A BUDGET OF “TIPS”.
MOUTHS AND MOUTH-PIECES.--The shape, delicacy, or toughness of a
horse’s tongue does not in the least contribute towards making his
mouth either tender or harsh; but a difficulty is thrown in the way
of bitting when the tongue is broad in form, because in such case
it covers the bars of the mouth, and so prevents the mouth-piece
from acting properly upon them. The tongue is endowed with immense
susceptibility to pain or pressure, and any undue compression of it
causes intense suffering and fretting, and entirely obviates the
action of the bridle. I consider that rollers, olives, twists, and all
such devices, are not only useless encumbrances, but are instruments
of destruction as well. The severity or mildness of a mouth-piece is
regulated by the thickness of that portion of the cannons which acts
upon the bars of the mouth. The curb-chain ought to sit exactly on the
beard, or chin, of the horse. If he is tender-mouthed, it should be
left very slack.
COUNTRY RIDING-SUITS FOR MEN.--If you want to ride in luxury in the
country, get measured for a knickerbocker garment, with continuations
in the form of breeches, fitting perfectly below the knee. This most
sensible novelty can be worn with or without leggings, so that if
desired for rough usage on the moors, the additions can be dispensed
with, or added if wanted for saddle use.
HUNTING BREASTPLATES are approved by many keen sportsmen. I give a
sketch of one.
[Illustration]
HUSTLING HORSES.--Never hustle a horse at a gap, or in a crowd, or on
any account cram him at his fences. Give him time. He has, as Major
Whyte Melville used to say, “to carry the bigger fool of the two, and
to think for both.”
BRUSHING.--For a horse that “brushes” procure a leathern boot, the
colour of the foot, made of prepared horse-skin, having the hair
left on, and laced up the leg. On, or just over the seat of injury, a
concave piece of stout leather should be let into the covering, and
the hollow thus formed (which acts as a protector) should be filled up
with a small pad of lint, previously saturated with zinc lotion. This
serves to cure the sore, and also prevents a recurrence of it. I append
a sketch.
[Illustration]
SAWMOUTH BRIDOON.--This is a terribly severe bit, and one which no
good judge of training would permit to be used among his horses. It is
calculated to destroy rather than to instruct. The illustration shows
the nature of it.
[Illustration]
TO SHOE a nervous or vicious horse, or a young sensitive colt, take
him to a skilled farrier--one who has a good temper in addition to
his other endowments--and while he is working, take up your stand at
the animal’s head, _at the same side_ as that on which the farrier is
engaged. Hold the bridle loosely in your hands, dispense with blinkers,
and let the horse see what is going on. You can manage this by allowing
him to turn his head when he tries to do so. Do not permit any third
person to come in the way during the operation. It is a good plan to
stand a horse that is to be shod _close by a wall_. If the smith be
unfortunately a duffer at his work, instruct him to smooth the leg
downwards from the shoulder or thigh, as the case may be, lifting
it up and putting it down again, if the horse seems frightened, and
even going away for a moment, and again returning, in order that
confidence may become fully established. The safest and surest method
of overcoming irritability or nervousness is to exercise a quiet
kindness, combined with a cool firmness of purpose; and to accomplish
this end, one, or at most two, persons, will be infinitely better
than a number. The adjoining sketch shows a horse under treatment on
principles of which I do not profess to approve, although I am willing
to acknowledge that there are cases in which actual vice can only be
overcome by severity and brute force. The custom here depicted of
casting an intractable animal for the purpose of getting him shod is
common enough in almost all cavalry stables, and is seldom accompanied
by any cruelty, save on rare occasions, when the attendant who carries
the whip makes use of it to practical purpose--a thing net often called
for. When a horse is to be shod thus, the ground about him is
usually covered with sacks, to break the force of his fall; but these
the artist has not thought it necessary to depict.
[Illustration: CASTING A VICIOUS HORSE IN A CAVALRY STABLE.
_page 310._]
BROKEN-WINDED horses require regular work, and regular feeding. A
generous diet, composed of oats, beans, and barley, will be very good
for them; and in place of hay give about six pounds of wheaten straw
every alternate day, with carrots very frequently.
VETERINARY QUACKS.--No man has a right to be called a veterinary
surgeon who has not a diploma. A pretender may assume the name--often
does, in fact--but quackery soon expires.
WHEN A HORSE CLEARS HIS NOSTRILS immediately on being pulled up, it is
a sign that he has wind enough to go both further and faster in his
next gallop. When a minute elapses the pace may still be increased
though not much; but when two minutes go over without the expected
snort, it is a proof that the exercise has been a little too hard for
the animal’s condition. Remember, when exercising a young one, that you
must not take too much out of him. Frequent protrusion of the muzzle is
a sign that distress is at hand, and a settled thrusting forward of it
shows that the horse is at very nearly all that he can do.
RESTLESSNESS in horses--or temper, as many call it--is more frequently
noticeable in summer than in winter time, and is caused by the
troublesome flies which stick all over the animals’ bodies. These
creatures torment some tender-skinned horses almost to madness; and
when a stamp is given, ears put back, or a leg lifted as if in pain,
immediate search ought to be made for the occasion of it. Horses at
pasture can, as a rule, defend themselves with their teeth, feet,
and tails: that is, when the latter appendages are left them; but
in this country, so eminently the seat of wisdom and freedom, the
effective instrument is invariably removed, and Nature most unfairly
handicapped,--as if the sorrows of servitude are not sufficiently great
and numerous without augmenting them by caprice.
BALES are simple bars of wood, used largely in cavalry stables to
separate the horse-stalls. They are furnished at each end with iron
links, by means of which they are suspended to hooks fastened at the
head and heel-posts. Sometimes they are made of iron, but well-seasoned
oak is quite sufficiently strong for the purpose. The usual dimensions
are eight feet long, and four inches in diameter, and they are placed
at a distance of about three feet from the ground. The top part may be
a fixture; but one end or the other ought to be so arranged that in
case of a horse getting partially under it when lying down, it will
move readily upwards, according as the animal pushes it in his rise. I
have a strong objection to bales, because they admit of horses biting
and injuring one another, and are in other ways undesirable; but that
they are cheaper than travises, I am, of course, prepared to allow. It
is, however, almost their sole claim to notice.
AN IDLE GROOM is generally an eye-server. The wisp is oftener in his
hand than the brush. When a horse does not _look_ amiss on being
brought to the door, and yet that his skin leaves a dirty whitish stain
on the fingers when they are pressed into it, the fact is proved beyond
all doubt. Thin-skinned horses will not stand a curry-comb; nor is it
necessary to use one where good strong brushes are supplied, and _made
a proper use of_.
THE CURRY-COMB, when employed at all, should describe a sweeping
movement--never a rubbing one--and the utmost gentleness should always
accompany the using of it.
