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INDEX. 



the best method, ib.; value of dis- 

 crimination of pace, 143 ; a good 

 pace essential, ib.; when in doubt, 

 try again, 142, 145 , disappointments 

 on pace-made races accounted for, 

 143 ; how pace should be made, ib.; 

 points to be noted, 144-51 ; trial- 

 horse should be a known horse, 144; 

 mistakes, and hints thereon, 145. Il- 

 lustrative trials, General Hesse and 

 an Arab, 146, Crucifix and Iris, 

 147, Rising Sun and Twilight, ib. 

 Mr. Copperthwaite's system, 147. 

 False pace and its results, 147 ; pace 

 in trials and in races, 148 ; my suc- 

 cesses in repeated trials, ib. The 

 trial of yearlings, and instances, 149- 

 51, early trials commended, 151. 

 The trial of two-year-olds, and in- 

 stances, 151-52 ; of older horses, 

 152. Private trials and public form, 

 152-4, uncertainty of the latter, and 

 instances in proof of the former test, 

 153-4, defeats accounted for, 155 ; 

 horses not always well, ib.; special 

 cases considered. Lady Elizabeth, 

 Gamos, and others, 156-9 



Turf, The. (See Racing and Attacks 

 ON THE Turf) 



Turkish bath. The ; tendency to accept 

 new theories, S9-90 



Twilight, her illustrative trial with 

 Rising Sun, 147 



Two Thousand, the. Our commission 

 on Promised Land for, 252-3 



Two-year-old, The : his preparation 

 described, 79-82, the proper hours, 

 81, necessity to discriminate amount 

 of work, 80 ; instances of in in-and 

 outrunning at two- and three-year-old, 

 loi ; hints on purchasing [see Pur- 

 chasing) ; small horses generally 

 show best as, and instance, 1x9 ; best 

 method of trial, and instances, 151-2 



Unsound horses best sold, 116; rare 

 exceptions, ib. 



Usury : its evils, 241, a chief cause of 

 racing losses, 243 ; special instance, 

 " ;i^2,ooo for a box of cigars," 244 



Value of stakes in 1750 and now con- 

 trasted, 235-6 ; table of the latter, 

 236 



Valuer's diverse running with a boy 

 and with a man up, 168 



Van, The first railway, 1 18 



Vinison, an instance of a good small 



horse, 1 18 ; and of a yearling rejected 

 as under-sized, 126 



Ventilation: 9-14; windows and air- 

 holes of the stable, 6 ; practice in old 

 days, 9 ; effect of stifling stables on 

 human beings, lo ; attractive result 

 of exclusion of air, 10 ; Drs. Burns 

 and Southvvood on, li, other argu- 

 ments, 12 ; experiment in proof of 

 evil of stifling stables, 13 ; tempta- 

 tions and direful result, ib.; extremes 

 inadvisable, ib. ; clothing preferable 

 to exclusion of air, ib. ; light equally 

 necessary, 14 ; necessity of fresh air 

 in sickness, 37 



Vespasian, an example of a thorough- 

 bred carrying weight, 195; contrasted 

 as a modern horse with Bay Middle- 

 ton, 227 



Vex, an instance of a horse fit when 

 "light," 98 



Virago, fit when rough, 44 ; an instance 

 of doubtful legs standing prepara- 

 tion, 115 



Viridis, Mr. Starkey's purchase of, an 

 example of a reasonably priced year- 

 ling, 127 ; Mr. Starkey's disappoint- 

 ment in the case of declaration to 

 win with Land Tax, 170 



Voltigeur, an example of a thorough- 

 bred carrying weight, 195 



Wales, Prince of, H.R.H. the, Good 

 example set by, in welter- racing, 207 



Wapiti, an instance of doubtful legs 

 standing preparation, 115 



Warbles, Treatment of 3 1 



Warranty : observations on, 120-2 ; sale 

 of Oxonian and other curious in- 

 stances, 1 20- 1 ; chronic lameness of 

 horses in strong work and instance, 

 121-2 



Wasting by jockeys in old days, 166-7 > 

 not injurious, 296 



Water : supply of, to stable, 7 ; its 

 qualities, 26-7 ; Mr. Clark thereon, 

 ib. ; rain water in tanks preferred, and 

 reasons, ib. ; prevention of griping, 

 18 



Waterloo Cup and "Draw," Betting 

 on the, and inferences for im- 

 provement of turf, 260-6 ; the one 

 disappointment — " Coomassie" fore- 

 stalled, 267 



lVcatherbo2ind's running as a two- and 

 as a three-year-old, loi 



IViathergage, Admiral Rous's failure 

 with, 188 



