INDEX, 



309, 



Buffoii, on the natural coat of animals, 



42 ; on the a;^e to bi'eak the horse, 



68 

 Bunbury's, Sir Charles, system of 



preparation, 78 

 " Burnett's " fluid, Use of, 18 ; in 



sickness, 33 

 Burns, Mr., on ventilation, 11 



Camerine, an example of a good small 



horse, 117 

 Caractacus, an example of the value of 

 produce of old mares, 129 



Casualties. {See Sickness and Casual- 

 ties) 



Catch-'' em- alive, a horse fit when " big," 

 47 



Chaiidos, an instance of the thorough- 

 bred carrying weight, 195 



Changeability of owners, how caused, 

 and its prejudice to trainers, 21 0-6 



Charon's in-and-out running examined 

 and explained, 109 



Chester Cup, Instance of betting on 

 Starter and Our Mary Ann for, 64 



Chifney : last days of, "why jockeys 

 are poor," 224; his betting defended, 

 29S 



Clark, Mr., on feeding and soiling, and 

 remarks, 24-5 ; on water and its 

 qualities, 26-7 ; on equine fatness, 

 58 



Cleanliness in the stable, iS ; its need in 

 sickness, 33 



Clerks of the Course : their responsi- 

 bilities in preserving order, 284 ; 

 dramatic restrictions, a lesson in 

 point, 287 ; value of their services, 

 288 ; Admiral Rous on the powers of 

 stewards and others, 290 



Climate, Effect of, on the breed of 

 horses, 58 



Clothing : preferred to exclusion of air, 

 13; mu>t be dry, 18; ■\\ inter and 

 summer clothing, ib.; warm clothing 

 necessary in sickness, 37 ; for the 

 yearling, 84 



Coats Rough and Glossy : stifling stables 

 and their attractiveness, 10-13, dii"^- 

 ful results, 13-14; predilection for 

 glossy coats, 41, protest against, 42 ; 

 natural coat of animals, ib., Buffon 

 thereon, ib., removal of coat, its 

 evils, the condition-ball and arsenic, 

 42-3 ; rough coats oftenest seen, 43 ; 

 examples of horses fit when rough. 



Colds and Coughs ; the danger of, 33 ; 

 their prevention ib., diverse effects of 

 coughs on condition, 52 ; precau- 

 tions against, during preparation, 

 86 



Collitigzvood and The Cur, Disobedience 

 of declaration to win with, 170 



Commissioner, The : 250-5 ; evils of 

 employing him, ib. ; how commissions 

 are worked, 25 1 -2; his dishonesty, 

 plausibility, and easy goings, ib.; 

 authentic personal -.experiences in 

 illustration : Pharsalus and The 

 Metropolitan, 252, Promised Land 

 and the Two Thousand, 252-3, 

 our commission on the Goodwood 

 Stakes, 253-4, the result examined, 

 254 ; suggested restrictions on, 257 ; 

 owners recommended one of three 

 courses with, 257-8 



Condition-ball, The, and its evils, 43 



Condition : predilection for glossy coats, 

 41, protest against, 42 ; the natural 

 coat of animals, ib., Buffon thereon, 

 ib.; evils of removal of coat, ib.; 

 the condition-ball and arsenic, 43 ; 

 rough coats oftenest seen, ib. ; in- 

 stances of horses fit when rough, 44. 

 Popular opinion of condition, theory 

 and experience, 45-7 ; its eiTor shown, 

 56 ; the trainer the only judge of, 

 47, 54 ; instances of horses fit when 

 " big " and when " light," 47, 56 ; the 

 trainer sometimes deceived, personal 

 experiences and inferences, 49-50 ; 

 necessity of time and work, 50. Con- 

 dition for long courses, 49-50 ; 

 owner's ideas of condition, and 

 examples, 50-1 ; various effects of 

 coughs discriminated, 52 ; lameness 

 and its different results, ib.; instance 

 of diverse opinion of two owners, 

 53 > ^i.^ns of condition, 54 ; curious 

 belief in two states of condition and 

 fallacy shown, 54-5 ; oftener fit 

 "light" than "big," 57. Condition 

 of pedestrians {foot note), 57, 94 ; 

 fat men, ib.; Mr. Clark on equine 

 fatness, 58 ; effects of climate, ib. ; 

 danger of excessive work when unfit, 

 82 ; evils of running when unfit, 92 ; 

 running "big" and "light," ib. ; 

 instances of " light " horses fit, ib.; 

 prejudice of owners for "big " con- 

 dition and remarkable instances in 

 disproof of its value, 95-7; evils of 

 "big" condition, 97; reason for 

 insistence on "light" preparation 