WHEN THE PROPER GROOMING of a horse is neglected, he suffers in
consequence. Lice, for instance, are never seen in animals that are
even moderately well taken care of; but when once these pests appear,
the spread of them is amazingly rapid. Nothing but care and cleanliness
will eradicate them. Make a strong lather of black soap, wash well with
it, then again with clean water, and finally anoint the patches where
the lice are with a little mercurial ointment. If they have spread over
the surface of the body, make a strong decoction of tobacco, and smear
liberally with a sponge. The same treatment will do for dogs.
TO REMOVE THE SOFT COATING OF HAIRS that grows on the inside of a
horse’s ears is not only unnecessary, but is absolutely cruel. It has
been furnished to the animal as a protection against dust, flies, and
dirt; and when taken away, the ears are left exposed to the influence
of the three combined. All appearance of untidiness may be done away
with by holding the ear in the left hand with the edges of it nicely
evened, and then clipping lightly along them with a sharp scissors.
I would never on any account permit nose-hairs to be clipped, or
otherwise removed. Horses are immensely sensitive to any interference
with them, and for sundry reasons they ought not to be meddled with.
A HORSE THAT IS CAST UNDER THE MANGER cannot possibly rise until he is
drawn backwards by an attendant. Every time that he attempts to get
up he strikes his head, and is thus brought forcibly down again. In a
properly-constructed stable such a thing could not, however, occur.
OLD-FASHIONED MANGERS ought to be boarded in, so that no hollow may
exist under them.
FILLING HORSES’ FEET.--I am totally against this system, but, when
those who are partial to it are bent upon carrying it out, they should
see that it is done with fresh moss, soft and very damp, pressed well
into the feet, and tucked away on the inside of the shoes.
THE SEMI-MILITARY AND TRAVELLING saddle is made to fit any horse, and
is in great request among officers serving abroad. Peat & Co., of
Piccadilly, have patented it, and the sealed pattern is at the War
Office.
BITING THE COLLAR-ROPE.--If you want to see a horse do this, leave him
a rope about two or three feet too long; shut him up in a close stable,
and give him nothing to do. It is not a vice, but rather one of the
many signs of weariness and idleness in which dumb animals indulge. I
append a sketch of a rope-biter.
[Illustration]
A HORSEMAN’S SKILL in the management of his bridle-hand consists in the
discretion with which he makes the bit be felt. It ought never to be
used too severely, and its effects should be moderated by the mildness
and pliability of the hand.
WHEN BOILING GRAIN of any kind, give it plenty of water, and keep it
constantly stirred. If you neglect this necessary precaution, it will
stick to the bottom of the boiler, and the burned part will acquire a
nasty nauseous taste. According as the water evaporates, add a fresh
supply. Never let the liquor boil over; it is a great waste to do so,
as it contains a large amount of nutriment. Oats will need more boiling
than beans; these latter more than barley, carrots and turnips more
than potatoes. Four measures of oats, boiled and bursting, will fill
seven measures; four of beans, something over eight and a half; while
four of barley will fill quite ten. I have proved all these statistics
in my own stable.
FALSE QUARTER is a defect of the outer wall of the foot. I give a
sketch of the only possible relief for it.
[Illustration]
RICK IN THE BACK will necessitate the throwing up of the sufferer for
at least six months. He must be placed in a roomy stall, the hair over
the seat of injury be carefully removed, and the place kept moist
with cloths dipped in a lotion composed of tincture of arnica two
ounces, and water one pint. Soft nourishing food must be given, but no
medicine on any account whatever--the restoration to finish with liquid
blistering of a judicious kind.
THE SAFEST ARRANGEMENT FOR SIDE SADDLES, to avoid risk of being hung
up, or dragged after a fall, is that adopted with “the level seat
saddle,” by Messrs. Nicholls of Jermyn Street. They have patented a
bar for the stirrup leather, extremely simple in construction, and
which will instantly disconnect it, should a rider have the misfortune
to get her foot caught when falling over the off-side of the saddle.
An elastic safety-band, stretched across the heads, will, when a fall
occurs, prevent the habit catching on the saddle,--and the unpleasant
predicament of a horse galloping about, with his rider suspended by the
skirt, head downwards (as witnessed sometimes in the hunting-field),
will be avoided.
TAKE A PISTOL with you on all occasions when going to hunt, and in
case of hopeless injury occurring to your mount, make use of it, with
all the quietness and celerity you can command. Horses, when left to
themselves, rarely meet with mishaps; it is, therefore, only fair that
their riders should protect them against unnecessary torture.
LADIES’ SPURS.--I have pleasure in appending sketches of the only three
of these--that I know of--that are manufactured for ladies’ use. The
Sewarrow is, I think excellent. Lady equestrians frequently use a
small pair of hunting spurs of the shape worn by men--the right one
having a knob in place of a rowel. These are used with Hessian boots,
and look well when dismounted. The spike of the spur is in all cases
made amply long to fulfil its purpose; to wear one of immoderate length
would necessitate having it made specially, and could not effect any
good. I like “box” spurs myself, and have always worn them; but there
is nothing objectionable in the strap, and it has the advantage of
being readily adjusted to any sort of boot, whereas boots fitted with
box spurs are generally costly articles.
[Illustration: WITH ROWEL GUARD.]
[Illustration: SEWARROW.]
[Illustration: BOX-SPUR.]
CRIB-BITING may be prevented by removing all woodwork from the vicinity
of the horse, and if he persists in gnawing his stable-partitions,
smear them well with aloes, and he will soon desist.
[Illustration]
“DISHING” is a common expression among horsey people. It signifies
throwing out the forelegs in a kind of side manner, which looks badly
in the trot. I have seen some very good horses do it, but it would
certainly be called defective action. To “dish” with one foreleg only
is a very frequent thing.
BANDAGING.--When a horse’s legs have to be bandaged, it is a good plan
to coil the bandages completely round the pastern, close to the hoofs,
winding them around the legs in spiral form (each coil overlapping the
other) until the legs are bound up to the knees or hocks, where the
bandages are secured. The pressure must be equal, and not too tight.
The strings should admit a finger after being tied. I have never found
a horse so treated attempt to lie down, and it is far less irksome to
an animal than being tied up by the head.
HABIT-CUTTING is now perfection at most of the high-class London
houses. Bodices are exquisitely made--some with stand-up collars,
others slightly lapelled, to show a portion of habit-shirt or tie. The
backs are cut with long seams, and the buttons placed low, so that even
a naturally short-waisted figure appears the contrary, being lengthened
and improved. The shaping in front is excellent. The skirts are so
artistically cut and seamed that they fit at the back as closely as a
man’s hunting breeches, while the shaping at the knee is supplemented
by a most artistic and novel arrangement underneath, a sort of hollow,
into which the up-pommel fits completely, thus obviating the necessity
of having folds of cloth lying between the right leg and the saddle.
These skirts, held back by the hand when the wearer is dismounted, look
neat, and are of convenient walking length.
WALL-LICKING.--If a horse shows a tendency to this, leave a lump of
chalk in his manger. A piece of rock-salt left there as well will never
be amiss.
SIGNS OF MEGRIM.--When a horse suddenly throws up his head, and holds
it in the air and on one side, be assured he has a megrim, and will
be in danger of falling if driven further without a stop. Pull up at
once, and if cold water can be had anywhere within reach of you, dash a
bucket of it over his head and neck.
