INDEX. 



517 



Disunited, meaning of the term applied to a Horse, 228-230. 



Dog, sagacity and fidelity of the, 314-316 ; his origin and history, 

 316-318 ; early reputation of the Dogs of Britain, 319-322. See 

 Hound, Fox-hound, Stag-hound, Blood-hound, Harrier, Beaglei 



DupuY, (Professor) his remarks on the diseases of Horses, 

 33, 34. 



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Earth-stopping, 406 ; Mr. Smith's system of, 407, 408. 

 Eclipse, descended from the Darley Arabian, 21 ; his remarkable 



form, 46 ; his action, 53 ; his organs of respiration, 56 ; his 



colour, QB. 

 Egyptians, the Horse first used by them, 6 ; the Dog held sacred 



by the, 317. 



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Falls in the hunting field, 276-279. 



Faults of Hounds, 329. 



Fences, variety of, 246-251 ; riding at fences, 259-271. 



Field Sports vindicated from the charge of cruelty, 382-385. 



Foaling, 41. 



Food of Hunters, 187, 188, 201-205 ; of Hounds, 347, 348. 



Fool-catcher, (The) description of Horse so called, 511. 



Form of the Racer, 43-48, 50-52 ; of the Hunter, 82-94 ; of the 

 Hackney, 115-118; of the Charger, 133, 134; of the Coach - 

 horse, 139, 140 ; of the Fox-hound, 329-340. 



Fownes, (Thomas, Esq.) the first to establish a pack of Fox- 

 hounds in England, 450-452. ' 



Fox, modern method of di^awing for the, 402, 403 ; woodland 

 Foxes superior to those bred in covers, 403, 404 ; nature and 

 habits, 453-457 ; maxims in drawing for the, 467, 468. 



Fox-HOUND, (The) his oi'igin and improvement, 326-328 ; remarks 

 on breeding, 328 ; form, 329-340 ; choice of animals to breed 

 from, 331-336 ; crossing of, 336-338 ; height, 339, 340 ; distem- 

 per, 341-345 ; kennel management, 345 ; best mode of feeding, 

 347, 348 ; importance of watei'-runs in kennels, 348, 349 ; colour 

 of, 349-351 ; tongue or cry of, 351-353 ; age of, 354 ; Separation 

 of the sexes, 354, 355 ; names and price of, .356-358 ; first kept 

 in England, 386 ; Mr. Meynell's method of training, 390-400 ; 

 expense of a pack of, 409-412 ; the author's ideas of a complete 

 pack, 448, 449 ; average speed of, 450 ; account of the supposed 



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