INDEX. 



ABB 



.\nBEY, Arthur, anecdote of, 239 

 Acland, the second Sir Thomas, 



32 

 Albert, Prince, the ribbon always 



worn by, 31, note 

 Aldermaston, a run from, to 



Reading, 31 

 Alfred the Great a skilled 



hunter, 8 

 Alvanley, Lord, anecdoteof, 191 

 Anne of Uohemia, 14 

 Anselm, St., and the hare, 2 

 Armada, Spanish, deficient 



muster of cavalry against the, 



172 

 Arsenic administered to horses 



by grooms, loi 

 Arundel, Lord, on the first 



regular employment of fox- 

 hounds, 28 

 Ascot kennels, 122 

 Athelstan prohibits export of 



horses, 171 

 Athenians as horse-riders, 210 

 Atherstone pack and country, 



257 

 Aylesbury, Vale of, 262 



Badminton stables, loi ; ken- 

 nels, plan of, 1 28 ; plan 



BEL 

 of bitch and puppy houses, 



134 

 Balaclava, incident of, 206 

 Barrymore, Lord, anecdote of, 



159 



Beagles, hunting the hare on 

 foot with, 83 ; characteristics 

 of a good beagle hound, 84, 

 85, 91-93 ; things to avoid 

 when hunting with, 86 ; best 

 method of hunting, 87, 93, 

 94; casting, 88; Sir Marteine 

 Lloyd on hunting with beagle?, 

 89 ; efforts to improve the 

 breed of, 90 ; their treatment 

 in health, 94, 95 ; list of, in 

 the United ICingdom, 356 ; 

 see also Harrier and Beagle 

 Association 



Beaufort hounds, first diversion 

 of, to fox-hunting, 28 



Beaufort, Duke of, otter terriers 



of, 329 



Beckford's 'Thoughts on Hunt- 

 ing,' 4, 20 ; decries hare- 

 hunting, 25 ; on hounds and 

 huntsmen, 84; on the summer 

 treatment of the hunter, 107 ; 

 on kennels, 120 



Bell, Dr., on the renewal of 

 horn in the stag, 40 