BENUMBED LEG.--When, for taming purposes, a horse’s leg is strapped up
for any length of time, it becomes benumbed, and ought, when let down,
to be rubbed vigorously before the animal is allowed to walk upon it If
this is not done he will probably fall.
HINTS FOR AMATEUR JOCKEYS.--The moment you know that you are beaten in
a race, pull up. You can gain nothing by flogging your horse to the
finish. If going well and gamely, let him alone; if not, catch him with
both hands, and give him two or three kicks with the spurs, I never
advocate waiting, unless the mount is a very game one. Jump off with
the lead, and hold it as long as you can.
AGE SYMPTOMS.--A horse that has passed his fourth year has four
incisors in each jaw, all fully grown.
A SEATED SHOE signifies a regular, or ordinary, shoe, which has only as
much upper surface left as will admit of the crust resting upon it.
HIRING HORSES.--Windsor, Cheltenham, and Oxford are about the best
places I know of for jobbing light-weight hunters. When an animal is
found to suit, it ought to be at once secured for the season. Horses
can be had at Barnstaple for Exmoor. Oxford is within reach of five
packs of fox-hounds. Capital hunting quarters can be had there, and
excellent horses--cheap too, in vacation time, as there is not any one
to ride them.
DEFECTIVE VISION.--A horse that has any defect in his sight should be
at once rejected by the buyer. It is the only safe way in dealing,
unless the desire is to buy a blind animal at a blind price. There is
generally a plausible reason given for every suspicious appearance,
whether it be a sightless eye or a pair of broken knees.
BLINKERS.--I greatly disapprove of these for breaking. Let the colt or
horse see what you are doing. In this I am aware that many disagree
with me, but I usually hold to my opinions, as I do not form them in a
hurry.
AMATEUR BLACKSMITHS.--If you want to be independent of the forge when
frost sets in, you can do it in this way. As soon as the hunting season
has fairly begun, have your horse’s shoes made with square holes
punched at the extremities and at the toes. Have these fitted with
slightly tapering plugs of steel, with sharp projecting points. The
plugs should be about two inches in length, and must be made to fit the
holes both accurately and tightly, but not to go quite through the shoe
to the foot. When frost appears, and you want to go out, insert the
plugs _yourself_ in the holes, tap them slightly on the points with a
hammer, and when the horse puts his weight on them it will drive them
“home.” The plugs will last for three or four days, and are both cheap
and easily renewed. When you require to take them out, another quiet
tap or two (delivered a little at the side) will start them, owing to
the taper on the part that fits into the shoe.
“HOT FITTING.”--I entirely approve of this, when properly conducted.
It would need a very lengthy application of a hot shoe to affect the
hoof to any depth--quite four minutes to cause a marked increase of
temperature in the upper part of the foot--while, in reality, the hot
shoe is not usually applied for more than three or four seconds.
TEMPERATURE OF STABLES.--The average temperature of a stable should
be about 48° F. Never clip until the whole of the winter coat
has appeared--then do it once for the entire season. Leaving the
saddle-place unclipped will be more likely to provoke galls than to
prevent them.
SUPPLY OF HAY.--Six pounds of hay _per diem_ is quite sufficient for a
horse, when plenty of other food is given. Too much hay is a mistake.
QUARTERN.--Everybody knows that this weighs 2½ lbs.
STABLE FORKS.--Do away with steel, and use wooden ones.
SHOES.--A set ought to last four weeks, unless the work be constant and
the going very hard.
HUNTING SCARLET.--Do not don red in the hunting field until your
“salad” days are over. It is a remarkable colour, and of late many
excellent sportsmen have discarded it altogether. This may, perhaps, be
owing to the fact that ladies are putting it on! Two fair Dianas who
ride very straight with the Meath hounds adopted scarlet last season,
and doubtless many more will ere long follow suit. It is not to be
admired, in my opinion, and can scarcely fail to remind the beholder of
things usually associated with street-organs and itinerant grinders of
these instruments!
“UNKNOWING” ONES.--Ignorance concerning horsey subjects is quite
common among ladies who are otherwise well educated, and, indeed,
highly informed. Mrs. Beecher Stowe relates of herself, in her ‘Sunny
Memories,’ that when dining one day with Earl Russell she spoke
of hunting as “a vestige of the savage state,” when, to her great
astonishment, she saw laughter on all the men’s faces. No wonder. Fox
hunting, or rather riding to hounds is an art not yet a century old.
Two of our most popular authoresses--I might, perhaps, say the two
most popular--make such egregious mistakes on the subjects of hunting,
racing and betting, that men laugh, and women who know, say, “What a
pity it is!”
HUNTING CENTRES.--A young Londoner cannot do better than try his hand
with the Surrey Foxhounds, or with one of the Kentish packs. The hills
of Surrey afford good hunting ground, despite the flints, and the
superfluity of coverts.
WHEN A HORSE IS COLLAR-SHY, or nervous about the adjustment of the
crupper, have the latter made to unbuckle, and procure a collar that
opens at the top. This is, of course, in case of being unable to
reassure the animal by kindness. Put beating and scolding entirely
aside; they have probably led to the evils that have to be cured.
THE FOOT “HOME” IN THE STIRRUP was for long a favourite theory of
mine, and one which I myself practised--especially when travelling
long distances, or going the pace,--but then, I always rode in a
plain little racing stirrup, made sufficiently wide to enable the
foot to work easily in it, so that there was no possibility of its
“sticking,” or proving otherwise dangerous. Finding, however, that,
despite repeated warnings, ladies would persist in adopting the various
forms of so-called safety-stirrups, in which the foot was absolutely
embedded, the stuffing over the instep helping to tighten the hold,
I thought it safest and most conscientious to discard my theory
altogether and advocate riding from the ball of the foot. To keep
perpetually saying, “Do as I do,” partakes rather of the egotistical
and self-sufficient, even where one may fairly add, “And no harm will
ensue,”--but if, added to this, there is apparently a strong desire
on the part of those spoken to to have their own way, it is surely
wise to offer them such directions as will best obviate the chances of
mishap. Here, for instance, is an example of my meaning: Suppose that
I am in the habit of reading in bed, using a safety-lamp for doing so,
and I discover that it is a practice in my household and elsewhere
for others to read by the light of a half-burnt candle, insecurely
fastened into its socket in the candlestick, and laid perhaps upon the
pillow,--will it not be better and safer for me to decry altogether the
practice of night reading, than to keep perpetually urging (without
hope of success) that safety-lamps ought in all cases to be adopted?
WHEN A CARRIAGE IS KEPT COVERED in a coach-house, the cover ought to be
constantly aired.
NEVER PERMIT WATER TO DRY of itself on a vehicle, or it will certainly
leave stains.
APRONS, HEADS, etc., that are composed of enamelled leather, should
be washed with soap and water, and rubbed well with linseed oil--the
former being constantly unfolded, and the latter kept fully stretched.
