Pollander," Polish Horse, 250 

 " Poll Evil," 594 

 Polo, Game of, 302 

 Ponies, 211 ; and Horses, Useful, 

 210 ; for Boys, z66 ; Harness, 



221 : in Maryland, 148 ; Mr. 

 Milward's, 219; New Forest, 

 213, 218 ; Orkney, 213 ; Riding, 



222 : Welsh, 213, 218 



Pony, Devonshire, 211 ; Exmoor, 

 213 : Kirghis, 27 : " L^ittle 

 Wonder," 12 ; Mountain, 224 ; 

 Phaetons, 537 ; Riding, 266 ; 

 Sale, 215 : Shetland, 212 ; 

 Somersetshire, 211 ; Suffoll^, 

 211 ; with Flap-reins (illustra- 

 tion), 267 ; Yorkshire, 211 



Poor Man's Horse, 168 



Popular Errors of the Forge, 577 



Port of Curb Bit, Proper Propor- 

 tions of, 310 



Portland's, Duke of, Hunting 

 Breakfast, 494 



Portuguese Horses, 137 



Posen, Horse-breeding in, 126 



" Post and Paddock," Extract 

 from, 445 



Posting Chariot, 532 



Posting in Russia, 131 



Potatoes as Food for Horses, 



513 



Powder, Alterative, 600 



Practice necessary for Galloping, 

 293 ; for Horsemanship, 5 



Preliminary Preparation a Con- 

 dition for Horse-riders, 258 



Preliminary Training for Hunting, 



435 

 Presses for Horse-clothing, Im- 

 portant to Shut up, 502 

 Price, Major Sir Rose, on Cali- 



fornian Horses, 389 

 Prince Consort's Clydesdale, 



163 

 Prince of Wales on Hunting, 391 ; 



at Brighton, 377 

 Princess of Wales' Pannier Pony, 



221 

 Private Hansom, 543 

 Profuse Staling, 599 

 Proper Horse for Riding, 258 

 Proper Position of Curb-bit, 308 

 I'mssian Cavalry under Frederick 



the Great, 255 ; System of 



Depots, 125 ; of Castration, 



189 

 Puckeridge Pack, 462 

 Pullers and Runaways, How to 



Stop, 203 

 Pullman Car a Hunting Machine, 



439 

 Pupil of La Haute Ecole for 



Ladies, 313 

 Purchase of Horses, 184 

 Pusey, Mr., Speech of, at 



Brocklesby Park, 400 

 Put, not throw, down, by Rarey 



plan, 565 



Quagg.is, 175 



Quality, Meaning of the Term, 7 



Quartermaine's Strap, to prevent 



Brushing, Illustration of, 200 

 " Queen of Trumps," 77 

 Queen's Coach Horses, 243 ; 



Plates, 61, 77 

 Queen Victoria on Ladies' Horses, 



330 

 Quidding, 594 

 Quiltid "Saddle, for the Old or 



Inv.alid, 304 

 Quin, the .Actor, .\necdote of, 



453 



Quittor, 594 

 Quorn Hunt, 406 



Race-horse, Action of, 196 ; as a 

 Stallion, 71 ; British, Origin of, 

 SO ; Life of, 76 ; Points of, 



63 



Race-horses, Chest of, 64 ; com- 

 pared with Arabs, 65 ; Copper- 

 thwaite, Mr., on, 63; Digby 

 CoUins on, 63 ; Ears of, 63 ; 

 Hind-quarters of, 65 ; Large 

 Head in, not an Objection, 

 63 ; Length cf, 64 ; Portraits 

 of, in Tattersall's Album, 60 ; 

 Size and Substance in, 63 



Races, Cross Country, Rules for, 

 574 ; Great, enumerated, 89 ; 

 in 1872, 70 ; Newmarket, 53 ; 

 Table of, run in five years, 

 69 ; Three-year-old, at fi-'ced 

 weights, 76 



Racing Frauds, French, 97 



Rahwan, 14 



Railway Conveyances to Cover, 

 438 



" Rake," Duke of Wharton's, 5r 



Ralph Lambton's Pack of Hounds, 

 407 



Rarey's Advice on Saddling, 561 ; 

 Plan, Drawback of, 567 ; 

