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INDEX. 



AIDS, THE, 207. 



Alderson, Colonel, 105. 



Amory's, Sir John, 296. 



Annealed iron, 27-29. 



Apology, 386. 



Archer, Fred, 3, 6, 375, 393, 399. 



Ash plant, 219. 



Asteroid, 395. 



Atherstone, 340. 



Austrian officers' saddle, 133. 



Australia, 2, 255. 



Australians, 3, 173. 



"BACK" OF SADDLE, 124. 



,, , weight-bearing surfaces of, 



114, 117. 



Backs, sore, 116, 130. 

 Badgers, 311, 312, 336. 

 Balance, riding by, 6. 

 Bandages, 348. 

 Bar plates, 112. 

 Bare-backed riding, 18. 

 Barroil, 449. 

 Bars of a saddle, ill, 112. 



,, ,, the mouth, 18, 70. 



,, , spring, no. 

 Bath, lamp, 445. 



,, , Turkish, 446. 

 Bearing-reins, 25. 

 Beaufort, Duke of, 349. 

 Beaufort's, Duke of, 320, 340. 

 Bedale, 320. 

 Beecher's Brook, 422. 

 Bellies of a tree, 112. 

 ,, on a saddle, 123. 



Belts, weight, 429. 



Belvoir, 63, 298, 299, 322, 341. 



,, foxes, 371. 

 Ben Morgan bit, 41. 

 Bend Or, 395, 399. 

 Bending to the rein, 19. 

 Berks, South, 324. 

 Bicester and Warden Hill, 320. 

 Billets, 51. 

 Bit and bridoon, 24. 

 ,, , choice of a, 1 06. 

 Bits, 24-48. 

 ,, , cast, 27-29. 

 ,, , materials for, 27. 

 Bitting, principles of, 24. 

 Black Diamond, 393. 

 Blackmore Vale, 320. 

 Blackwell nose-net, 270. 

 Blencathra, 320. 

 Blood, 328. 



" Blooding " a boy, 331. 

 Body, weight of, 208, 219. 

 Boers, 164. 

 Boots for horses, 348. 



, top, 344. 

 Boring, 253. 

 Bottoms, 358. 

 Boys learning to ride, 5. 

 Breast-plates, ill, 145. 

 Breeches, hunting, 341. 

 Breeding horses, 307, 317. 

 Bridle, adjustment of, 103. 



,, , afraid to go up to, 25. 



,, , description of, 24. 



,, , double, 29, 49, 106. 