MOTHS can be prevented from settling in the linings of vehicles by
mixing camphor and turpentine in a saucer, and placing it inside, with
all the windows drawn up. The evaporation of the mixture will serve the
purpose well.
BOLTS AND CLIPS of vehicles should be constantly looked to, and
tightened if loose; and all repairs should be done at _once_, nothing
being allowed to lie over.
HORSE-COLLARS should be so made that the weight attached to the traces
shall be distributed over the surface of the shoulders when pulling,
not concentrated on one point, or, almost as bad, perpetually rubbing
up and down. A collar cannot be considered fitted, simply because it
appears all right when the horse is standing still. Set him going at
a good pace, and then judge of it. If he be a high-crested animal,
he will probably need a collar quite two inches longer than seemed
necessary when he stood at ease. If the traces are attached too low
to the hames, they will draw the collar away from the upper part of
the shoulder. This can only be remedied by shifting the point of the
draught, till a proper bearing has been obtained.
BENCRAFT HAMES.--There is sometimes immense difficulty in fitting
horses that are peculiarly shaped with collars that will not gall them;
in such cases the above may be tried, as by using them the draught can
be shifted to suit the shoulders or the height of the wheels. They have
an awkward appearance, but nevertheless serve their purpose admirably.
SHAFT-TUGS should be of a length to suspend the shafts at exactly
the correct height, by which I mean the centre of the swell of the
pad-flaps, measured both ways. When the shafts are much bent, the
tugs must be shorter than if ordinarily straight. The traces must be
of proper length, otherwise the correct horizontal position of the
shaft-tugs cannot possibly be maintained. When too short the motion
of the horse forces tugs and pad forward, thus drawing the crupper
uncomfortably tight--and when too long, the vehicle is drawn by the
tugs instead of by the traces. It is rare to sit behind a horse that
one can pronounce properly harnessed in every particular.
A KICKING-STRAP will be worse than useless--it will chafe and
irritate--unless properly put on. A strap that is either too light or
the reverse, or that passes in a direct line from shaft to shaft, had
better not be used at all. It ought to be just loose enough, nothing
more, to allow of the horse travelling without feeling chafed by it,
and should be fastened at least two inches behind the hip-bones, as a
loin-strap would be.
FITTING THE BIT TO THE HORSE’S MOUTH.--This, as I have already stated,
is an advisable plan. A Buxton or Liverpool bit is commonly employed
in harness, but if a horse has a light mouth, he may travel well in
a snaffle. Buxton bits are made without ports. Experience will tell
whether the reins ought to be buckled to the cheek or to the bars. In
my opinion, almost all horses go well in properly _fitting_ bits. I
altogether disapprove of the enormous affairs with cheeks eleven inches
long, and weighing quite two pounds, which ignorance sometimes makes
use of. I believe that comparatively few animals require bits of larger
dimensions than one and three-quarter inches for the upper cheek, and
three and a-half for the lower. This latter ought _never_ to be more
than double the length of the upper portion. Even when the reins are
fastened to a ring below the cheek, the weight of the projecting arm
will effect the leverage of the entire affair.
HORSES ADDICTED TO RUNNING AWAY frequently lay hold of the cheek of
the bit; it is a fault in large measure cultivated by using bits that
are too broad for the mouth. To avoid it, the cheeks might be bent
backwards, after the Wimbush pattern.
CORRECT BITTING gives control in harness without inflicting pain.
Any suffering that cannot be got rid of by the horse dropping his
head to the right position, is barbarous cruelty, however it may be
glossed over or concealed. Half the horses that one sees in London and
elsewhere, poking their chins in an unnatural manner, are made to do
so by the use of powerful bits and severe curb-chains--yet ignorance
cannot be brought to see it, although the evils of it are frequently
and earnestly set forth.
BLINKERS are generally considered indispensable adjuncts to harness.
Why, I do not know.
BEARING-REINS are only tolerable when the snaffle bit is suffered to
hang well below the corners of the mouth, and when the reins themselves
are of such a length that the instant the horse lifts his head and sets
off, they become amply slack. I cannot at all see why they should be
thought an absolute necessity for draught purposes, when not used in
the saddle. There are, of course, cases in which they are advisable;
when, for instance, extremely nervous or badly-broken animals are of
necessity driven through crowded thoroughfares; but otherwise I cannot
believe that they are either necessary or ornamental.
FASHIONABLE COACHMEN concoct an instrument of torture by drawing up
the gag-bit until the horse’s mouth is dragged back quite two inches:
a curb much too long and very much too wide being next added, and
strained up to the last extremity of tightness. The cruelty of ordinary
bearing-reins is unspeakably great, and to the use of them may be
attributed the loss of sight in many fine young horses--undue pressure
on the glands that lie just under the angles of the jaws being the
fruitful cause of this melancholy evil.
NAGGING at a horse’s mouth when driving him is a most objectionable
practice, and one that is, unfortunately, too generally indulged in.
If an animal appears sluggish, the driver finds it easier to rouse
him temporarily by means of chucking at his mouth, than by either a
suitable use of the whip, or an investigation into the general state
of his health: a low or disordered condition of which is far more
frequently the cause of sluggishness than the “roguishness,” of which
helpless animals are often wrongfully accused.
IN DRIVING A PAIR the arrangement of the coupling-reins is a matter
of vast importance; for, should one horse be naturally faster in pace
than his fellow, the whole comfort of the drive will depend upon
being able to regulate the two animals to the same rate of going.
To do this the coupling-rein of the fast horse must be shortened by
bringing the buckle closer to the driver’s hands, so that a pull
will act on him before checking in any degree the speed of the other
horse. Coupling-reins should come to within six inches of the driver’s
fingers. I have seen a pair of runaways stopped in a short time by
laying a firm hold upon the two _inside_ reins, and dropping the outer
ones.
CANTERING IN HARNESS is a very common fault, and can only be
stopped by pulling up and starting afresh at a trot. A canterer in
double harness may be controlled by putting on him a pair of single
harness-reins, as well as the double ones.
TANDEM.--I am not an admirer of tandem, but it is a good way of
exercising saddle-horses in the summer time, and keeping them in
condition. They should be always placed as leaders. Steady, powerful
harness horses will be best to use as wheelers, the comfort and safety
of the driver being dependent upon their paces and behaviour. A leader
should be full of courage, and go always in the collar and up to
the bit. An improvement that I have been told of for tandem-harness
is to have three bars fastened to the shafts: an effectual means of
preventing the leader from stepping over the traces.
POSITION WHEN DRIVING.--I strongly object to the standing position--as
though merely leaning against the box-seat of the vehicle--which
many gentlemen-drivers adopt. I believe that such an attitude _must_
leave the driver almost powerless to assist or resist his horses. The
position when driving should be firm, upright, and decided; the elbows
hanging at ease, close to the hips, but not laid against them; the arms
nicely rounded, and the hands held at a moderate distance from the
body. Nothing can be worse than seeing the arms of the driver dragged
forward by the action of the horses that he is meant to control; nor
can anything be much more objectionable than flinging up the wrists
when coming to a stop, instead of shortening the reins by passing the
right hand quietly in front of the left.
