INDEX. 
ACCEPTANCE: a new method of sug- 
gested, 259; the method sketched 
and advantages shown, 258-64 
Accidents, (See SICKNESS AND CASUAL- 
TIES) 
Aged horses, (Sze Remarks on the Four- 
year-old) 
Air. (See VENTILATION) 
Air-holes and windows, 6 
Alep’s defeat by Avowal. a proof of 
improvement of thoroughbred, 230-1 
Alington, Lord, My purchase of reason- 
ably priced yearlings for, and results, 
128 
Alternate rest and labour essential, 82 
Amateur Backer, The: hints to, 246-7 ; 
the counterfeit bookmaker and the 
“*tipster,” 246 
American system, The: breaking, 
Umpire. an instance, 71; system of 
training, I10-12 ; contrast of distance 
and pace, I10-I1; extra clothing, 
III ; rarity of victories, a proof of its 
inferiority, 2b.;  Priress at New- 
market, 24.; Mr. Ten Broeck’s and 
Mr. Sanford’s studs, 24.; condition 
of Preakness at Epsom, 112 
Ancient estimation of the horse, 237 
Anecdotes of racing, Reason 
restraint in using, 314 
Anglesey’s, Marquess of, dictum on pur- 
chasing, 138 
Anonymous letters: evil of, 190-2 ; 
proper treatment of, 192 ; instance of 
harm done at Whitewall, 191 
Antagonist’s victory a proof of benefit 
of early breaking, 72 
Appetite and condition, 85 
Arsenic, Evil of use of, 43 
Ascot and Epsom courses contrasted, 
and inferences, 175-6 
for 
Assheton Smith, Mr., as 
weight rider, 194 
Athelstan’s, King, ‘‘running horses,” 
a heavy- 
237 
Attacks on the turf, 303-14: frequency 
of, 303; the turf and trade con- 
trasted, 304; Professor Low’s attack 
specially considered, 305-14, errors 
of his statements and deductions 
shown, 7., alleged cruelty to the 
horse and jockey refuted, 306-7, 
groundlessness of charges against 
jockeys and trainers shown, 308, 
absurdity of his charges against 
owners laying against their own 
horses shown, 311-14 
Auctions, Absurdity of prices paid at, 
for blood-stock, 127; and contra-ts 
of success of reasonably priced 
animals, 127-8 
Audacity of boy-jockeys, 162 
Avowal’s defeat of Alef, a proof of 
improvement of thoroughbred, 230-1 
BACKING BOOK-MAKER, The, his proce- 
dure and harmfulness, 248 
Ballad-mongers should be removed from 
the race-course, 285 
Bandages condemned, 28, 31; hand- 
rubbing preferred to, 16 
Banditto’s defeat of Europa, an in- 
stance of the trustworthiness of trials, 
153 
Bay Middleton : an example that horses 
run in all shapes, 136; taken as a 
criterion of a generation since, and 
contrasted with Blue Gown and other 
modern horses, 226-7 
Bentinck, Lord George : his custom of 
selecting yearlings in the paddock, 
