320 



INDEX. 



117; good yearlings rejected as under- 

 sized, instances, 126 ; increase in size 

 of the tbioroughbred demonstrated, 

 231-2 ; size of horses in 1750, 231 

 Sledmere. [See Sir Tatton Sykes) 

 Slope of the pavement of stalls, 7 

 Small horses : moderately-sized pre- 

 ferred, 117; performances of large 

 and small horses contrasted, 11 7- 18; 

 special instance of durability of small 

 horses, 118; generally show best 

 when young, and instances, 1 19 ; in- 

 stances of good yearlings rejected as 

 under-sized, 126 

 SoiUng, 25 



Sore backs, their prevention and treat- 

 ment, 29-30 

 Sore shins and their treatment, 34-6 ; 

 curious instances of, 34 ; Mr. Cop- 

 perthwaite on, and objections, 35-6 ; 

 their prevalence io " big" condition, 



Southwood, Dr., on ventilation, 11 



Spavin and splint, 36, 1 15-16 



Speed, Signs of, in the feet, 117 



Speed the Plough! s performances in deep 

 ground, 176 



Splint and spavin, 36 



" Sporting Gazette The," My letter to, 

 on declarations to win, 17 1-2 



Stable management: 15-28; hours of 

 work and preliminary process, 15. 

 "Wintertreatment, timesof feedingand 

 exercise, 16, hand-rubbing preferred 

 to bandages, 16, 27-8, no deviation 

 from rules, 16, Sunday work, 17, 

 removal of offal-food, ib. Summer 

 treatment, times of feeding and ex- 

 ercise, 17-18 ; clothing must be dry, 

 18 ; winter and summer clothing, ib.; 

 prevention of griping, ib.; tempe- 

 rature should be even, ib. ; neces- 

 sity of cleanliness, ib.; practical 

 results of this system, 19 ; Mr. T. 

 Parr's system, and objections to it, 

 ib.; hours of feeding and quantities 

 of food, 20 ; value of regularity, 21 ; 

 necessity of a good head-lad, and 

 his duties, 21-3 ; food and its quali- 

 ties, 23-4, oats, 23, hay, 24, good 

 food the only food, ib., soiUng, 25, 

 water and its qualities, 26-7. Exami- 

 nation of the legs, 27 ; of the feet, 

 28; evils of inattention, 27-8 ; value 

 of neatness and regularity, 28 



Staijles, The training: 1-8; buildings 

 described, 4 ; tile roof recommended, 

 ib.; loose boxes, stalls, and partitions, 



4-5 ; corn and hay stores, 5 ; boys' 

 rooms, 5 ; saddle room, 4 ; ventila- 

 tion of, windows and air-holes, 6 ; 

 boxes and stalls both necessary, and 

 why, ib. ; disposal of manure, 7 ; 

 supply of water, ib. ; material and 

 slope of pavement, ib. ; drains con- 

 demned, 8 ; the yard, ib. 



Stalls, The, described, 5 ; both stalls 

 and boxes necessary, and reason, 6 



Starkey's, Mr, J. B., purchase of 

 Viridis, a contrast to the current 

 absurd prices, 127, his disappoint- 

 ment with Viridis and Land Tax, 1 70 



Starter, curious instance of sore shins 

 with, 34 ; betting on, for Chester 

 Cup, 64 ; instance of a good "light " 

 yearling, 130 



Stayers and flyers of our day enume- 

 rated, 226 



Steeplechase, The, successes of race- 

 horses in, 177 ; improvement in, 232 



Stephenson, the late Mr. R., Anecdote 

 of, 107 



Stewards, Admiral Rous on the powers 

 of, 290 



Stirrup-iron, the. Attention to, neces- 

 sary, to prevent accidents, 38 



Stockbridge, Cruel feat of endurance at, 

 239 



Strangles ; treatment of, 32-3 ; cleanli- 

 ness and air necessary in, ib. 



Studs. (See Private Studs and Pub- 

 lic Studs) 



Suburban Meeting, The: its evils, 280- 

 I, and frequenters, 282 ; "first past 

 the post " betting, 280-1; scenes at 

 Harrow and the Hippodrome, 281, 

 lawless behaviour of the masses, 282 



Successes of my stable in past times, 

 list of stakes won, 98-9, winners, 

 100, horses sold, and prices, and 

 their subsequent performances, loi 



Summer : times of feeding and exer- 

 cise in, 17-18 ; clothing, 18 ; separate 

 training ground necessary for, 61 



Sunday work : 17; not necessary, 87; 

 pleas for Sunday rest, 87-8, anecdote 

 of Lord Ribblesdale, 88 ; my own 

 practice, 89 



Surface soil of training ground de- 

 scribed, 59; method of its restSra- 

 tion, 61 



Sutton's, Sir Richard, purchase and 

 abortive treatment of La Pique, 48 



Sweating in old days, 75-6 ; no longer 

 necessary, ib.; my early disuse of it, 

 76 ; its evils, 77 



