INDEX 



Plato, 99. 



Pluck and nerve, 104, 107, 

 Portman, stag-hunting, 208. 

 Portman, with fox-hounds, 184. 

 Powell riding over high timber, in. 

 Presence of mind necessary for 



riding, 11. 

 Provinces, 210 scq. 

 Pytchley, finest hunting country in 

 England, 236. 



Quorn, 236. 

 Fences, 225. 

 Hounds, 211, 212 



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Ranksborough, coming from, 148, 



157- 

 Rarey and judicious coercion, 15. 

 Reins, long, advantages of, 73. 

 Reins, loose, question of, 50. 

 Rider, rule for position of, 97, 100. 

 Riding — 



Attitudes adopted in, 90. 



Round corners, advice on, 85. 



Two-handed, 74. 

 Rothschild, Baron, hunting-bridge 



over Rowsham, 188. 

 Rothschild, Baron, stag-hounds, 



195- 

 Rothschild, Leopold, hunting carted 



deer, 201. 

 Rothschild, Sir Nathaniel, hunting 



carted deer, 200, 201. 

 Rotten Row, riding in, 85. 

 Rowsham forded by bullocks, 188. 

 Russell, Rev, John, stag-hunting, 



197. 



Saddle, open or plain-flapped, 96. 



Facility for moving leg in, 97. 

 Saddles, padded versus open, 96 seq. 



Seat, 89 seq. 



How to obtain firm, lOi. 

 Strong, loi. 

 Shires, 225 seq. 



Run in, 227 seq. 

 Shuttlecock, Billesdon Coplow 



poem quoted on, 161. 

 " Sir Marinel," Sir Charles Ivnight- 



ley's hunter, 160. 

 Smith, Assheton — 

 Diagonal jump, 126. 

 On knowing how to fall, 238. 

 Riding at timber, 23, 

 Style of riding, 107. 

 Smith, Captain Arthur, horseman- 

 ship, 108. 

 Smith, Captain Arthur, riding at 



timber, 22. 

 Smith, Tom, skill and daring of, 



108. 

 Snaffle, 34. 

 Somerset, Granville, stag-hunting, 



197, 199. 

 Spencer, Lord, as Master of the 



Pytchley, 236. 

 Spencer, Lord, horsemanship, 6. 

 Sportswomen, 116, 1 1 7. 

 Spur — 



Abuse of, 56 seq. 



For hack, 59. 



In riding-schools, 57. 



Inconvenient when rider is down, 



66. 

 Why used in hunting-field, 62, 63. 

 Stag-hounds, riding a/, l^'^ seq. 

 " Combes," 197. 

 Hounds to have plenty of room, 



204. 

 No fixed rules for, 193. 

 On Exmoor, 195. 

 " Riding the deer," 204. 

 Running compared with fox- 

 hounds, 196. 

 " Tufting," 199. 

 Steeplechase riders' fine hands, 83. 

 Stirrup, length of, 91. 

 Stone-gap, Ireland, 145. 

 Stour, River, good friend to deer, 



20S. 

 Stratbmore, Lord, 106. 



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