INDEX. 



383 



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Gurney, Ricliatd, remarkable 

 leap of, 191 



Hands, 214 



Harbourer, work of the, 41 



Hare-hunting, literary notices 

 of, 23 ; instructions for, 79 ; 

 season for, 82 ; the closing 

 scene of, ib. ; Mr. George 

 Lane Fox's opinion of, S3 ; 

 with beagles, ib. 



Harrier and Beagle Association 

 formed, 89, 91, 95 ; its 

 standard for beagles, 85 



Harriers, no distinct breed, 74 ; 

 dwarf foxhounds used for, ib. ; 

 occasional killing of a fox by, 

 75 ; how to breed, ib. ; ken- 

 nel management of, "8 ; 

 quarrelsome disposition of, ib. ; 

 how to be handled in the field, 

 79; shed book for harriers, 90 ; 

 efforts to improve the breed of, 

 95 —98 ; lists of, in the United 

 Kingdom, 348 



Heal, Arthur, Lord Ebrington's 

 huntsman, 53 



HenryL, enclosure of Woodstock 

 by, 9;grantshuntingprivileges 

 to the citizens of London, 17 



Henry H., 9 



Henry HL grants hunting privi- 

 lege" to ecclesiastic*:, 1 1 ; 

 hunting establishment of, at 

 Pytchley, 243 



Henry VHL, efforts of, to im- 

 prove the breed of horses, 17 1 



Heythrop pack and country, 264 



Hieover, Harry, his advice on 

 buying horses, 193 



Hill, Hon. Geoffrey, otter-hunt- 

 ing system of, 303 ; on the 



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breeding habits of the ottei, 

 308 ; record of sport by, 

 310 ; curious otter hunting 

 adventure of, 325 



Hill, Waldron, otter-hunting 

 system of, 303 ; crossbreeding 

 of otter hounds by, 322 



Hills, Jem, 264 



Horn, use of the, 147 



Homcastle fair, 185 



Horse, the kind of, for Exmoor, 

 55 ; liability of, to illness in 

 the stable, 99 ; importance of 

 sanitary regulations for, loo; 

 a victim of ignorant grooms, 

 loi ; how stabled at Badmin- 

 ton, ib. ; treatment of, in 

 summer, 107 ; treatment of, 

 after coming in from hunting, 

 109 ; attention to accidental 

 injuries in, no; diseases of, 

 and their treatment, ill ; 

 saddling, 115; bitting, 116; 

 shoeing, ib. ; grooming, 117; 

 the old practice of ear crop- 

 ping, 118; use of, by whip- 

 persin, 157 ; early history of, 

 in England, 170 ; efforts of 

 Henry VHL to improve the 

 breed, 171 ; great change for 

 the better recorded by Mark- 

 ham, 173; hunting, 174; 

 colour, 175 ; shape according 

 to Markham, 176 ; old and 

 modern hunters, ib. ; the 

 thorough-bred, 178 ; choice 

 of animals for crossing, 180 ; 

 judging a hunter by his head, 

 iSl ; shape often a fallacious 

 criterion, 182 ; fairs and pur- 

 chase of hunters there, 1S4 ; 

 Tattersall's auctions, 189 ; 

 examples of high prices for- 



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