INDEX. 
Sweetmeat, an instance of a yearling 
rejected as under-sized, 126 
Swollen joints, their cause and results, 
36 116 
Sykes, Sir Tatton: his treatment of 
yearlings in the paddock described 
and commended, 74; excellent result 
of his system, 131; rarity of disease, 
131; his successes and instances, 
131-2, ‘‘like begets like,” 133; dis- 
posal of colts and fillies, 2b. A visit 
to Sledmere, 133-4, purchase of 
Palmistry, 133 
TABLE of handicaps at Goodwood and 
Newmarket, showing preponderance 
of boy-jockeys (footnote), 203 
Table of light- and heavy-weight han- 
dicaps (/eotnote), 197 
Table-vf number of horses in training, 
( footnote), 228 
Table of races and distances run in 
present day (footnote), 229 
Table of value of stakes to-day (/oot- 
note), 236 
Table (official) of weights for Queen’s 
Plates ( footnote), 207 
Table (suggested) of weights for shorter 
races ( footnote), 208 
Tackle, The breaking-, described, 65 
Tacticians : eminent turf-tacticians and 
their failures, 187-9, Admiral Rous 
and Weathergage, 188, Mr. C. 
C. Greville’s career, 188-9; self- 
confidence accounts for only partial 
success, 189 
Tame Deer : typical instance of “‘ big” 
and ‘‘light” condition—Zame Deer 
and fisherman, 56 
Tanner, Influence of the late Inspector, 
on the race-course, 285 
Temperature of stables should be even, 
18 
Ten Broeck’s, Mr., stud, 111 
Thoroughbred, The. (See THE RACE- 
HORSE) 
Thorough-pin, 37; the case of Defender, 
116 
Three-year-old, The: his preparation 
described, 82-4 ; danger of overwork 
when unfit, 82 ; training for long and 
short couises, 83; in and out running 
at two- and three-years-old, and in- 
stances, IO1 ; hints on purchasing (see 
PurcHASING); large horses gene- 
rally show best as, and instances, 119; 
best method of trial, and instances, 
152 
333 
Thrush and its cure, 30 
Tile roof to stables recommended, 4 
Time, an essential of condition, 50 
Time-test, the, Fallacy of, 232 
‘* Tipster,” The : untrustworthiness of, 
246 ; only sound reasons for backing 
a horse, 24.; his occupation done 
away with by new system of entry 
and nomination, 263; criticism of 
press commended and desired, 268 
Touchstone, an example of a good 
small horse, 117 
“Tout,” The : seclusion from, at Wood- 
yates, and instance, 63-64 ; untrust- 
worthiness of, 246; his occupation 
done away with by new system of 
entry and nomination, 263. The 
stable-boy and his tempter, how the 
tout works, 269, a method to frus- 
trate espionage, its working de- 
scribed and advantages shown, 270-2 
Trade and the Turf contrasted, 304 
Trainer, The: multifarious duties of, 
22; the only judge of condition, 
46-7, is sometimes deceived, and in- 
stances, 49-50, knows his own horses, 
543; cannot please all, 91 ; duty im- 
posed upon him, 92; duty of the 
owner to, I9I-92, 221-4; his view of 
the light-weight scale, 196; hardships, 
209-224 (see PROFESSIONAL HARD- 
SHIPS) ; why trainers die poor, 224; 
Professor Low’s indiscriminate charges 
against, refuted, 308-10 
Training. (See PREPARATION) 
Training-ground, The: 59, 64; its es- 
sentials, 59 ; surface, 26.; extent and 
shape, 60; downhill exercise con- 
demned, 26.; distinct course~ for sum- 
mer and winter, 61 ; the trial-ground, 
z6.; methods to restore surface, 2.; 
Newmarket and other sites, 61-2; 
different values set on situation, 62; 
a quiet spot recommended, and rea- 
sons, 63, example of advantages of 
seclusion at Woodyates (in the betting 
on the Chester Cup), 64 
Training stables, The. (See STABLES) 
Trials : 140-159 ; essentials of training- 
ground for, 61 ; value of a trial be- 
fore purchasing, 114; large horses 
should be tried before parted with, 
120; a trial recommended when 
practicable before engagement, 138 ; 
immense value of, 140 ; difficulties, 
zé.; certainty not possible, 141 ; mis- 
takes in long and short trials, 720.; 
unsatisfactory trials, false pace, 142; 