REALLY FIRST-CLASS DRIVERS rarely trust to holding the reins in one
hand only, even in single harness; or, if they seem to do so, the
right hand is ever ready to be laid upon the off or right hand rein,
while the forefinger falls naturally upon the near one; by this means
a gentle pressure can be exercised either by it or by the exterior
angle of the hand which rests upon the off leather. A good coachman
will always at starting take the reins in both hands; and animals ought
to be trained to start slowly and collectedly--not with anything that
resembles a jerk. The “show” in which some drivers delight to indulge,
both at starting and when the horses are at rest, by first flicking
them with the whip and then pulling them sharply up, cannot be too
strongly deprecated.
THE WHIP, although esteemed a necessary adjunct to driving apparatus,
should be used as sparingly as possible--more, in fact, as an
instructor, than as a means of inflicting punishment. There is nothing
nicer in driving than seeing the whip in rest, and the horses, fearless
of its severities, going gaily up to their bridles, restrained by a
master hand.
TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE A TEAM is not considered a great feat by many
men, or, indeed, by some women, in these latter days; but of course
there is driving and driving--both of different sorts. I approve of
studying under a first-class wagoner, and being guided _entirely_ by
him. To be a good four-in-hand driver requires courage, coolness
temper, decision, quickness, strength and clearness of sight, flexible
hands, and good staying power in the arms and back. I have seen but
one woman in my life who was able to drive a team of full-sized horses
in best English style; and I can only recall the names of seven or
eight men who could do so. Hundreds, of course, attempt it, and satisfy
themselves that they are doing splendidly; whereas, the contrary is,
as a rule, the case. Team-driving is not suitable work for ladies.
The mere exertion of holding four free-going horses for even an hour
at a stretch is so great that, unless the muscles of the arms have
been strengthened by sculling, practising with dumb-bells, or other
gymnastic exercises, the driver will be thoroughly done up, and at the
mercy of any mischance that may occur, before half the journey has been
got over. A strong, firm-handed, full-muscled man, with a cool nerve,
a quick eye, and his heart in the work he is engaged at, will make the
best driver of a dashing four-in-hand. The “golden youth” who stand
bolt upright against sloping cushions, curling and uncurling their
whips, touching up leaders that need no touching, or letting them get
out of hand--and double-thonging steady-working wheelers, are simply
objects to laugh at, or to pity, or both.
TO WIELD THE WHIP in a workman-like manner may be practised without
horses, by sitting at ease on an elevation, with a good instructor
close at hand. There are correct uses for every part of it, down to the
very point: a proper position for the stick, and proper ways of using
it at various lengths--all of which have to be learned; and nobody can
be called a coachman who is not intimately familiar with them--so much
so that he can carry his whip without apparently thinking about it, and
hold it, use it, and curl it, as if by a kind of instinct--precisely as
all these ought to be done.
A TEAM SHOULD BE TRAINED TO STAND perfectly still until the driver
gives the word to go. A restless, uneasy, shuffling, while the apron
is being adjusted, the whip taken up, and the reins gathered, is both
unsightly and unpleasant.
THE WHEELERS in a four-in-hand coach ought to start it and turn it
round, without the leaders ever feeling the traces; and they ought to
stop the vehicle with the traces of the leaders resting quite slack.
A GOOD DRIVER will have his leaders so in hand at the start that when
they move they will be out of the collars, and entirely clear of the
splinter-bars.
PRACTICE should be on level ground, and on roads devoid of traffic.
None save really first-class drivers ought ever attempt to pilot a
coach through a crowded thoroughfare. Plenty of novices do it, and
delude themselves with the notion that they are driving beautifully,
when in reality they are only clearing the road--for, as a rule, people
leave a passage for a four-horsed coach, chiefly I fancy through fear
of being run down by it if they don’t speedily get out of its way.
DRIVING A TEAM is, on the whole, very far from child’s play, and it
needs a smart wagoner to know and carry out all the nice points of
the art: how, for instance, to make the wheelers work, when to put on
the drags, when to run down without them, how to regulate the pace,
especially when descending a steep decline, how to go nicely and
collectedly over the tops of all hills, whether great or small, with
numerous other minor matters, which study and practice can alone teach.
FOURTEEN MILES AN HOUR is a tremendously fast pace for leaders to
trot. Such a rate of going would necessitate that the wheelers should
gallop. Speed is, I always think, far less necessary than stamina in a
four-in-hand team. A well made up quartett, of which every horse has
two good ends, ought to travel from London to Epsom at a fair steady
pace, and come back in the evening in spanking style.
A TEAM THAT WILL TROT briskly up the hill to the Star and Garter at
Richmond at the rate of, say, eight miles an hour without the whip, may
be pronounced a real good thing.
IF FOUR HORSES cannot be matched in height, I advocate conceding the
difference to the wheelers. Age will not matter very much--nor will
colour--for merely useful work; but go and action are all important.
A GOOD AND HUMANE DRIVER always looks to the condition of each horse
separately, when halting after a long drive. An oatmeal drink with the
chill taken off, and an abundance of water splashed about the legs,
prove great refreshers. Exhausted horses are immensely benefited by
getting a scrape down, together with a “pick-me-up” of warm ale.
AN UPPER JAW BIT, and an Over Draw Check will teach a youngster (when
training for harness) almost as much sense as he will learn by two
months’ handling. The apparatus sobers him--stops that peculiar,
one-sided, _twisting_ kind of kick, or “lurch,” which beginners when
fresh are wont to indulge in--and, in short, teaches him to trot his
level best, without the aid of a kicking-strap. It is called the
“Carleton” Check--I presume from its inventor’s name--and consists of a
very small bar snaffle, not much thicker than an ordinary lead pencil,
with a loose ring at either end. Straps, about half an inch wide, are
buckled to these rings, and are connected above the horse’s nostrils
by a narrow upper noseband: on the same principle as an ordinary
chin-strap. This little noseband is necessary to keep the bit called
an “upper jaw bit” in its place: namely, _under_ the _upper_ jaw, just
as the regular bit is _upon_ the _under_ jaw. The little mouthpiece is
very slightly curved--a mere segment of a circle--and from it the two
straps run up the horse’s nose, and are joined together on his forehead
to prevent them chafing his eyes. They are then continued between the
ears, and along the mane, to the water hook. At the spot where they
pass the headpiece they run through two square loops, in which are
“rolls,” or rollers, to allow the straps free play. They are joined at
the ends, and are made to hook over the water hook, after which a tiny
contrivance is slipped _on_ the hook, which renders it impossible for
the horse (let him fling his head about as he chooses) to throw the
rein off the hook. The hand, however, can release it in a flash--and
the whole affair is a perfect marvel of neatness and ingenuity. Its
good effects are, to raise the head, extend the neck, and give free
play to the lungs. It likewise lengthens the gait, steadies the horse,
prevents breaking, obviates “hitching” behind, takes the pull off the
driver’s hands, and brings out a horse’s trot, if he has any at all in
him. The evils are, that it spoils a handsome erect carriage, lowers
the crest, and makes the animal poke his nose in an unsightly manner.
