Index 



" Foxhunting in the shires," 

 41 



Gag, the, 60, 61 

 Girths, 59, 60 

 Glycerine, 73 



Grass, treatment of horses 

 coming up from, 67, 68 



,, turning horses out to, 



64, 65, dS 

 Grooming, 76 

 Grooms' fees and commissions, 



18 

 Gruel for tired hunter, 41 

 '< Grula" as a pick-me-up, 71 



Hackney pony, convenient 

 height for, 36 

 ,, virtues of, 36 



Hackney stud-book, 31 

 Harness-horse, pedigree of 

 useful, 57 

 ,, points to be noticed 



in choice of, 33 

 ,, rations for, 57 



,, useful, 56, 57 



Harness-room, the, 58 

 Harnessing and unharnessing, 



know^ledge of, 51, 52 

 Hay, buying from farmer, 15 

 ,, buying in market, 15 

 ,, foreign, 13 

 ,, making own, 15, 16 

 ,, storage of, 14 

 ,, value as food, 19 

 ,, way to tell good from 

 bad, 18, 19 

 Hayes, theory of Captain, 22 

 Haymaking, successful way 



of, 16 

 Health, food and work the 



secret of, 40, 42 

 Heels, cracked, 71, 73 

 Horse, advice in choosing a, 

 26,27, 28j29» 30j 3Ij32j 33 



Horse, best places for obtaining 

 a useful, 34, 39 

 ,, care of tired, 41, 42, 44, 



45 

 ,, Eastern plan of break- 

 ing in, 63 

 ,, economical way of 



keeping, 64 

 ,, exercise of, 76 

 ,, for hard work, 30, 31 

 , , hard work good for, 40 

 ,, rest necessary for sick, 



40 

 ,, search for poor man's, 



34 

 ,, with smooth action, 31 

 Horse-keeping, recapitulation 

 of main principles of, 75, 76, 



77 

 Horses, advantage of driving 

 a pair of, 36 

 ,, cruelty of tying up, 5 



,, fashion in big, 35 



,, improved condition of 



omnibus, 9 

 ,, Irish, 25, 39 



,, to avoid, 29, 75 



,, treatment of sick, 68, 



69.70, 7i»72>73> 74 

 ,, work accomplished by 



small, 35 

 Hunter, amount of work to be 

 got out of, 39, 40 

 ,, for deep country, 32 

 ,, treatment at end of 

 season of, 42, 43 

 Hunting, enjoyment of, 44 



India, 5, 70 

 Ireland, 34, 39 



Labour, scarcity of, 16 

 Lameness, treatment for, 74 

 Light, importance of, 8 

 Linseed, 21, 22, 23, 73, 74 



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