Dunraven, Lord, persuades friends to join twenty-rater class, 54
Dyas, Miss, in Irish championship (lawn-tennis), 1897, 318
E.
EDITOR (Frances E. Slaughter).
Chase of the Carted Deer, 125
Hunters, 149
Trout and other fly-fishing, 221
Visits Lord Rothschild's kennels; reception by Fred Cox, 144
_Elf_, 49
Erriff, number of salmon and sea-trout caught during gale in, 193
Exford as centre for stag-hunting, 109
Exmoor-crossings, 97
F.
_Fairy_, owned by Miss Lord, 59
Capabilities of, 24
Steered by Miss Lord, 61
_Fairy_ and _Colinette_, race between, 30
_Fiera_, Miss Cox's two-and-a-half-rater, 39
_Flat Fish_ (Mrs. Schenley's), 51;
account of, 49
_Fleur-de-Lys_, owned by Major Montgomery, 50
_Florence_ in ladies' race, 58
_Florence_--prizes, 56
Follett, Lady Julia, hunting carted deer, 127
_Forella_, five-rater, 60
Fownes, Ernest K., driving of, 261
_Fox_, 40-ton yawl, 12
_Fusee_, one-rater, Mr. and Miss B. S. Hughes sailing, 54
G.
_Gareth_ (Mr. Henderson's), champion of three seasons, 44
_Gareth_--prizes, 48
_Gladwyn_ rescuing ladies, 40
_Glycera_, 36
_Goddess_, 15;
trawling in, 12
Grayling move in shoals--lie in middle of river, 210
Greek pilot, Miss B. S. Hughes' experience of, 15
Guest, Lady Theodora, on Pembroke, 148
H.
Hallows, Miss, member of Bembridge Sailing Club, 43
Hammersley, Misses, in _Colinette_, 30
Hampshire Stour, hours for salmon rising in, 194
Harbourer's business, 94
Harrington, Lord, got up ladies' race in one-raters, 58
Harvey, E., yacht-racing, 36
Harvey, Miss, steering _Queen Mab_, 36
Haslow, discoverer of "lob" (lawn-tennis), defeated Spencer Gore, 341
Heads at Watermouth Castle, 115
Heathcote, C. A., on essential points of lawn-tennis racket, 323
Hill, Lord (late), hunted otter for ten hours, 180
Hills, Mrs. A. C., article on cycling, 265
Hills, Mrs. A. C., portrait, 264
Hillyard, Mrs., and E. Renshaw, win All-England mixed doubles
championship, 317
Hillyard, Mrs., lawn-tennis victories, 316, 318
Hounds of Devon and Somerset Pack, 99
Hounds tailing on moor, 98
Howcutt, Mark, in Vale of Aylesbury, 137
HUGHES, Miss Barbara S.
Article on Cruising and Small Yacht Racing on Solent, 1
Commencement of racing career, 24
Sailing _Meneen_, 56
Sailing _White Rose_, 54
_Hummer_ carries off honours, 35
_Hummer_, end of prosperous career, 37
_Hummingbird_, account of, 32
HUNTERS, Article on, by the Editor, 149
Consummate horsewoman rare, 150
Double bridle recommended, 166
Each hunter should have its own saddle and bridle, 165
Essential points in woman's hunter, 150
Good carriage of head and neck, 152
Good manners, 153
Well-laid shoulders, 151
Height desirable, 157
Horsewomen should be able to open gates, 154
Price of good hunter, 158
Price of small hunter, 161
Saddles should be fitted to each hunter, 165
Women's "hands", 158
I.
_Iernia_--prizes, 39
_Isolde_, owned by Baron von Zeduwitz, 54
J.
Jackson, Mrs. Hardie, in _Meneen_, 47
Jessop, owner of _Molly_ and _Coquette_, 49
K.
_Kismet_, Miss Cox's two-and-a-half rater, 48
L.
_L'Espérance_, G. C. Kerr's punt, 90
La Cigale (property of Gordon Canning), 155
La Fontaine--Autrefois, carpillon fretin, etc., 185
_Lady Nan_, 35
Langrishe, Miss M., pioneer of Women's Lawn-tennis Championships, 316
Langrishe, owner of _Iernia_, 39
Las Casas act as whippers-in to Ian Amory, 118
LAWN-TENNIS, by Miss Maud Marshall.
