The Sporting Dictionary, and Rural Repository, Volume 1 (of 2) Of General Information upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the Field

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This article, which has so long passed under the denomination of an ointment, and was so called in the London Dispensatory of the College of Physicians, produces, without any ad...

Not so with those whose defect is constitutional, proceeding from an inexplicable degree of irritability, so generally and palpably evident in both _attitude_ and _action_; in t...

BARBS—are horses brought from the coast of Barbary, and mostly consigned as presents to His Majesty, or some other branch of the royal family. Those arriving under such distinct...

BITS—are of different kinds, formed of iron, and constitute the mouth-part of bridles of every denomination, whether in carriage harness, or for use on the turf, in the chase, o...

BOTTS—are differently described by different writers; a certain proof many of them wrote more from _theory_, _copy_, and _hearsay_, than from attentive practice, or personal obs...

The scene now advances to a state of confusion exceeding all _humane_ conception; the howling of the dogs, still in hand, anxious and eager to be let loose; the roaring and drea...

CATARACT,—the technical term for a defect of the eye, to which no particular _cause_ of _origin_ has been yet decisively ascertained. The faculty define it, "an opacity of the c...

COCKNEY—is the distinguished appellation by which those gentlemen are honoured, who, being _natives_ of the Metropolis, are supposed never to have very far exceeded the vibrativ...

A COUGH is generally one of the first and most distinguished symptoms of _cold_; for the collapsion of the porous system having thrown the perspirative matter upon the blood, it...

CORDIALS,—medically considered, are the very reverse, in their property, of what has been said under the subject of "_coolers_:" they are warm aromatic articles, which stimulate...

DECOCTION.—A decoction for the purpose of fomenting swellings, tumours, or enlargements, (either as an emollient or discutient,) is made by boiling a double handful of Roman wor...

DOGS,—that well-known species of animal whose fidelity, attachment, gratitude, and general utility, very far exceed every eulogium within the power of the profuse pen of admirat...

Aloes Succotrine and Barbadoes. Assafœtida. Diaphoretic Antimony. Crude Antimony Levigated. Butter of Antimony. Barbadoes Tar. Alum, Plain and Burnt. Aniseeds, Whole and in Powd...

EXCRESCENCE.—Any preternatural enlargement is so called; but it is principally, and most properly, applied to those of a spongy nature, as WARTS and WENS, as well as a polypus u...

FEET, so exceedingly different in the nature of their construction, must certainly require as different a mode of treatment, according to such circumstances as happen to exist....

FLESHY-FOOTED.—A horse is said to be FLESHY FOOTED, when that part of the _bottom of the foot_ on each side the FROG (called the OUTER SOLE) is preternaturally prominent, consti...

The fox in formation has great resemblance to the DOG, but with some variations; his head is larger in proportion to his body; his ears are shorter; his tail thicker, and the ha...

GAME COCKS are bred of various colours, according to the fancy or opinion of different AMATEURS, many of whom have their favourite plumage; their colours are technically describ...

GAMES OF ART—are those in which the skill, judgment, and penetration of the player are immediately concerned, and upon which alone his success must entirely depend. In this clas...

GREASE.—The GREASE is a disorder particularly affecting the CART or DRAFT HORSES of this country, but is seldom or rarely observed amongst horses of a superior description: its...

GROUSE, OR RED GAME,—that species of game for the protection of which the Legislature has provided, is a native inhabitant of HILLS and MOUNTAINS, difficult of access, and much...

HARES in hilly and mountainous countries are smaller, but more fleet than any other; those who are the natives of low, wet, marshy ground, or moors, are larger, but less firm an...

When hounds come to a check, not a horse should move, not a voice should be heard: every hound is eagerly employed, exerting all his powers for a recovery of the scent, in which...

HEAVIER.—A STAG deprived of his testicles by CASTRATION, is then called a HEAVIER, which operation is occasionally performed, that a supply may not be wanting for the CHASE duri...

It is the fixed and invariable rule with every DEALER, to affect, at _first_, a perfect indifference respecting the horse he wishes most to get rid of; and he always makes a poi...

Previous to every other consideration in the art of horsemanship, it is necessary to be well acquainted with every minute circumstance, and regular routine, of stable discipline...

Horses not entitled to start, without producing a proper certificate of their age, if required, at the time specified in the articles, except where AGED horses are included; and...

It is a well-founded opinion, that every kennel should have a proper annual supply of young hounds; if this is neglected for _two_ or _three_ seasons, the pack will soon be over...

HUNTER.—A hunter, in its strictest implied signification with the SPORTING WORLD, is a horse or mare of superior description and qualifications, appropriated to no other purpose...

As there is so frequently a jealous clamour about being too _forward_, the zealous sportsman will never condescend to be too far _behind_. He knows his place, and he keeps it. H...

_s._ _d._ Mild Purging Balls 1 6 _each_. Stronger ditto 2 0 Mild Mercurial Purging Balls 2 0 Stronger ditto 2 6 Cordial Rhubarb Purging Balls 2 6 Purging Balls for Worms 2 6 Mil...