INDEX. 



Racer and Racing, 9 ; peculiar (o Britain and Ireland 

 most resembles the Arabian, but superior the most 

 powerful, swift and lasting of the species idea of tho- 

 rough breed gradually developed none but accidental 

 mixtures in the British racing blood, 10 ; glorious uncer- 

 tainties of Turf-breeding and Horse-coursing, 11 ; no de- 

 generation in the Turf-breed new blood not in repute, 

 ibid test of true blood, ibid (See Training for the Turf) 

 portraits of the old Racers neglected and lost, 4 1 ; va- 

 lued by the German breeders list of many now lost 

 local advantages and disadvantages for Racers and Hun- 

 ters, 77 ; racing in France, 104 ; anecdote of a Sporting 

 race of former days more Horses broken down from 

 ignorance than design, 177 ; proprietors and their grooms 

 equally prejudiced Stable logic Newmarket and York- 

 shire training compared, 177 ; training more injurious 

 than Racing, 179; examples northern Horses Lave run 

 well at Newmarket proper training after travel names 

 of the Horses ought not to be omitted on the portraits 

 of Racers. 



Race, Steam Boat, 202. 



Regulus, old, or Martindale's, profit by him, 39. 



Richmond, late Duke of, his melancholy death and euloge, 

 56. 



Sale and Purchase, 20 ; warranty. 



Saltorius, Sen. and Jun. 37. 



Seymour, Horse-painter, 4, 37. 



Shakespeare the Race Horse, 37, 40. 



Shark the Racer, 47 ; his winnings. 



Shooting, 113; Wild-Fowl, its ecstatic pleasure described, 

 114; Memorabilia, 198; matches, 199; Game killed, 

 200-201. 



Squirt, the Racer, anecdote of him, 47. 



Stable care and array, 18 ; loose stable, 19 ; error of hard 

 cold stonesfeeding trimming-cruppers nicking Shoe- 

 ing, ibid La Fosse's system, 20. 



Stakes, St. Ledger, at Doncaster, 170 account of the dis- 

 puted Race in 1819; hasty decision of tbe Stewards, 171; 

 final decision of the Jockey Club arguments pro and 

 con, 172; Remarks and Regulations proposed, 173; 

 common practice of false starts, 174; all's well at Don- 



caster, 175 ; improvements of the course there sale of 

 Antonio necessity of keeping every Race Course clear 

 during the running a precious set reported to frequent 

 Doncaster, 176 ; training grooms discharged Stakes, 

 grand Trial for Northern and Southern Horses, 180. 



Stallions shamefully neglected and abused, 44. 



Stubbs, the Horse-painter, effectually defended, 4. 



Tattersall's, account of a horse there, resembling the Godol- 

 phin Arabian, 4. 



Thornton, Col. Marquis of Chambord in France, 34, fig, 77, 

 84, 121. 



Training the Racer, 12 ; Chifney's remarks error in train- 

 ing, 68 ; moderation in training recommended, and sound 

 Racers with some flesh, rather than lame ones with none, 

 180. 



Treatise on Horses, Philosophical and Practical, extract from, 

 23, 39, 157, 177. 



Trotting in Harness, 192. 



Turf; commencement of Racing, 13; Horse-coursing, its 

 character, 34 ; superiority of the Running Stables con- 

 siderations on the Turf, 169 ; progressive improvement 

 extension of racing Blood, farther improvement neces- 

 sary and practicable, 170 ; an excellent channel for su- 

 perfluous cash, 181 ; preferable to run sound horses. 

 opinion of Mr. Cline on breeding of Mr. Lawrence dif- 

 ficulties in the case examples apparently in opposition to 

 Mr. Clitic's theory instance of unfair and fair Racing 

 Chifney's loose rein, 192. 



Turkmainatti, the Godolphin, or crack Arabian of Ger- 

 many, 7. 



Veltheira, Harbke de, Count, Chevalier of the orders of the 

 Red Eagle and of St. John of Prussia his observations on 

 Horses, 7, 31, 181. 



Wellington, Duke of, 199. 



Western, C. C. Esq. M.P. his French cart stallion, Jl. 



Wildman, Mr. Proprietor of Eclipse, 38, 39. 



York, Duke of, 2ol. 



ERRATA. 



Page 40, line 15, read, " in the portrait." 



41, line 18, dele , and read " Bay Bolton." 



. 57, line 1, read " washing." 



191, for " Duke of Bedford," read " Duke of Devonshire." 



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W. WILSON', Printer, 4, Grcvilie-Strcet, Hatton-Garden, London. 