"All England Croquet and Lawn-Tennis Club", 315
"All England Mixed Doubles Championship", 317
Back-handed stroke, 334; figure D, 339
Balls, weight of, 323
Bisques abolished, 317, 325
Clothing suitable for, 326
Championships, 315, 375
Courts--Dimensions, 320
Margin, 319
Plans of single and double, 321
Covered Court Championships, 318
First authentic record of, 314
First championship meeting at Wimbledon (1877), 315
Fore-handed stroke, 334; figure C, 335
Good style in, 329
Half volley, 338
Handicapping, 326, 363
Ladies' championship (1897), 318
"Lawn-tennis Association", 317
"Lob", 341
Measuring court, 322
Net, Height fixed, 317
Overhand service, figure A, 327; figure B, 312
"Placing," Art of, 342
Position of feet and body, 337
Prototypes, 313
Racket, C. A. Heathcote on essential points of, 323
Scoring: Lawn-tennis Association's laws, 324
Scorer's position, 331
Service, difficult to acquire good, 330
Service-line, distance from net, 317
Tennis scoring adopted, 314
Volley, 337
Women champion, 316
Lawn-tennis Rules, 353
_Lil_, description of, 29
Loch Arkaig, great lake trout in, 191
_Lollypop_, 35
Lonsdale, Lord, owned twenty-rater, 54
Lord, Miss, steering _Tatters_, 57
Lord, Miss, winning prizes with one-raters, 53
_LOTUS._
On Solent, 87
Race with _Sea Maiden_, 82
Sailed by Mr. Hope, 82
Louis X. playing tennis at Vincennes, 313
M.
Mackerel giving good sport, 190
_Madcap_, built by Miss Cox, at Payne's, 31
Malmesbury, Susan, Countess of. Article on Salmon Fishing, with Notes
on Trout and Coarse Fishing, 185
Malmesbury, Susan, Countess of, portrait, 184
MARSHALL, Miss Maud, Article on Lawn-tennis, 313
Portrait (overhand service), 312, 327
" (fore-handed stroke), 335
" (back-handed stroke), 339
MASSEY-MAINWARING, Miss, Article on Driving, 237
Portrait, 236, 259
_Mavis_, Miss Cox's one-rater, 55
Mayo, hours for salmon rising in lakes in, 194
_Mem Sahib_ in Ladies' Race, 58
_Meneen_ in ladies' race, 58
_Meneen_, successes and construction, 47
Miles, knowledge of habits of deer, 95
_Mliss_, Miss Cox's two-and-a-half rater, 38
_Molly_, twenty-rater, 49
Montgomery, Lady Sophia, in _Fleur-de-Lys_, 50
_Morwena_, Champion of class, 48
_Morwena_, steered by Miss Sutton, 45
More, Sir Thomas, opinion of tennis, 313
Moreton, Colonel, starts Bembridge Sailing Club, 43
Moreton, Miss, member of Bembridge Sailing Club, 43
N.
_Nadador_, 41
Nautical terms, Glossary of, 345
_Nelson_ punt, 68
Nevill, Henry, story of deer, 128
Nicholson, Charles, designed _Dacia_, 39, 44
_Normania_, steam yacht, 15
O.
Oliphant, Hon. Mrs., steering _Rosmary_, 53
One-raters at Cowes, 21
OTTER-HUNTING, article by Mrs. Wardell, 171
Cross-bred hounds, 171
Distribution of dead otter, 179
Drawing up stream described, 174
Followed on foot, 173
Foxhounds used for hunting otter, 171
Management of hounds in kennel, 173
Mixed pack preferred, 172
Otterhound described, 172
Otterhounds, eighteen recognised packs of, 171
Otters' "chains", 177
Season for, 180
Thick boots and short skirt necessary for, 181
Time of meet, 173
P.
Payne, Arthur, Yachts built by, 31, 37
Penn-Curzon, Mrs., article on stag-hunting, 93
Penn-Curzon, Mrs., portrait, 92
Percival, Philip, yacht-racing record, 35
Perch caught in Hampshire Stour, 214
Perch, habits of, 214
PIKE:
Favourite trick of, 195, 213
Gimp line required for, 200, 213
Jaws like a tiger's, 213
Pike-fishing in Hampshire Stour, 212
Pike-fishing, Trolling-rod for, 213
Porlock as centre for stag-hunting, 109
Portsmouth Corinthians Y. C. matches for small craft, 27
_Powerful_ punt, 89
_Princess_, Irish mare (property of Mrs. Lewis Mackenzie), 107
PUNT-RACING, by Mrs. W. L. Wyllie, 67
Cost of punts, 68
First punts on Medway, 67
Races for working class, 68
Punts Racing, 79;
_Crystabel_--_Nelson_, 69
Q.