In short, it is invaluable for training a road horse, or trotter, but
the habitual use of it is undesirable and even cruel, for a horse
cannot possibly bend while he has it on. So rigid are its effects,
and so impossible is it for an animal to lower his head while wearing
it, that I am of opinion it would put an effectual “stopper” upon the
tricks of the most confirmed buck-jumper living, if connecting-straps
were just passed, say, underneath the saddle, and attached firmly to
the crupper. This is merely an idea,--but I should like to see it
tested in a practical way.
THE KEMBLE JACKSON is another kind of bit employed very largely in the
States, especially in Kentucky, which is a very horsey district,--one
of the most so, indeed, in America. The Jackson can be used with or
without an upper jaw bit, and has the reins of the check to run through
loops directly _under_ the ears--where some tandem lines go. This has
the effect of giving a lofty carriage to the head, without making the
horse poke his nose as the Carleton does. No noseband is employed with
it, and the wearer can hold his head in handsome position--which is an
immense advantage with a carriage horse, in which up-headedness is an
essential attribute. It is in some points quite before the Carleton,
which latter (if constantly used) imparts absolute rigidity to the
muscles of the neck, and intensifies the evil known as “_ewe_”-neck;
but for helping the trot, and teaching sense to a youngster, the
Carleton beats anything that I have ever seen.
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INDEX.
Abrasion, 275
Accidents to children, 6
Adjusting mouthpiece, 74, 87
Administering ball, 265
Adonis (hunter), 42
Age at which to begin to ride, 10
Age of hunters, 214
Age symptoms, 321
Ailments, 271
Aloes, 263
Amateur blacksmiths, 322
Amateur jockeys, 321
Amateur tailors, 54
Anecdote of boy on pony, 168
Anti-rearing bit, 76
Appliances for young equestrians, 70
Apron (carriage), 326
Aspect of stables, 250
Attitude when driving, 331
Balance riding, 15, 101
Bales, 312
Balling-irons, 264
Ball mixture, 266
Balls, 263
Bandages, 270
Bandaging, 320
Bandaging eyes, 269
Bargains, 188
Bars of the mouth, 74
Baulking, 163
Beans, 246
Bearing-reins, 329
Bedding, 258
Bencraft hames, 327
Bit and bridoon, 71
Bitting, 63, 328, 329, 336, 337
Bleeding, 268
Blemishes, 41
Blinds, 255
Blinkers, 322, 329
Blistering, 267
Blood can, 268
Blood stock, 285
Bodices, 50
Boiled barley, 247
Boiler, 259
Boiling corn, 243
Boiling grain, 316
Bolts (carriage), 326
Boot for horse, 309
Boots (for riders), 47, 56, 182
Boring, 137
Box stalls, 252
Breakfast (hunting), 221
Breaking (alteration of pace), 128, 131
Breaking in, 293
Breaking intractable horse, 301
Breastplates (hunting), 308
Breeches, 55, 180
Breeding, 280
Breeding centres, 216
Bridle hand, 315
Bridles, 66
Bridling, 86
Broken knees, 277
Broken wind, 311
Bronchitis, 271
Brood Mares, 282
Brushing, 308
Buck jumping, 139
Bungling, 170
Buxton bit, 328
Calkins, 234
Cambridge bit, 71
Cantering, 101, 132, 135
Cantering in harness, 330
Carefulness, 198
Carriage covering, 326
Carrying shoe, 228
Cast under manger, 314
Cats, 260
Celluloid, 61, 199
Chaff, 247
Chifney bit, 71
Children mounting, 18
Children riding, 5
Chilled water, 248
Chloroform, 278
Clearing nostrils, 311
Clips (carriage), 326
Clover hay, 247
Cobs, 209
Colds, 271
Colic, 272
Collar shy, 325
Collars, 326
Confidence, 152
Congested lungs, 271
Consideration for servants, 124
Contrast in articles, 192
Cooked food, 241
Cooking apparatus, 259
Coolness in danger, 141
Cork girl, 65
Corns, 238, 273
Corn chest, 258
Corsets, 201
Costume for hunting, 180
Costume for road and park, 44
Costume for young learner, 18
Country riding suits, 307
Coupling reins, 330
Courtesy, 229
Covert coats, 185
Covert hack, 204
Cow kick, 132
Cracked heels, 274
Crib-biting, 319
Cupboard (stable), 259
Curb chain (adjusting), 87
Curry-comb, 313
Cutting out a single line, 227
Cutting out riding trousers, 195
Defective vision, 322
Demeanour at meet, 223
Destroying animals, 278
Diamond (racer), 35
Diarrhœa, 272
Diet for foal, 290
Dishing, 319
Dispensing with stirrup, 15, 103
Disquietude in mounting, 143
Ditch and drain falls, 172
Docking, 311
Doctoring, 262
Doors, 252
Down jumping, 149
Draught, 256
Drinks (physic), 266
Dropping, 40
Dumb jockey, 297
Dwyer curb, 71
Ear hairs, 313
Economics, 188
Educated smiths, 238
Elbows, 103
Empress in Cheshire, 70
Escaping falls, 166
Exercising youngsters, 311
Experience with mare in field, 119
Experiment with a mare, 78
Fallen trees, 147
Falling, 166
Falling on the flat, 175
False economies, 194
False quarter, 316
False refinement, 130
False teaching, 151
Farcy, 274
Fashionable coachmen, 329
Feeding, 217, 241
Feeding pail, 288
Fencing, 149
Filling feet, 314
Fire buckets, 257
Firing, 273
First class drivers, 332
Flap reins, 13
Fleam, 269
Flies, 311
Flooring, 251
Fluid physicking, 266
Foal bands, 53
Foal feeding, 288
Foot fever, 272
Foot “home,” 100, 325
Foaling, 286
Foaling-box, 287
Fomentations, 270
Ford crossing, 22
Fore-legs, 211
Fractured hoof, 239
Friction, 268
Gag-bits, 68, 69
Galloping, 136
Gaping, 75
Getting teams together, 334
Girthing, 90
Girths, 85
Glanders, 271
Glazing, 255
Gloves, 47, 258
Going at a leap, 148
Going fast at water, 152
Granary, 258
Grooming, 313
Groom’s excuses, 242
Groom’s bedroom, 260
Gruel, 247
Habit-cutting, 320
Hacks, 203
Half horned hunting snaffle, 72
Hames, 326
Hand galloping, 136
Hands, 108, 128
Hanoverian Pelham, 68
Hat fasteners, 60
Hats, 47, 186, 199
Harness rooms, 260
Haunches, 213
Hay, 246
Hayloft, 256
Heel horn (removing), 235
Heel opening, 233
Heels, 236
Height of hunter, 212
Helpers, 266
Hiring horses, 321
Hocks, 205
Holding the reins, 107
Hollow back, 35
Hoofs, 37
Horse balls, 264
Hot fitting, 323
Hunters, 203, 209
Hunters in harness, 208, 244
Hunting, 217
Hunting breastplate, 308
Hunting centres, 324
Hunting colts, 290
