INDEX. 



HEA 



dwarf foxhounds used for, ib. ', 

 occasional killing of a fox by, 

 75 ; how to breed, ib. ; ken- 

 nel management of, 78 ; 

 quarrelsome disposition of, ib. ; 

 how to be handled in the field, 

 79; lists of, in the United 

 Kingdom, 335 



Heal, Arthur, Lord Ebrington's 

 huntsman, 53 



Henry I., enclosure of Woodstock 

 by ,9 ; grants hunting privileges 

 to the citizens of London, 17 



Henry II., 9 



Henry III. grants hunting privi- 

 leges to ecclesiastics, n ; 

 hunting establishment of, at 

 Pytchley, 233 



Henry VIII., efforts of, to im- 

 prove the breed of horses, 161 



1 1 eythrop pack and country, 254 



Ilieover, Harry, his advice on 

 buying horses, 183 



Hill, Hon. Geoffrey, otter-hunt- 

 ing system of, 293 ; on the 

 breeding habits of the otter, 

 298 ; record of sport by, 

 300 ; curious otter-hunting 

 adventure of, 315 



Hill, Waldron, otter-hunting 

 system of, 293 ; cross-breeding 

 of otter hounds by, 312 



Hills, Jem, 254 



Horn, use of the, 137 

 Horncastle fair, 175 

 Horse, the kind of, for Exmoor, 

 55 ; liability of, to illness in 

 the stable, 89 ; importance of 

 sanitary regulations for, 90 ; 

 a victim of ignorant grooms, 

 91 ; how stabled at Badmin- 

 ton, ib. ; treatment of, in 

 summer, 97; treatment of, 



HOU 



after coming in from hunting, 

 99 ; attention to accidenta 

 injuries in, 100 ; diseases of, 

 and their treatment, 101 ; 

 saddling, 105 ; billing, io5 ; 

 shoeing, ib. ; grooming, 107 ; 

 the old practice of ear crop- 

 ping, 108 ; use of, by whip- 

 pers-in, 147 ; early history of, 

 in England, 160 ; efforts of 

 Henry VIII. to improve the 

 breed, 161 ; great change for 

 the better recorded by Mark- 

 ham, 163 ; hunting, 164 ; 

 colour, 165 ; shape according 

 to Markham, 166; old and 

 modern hunters, ib. ; the 

 thorough-bred, 1 68 ; choice 

 of animals for crossing, 1 70 ; 

 judging a hunter by his head, 

 171 ; shape often a fallacious 

 criterion, 172; fairs and pur- 

 chase of hunters there, 174 ; 

 Tattersall's auctions, 179 ; 

 examples of high prices for- 

 merly paid for, 180; buying 

 from dealers, 183 ; sympathy 

 of, with his rider, 201 ; his 

 instinct of danger ahead, 206 ; 

 different ways of putting at 

 fences, 209 ; how to be treated 

 by his rider after hunting, 

 214 ; first introduction of the 

 custom of second horses, 221 

 Hounds, term of working life of, 

 121 ; breeding and rearing of, 

 121 ; prejudices on the subject 

 of colour, 122; dieting, 124; 

 distemper in, 127 ; life of, in 

 the kennels during the hunt- 

 ing season, 128 ; rounding 

 the ears of, 131 ; securing obe- 

 dience in, ib. ; Somerville's 



