INDEX. 321 
Buffon, on the natural coat of animals, 
42; on the age to break the horse, 
68 
Bunbury’s, Sir Charles, system of 
preparation, 78 
“ Burnett’s” fluid, Use of, 18; in 
sickness, 33 
Burns, Mr., on ventilation, 11 
Camerine, an example of a good small 
horse, 117 
Caractacus, an example of the value of 
produce of old mares, 129 
Casualties, (See SICKNESS AND CASUAL- 
TIES) 
Catch-em-alive, a horse fit when “‘ big,” 
47 
Chandos, an instance of the thorough- 
bred carrying weight, 195 
Changeability of owners, how caused, 
and its prejudice to trainers, 210-6 
Charon’s in-and-out running examined 
and explained, 109 
Chester Cup, Instance of betting on 
Starter and Our Mary Ann for, 64 
Chifney : last days of, ‘‘ why jockeys 
are poor,” 224; his betting detended, 
309 
Clark, Mr., on nee and soiling, and 
remarks, 24-5; on water and its 
qualities, 26-7; on equine fatness, 
Cleanliness in the stable, 18 ; its need in 
sickness, 
Clerks of the Course: their responsi- 
bilities in preserving order, 284; 
dramatic restrictions, a lesson in 
point, 287; value of their services, 
288 ; Admiral Rous on the powers of 
stewards and others, 290 
Climate, Effect of, on the breed of 
horses, 58 
Clothing : preferred to exclusion of air, 
13; must be dry, 18; winter and 
summer clothing, 24.; warm clothing 
necessary in sickness, 37; for the 
yearling, $4 
Coats Rough and Glossy: stifling stables 
and their attractiveness, 10-13, dire- 
ful results, 13-14; predilection for 
glossy coats, 41, protest against, 42 ; 
natural coat of animals, 2d., Buffon 
thereon, 74., removal of coat, its 
evils, the condition-ball and ar-enic, 
42-3; rough coats oitenest seen, 43 ; 
examples of horses fit when rough, 
44 
Colds and Coughs; the danger of, 33; 
their prevention 24,, diverse effects of 
coughs on condition, 52; precau- 
tions against, during preparation, 
86 
Collingwood and The Cur, Disobedience 
of declaration to win with, 170 
Commissioner, The: 250-5; evils of 
employing him, 76.; how commissions 
are worked, 251-2; his dishonesty, 
plausibility, and easy gains, 7.; 
authentic personal experiences in 
illustration: Pharsalus and The 
Metropolitan, 252, Promised Land 
and the Two Thousand, 252-3, 
our commission on the Goodwood 
Stakes, 253-4, the result examined, 
254; suggested restrictions on, 257; 
owners recommended one of three 
.courses with, 257-8 
Condition-ball, The, and its evils, 43 
Condition : predilection for glossy coats, 
» protest against, 42; the natural 
coat of animals, 76., Buffon thereon, 
24.; evils of removal of coat, 25.; 
the condition-ball and arsenic, 433 
rough coats oftenest seen, 2d.; in- 
stances of horses fit when rough, 44. 
Popular opinion of condition, “theory 
and experience, 45-7, its error shown, 
56; the trainer the only judge of, 
47, 543 instances of horses fit when 
“big” and when ‘‘ light,” 47, 56 ; the 
trainer sometimes deceived, personal 
experiences and inferences, 49-503 
necessity of time and work, 50; con- 
dition for long courses, 49-50 ; 
owner’s ideas of condition, and 
examples, 50-1; various effects of 
coughs discriminated, 52; lameness 
and its different results, 24.; instance 
of diverse opinion of two owners, 
53; signs of condition, 54; curious 
belief in two states of condition and 
fallacy shown, 54-5; oftener fit 
“light” than “big,” 57. Condition 
of pedestrians (/oot note), 57, 94 5 
fat men, 57; Mr. Clark on equine 
fatness, 58; effects of climate, 7.; 
danger of excessive work when unfit, 
82; ” evils of running when unfit, 92 ; 
running “big” and ‘‘light,” 2. ; 
instances of “light” horses fit, 26.; 
prejudice of owners for ‘* big” con- 
dition and remarkable instances in 
disproof of its value, 95-7; evils of 
“big” condition, 97; reason for 
insistence on “light” preparation 
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