INDEX 



H 



Hand, 68 seq. 

 A gift, not an acquirement, 69. 

 Qualities comprised under, 68, 80, 

 82, ^Z. 

 Harborough country, 239. 

 " Hard Bargain," 55. 

 Hare - hunting as school for 



thorough-breds, 165. 

 Head, Sir Francis, on danger in 



battle and hunting, 105, 113. 

 Holderness, level ploughs of, 225. 

 Horses — 



Accommodate themselves to rider 



who subjugates one, 16. 

 " Boring," 48. 

 Discretion most valuable quality 



in, 135- 

 Docile nature, 40. 

 Eastern, broken with severe bits, 



45. 

 Game qualities of English, 15S. 

 Good understanding between 



rider and, 16. 

 Habit of obedience, 6, 14. 

 Hack, advice on hunting on, I2I. 

 Intellect to be cultivated, 4. 

 "Leicestershire horse," 225. 

 Mechanical, in Piccadilly, 93 seq. 

 Position of fore feet in action, 79. 

 Rash horse, advice on rid ing, 1 8 seq. 

 "Refusing," 65. 

 Sensitive and highly-strung, 3. 

 "Slug," management required 



by, 24. 

 Wall-jumping, 132. 

 Yearling, 158. 

 Young, apt to swerve, 74. 

 Young horse in bog, 3. 

 {See also Irish Hunters and 



Thorough-bred Horses.) 

 Horse-breakers not varying their 



system, 45. 

 Horsemanship — 

 Art of, 53. 



Every rider his own system, 80. 

 First principles of, 70. 

 Qualities necessary for, i, 2, 11, 



12, 13, 239, 240. 



Horsewoman, style adopted by, 



72. 

 Ilowcott, Mark, whip, 201. 

 Hunter, qualities for perfect, 31. 

 Hunters not really fond of jumping, 



187. 

 Hunting — 



Advice on start on hack, 121 seq. 

 Fields to be avoided, 134. 

 Second horses introduced, 38. 

 Hunting-field — 

 As school for cavalry officers, 



178. 

 As school for leaping, 14. 

 " What kills is the pace," 156. 

 Hunting in provinces and shires, 



219-224, 225, seq. 

 " Hunting parsons," 82. 

 Hunting pictures of Leicestershire 

 and Northamptonshire, 36. 



I 



Ireland, fences in, 137. 



Ireland, no cart-horse blood till 



recently, 154. 

 Irish horse-breaking, 142. 

 Irish hunters, 137 seq. 



Accoutrements, 144. 



At stone-gap, 145. 



Difficulty of buying, 152. 



Experience needful in judging, 



151- 



Go shortest way, 149. 



In shires, 147, 148. 



Jumping 146 ; 



"at short notice," 149. 



Objection to, 152, 153. 



Style of jumping, 137, 139. 



System for training "an ac- 

 complished lepper," 15. 



Timber-jumping, 147. 



"Training," 140, 142. 



Well-bred, 153. 

 Irishmen, natural insight into char- 

 acter of horse, 142. 

 Irishmen ride with light bridle, 73, 

 139- 



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