tage of cap over hat in
hunting.--Boot-tops and Napoleons.--Quotation from
Warburton's ballads 135

CHAPTER X.

Advantage of hunting.--Libels on.--Great men who have
hunted.--Popular notion unlike reality.--Dick Christian and
the Marquis of Hastings.--Fallacy of "lifting" a horse
refuted.--Hints on riding at fences.--Harriers
discussed.--Stag-hunting a necessity and use where time an
object.--Hints for novices.--"Tally-ho!" expounded.--To feed
a horse after a hard ride.--Expenses of horse-keep.--Song by
Squire Warburton, "A word ere we start" 154

CHAPTER XI.

The Fitzwilliam.--Brocklesby.--A day on the Wolds.--Brighton
harriers.--Prince Albert's harriers 176

CHAPTER XII.

Hunting Terms 199

CHAPTER XIII.

The origin of Fox-hunting 210

CHAPTER XIV.

The wild ponies of Exmoor 218

POSTSCRIPT 232

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

TO FACE
1. ZEBRA STRAPPED UP Drawn by Louis Huard, Esq. Title-page
2. HORSE WITH STRAP NO. 1 Ditto " 67
3. HORSE WITH STRAPS NOS. 1 AND 2 Ditto " 76
4. THE HORSE STRUGGLING Ditto " 79
5. THE HORSE EXHAUSTED Ditto " 80
6. THE HORSE TAMED Ditto " 82
7. SECOND LESSON IN HARNESS Ditto " 100
8. RAILS AND DOUBLE DITCH Ditto " 153

VIGNETTES.

PAGE
WILD HORSE'S HEAD 25
HALTER OR BRIDLE 39
WOODEN GAG BIT 66
STRAP NO. 1 74
STRAP NO. 2 76
LORD B.'S IMPROVED NO. 2 77
SURCINGLE STRAP FOR NO. 2 78
SIDE SADDLE, AND