Queen Mab, 35
R.
Ready for the start (_Mynah_, _Hoopoo_, _Stark_, and _Molly_), 25
Red Deer Land, article on stag-hunting by Mrs. Penn-Curzon, 93
Renshaw, E., and Mrs. Hillyard, win All England Mixed Doubles
Championship, 317
Ribblesdale, Lord, hunting carted deer, 127
ROACH:
Croaking, 215
Hanging itself in a tree, 225
Like flies tied small, 233
_Rosmary_ steered by Hon. Mrs. Oliphant, 53
Rosscommon Staghounds unrivalled, 144
Rothschild, Lord, run with staghounds described, 130
Rothschild, Lord, staghounds' manner of working, 136
Royal Southampton Y. C. matches for small craft, 27
S.
Sailing and Steaming--comparative advantages and expense, 5
Salmo Ferox, or Great Lake Trout, method of fishing, 191
SALMON:
Born in shallow reaches of rivers, 186
Clean or "fresh run" fish, 188
"Crimped" salmon, 189
Grilse, weight of, 187
Habits of, 186
Haunts of fish should be known, 195
Journey up stream in shoals, then separate to different pools, 188
"Kelts", 188
Length of incubation, 186
Less clever than trout, 197
Migration to sea, 186
Number caught during gale in Errif, 193
Parr, 187
Proboscis, use of, 188 n.
Rank of salmon attained on second migration, 188
Rise at certain fixed hours, 193
Shoal in Killery Bay, 187
Smolts, 187
Sometimes stranded in small streams, 190
Sporting qualities, 186
SALMON FISHING, with Notes on Trout and Coarse Fishing, by Susan,
Countess of Malmesbury, 185
Casting line hard work, 196
Casting should be practised on lawns, 203
Casting. That fish lie with heads up-stream should be noted, 204
Casts, Length of, 203, 204
Casts should be stained and tested, 206
Conditions of weather and water desirable for, 192
Costume suitable for, 196, 197
Especially adapted to women, 186
Flies should be tested, 207
Flies, size of, important, 208
Flies, tail, dropper, 202
Flogging river at wrong time, worse than useless, 195
Fly-making, tedious, 206
"Foul-hooked" salmon, 198 and note
Gaff, "over" and "under", 209
Gut, method of tying, 201
Heavy reels and coarse tackle unsuitable for women, 200
Hemp or dressed silk line preferable for, 200
Landing-net, 209
Line and cast to be wet before using, 201
Rods, length of, 202
Rods recommended, 198 and note;
care in keeping them necessary, 199
"Spey" cast, 203
_Samæna_ sold by Langrishe, 39
_Scarlet Runner_ punt, 71
Schenley, Mrs., owner of _Thief_ and _Valentine_, 36
Schooners out of fashion, 4
_Sea Maiden_, punt, 75, 83
At Burnham-on-Crouch, 88
Building of, 72
Imitations of, 90
On Solent, 87
Prizes, 86, 89
Race with _Lotus_, 81, 82
Sail plan, 77
Sea-trout in Dhulough, Co. Mayo, 191
Silver Doctor (property of Mrs. T. E. Harrison), 159
Skyscraper (property of Lady Gerard), 163
Small boat racing, 27
_Snowflake_, mud punt, 68
Solent List of yacht-racing clubs of, 64
_Soper_, Mr. Paget's one-rater, 55
_Speedwell_, Miss Cox's one-rater, 56, 59
Spencer-Gore, first Lawn-tennis Champion, 315
Spencer-Gore, volleying tactics, 341
Stag at bay, 102
STAG-HUNTING, Article on, by Mrs. Penn-Curzon, 93
Best time for, 110
Centres for, 109
Deer damage fund, Farmers paid for damage to crops from, 118
Different aspects of country in hind hunting and stag hunting
seasons, 112
Hind hunting finer, wilder sport than stag hunting, 117
Hind hunting in December, 113
Hind run over Dunkerry described, 111
Horses suffering from sore backs, 96
Horses suitable for Exmoor, 104
Hunting from July to April, strain on hounds, horses, and men, 117
Meet at Culbone stables in August described, 112
Methods of stag-hunting, 93
Story of tripper and 'scarlet bounders', 117
Stags, distribution of dead, 103
Stags' passion for ash shoots, 95
Steaming and Sailing, comparative advantages and expense of, 5
Sutton, Miss, half-rater _Wee-Winn_, 43
T.