 Method, Rationale of, 570 ; 

 Principle of Horse-breaking, 



557 



Rationale of Driving, 371 



Rawlinson, Sir E., Arab of, ex- 

 hib.'ted at Islington Show, 12 



Rearing, 301 ; Bit, 301, 314 ; pro- 

 duced by want of exercise, 301 



Recipe for Riding by Irish Hunts- 

 man, 269 



Register of Trotting-liorse, 106 



Reining Back, 285 



Reins, 279 ; and Hands, 370 ; for 

 Ladies, 340 ; held in both 

 hands, 342 ; Management of, 

 264, 26S : Management of for 

 Ladies, 339 ; to Shorten, 282 ; 

 Use of, 273 



Restive Old Horses, 567 



Retention of Urine, 599 



Rice, Mr. T., on Spanish War- 

 horses, 135 



Ride and Drive Horses, 187 



Ride, for Ninety Days, 569 ; Round 

 Melton, 408 ; with your Head 

 as well as your Heart, 443 



Rides in the Morning, 234 



Riding a Stee|3lechase, 573 ; and 

 Training a Steeplechaser, 573 ; 

 at Water, Theory of, 448 ; 

 Boldly and Badly, 339 ; Boots, 

 340 : Dress important, 265 : 

 Garments, 265 ; Habit for 

 Lady Riders, 321 ; to hold 

 proiJerly, 323 ; Lesson for 

 Adults, 257 : Lessons, 257 ; 

 on Ponies, 266 ; Ordinary Bit, 

 Illustration of, 309 ; Popular 

 in England, 2 ; Ponies, 222 ; 

 Post, Boswell's Remarks on, 

 228 ; to Cover, 289, 435 ; 

 Trousers, 262, 265 ; with 

 Hounds, 435 



Right Hand in Driving, 372 



Ringbone, 592 



Ringworm, 588 



River Plate Studs, 143 ; Horse- 

 breeding in, 144 



Road-coaching, Expenses of, 384 ; 

 Weekly, 385 



Road, Riding-spurs, for, 297 



Roadster, Country Hack, 227 ; of 

 Lord Palmerston, 240 ; Stal- 

 lion (illustration), 104 ; Trot- 

 ters, 103 



Roan Cavalry of the Norman 



Period, 35 ; Trotting Horses, 

 103 



Roarers, 109 



Roaring, S97 



Rogers the Poet, on Horses, 8 



Roman Horses, 47, 133 



Romford Gelding, 52 



Rosebery, Committee of. Evi- 

 dence of, 105 



Rothschild Family, Hounds of, 

 414 



Rotten Row, 236 ; Field-Marshals, 

 239 ; Reminiscences of, 236 



Rous, Admiral, on Racers, 61 



'^ Roxana," 56 



Royal Agricultural Society, Ex- 

 tract from, 416 ; Breeding 

 Studs, 127 



Royal Buck-hounds, 411 ; Deer, 

 412 



Rugs and Cloaks for Hunting 

 Ladies, 457 



Rules for Horse-riders, 302 



' ' Rum one to follow, a bad one 

 to beat," Whyte Melville's 

 Hunting Song, 453 



" Rum to look at, good to go," 

 429 



Runaway Horses, Anecdotes of, 

 358 



Runaways and Pullers, 203 ; Com- 

 mon Tricks of, 358 



Rural Carriages, 538 



Russian Country Gentleman, 130 ; 

 Mares, Value of, 132 ; Three 

 Horses Abreast, 389 ; Tho- 

 roughbreds, 98 



Russia, Posting in (illustration), 



131 

 Rye Grass, 513 



Saddle —and Bridle, 260 ; and 

 Collar Galls, 585 ; English, 

 261 ; for Lady Horse-riders, 

 317 ; Indian, 148 ; Plain 

 Flapped, 304 ; Quilted, 304 ; 

 Stand (illustration), 502 



Saddlery and Girthing, 306 



Saddles, 304 



Safe and Slow Action, 195 



Sago, Mr., on Park Hacks, 234 



Sala, George Augustus, on 

 Spanish Horses, 136 



Salisbury, Lady, 454 



Salt for Horses, 513 



' ' Sampson, '' Grandsire of " Mam- 

 brino," 58 



Sand Cracks, 593 



Sandwiches for Hunters, 491 



Saracen Cavalry, Descendants of, 

 114 



Sardinian Ponies, 132 



Sash Windows for Stables, 500 



" Satanella," 208 



Sawdust instead of Straw, 473 ; 

