Manual of British Rural Sports by Stonehenge 17th Edition

CONTENTS. CHAP. IX. training of the two-year-old colt. sect. page 1. Preliminary Eemarks 474 2. Clothing, Dressing, and Stable Manage­ ment 474 8. Galloping and Sweating 475 4. Shoeing 477 5. Training the Early or Matured Two-year- old Colt 477 6. Trials of the Two-year-olds 481 7. Conclusion of Preparation 482 8. Directions in Bunning 482 9. Management after Kunning 482 CHAP. X. training the three-year-old. 1. General Remarks 483 2. Straw-Bides and Tan-Gallops 483 3. First Preparation 484 4. Second Preparation 485 5. Trials 486 CHAP. XI. the exercise boys, head-grooms, and jockeys. 1. The Boys 487 2. The Head-Groom Jockeys CHAP. XII. expenses. ... 490 491 492 1. Expenses of Breeding 2. Expenses of Training.. CHAP. XIII. kules of racing, as passed by the jockey club. Fart I. Interpretation and Application of these Bules 492 II. Management ofMeetings and Powers of Stewards 493 III. GeneralConditions and Bestrictions ... 494 IV. Entry and Subscription for Baces ... 496 V. Stakes andForfeits 497 VI. The Bace 499 VII. Objections and Complaints 501 VIII. Special Conditions (Claiming and Sell­ ing Baces, Produce Baces, Post Baces, Handicaps, Salewith Engage­ ments) 502 IX. Miscellaneous 504 Bules and Orders of the Jockey Club ...506 Tattersall's Subscription Boom 512 CHAP. XIV. sect. race-meetings. 1. The Committee and Officials 513 2. Lengths of Courses 514 3. The Jockey Club 519 4. The Weights for Age 520 5. The Biding of Baces 520 BOOK IL—STEEPLECHASING AND HURDLE-RACING. CHAP. I. steeplechasikg. 1. Objects of Steeplechasing 523 2. The Steeplechaser 526 3. Mode of Procuring Steeplechasers 527 4. Teaching the Steeplechaser 528 5. Training the Steeplechaser 530 6. Steeplechase Biders 534 7. Grand National Steeplechase Bules ... 534 Part I.—Interpretation and Application of these Bules 534 „ II.—Management of Meetings and Powers of Stewards 535 sect. page Part HI.—General Conditions and Re­ strictions —Age of Horses... 537 „ IV.—Entry and Subscription for Baces 538 „ V.—Stakes and Forfeits 540 „ VI.—The Bace 541 „ VII.—Objections and Complaints ... 543 ,, VIII.—Special Conditions (Claiming and Selling Baces; Handi­ caps ; Sale with Engage­ ments) —HorsesEntered to be Sold 544 „ IX.—Miscellaneous 546 Grand National Steeplechase Committee 549 CHAP. II. hurdle-racing. 1. Objects of the Sport 550 2. Horses Used 550 3. Training, &o 550 4. The Weights, Jockeys, and Courses ... 550 BOOK III.—RIDING TO HOUNDS. CHAP. I. the essentials. 1. General Bemarks 2. The Hunter 8. Saddlery 4. Dress and Aids 5. The Covert-Hack 552 552 557 560 561 6. The Pad Groom, Stud Groom, and other Servants 562 7. The Hunting Stable 563 CHAP. II. purchase and management of the hunter. 1. Purchasing theHunter 565 2. Summering 567 3. Breaking andTeaching 569 4. Conditioning 570 5. Getting Across-Country 571 BOOK IV.—MATCH-TROTTING. CHAP. I. 1. Description ofTrotting-Matches ... ... 579 2. The Match-Trotter ... 5S1 3. The Bider ... 581 4. The Course ... 582 5. Laws ... 582 6. Performances ... 582 7. Training ... 583 8. Match-Carts and Harness ... 583 BOOK V.—THE PREPARATION OF THE EIDER 584 BOOK VI.—THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF BREEDING FOR RACING PURPOSES. CHAP. I. theory of generation, and general principles of breeding. 1. Theory of Generation ... 587 2. In-and-in Breeding 589 3. Out-Crossing 594 4. Comparison of In Bred and Crossed Stallions 596