424 



DRIVING. 



ROA 



205, 211, 220, 223 ; Dcrking, 

 274, 278, 281, 282, 284, 291, 

 297 ; Dover, 245, 249 ; Edin- 

 burgh, 189, 225, 249; Exeter, 

 1 80, 20 1, 202, 205, 206, 210, 

 226; Guildford, 283; High 

 Wycombe, 280, 285, 286 ; in 

 Ireland, 304; Oxford, 176, 



199, 201, 212, 2l6, 222, 224, 



280 ; Pau, 304 ; Portsmouth, 

 225 ; provincial, 302 ; Ro- 

 chester, 284 ; St. Albans, 287, 

 289, 292, 293 ; Salisbury, 178, 

 190 ; Sevenoaks, 276 ; South- 

 ampton, 190 ; Truro, 207 ; 

 Tunbridge Wells, 279, 280, 

 286, 288, 289 ; Watford, 283, 

 289 ; Welsh, 303 ; Windsor, 

 214, 279, 280, 286, 288, 289, 

 295 ; York, 250 ; see Revival, 

 Coaching 



Roads, character of, 26, 72 



Roarers, 82 



Rods to prevent carriages up- 

 setting, 38 



Royal Veterinary College, 

 Camden Town, membership 

 of, 63 



Russian droschki, 51 



S SPRING, 39 



St. Petersburg, sleighing at, 341 

 Schnellwagen, the, 357 

 Science and Art Department, 



South Kensington, 395 

 Screw-breaks, 356 

 Sedan carts, 32 

 Selby, James, sketch of his 



career, 213-216 

 Shafts, 2 

 Sherman's Bull and Mouth Inn, 



196, 201 

 Shoes, 130 



SPI 



Shouldering, 174, 278 



Shying, 134 



Side-reins, 122, 137 



Single harness, cost of, 107 ; 

 breaking in, 138; accident to 

 Shirley, 140 ; a violent horse, 



141 ; a dislike to the human 

 voice, 142 ; rather too fresh, 



142 ; a steeplechase mare in 

 harness, 143 ; an effectual 

 stop, 144 ; well-bred horses, 

 144 ; two sets of reins for 

 violent horses, 144 ; bearing- 

 reins, 144 



Skids, 103 



Sleighing, origin of, 330 ; in 

 Armenia, 331 ; from Kars to 

 Erzroom, 332 ; from Tiflis to 

 Moscow, 333 ; travelling by 

 tarantass, 334 ; a metamor- 

 phosed tarantass, 335 ; pas- 

 sage of the Caucasus, 335 ; 

 swearing as a stimulant to 

 cattle, 336 ; up the mountain 

 with bullocks, 336 ; rigours of 

 the way, 337 ; life at a stan- 

 itza, 337 ; a primitive sleigh, 

 338 ; down the mountain on 

 runners, 339 ; at St. Peters- 

 burg, 341 ; Don Cossack 

 horses, 341 ; troikas, 341 ; 

 amongthe jeunesse doree,342; 

 the Russian Master of the 

 Horse's sleighing party, 343 



Sleighs, 330-343, 368 



Sociables, 383 



Sociable landau, 49 



Society for the Prevention of 

 Cruelty to Animals, 90, 96 



Society of Arts, 367, 393 



Sore necks, cure of, 94 



Sovereign (carriage), 367 



Speaking-tubes, 47 



Spider phaetons, 373 