 Use of, 511 



Scarlet Coat, Stains, to Remove 

 from, 457 



Scent, 462 ; a Mystery, 462 



Scissors Superseded by Clipping 

 Machine, 477 



Scott and Sebright, Extracts from, 

 462 



Scott, General, a fortimate Gam- 

 bler, 78 



Screw Brakes, 546 



Season for Hunting, 466 



Seat — Dependent on Shape of 

 Thighs, 27s ; in Driving, 369 ; 

 of Side-saddle, 326 ; on Horse- 

 back Anatomically Con- 

 sidered, 275 ; The, 281 ; to be 

 acquired, 264 



Seats and Saddles, Major Dwyer 

 on, 268, 274 



" Sedley Arabian," 56 



Seedy Toe, 594 



Seeger's Austrian Martingale, 571 

 " Sellaby Turk," 55 

 Servian Horses, 138 

 Shafts, how they should he made, 



545 



Shaft Tugs, 356 



Shah of Persia's Horse, 10 



Shakespeare's Horses, 37 



Shape an Essential for Horseman. 

 ship, 272 



''Shark," loi 



.Shaving Horses, 477 



Shaw, W., Yorkshire Stallion 

 Leader, on .Stallions, in 



Sheet Bath, 486 



Sheltered Yard for Stables, 501 



" Shepherd F. Knapp," an Ameri- 

 can Trotter, 104 



"Sherman," 104 



Shetland Pony, 212 



Shire Horse, 160, 161 



Shoe, Horse, To Fit, S79 



Shoeing, 160, 385 



Shoes for Horses (illustration), 

 580 



Shooting Pony, To Train, 569 



Short Lessons Essential for Be- 

 ginners, 264 



Shying, Caused by Living in 

 Dark Stables, 201 ; from De- 

 fective Eyesight, 201 ; from 

 Freshness, 201 ; from Igno- 

 rance, 201 ; from Vice, 201 ; 

 from Want of Exercise, 204 



Sick Horses, Food of, 160 



Side-saddle, Seat of, 326 



Side-saddles, 306, 324 



Sidonia's Arab, 8 



Sights and Sounds, 2or 



Silence is Gold at Cover-side, 440 



" Silver Eye," 52 



Silver, To Clean, 548 



Simmonds' Horse Block, 263 



Singeing and Clipping, 475 



Single Harness, 351 ^ 



Sires and Mares for Breeding, 550 



Sir James Musgrave and Tom 

 Haycock, Anecdote, 446 



Sir J. Williams' "Turk," 52 



Sir Roger de Coverley on Hunt- 

 ing, 467 



Six Essentials for Horse-riding, 



317 



Size and Substance in Race- 

 horses, 63 



Sizes, Average, of Dog and Bitch 

 Hounds, 463 



Skin, Diseases of, 586 



"Skipjack," 52 



Skins for Lady Riders, 321-323 



Sledge, 544 



Slipper Stirrups for Side-saddle, 

 327 



"Slugey," ss ; Natural Barb 

 Mare, 51 



Slugs, bad Horses for Harness, 

 206 



Small's ■■Childers,"ss 



" Smolenska," 131 



Snaffle Bridle, 261, 428 ; in Leap- 

 ing, 300 



Snaffle Reins, 261, 279 ; for 

 Ladies, 340 



SnafHe, The, 306 ; 

 Snake, 51 

 Soap, Carbolic, 



Horses, 508 

 Sociable Landau, 



tion, 528 

 Somerset Saddles 



Use of the, 207 

 for Washing 



529: 

 for 



Illustra- 



Beginners 

 and Inv.ilid Riders, 262, 304 

 Somersetshire Pony, 211 

 Sore Heels, 52, 55 ; Throat, 

 Sound Instruction Essential 



Horsemanship, 272 

 Sounds and Sights, 201 

 Soundness in Horses, 191 

 Soup for Fox hunters, 490 



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