INDEX. 



481 



Safety bars, 38-42, 231. 



,, skirts, 89-110, 231. 



,, stirrups, 42-51, 64-66. 

 St. Petersburg, 393. 

 Salary, 14, 15. 

 Sample, Professor, 379. 

 Sandwich case, 323. 

 Sanminiatelli, Count, 390. 

 Saunders, Mrs., 384, 355. 

 Scots Grey, 82. 

 "Scrutator," 343, 354, 379. 

 Seats of side-saddles, 32, 55. 

 Seat, the, 145. 



,, , theory of the, 145-156. 

 Second horseman, 323. 



,, horses, 347. 

 Shanghai, 231, 388. 

 Sheep, 368. 

 Shires, 8, 12, 91, 176, 179, 248, 249, 



250, 269, 270, 357. 

 Shoulder, point of the, 468, 

 Shouldering, 441. 

 Shoulders, 468. 

 Shying, 229, 432, 433-436- 

 Side-saddle, weight of, 54. 

 Side-saddles, i, 2, 6, 7, 25-69. 

 Sideways, jumping horses, 378. 

 Singapore, 388. 

 " Sit back," 214. 

 Skirt, accustoming horse to, 18. 



,, , length of, 98. 

 Slipper stirrup, 42. 

 Snaffles, 75, 326, 438, 443, 448, 450. 

 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 



to Animals, 396. 

 Sola topee, 115. 

 Sole of the hoof, 465. 

 Soltikov, 393. 



Sore backs, 7, 68, 324, 350. 

 South Africa, 335, 391. 

 Spinal curvature, 6. 

 Sporting and Dramatic News, 428. 

 Spur, 177. 



,, on whip, 182. 

 Square seat, 153-155. 

 Stable Management and Exercise, 350. 

 Standing jump, 241. 



Standing martingale, 439. 



,, " over," 472. 

 Stapleford Park, 250. 

 Staples, 54. 



Stake-and-bound fence, 249. 

 Starting, 185. 

 " Steady ! " 169, 204. 

 " Steadying " horses, 223. 

 Steep ground, 320. 

 Steiger, 463. 



Steinbock, coursing, 391. 

 Stifle, 470. 

 Stirrup bar, 27. 



,, , case for extra, 42. 



,, leather, 36-38. 



,, , length of, 156. 



,, , man's, 50. 



,, , position of foot in, 156. 



,, too long, 146. 

 Stirrups, safety, 42-51, 64-66. 

 Stock, 122. 

 Stokes, William, 428. 

 Stone gaps, 269. 



,, walls, 269. 

 Strangers, 327. 

 Stuffing of saddle, 32, 33. 

 Stumbling, 436. 

 Subscriptions, hunt. 306. 

 Suffolk Punch, 387. 

 Suez, 388. 

 Surtees, 330. 



Suspensory ligament, 467. 

 Swimming, 462. 

 Syces, 424. 



TAILORS, 89, 102-105. 

 Talking to horses, 229, 230. 

 Tan, 437. 

 Tannoform, 351. 

 Tautz, Mr., 94, no. 

 Tendo Achillis, 470. 

 Tendons, 467. 

 Terai hat, 115. 

 Terence, 384. 

 Tientsin, 388, 462. 

 Tiergarten, 16, 392, 429. 

 Tips, 352. 



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