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and Fencing, 243-280 ; importance of a fine hand, 281, 282 ; 

 observations on Race-Riding, and various methods of managing 

 a Horse upon the Turf explained, 294-309. 



Hound, the difficulty of determining the original stock of the 

 Enghsh, 322 ; English Blood-Hound, and its properties, 324 ; 

 English Stag-Hound, its peculiarities and scarcity, 324, 325, 

 360, 361 ; the Fox-Hound, its origin and history, 326-328 ; 

 distemper, and its cures, 341-345 ; the Harrier, 358-360 ; the 

 Beagle, 361 ; the Greyhound, 362 ; varieties of the Hound as 

 described in * The Gentleman's Recreation,' 437-439. See 

 Beagle, Blood-hound, Fox-hound, Harrier, Stag-hound, ^c. 



Hunter, (The) advantage of Eastern blood in the production of, 

 20, 21 ; his general usefulness, 70 ; bad consequences of breed- 

 ing from inferior stallions, 72-75 ; description of Brood Mares, 

 75-77 ; rearing and training, 78-81 ; form, 82-95 ; size, temper, 

 and courage, 95, 96 ; action, 98-104 ; may be either thorough 

 or half-bred, 103-106 ; advice in purchasing a Hunter, 106-110 ; 

 prices given for, 110 ; the Irish, and his peculiarities, 159, 160 ; 

 treatment of him during summer, old system condemned, 169, 

 182 ; advantages of the new system, and mode of treatment re- 

 commended, 183 ; clipping, 195 ; good stables indispensable, 

 197-200 ; proper food for, 201, 202 ; broken wind, 202, 203 ; 

 treatment of, before and after hunting, 203-207 ; management 

 of the legs and feet of, 208-213 ; the best mode of riding him 

 to hounds, and rules to be observed in fencing, 243-280. 



Hunting, pre-eminence of, among manly sports, 367, 368 ; the 

 Hunting Seat, 243 ; early origin of, 369. 370 ; a favourite theme 

 of the ablest writers, 369-378 ; vindicated from the charge of 

 cruelty, 381-385 ; Mr. Meynell's opinions on fox-hunting, 389- 

 400 ; gorse covers, 404-407 ; earth-stopping, 407-409 ; expenses 

 of a pack of fox-hounds, 409-411 ; Stag-Hunting, 414-421 ; 

 Sporting Technology, 421, 422 ; the Royal Hunt, 425-431 ; Ot- 

 ter-Hunting, 432-436 ; Hare-Hunting, 436-448 ; the Fox, 453- 

 457 ; the Huntsman, 457-466 ; Dog Language, 466 ; Conclud- 

 ing Maxims, 467-475; 



Huntsman, (The) his requisites and charactei-, 457-460 ; Beck- 

 ford's picture of a, 458-459 ; Gentlemen often act as, 460 ; du- 

 ties of, 462-466 ; manner of making himself intelligible to 

 hounds, 467. 



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India Company, account of races run by Horses belonging to their 

 stud, 19. 