Hunting outfit, 179
Hunting scarlet, 323
Hustling, 308
Idle grooms, 313
Ignorant officer, 65
Immersion, 177
Impure air, 254
Incidents with Quorn hounds, 126
Indiarubber reins, 297
Indiarubber shoes, 237
Indiarubber soles, 273
Indigestion, 271
Inflamed gums, 272
Inquiring peculiarities, 125
Inspecting mounts, 123
Instructing youngsters, 296
Irish peasants, 4
Joe Anderson, 35
Jog trot, 232
Joint oil, 277
Judging hunters, 215
Jumping off a bungler, 170
Jumping youngsters, 300
Keeping hold of bridle when down, 176
Kemble Jackson mouthpiece, 337
Kickers in hunting-field, 228
Kicking, 137
Kicking-strap, 327
Knee injuries, 277
Laceration, 276
Ladies’ horses described, 35-42
Lampass, 272
Laxatives, 267
Leaders, 331, 334
Leaping, 146
Learners’ riding costume, 44
Leg-straps, 302
Leg-washing, 274
Level feeding, 257
Level-seated saddles, 17
Lever’s West-countryman, 249
Lice, 313
“Lifting” at fences, 150
Light hands, 128
Lighting (stables), 255
“Little tricks,” 125
Liverpool bit, 69
Lolling out the tongue, 75
Losing shoes, 228
Lungeing, 294
Maddened horse, 145
Mangers, 257, 314
Martingales, 77, 78
Mashes, 248
Matching horses, 335
Measurements of food, 244
Measurements of mouths, 73
Measuring boiled grain, 315
Megrim, 321
Melton mouthpiece, 68
“Mostly fools,” 169
Moths, 326
Mounting, 93-96
Mounting youngsters, 298
Mouthpieces, 307
Mouths, 307
Mud-fever, 274
Nagging, 330
Navicular disease, 272
Negligence in caring clothes, 197
Newfoundland feeding, 248
Newmarket coats, 185
Nicholl’s patent stirrup, 85, 317
Night lighting, 257
Nosebands, 77
Numbed legs, 321
Nursing stables, 288
Oats, 245
Obnoxious equestrians, 225
Oculist, 201
Offside riding, 90
Opening veins, 278
Operations, 278
Outfit for park and road riding, 47
Overdraw draw check, 336
Overlooking mount, 123
Over-reach, 275
Pad-pony, 13
Paces, 135
Pair, driving, 330
Pasturage for brood mares, 286
Patent bar, 317
Pecking, 176
Peculiarities, 125
Pelham bit, 68
Pendulous shoe, 240
Pests of the hunting-field, 168
Pets, 249
Physicking, 263
Pick-me-ups, 336
Pilots, 226
Pinning up, 269
Pistol, 318
Pleader (hunter), 22
Plugs (steel), 322
Points, 210
Poking the chin, 73
Ports, 71
Position on horseback, 97
Posts, 251
Poultices, 270
Preparation for hunting, 217
Pressing youngsters, 306
Price list, 187
Probing, 276
Projections, 252
Propellers, 161
Pullers, 137
Pulling up, 133
Purchasing horses, 33
Quartern, 323
Racehorse trotting, 206
Racing, 298
Railing hunters, 221
Rainproof garments, 61
Rarey bit, 295
Rasping hoofs, 234
Rearing, 140
Rearing bit, 76
Refusers, 158, 164
Reining back, 133
Reins, their uses, 107, 114
Restlessness, 311
Rick in the back, 316
Riding-habits, 48
Riding hats, etc., 199
Riding masters, 27
Riding to Courtown, 25
Riding to covert, 222
Ringbone, 271
Rising in saddle, 102
Road riding, 122
Roaring, 271
Roguery, 160
Rolling clear, 170
Roofing, 251
Ropebiting, 315
Rules of the field, 272
Rules of the road, 134
Running away, 143, 328
Saddle-bar (Born’s), 84
Saddle-cloths, 85
Saddle fitting, 84
Saddle-galls, 275
Saddle measurements, 84
Saddling, 80, 88
Saddling youngsters, 298
Safety pad, 13
Safety stirrups, 85
Salt in manger, 320
Sash windows, 254
Sawmouth bridoon, 309
Schooling, 151
School teaching, 147
Screw leaping head, 84
Seated shoe, 321
Secrets of leaping, 149
Segundo bit, 68
Self-teaching, 275
Selecting a mount, 29, 32
Sending by road, 221
Servants, teaching, 28, 99
Setting off, 127
Sewarrow, 56, 317
Shaft-tugs, 327
Sheep’s horn shoes, 237
Shifting saddle, 229
Shoeing, 231
Shoeing nervous horse, 309
Shoes (to last), 323
Shooting, 278
“Show” in driving, 332
Shying, 142
Silk under clothing, 199
Sires, 282
Situation (of stable), 250
Skirt without hem, 199
Slings, 269
Sluggish, 329
“Slummucking,” 150
Smiths, 238
Snaffles, 66, 67
Soft mashes, 264
Sole paring, 233
Sore throat, 271
Speed for team, 335
Splint, 273
Spurs, 317, 318
Spurs, their uses, 121, 140
Stable forks, 323
Stabling, 256
Staking, 276
Stall measurements, 252
Stalls, 252
Stanhope bit, 68
Starting youngsters, 244
Stirrups, 85
Stockings, 180
Stumbling, 142
Straw, 258
Suitability of hunting-field for ladies, 224
Supply of hay, 323
Surface drains, 251
Sutures, 269
Swollen legs, 273
Taking tired horses home, 128
Taming, 303
Tandem, 331
Team driving, 332, 335
Team practice, 334
Team standing, 334
Temperature of food, 243
Temperature of stables, 253, 323
Thorn-fencing, 156
Three-quarter shoe, 273
Throwing up the arm, 164
Thrush, 273
Tidiness, 198
Timber jumping, 153
Timidity, 160
Timidity in riding, 30
Tips (shoes), 236
Toepieces, 234
Tongue over the mouthpiece, 73
Training, 292
Training hunters to follow, 216
Trap-door, 256
Trappings for colt, 295
Trappy jumping, 154
Trappy obstacles, 153
Travelling saddle, 314
Treatment after hunting, 229
Treatment after physic, 266
Treatment of tired hunters, 229
Trotting, 129
Trousers, 54, 182
Turning corners, 120
Twitch, 264
Underclothing, 57
Unknowing ones, 324
Up-jumping, 154
Upland hay, 246
Upper jaw bit, 336
Uses of the whip, 119
Valise (to carry), 220
Variety in feeding, 248
Vegetable diet, 246
Veils, 59
Ventilation, 253
Veterinary quacks, 311
Vices, 137
Vicious horses, 115
Voice, 114
Walking paces, 127
Wall-licking, 321
Walls, 248, 251
Washing silk articles, 200
Waste in stables, 245
Water for hunters, 222
Water-jumping, 155
Water ponds, 260
Water pots, 258
Water stains, 326
Weaning, 289
Weighty shoes, 234
Wheelers, 330, 334
Whips, 59
Whistling, 271
Width of mouthpiece, 75
Wielding whip, 333
Windows, 254
Wisdom in riding, 227
Wisping, 274
Worms, 271
Wounds, 276
Yards, 257
Yearlings, 291
Youngsters in leading reins, 149
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it will furnish those who may have the desire, without having the
time or opportunity to go further into the subject, with a really
extensive stock of accurate information.”--_Indian Daily News._
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IX. The Spiders.