Tandem driving, 256
_Tarter_ race with _Bodagh_, 58
_Tatters_ competition with _Florence_, 56
_Tatters_ First prize in ladies' race, 57
Team driving, 247
Tench, shy--prefer muddy, weedy ponds, 216
Tennis-courts at Hampton Court and Windsor Castle, 313
_Terrible_, punt, 89
_Thalassa_, champion yacht, 31
_Thief_, owned by Mrs. Schenley, 32, 33
Tiverton, advantages as sporting centre, 121
Tiverton staghounds, 118;
Sport shown by, 121
Torquay Regatta, 63
Trawling outside the Eddystone, 12
_Troublesome_, Mrs. Rudston Reid's two-and-a-half-rater, 38
TROUT.
Brown trout, wary and difficult to catch, 192
"First", 229
Fishing, flies for, 208
Fishing, great art in, _not to be seen_, 204
Game and fighting qualities, 190
Migratory, 190
Require greatest care and delicacy in handling, 197
TROUT AND OTHER FLY FISHING, by the Editor, 221
"First trout", 229
Flies recommended, 232
Habits of fish should be studied, 231
Not an expensive sport, 222
Outfit needed for, 233
Practice from boat desirable, 234
Qualities needed for, 221
Rod recommended, 233
Suited to powers of women, 221
Trout-flies, Natural forms of favourite, 220
Tufting, business of, 96
U.
_Undaunted_, Lord Charles Beresford's punt, 89
_Undine_, Miss Harvey's two-and-a-half-rater, 39;
Collision with _Windfall_, 40
Usk, Pool Persyn, hours for salmon rising in, 194
Usk, Salmon gaffed on, 209
V.
_Valeria I._, owned by Lord Albemarle--sailed by Miss Hughes, 57
_Valeria II._, 57
Van Wart, Miss, article on Cycling, Fancy Figures and Musical Rides,
295
_Vanguard_, 60-tonner, 24
_Verena_ and _Lil_, race between, 30
_Viva_, half-rater, Miss Hughes' record with, 59
W.
Ward, Mrs. Dudley, member of Bembridge Sailing Club, 43
Wardell, Mr. and Mrs. with Hawkstone otter hounds, 170
Wardell, Mrs., article on otter-hunting, 171
Wards in Ireland, staghounds unrivalled, 143
Watson, G. L., design in five-raters, 36
Watson, Miss N., gained Lawn-tennis All-England's Championship, 316
_Wayfarer_ trawling in between Torquay and Dartmouth, 14
_Wee Winn_ (Miss Sutton's), 43, 47, 49
_White Rose_, built for Duke of York, 28
_White Rose_, sailed by Hon. Derek Keppel, 54
Whyte Melville on hunter at end of long run, 157
_Windfall_ (Mrs. Schenley's) collision with _Undine_, 40
_Windfall_ (Mrs. Schenley's), qualifications and successes, 38
Wingfield, Major, patented "Sphairistike", 314
Wrangham, Mrs., on The Dude, 167
Wyllie, Mrs. W. L., Article on Punt Racing, 67
Wyllie, Mrs. W. L., portrait, 66
Y.
YACHT-RACING, Article on, by Miss Barbara Hughes, 1
Amateur described, 28
American boats heading classes, 47
Association Rules, should be known by heart, 19
Chief characteristic, 1
Clubs of Solent, List of, 64
Difference between cruising and, 3
Dresses suitable for, 15
Expense of, 60
Fashionable in, 1895, 53
First race sailed by women, 30
Ideal model of, 60
Ladies' race, 1896, 58
Needs study, 18
One-design class, 59, 63
One-raters in, 1896, 55
Pleasures of, 1 Seq.
Prizes barely cover expenses, 2
Qualities necessary for, 23
Races in, 1893, 48
Rivalry between North and South, 44
Secret of, 19
Single-handed matches in one-raters, 20
Suited to women, 18, 24
YACHTS.
"After cabin," "ladies' cabin", 9
Each one requires different handling, 20
Discomfort not necessary on, 6
Steering becoming more difficult, 20
York, Duke of, interest in _White Rose_, 54
Z.
Zedtwitz, Baron von, drowned off _Isolde_, 54
_Zephyr_, Itchen ferry boat, accommodation on, 10
_Zivolo_, Hon. Mrs. Oliphant's yacht, 53
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