CONTENTS. XV 



SECTION XXXIII. p. 219. 



" Je-\vhoo it," and " Ya-up," defunct. Politeness of our present 

 gentlemen of the road. Mr. Buxton's counsel, that horses should 

 have some notice, a click or a whistle. Hallooing! to a kicker. 

 Whipping on the ears, its use and its danger. The author's 

 agreement with Niinrod as to coach horses, and the preference due 

 to trotting in harness; and on the danger of putting a young 

 horse, untrained (the common practice), into a coach laden with 

 passengers. Wages of coachmen. Mr. Mason. The coachman's fee. 

 A coachman ought not to drive more than seventy miles a day, 

 and that at two starts. An old Norwich coachman living in 

 Whitechapel. A young postilion killed by excess of service 

 in the old Ipswich. Road Slang — of the pugilistic ring, 

 and of the respectable profession of the abstractors. The 

 slang or flash of other classes, p. 219 — 223. 



SECTION XXXIV. p. 224. 



The Field. The fox, hare, and deer, chief beasts of venery 

 in this Country. Nature of the chace. Fox hunting the most 

 popular. The general instinctive hunting principle a source of 

 great barbarity. Erroneous speculation on the probable decline 

 of field sports and of the turf. The vile passion for baiting 

 animals. Deer hunting contemptuously styled calf hunting. 

 The opinion of an old foxhunter. The author's opinion. Com- 

 parison in respect to income required for keeping a pack of 

 hounds, between former and present days. Subscription packs. 

 Leicestershire the national head quarters of the fox hunt. 

 Necessity of change in all things, the due and probable result, 

 improvement. Ancient and modern morning hour for reaching 

 covert. The old English hunter. Foreign and thorough bred 

 horses always in use as hunters, in this country. General change 

 to the more speedy, in both horses and hounds, commenced up- 

 wards of three score years since. The old Southern hound. 

 Early objections to this revolution. The origin and breed of 

 most of our sporting dogs attempted to be traced in the < Sports- 

 man's Repository.' Colonel Thornton and Hugo Meynell. Old 

 foxhound match over the B. C. Newmarket. Colonel Thornton's 

 Merkin. Cross of the-greyhound and pointeron the old southern 

 hound. The modern hunter should be, at least, three parts 

 bred ; seven eighths preferable to full blood. Qualifications of 

 the complete English hunter. Reference to Messrs. Tattersall. 

 Importance of being carried pleasantly in the field. Some horses 

 enthusiastically attached to the sport. Anecdotes, p. 224 — 237. 



SECTION XXXV. p. 237. 



Riding to hounds. Few instructions on paper necessary. Sam 

 Chifney's seat. Queer position of the toes thrust through the 

 stirrups and pointing downwards. Sitting a horse in the jump. 