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BY J. TALBOYS WHEELER.
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present day, drawn up as a series of “Narratives” for general reading
in schools and families. So far it will resemble the history of
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in the author’s larger histories of India, and seeking to tell the
progress of events in the most simple and attractive manner.
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“While the work has been written for them (natives), it has also
been written for the people of England, who will find in the volume,
perhaps for the first time, the history of our great dependency made
extremely attractive reading. Mr. Wheeler’s narrative is written in
a most graceful style; indeed, he is master of the English language.
He does not confine himself to the mere dry details of history,
but tells the adventures of Indian heroes and heroines in legends
of love and war; describes the village communities of India, their
organization and self-government; delineates the results of caste,
infant marriage, and other Hindoo institutions and usages as seen in
the family and social life of the people in villages and towns, as
well as in courts and palaces.... The work also contains valuable
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Persia, Russia, Turkey, and China. Altogether this is a work of rare
merit.”--_Broad Arrow._
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“Will absorb the attention of all who delight in thrilling records of
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brightly-written book.”--_Daily Chronicle._
“This little volume contains a history of India in the form of tales
and narratives, intended by the author for the people of India as
well as for those of the British Isles.”--_Army and Navy Gazette._
“No young reader who revolts at the ordinary history presented to him
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BY EDWARD A. BIRCH, M.D.,
_Surgeon-Major Bengal Establishment_.
Second Edition; being the Eighth Edition of GOODEVE’S “Hints on the
Management of Children in India.”
_Dr. Goodeve._--“I have no hesitation in saying that the present
edition is for many reasons superior to its predecessors. It is
written very carefully, and with much knowledge and experience on the
author’s part, whilst it possesses the great advantage of bringing up
the subject to the present level of Medical Science.”
_The Medical Times and Gazette_, in an article upon this work
and Moore’s “Family Medicine for India,” says:--“New editions of
these two well-known works have recently appeared. They are both
intended to supply in some measure the medical wants of our numerous
countrymen in India, who may be either far from professional
help in emergencies of sickness or of accident, or destitute of
medical advice regarding the proper management of their own health,
and especially that of their children, in the trying climate of
Hindostan. Although we are, as a rule, very much opposed to popular
medical instruction, believing that the result is most frequently
a minimum of serviceable knowledge along with a vast preponderance
of what is but partial, misleading, and dangerous, yet the peculiar
circumstances of many of our countrymen in India, together with the
special and insidious dangers of its varying climate, fully justify
the publication of a few trustworthy popular works to warn the unwary
new-comer, before it be too late, of the dangers he has to encounter,
and to give judicious counsel to solitary individuals and families
who cannot enjoy the advantages of personal professional advice.
Moreover, the two works before us are in themselves probably about
the best examples of medical works written for non-professional
readers. The style of each is simple, and as free as possible from
technical expressions. The modes of treatment recommended are
generally those most likely to yield good results in the hands
of laymen; and throughout each volume the important fact is kept
constantly before the mind of the reader, that the volume he is using
is but a poor substitute for personal professional advice, for which
it must be discarded whenever there is the opportunity. Written with
such objects, and in such a spirit, these volumes cannot fail to be
of the greatest service; and that they are appreciated is shown by
the rapid appearance of successive editions, the second mentioned and
elder treatise having now reached the seventh edition. We would add,
that although they are specially written for lay readers, there are
few young medical officers proceeding to India who would not receive
several useful hints from these unpretentious volumes. But it is to
parents or to the guardians of European children in India that they
must be of pre-eminent service.”
_Published Annually, in Thick Royal 8vo., Price £1 16s._
THACKER’S
INDIAN DIRECTORY
EMBRACING
The whole of India and Burmah.
THE “TIMES.”
“The fact that this work, originally known as the ‘Directory of
Bengal,’ has now reached its 24th annual issue, is sufficient
to recommend it to all those who are brought into contact, in a
military, civil, or commercial sense, with the civilization and
intelligence of our Eastern dependencies. No longer confined to the
narrow limits of Bengal, Messrs. Thacker furnish us with complete
and detailed information respecting not only Calcutta, but also the
citizens of Bombay and Madras. The parts which relate to the yearly
almanac, public holidays, stamps, telegraphs, and customs are pretty
much one and the same; but in most other matters we have before us
separate and distinct information as to the various departments of
Government and the arrangements of commerce, education, charitable
societies and hospitals, clubs, railways, and companies. There
is also a separate Army list, we note, for each of the three
Presidencies. The alphabetical list of residents, comprising as it
does a full record of all those of our countrymen who have taken up
their permanent abodes in any of the Indian Presidencies, will be
found of the greatest use to those in England who have lost all clue
to their relatives and friends in the far East and wish to discover
their whereabouts.”--Aug. 28, 1886.
THE CALCUTTA “ENGLISHMAN.”
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professes to be--a Directory for India. Besides an enormous mass of
information of the purely Directory kind, which must have taken a
world of labour to collect and collate, the volume comprises complete
Army Lists for Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, including the Volunteers;
lists of officers in the various Government Departments; lists of
the Tea, Indigo, Coffee, and other estates in the country; and
much valuable information regarding the Telegraphs, Postal Rules,
Law Courts, Charities, and a host of other subjects. Nothing more
strikingly represents the change that has come over India in recent
years than this great Directory.”
THE “MANCHESTER GUARDIAN.”
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classified and street directories of each of the cities of Calcutta,
Bombay, and Madras, a remarkably comprehensive and detailed Mofussil
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India, its Government, commerce, postal arrangements, festivals,
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India.”
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Transcriber’s Notes.
Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ and bold text by =equals
signs=. Variant spelling, punctuation, and inconsistent hyphenation
have been preserved as printed; simple typographical errors have been
corrected. The following list shows the changed text below the original
text.
Table of Contents:
Introduction ix
Introduction xi
Page xi:
INTRODUCTION.
INTRODUCTION
Page 45:
subject with which it is engaged.
subject with which it is engaged
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in a tranverse direction
in a transverse direction
Page 155:
there in nothing more conducive
there is nothing more conducive
Page 160:
for ladies fo ride
for ladies to ride
Illustration 216-f (full-page):
“COME ALONG, OLD MAN!’
“COME ALONG, OLD MAN!”
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An excellant sample
An excellent sample
Page 283:
most carefully weighed.
most carefully weighed
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shy, nervous, and rething
shy, nervous, and retiring
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Specialite Habit Makers
Specialité Habit Makers
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