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INDEX. 



trainer of their officious interference, 



instances from my own experience, 



211-14 

 Frost, Exercise in, 84 

 Fugitive, curious instance of sore shins 



with, 35 ; an instance of fitness when 



"light," 98 



"Galloping for a Start," a grow- 

 ing evil, and its remedy, 275 



Galopin, an instance of the excellence 

 of the modern thoroughbred, 240 



Gamos, extraordinary defeats and suc- 

 cesses of, compared with the case of 

 Lady Elizabeth, 159 



General Hesse, illustrative trial of, with 

 an Arab, 146 



Gentleness essential in breaking, 65 



Gifts to boy-jockeys condemned, 163 



Glenlivat, a high-priced failure, 126 



Glossy coats. {See Coats, Rough 

 AND Glossy) 



Goodwood Stakes, The: our commission 

 on, 253-4 ; the result examined, 254 



Grafton's, The Duke of, gift to his 

 jockey a contrast with our times, 

 165 



Green Sleeves : a case analogous to that 

 oi Lady Elizabeth, 158 



Greville's, Mr. C. C., career as a 

 tactician, 1S8-9 ; cause of its partial 

 success, 189 ; anecdote of Perkins, 

 ib. 



Griping, Prevention of, 18 



Grosvenor's, Lady, objection to . the 

 name " Crucifix," 119 



Hamilton's, Duke of, good fortune 

 in a " declaration to win," 171 



Handicaps : curious belief in special 

 condition for, 54-5 ; at Newmarket 

 and Goodwood, tabulated to show 

 preponderance of boy-riders, 203-4 



Hand-rubbing preferred to bandages, 

 16 



Hardships of the trainer. {See Pro- 

 fessional Hardships) 



Harrow, Scenes at, in times gone by, 

 281 



Hastings, Marquess of: career of, 241- 

 2, its assumed disastrous result re- 

 futed, 242 ; contrasted with that of 

 the Earl of Derby, and satisfactory 

 inference, 242-3 



Hay : the lofts, 5 ; must be grown on 

 good land, 24 



Head -collar, The, attention to, neces- 

 sary, 38 



Head-lad, The : a good head-lad neces- 

 sary, 21-2 ; multifarious occupations 

 of the trainer, 22 ; duties of the 

 head-lad, 22-3 



Heats in the old times, 239 



Heavy-weight jockeys. {See Jockeys) 



" Hellfire Dick" and the Duke of 

 Queensberry, 238 



Hermit : fit when rough, 44 ; trust- 

 worthiness of trials proved in his case, 

 1 54 ; his reported accident and the 

 public, 185 



Hero, The, his lameness and subse- 

 quent recovery, an instance of popu- 

 lar fallacy in respect to "scratching," 

 182-3 



Heroine, an instance of two-year-old 

 running as a small horse, 1 19; wins 

 the first yearling race, ib. 



Hippodrome, The, Scenes at, in times 

 gone by, 281 



Historian, was fit when "big," 47: 

 an instance of endurance, though 

 broken early, 70, also, that severe 

 preparation is not necessarily harm- 

 ful, 97 ; supports the argument for 

 "light" preparation, 98 



Hocks. {See Legs) 



Hours of stable work, 15 



Hunter, The : performances of, under 

 heavy weights — Mr. Edges, Mr. Asshe- 

 ton^Smith, Mr. Farquharson, 194 ; 

 improvement in, 232 



In-and-out running: running of horses 

 as two- and as three-year-olds contrast- 

 ed, and instances, loi, the subject ex- 

 amined, certain i-emarkable instances, 

 107-10, the discrepancy explained, 

 109-10, the lesson to be learned, ib.; 

 variations in health, 107 



Increase in number of horses in train- 

 ing, 228-9 



Iris, illustrative trial of with Crucifix, 

 147 



Jester, in-and-out ninning of, examined 

 and explained, 108 ; an instance of 

 an unfashionably-bred winner, 135 



Jockey Club, The : reforms instituted 

 by, in weights and distances, 201, 

 their further powers, ib.; petition to, 

 from able jockeys suggested, 206 ; 



