518 INDEX. 



first pack, 4.50, 451 ; duties of a huntsman in the kennel and 

 the field, 462-466. 

 Frauds in Horse-dealing, antiquity of, 477; the eye, 497,498; 

 fraud practised at the time of sale voids the contract, 502. 



G 



Galloway, (The) 128; several remarkable for speed, 128, 129. 



George III. an ardent follower of Stag-hunting, 428-430. 



Gig, (The) great improvement in the build of, 149 ; causes of 

 accidents, 151. 



Gig-horse, (The) for town and country use, 149-151 ; mares ob- 

 jectionable, 151. 



GoDOLPHiN Arabian, (The) 9, 10. 



Goodlake, (Mr.) on the Greyhound, 363. 



Gorse-covers, 404, 405. 



Greeks, use of Horses among the ancient, 3-6 ; the breeding of 

 Horses enforced by them, 24 ; the Romans derived theu' know- 

 ledge of Horsemanship from them, 217. 



Greyhound, (The) highly esteemed in the middle ages, and now 

 much improved, 362 ; the Orford breed, 363-365. 



Grooms, 196; their cruelty to Horses sometimes produces vice, 

 479. 



H 



Hackney, (The) and its varieties. 111 ; description and requisites 

 of, 115 ; a perfect specimen of, 125 ; difference between Irish 

 and English, 158 ; road-riding, 237-243. 



Hadrian, his passion for Hunting, 374. 



Hare, (The) habits of, 444. 



Hare-hunting, its antiquity, 436 ; difficulties to be overcome in, 

 440 ; terms used in, 447. 



Harkaway, at Goodwood, 161. 



Harrier, (The) 358 ; Dashwood breed celebrated, 359 ; as de- 

 scribed in " The Gentleman's Recreation," 437-439; great per- 

 fection of the modern, 441 ; Beckford's remarks on, 443. 



Hawkes, (Mr.) his account of Mr. Meynell's mode of hunting, 

 390-400. 



Head of the Horse, 44, 45 ; of the Hunter, 82 ; diseases of the, 



496. 

 Health promoted by field sports, 380-381. 

 Height, standard of, in Fox-hounds, 338-340. 

 Henry 11. an encourager of the breeding of Hounds, 321. 

 Hollooing, cheering influence of, 464-466. 



