332 
117; good yearlings rejected as under- 
sized, instances, 126; increase in size 
of the thoroughbred demonstrated, 
231-2; size of horses in 1750, 231 
Sledmere. (See SIR TATTON SYKES) 
Slope of the pavement of stalls, 7 
Small horses: moderately-sized pre- 
ferred, 117; performances of large 
and small horses contrasted, 117-18; 
special instance of durability of small 
horses, 118; generally show best 
when young, and instances, 119 ; in- 
stances of good yearlings rejected as 
under-sized, 126 
Soiling, 25 
Sore backs, their prevention and treat- 
ment, 29-30 
Sore shins and their treatment, 34-6 ; 
curious instances of, 34; Mr. Cop- 
perthwaite on, and cbjections, 35-6 ; 
their prevalence iv ‘‘ big” condition, 
131 
Southwood, Dr., on ventilation, 11 
Spavin and splint, 36, 115-16 
Speed, Signs of, in the feet, 117 
Speed the Hough's performances in deep 
ground, 176 
£plint and spavin, 36 
‘* Sporting Gazette ‘The,” My letter to, 
on declarations to win, 171-2 
Stable management: 15-28; hours of 
work and preliminary process, 15. 
Winter treatment, times of feedingand 
exercise, 16, hand-rubbing prelerred 
to bandages, 16, 27-8, no deviation 
from rules, 16, Sunday work, 17, 
removal of offal-food, 26. Summer 
treatment, times of feeding and ex- 
ercise, 17-18 ; clothing must be dry, 
18 ; winter and summer clothing, 2.; 
prevention of griping, 7d.; tempe- 
rature should be even, 74.; neces- 
sity of cleanliness, 724.; practical 
results of this system, 19; Mr. T. 
Parr’s system, and objections to it, 
2.; hours of feeding and quantities 
of food, 20; value of regularity, 21; 
necessity of a good head-lad, and 
his duties, 21-3 ; food and its quali- 
ties, 23-4, oats, 23, hay, 24, good 
food the only food, 2d., soiling, 25, 
water and its qualities, 26-7. Exami- 
nation of the legs, 27, of the feet, 
28, evils of inattention, 27-8; value 
of neatness and regularity, 28 
Stables, The training : 1-8; buildings 
described, 4 ; tile roof recommended, 
z6.; loose boxes, stalls, and partitions, 
DEX. 
4-53 corn and hay stores, 5 ; boys’ 
rooms, 5; saddle room, 4; ventila- 
tion of, windows and air-holes, 6; 
boxes and stalls both necessary, and 
why, 76.; disposal of manure, 7; 
supply of water, 76.; material and 
slope of pavement, 2é.; drains con- 
demned, 8; the yard, 7d, 
Stalls, The, described, 5; both stalls 
and boxes necessary, and reason, 6 
Starkey’s, Mr. J. B., purchase of 
Viriais, a contrast to the current 
absurd prices, 127, his disappoint- 
ment with Viridisand Land Tax, 170 
Starter, curious instance of sore shins 
with, 34; betting cn, for Chester 
Cup, 64; instance of a good “‘ light” 
yearling, 130 
Stayers and flyers of our day enume- 
rated, 226 
Steeplechaser, The, successes of race- 
horses as, 177 ; improvement in, 232 
Stephenson, the late Mr. k., Anecdote 
of, 107 
Stewards, Admiral Rous on the powers 
of, 290 
Stirrup-iron, the, Attention to, neces- 
sary, to prevent accidents, 38 
Stockbridge, Cruel feat of endurance at, 
239 
Strangles ; treatment of, 32-3 ; cleanli- 
ness and air necessary in, 26, 
Studs, (See PRIVAIE STUDS AND PUB- 
LIC STUDS) 
Suburban Meeting, The: its evils, 280- 
I, and frequenters, 282 ; “first past 
the post” betting, 280-1; scenes at 
Harrow and the Hippcdrome, 281, 
lawless behaviour of the masses, 282 
Successes of my stable in past times, 
list of stakes won, 98-9, winners, 
Ico, horses sold, and prices, and 
their subsequent performances, 101 
Summer: times of feeding and exer- 
cise in, 17-18 ; clothing, 18 ; separate 
training ground necessary for, 61 
Sunday work : 17; not necessary, 87; 
pleas for Sunday rest, 87-8, anecdote 
of Lord Ribblesdale, 88; my own 
practice, 89 
Surface soil of training ground de- 
scribed, 59; method of its restora- 
tion, 61 
Sutton’s, Sir Richard, purchase and 
abortive treatment of La Pigue, 48 
Sweating in old days, 75-6 ; no longer 
necessary, 76.; my early disuse of it, 
76 ; its evils, 77 
