INDEX. 



Acceptance : a new method of sug- 

 gested, 259 ; the method sketched 

 and advantages shown, 25864 



Accidents, (i'lf^ Sickness and Casual- 

 ties) 



Aged horses. {See Remarks on the Four- 

 year-old) 



Air. (See Ventilation) 



Air-holes and windows, 6 



Alep's defeat by Avowal, a proof of 

 improvement of thoroughbred, 230- 1 



Alington, Lord, My purchase of reason- 

 ably priced yearlings for, and results, 

 128 



Alternate rest and labour essential, 82 



Amateur Backer, The : hints to, 246-7 ; 

 the counterfeit bookmaker and the 

 " tipster," 246 



American system, The : breaking. 

 Umpire an instance, 71 ; system of 

 training, IIO-12 ; contrast of distance 

 and pace, lio-ll; extra clothing, 

 III; rarity of victories, a proof of its 

 inferiority, ib.; Prioress at New- 

 market, lb.; Mr. Ten Broeck's and 

 Mr. Sanford's studs, ib.; condition 

 of Preakness at Epsom, 112 



Ancient estimation of the horse, 237 



Anecdotes of racing. Reason for 

 restraint in using, 303 



Anglesey's, Marquess of, dictum on pur- 

 chasing, 138 



Anonymous letters : evil of, 190-2 ; 

 proper treatment of, 192 ; instance of 

 harm done at Whitewall, 191 



Antagonist' s victory a proof of benefit 

 of early breaking, 72 



Appetite and condition, 85 



Arsenic, evil of use of, 43 



Ascot and Epsom courses contrasted, 

 and inferences, 175-6 



Assheton-Smith, Mr., as a heavy- 

 weight rider, 194 



Athelstan's, King, "running horses," 

 237 



Attacks on the turf : 292-303 ; frequency 

 of, 292 ; the turf and trade con- 

 trasted, 293 ; Professor Low's attack 

 specially considered, 294-303, errors 

 of his statements and deductions 

 shown, ib., alleged cruelty to the 

 horse and jockey refuted, 295-6, 

 groundlessness of charges against 

 jockeys and trainers shown, 297, 

 absurdity of his charges against 

 owners laying against their own 

 horses shown, 300-3' 



Auctions, Absurdity of prices paid at, 

 for blood-stock, 127 ; and contra'-ts 

 of success of reasonably priced 

 animals, 127-8 



Audacity of boy-jockeys, 162 



Avowal's defeat of Alep, a proof of 

 improvement of thoroughbred, 230-1 



Backing book-maker. The, his proce- 

 dure and harmfulness, 248 



Ballad-mongers should be removed from 

 the race-course, 285 



Bandages condemned, 28, 31 ; hand- 

 rubbing preferred to, 16 



Banditto's defeat of Etiropa, an in- 

 stance of the trustworthiness of trials, 



153 



Bay Middleton : an example that horses 

 run in all shapes, 136; taken as a 

 criterion of a generation since, and 

 contrasted with Blue Gown and other 

 modern horses, 226-7 



Bentinck, Lord George : his custom of 

 selecting yearlings in the paddock, 

 X 2 



