INDEX. 



323 



Weight-for-age races, Curious belief in 

 special preparation for, 54-5 



Weights and Distances : 193-208 ; evils 

 of light - weight scale, 193-4 ; 

 power of the racehorse to carry 

 weight shown from instances of 

 hunters and racehorses, 194-S, 

 Squire Osbaldeston's performance, 

 ib., Admiral Kous's opinion and its 

 contrariety, 196, the trainers' view, 



197. Table of the light- and heavy- 

 weight handicaps and the lesson it 

 teaches, popularity of welter-races, 

 197-8 ; Lord Derby's objections to 

 Lord Redesdale's bill, examined and 

 fallacy shown, 199, Mr. Scott's 

 advocacy of it, ib. ; advantages of 

 higher standard and press opinions, 

 200 ; rarity of success of children as 

 jockeys, and evils of the system, and 

 instances, 200-2 ; action of the 

 Jockey Club and its further powers, 

 201. Long and short courses : ad- 

 vantages of the former, 202, evils of 

 the latter, 203. Table of handicaps 

 at Goodwood and Newmarket show- 

 ing preponderance of boy-jockeys, 



. 203-4, no dearth of good jockeys 

 shown, 204, injustice of the system 

 to men, 204-5, petition to Jockey 

 Club suggested, 206 ; popular liking 

 for welter-races, 206, good example 

 of the Prince of Wales 207. Official 

 table for Queen's Plates, 207 ; sug- 

 gested table for shorter races, 208 

 Welbeck Abbey, An incident at, 166 

 Welsher's, The, extermination possible 

 through institution of outer ring, 

 282-3 

 W^elter-races and Weights : ability of 

 the thoroughbred to carry a weight 

 instanced from hunting and racing, 

 193-5 > popularity of welter-races, 



198, reason for this, 206 ; trainer's 

 advocacy of, 197, 199 ; advantages 

 of a higher standard, 200-1 ; good 

 example set by the Prince of Wales, 

 207. 



West Australian, fit when rough, 44 ; 



and when "light," 92 

 Wet ground, Effects of running on, 



176-8 

 Wet weather. Exercise in, 86 ; instance 



of its harmlessness, ib. 

 Wild Dayrell, an instance of a large 



horse improving with age, 119 

 Windows and air-holes to stables, 6 



Winter : hours of feeding and exercise 

 in, 16; clothing, 18; separate train- 

 ing ground for, 61 



Woody ates : value of seclusion shown 

 at, in betting on Chester Cup, 

 Starter and Oitr Mary Ann, 64 ; 

 succe-;ses of my stable in past times, 

 list of stakes won, 98-9, idem of 

 winners, lOO, horses sold and prices, 

 and their subsequent performances, 



lOI 



Work : hours of exercise in winter, 16, 

 in summer, 1 7-8 ; the cause of swollen 

 joints, etc., 36 ; a necessity of condi- 

 tion, 50; discrimination of, necessary 

 in preparation, 80 ; proper hours for, 



81 ; alternate rest and work essential, 



82 ; danger of excess when unfit, ib. ; 

 exercise in frost, 84 ; exercise in wet 

 and fog, 86 ; Sunday labour not 

 necessary, 87-9 ; severe preparation 

 not necessarily harmful, and instance, 

 97, work done in old times, 98 ; 

 abuse of severe preparation, horses 

 run too often, 100; cases of doubt- 

 ful legs standing severe preparation, 

 and vice versd, 114-6; chronic lame- 

 ness of horses in strong work, and 

 instance, 121 -2 



Yard, The, described, 8 



Yearling, The : horses run as yearlings, 

 69, 119, the best time to break, 

 69-71, examples of horses so broke 

 lasting, 70-1 ; big and little yearlings 

 in the paddock, their promise and 

 performances contrasted, 73, Lord 

 George Bentinck's custom with, ib., 

 Sir Tatton Sykes's treatment of, 

 described and commended, 74, his 

 successes with, 131 -3. Preparation 

 described, 84, Mr. Forth's, Mr. 

 Scott's, and Mr. John Day's usage 

 of, 84, my own system, ib. ; cloth- 

 ing, ib., exercise in frost, ib. Hints 

 on purchasing {see The Purchase 

 OF Yearlings) ; small horses gener- 

 ally better as, 119, instances of under- 

 sized yearlings rejected, 126 ; pro- 

 gress of fat and light yearlings con- 

 trasted, 129-30. Hints on engage- 

 ments of, 136-9 ; how yearlings 

 should^be tried, and instances, 149- 

 151 ; their running in public, 150 



Yearling race, First, at Shrewsbury, 

 69, 119 



