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INDEX. 



Running away, 267. 



,, , making the, 386. 

 Runs, 332, 371. 

 Rutland, Duke of, 322. 



SADDLE, Austrian officers', 133. 

 , bellies on seat of, 123. 

 , buck-jumping, 135. 



cloths, 144, 148. 

 , description of a, 109. 

 for heavy man, 119. 

 getting " cast," 123. 

 , hunting, 109. 

 , Keith-Fraser's, 134. 

 , length of a, 117. 

 , measuring for a, 135. 

 , military, no. 



muscle, 114. 

 , position for a, 145. 

 , racing, 109, 426. 

 , riding in a light, 7. 

 , "spring" in, 119, 123. 



tree, 109, in, 116. 

 , webs of, 122. 

 , weight of hunting, 120. 

 , width of, 117. 

 Saddlery, 109-152, 425. 

 Saddles, 109-152, 426. 

 ,, , covering of, 124. 

 ,, , leaded, 427. 

 ,, , steeplechasing, 427. 

 ,, , too short, 116. 

 ,, , varieties of, 109. 

 Saddling a horse, 146. 



,, ,, race-horse, 430. 



Safety bars, 142. 

 Salicylate of sodium, 439. 

 Salt, 438, 439. 

 Samandal, 394. 

 Sandown water-jump, 285. 

 Saunterer, 386, 387, 388. 

 Scarlet, 340 

 Scent, 371. 

 School, riding, 448. 

 Scots Grey, 93. 

 Season, hunting, 299. 

 Seat, differences of, 187. 



Seat, hunting, 189-201. 

 ,, , jockey's, 14, 16, 372-376. 

 ,, , military, 203. 

 ,, of a saddle, 113. 

 ,, , the, 187-203. 

 Second horsemen, 306. 

 Segundo bit, 45. 

 Serge -covered panels, 130, 131. 

 Sewing for bridles, 51-53, 56. 

 Sheep dip, 312. 

 Sherston, Major, 264. 

 Shires, the, 348. 

 Shooting men, 317. 

 Short, Mr., 265. 

 Shoulder-in, 451. 

 Shouldering, 270. 

 Showing the whip, 255. 

 Shying, 273. 

 Sir Bevys, 392. 

 Sitfast, 117. 

 Skaters, 16. 

 Skirts of a saddle, 113. 

 Slack reins, 227-229. 

 Sliding mouth-piece curb, 41, 83. 

 " Slip, getting the," 389. 

 Sloan, 381, 394. 

 Slope of hoof, 277. 

 Smith, Capt. " Doggie," 364. 

 Snaffle, action of, 68-74. 



,, , best form of, 108. 



,, , chain, 33. 



,, , double- jointed, 30. 



,, , ,, mouthed, 36. 



,, , ,, ringed, 33. 



»> > gag, 35- 



,, , half -moon, 30. 



,, in mouth, position of, 103. 



,, , India-rubber, 38. 



,, , Newmarket, 38. 



,, , single-jointed, 30. 



,, , thin racing, 32. 



,, , twisted, 32. 



,, , unjointed, 30, 108. 



,, , use of, 107. 

 Snaffles, 29-38. 

 "Snob," 339. 

 Sore backs, 1 1 6, 1 30. 



