NDEX. 



3^1 



Sweetmeat, an instance of a yearling 

 rejected as under-sized, 126 



Swollen joints, their cause and results, 

 36, 116 



Sykes, Sir Tatton : his treatment of 

 yearlings in the paddock described 

 and commended, 74 ; excellent result 

 of his system, 131 ; rarity of disease, 

 131 ; his successes and instances, 

 131 -2, "hke begets like," 133 ; dis- 

 posal of colts and fillies, ib. A visit 

 to Sledmere, 133-4, purchase of 

 Palmistry, 133 



Table of handicaps at Goodwood and 

 Newmarket, showing preponderance 

 of boy-jockeys [footnote), 203 



Table of light- and heavy-weight han- 

 dicaps {footnote), 197 



Table of number of horses in training, 

 {footnote), 228 



Table of races and distances run in 

 present day {footnote), 229 



Table of value of stakes to-day {foot- 

 note), 236 



Table (official) of weights for Queen's 

 Plates {footnote), 207 



Table (suggested) of weights for shorter 

 races {footnote), 208 



Tackle, I'he breaking-, described, 65 



Tacticians : eminent turf-tacticians and 

 their failures, 187-9, Admiral Rous 

 and f Weathergage, 188, Mr. C. 

 C. Greville's career, 188-9 ; self- 

 confidence accounts for only partial 

 success, 189 



Ta7)ie Deer : typical instance of " big" 

 and "light" condition — Tame Deer 

 and Fisherman, 56 



Tanner, Influence of the late Inspector, 

 on the race-course, 285 



Temperature of stables should be even, 

 18 



Ten Broeck's, Mr., stud, III 



Thoroughbred, The. {Set The 1\.\ce- 

 horse) 



Thorough-pin, 37; the case of Dtfnder, 

 116 



Three-year-old, The : his preparation 

 described, 82-4 ; danger of overwork 

 when unfit, 82 ; training for long and 

 short courses, 83 ; in and out running 

 at two- and threeyears-old, and in- 

 stances, 101 ; hints on purchasing {see 

 Purchasing) ; large horses gene- 

 rally show best as, and instances, 119; 

 best method of trial, and instances. 



Thrush and its cure, 30 

 Tile roof to stables recommended, 4 

 Time, an es.'^ential of condition, 50 

 Time-test, the, Fallacy of, 232 

 "Tipster," The : untrustworthiness of, 

 246 ; only sound reasons for backing 

 a horse, ih.; his occupation done 

 away with by new system of entry 

 and nomination, 263 ; criticism of 

 press commended and desired, 268 

 Touchstone, an example of a good 



small horse, 117 

 " Tout," The : seclusion from, at Wood- 

 yates, and instance, 63-64 ; untrust- 

 worthiness of, 246 ; his occupation 

 done away with by new system of 

 entry and nomination, 263. The 

 stable-boy and his tempter, how the 

 tout works, 269, a method to fms- 

 trate espionage, its working de- 

 scribed and advantages shown, 270-2 

 Trade and the Turf contrasted, 293 

 Trainer, The : multifarious duties of, 

 22 ; the only judge of condition, 

 46-7, is sometimes deceived, and in- 

 stances, 49-50, knows his own horses, 

 54 ; cannot please all, 91 ; duty im- 

 posed upon him, 92 ; duty of the 

 owner to, 191-92, 221-4 5 his view of 

 the light-weight scale, 196 ; hardships, 

 209-224 {see Professional Hard- 

 ships) ; why trainers die poor, 224; 

 Professor Low's indiscriminate charges 

 against, refuted, 297-9 

 Training. {See Preparation) 

 Training-ground, The : 59, 64 ; its es- 

 sentials, 59 ; surface, ib.; extent and 

 shape, 60 ; downhill exercise con- 

 demned, ib.; distinct course- for sum- 

 mer and winter, 61 ; the trial-ground, 

 ih.; methods to restore surface, ib.; 

 Newmarket and other sites, 61 -2; 

 different values set on situation, 62 ; 

 a quiet spot recommended, and rea- 

 sons, 63, example of advantages of 

 seclusion at Woodyates (in the betting 

 on the Chester Cup), 64 

 Training stables. The. {See Stables) 

 'Irials : 140-159 ; essentials of training- 

 ground for, 61 ; value of a trial be- 

 fore purchasing, 114; large horses 

 should be tried before parted with, 

 120 ; a trial recommended when 

 practicable before engagement, 138 ; 

 immense value of, 140 ; difficulties, 

 ib.; certainty not possible, 141 ; mis- 

 takes in long and short trials, ib.; 

 un^atisfactory trials, false pace, 142 ; 

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