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A. A good bag of Tarpon, 175 A Matched Pair: Story of wedding breakfast and accident to M.F.H. in, 5 Aberdeen, ladies' golf links at, 341 ALDENHAM RESTLESS. Descendants winners at Peterborough Show, 84 Winning Champion Cup, 1893, 84 All-England Croquet Association, 358 All-England Croquet Club, 358 Allgood Kennels, 90 Archer's Register, 232 ARCHERY, by Miss Walrond, 187 Bow, lineage of, 187 Eastern ladies' exploits, 187 Improvement in, 204 Revival of, 200 Royal amusement, 193 ARCHERY (practical) by Mrs. Berens, 207 Aiming, 221 Arm guard, 213 Arrow, weight of, 212 Before the draw, 218, 219, 229 Beginners, advice to, 208 Books recommended, 232 Bows recommended, 208 Club National Round, 228 Club Prize Meeting, 231 Coach desirable for beginners, 224 Distances shot by women, 215 Drawing, 218 Dress suitable for, 217 Equipment needs care, 223 Full Draw, 225 Gloves or tips, 214 Hereford Round, 215 Loosing, 222 Nocking, 217 Standing, 217 String recommended, 210 Stringing bow, 209 Targets, 215 To form a club, 227 Weekly Club Meeting, 231 Archery Dresses (about 1832), 201 Archery Societies, 196-200 Art of Golf, Sir W. C. Sampson, 261 Art of Shooting, by C. Lancaster, 152 Ascham, Roger, treatise on Archery, 193 Association of Masters of Harriers and Beagles, 101 Australia, Golf Clubs, Ladies' Championship, 343 Austria, hare drive in, 121 B. BADMINTON LIBRARY. Archery, 207 Golf, 261 Quoted on Shooting, 116 Balfour, Miss May, Article on Skating, 235 Portrait, 234 Banks, Miss, on Archery, 199 Banks, Sir Joseph, 199 Barham Downs, ladies' golf course, 343 Beagle Stud-book, 96 BEAGLES. Breeding, 96, 97 For rabbit-shooting, 140 Hunting with, 92, 95 Kennelling and feeding, 99 Bentley Harriers, 61 Account of, 85 Berens, Mrs., Article on Archery, 207 Portrait, 206 Berkeley, Lady, using longbow, 195 Betham, Miss, archery score, 204 Book of Archery, Hansard, quoted on Persian ladies' archery, 189 Bowby, Mrs., archery score, 204 Bownass, Miss, golfing at Windermere, 347 Brentwood Croquet Club, 360 Brighton and Hove ladies' golf course, 342 Briscoe, Mrs., whipping in hounds, 61 Bronwydd Beagles, account of, by Miss Lloyd, 105 Budleigh Salterton Croquet Club, 360 Burn, Mrs., Fox Hunting, 13 Portrait, 12 Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, quoted, 352 "Bush Farm," Meath, fences, 20 Butt, Mrs. W., archery score, 204 Butterflies at Captiva Island, 173 Buxom (hound) account of, 86 Buxom, Bentley Harrier, 67 C. Caledon Beagle Kennels, 96 Campbell, Lady Ileene, hunting Lord Huntingdon's pack, 61 Canada, golf clubs in, 343 Captiva Island (Gulf of Mexico). Account of, 171 Tarpon, fishing at, 170 Vegetation, 173 Carnoustie, ladies' putting course at, 341 Carter, Bonham, croquet playing, 372 Cartridges recommended for women, 111 Cheape, Mrs., and her Peterborough winners, Bracelet, Waterwitch, Verity, Woodbine, Generous, Worry, 87 Cheape, Mrs., buying harriers, 85 Cheape, Mrs., Wellfield Beagles and Bentley Harriers, 60 Cheetham. Miss L., skating "a pass", 252 Cheltenham, ladies' golf course, 343 Cheltenham, lady golfers at, 348 Chester, ladies' golf course, 343 Chetwynd, Miss H., archery score, 204 Chole, game of, 261 Chorley Wood, ladies' golf course, 343 Clay Bird shooting competition, 130 Clay Pigeon Trap, 113 Clorinda, Moorish Queen, skilful with bow, 188 Clumber Spaniel, 97 Comet (property of Lady Gerard), 37 County Down ladies' golf links, 338 Cox, Miss, ex-Irish Golf Champion, 338 CROQUET, All-England Laws. Appendix B., 391 Article on, by Mrs. Spong, 357 Advantages of, 368 Balls, 361 Beginning, option of, 367 Bisques, 363 Championships, 370 Clips, 362 Clubs, 360 Handicapping bisques, 363 Hoops, 361 Lawn measurements, 360 Lawns at Hurlingham and Ranelagh, 370 Lawns, size reduced, 372 Mallets, 362; manner of holding, 363 Origin of game, 357 Pegs, 361 Qualities necessary for good player, 369 Revival of, 370 "Roquet", 365 Terms employed in, 365 Tight croquet, expulsion of, 358 Time games, 371 Tournaments, 358 Crusades, women prominent in sport during, 6 Crystal Palace Archery Meeting, 200 Cub-hunting at Brigstock, 15 D. Dahlia (hound), 86 Davies, George (Whip), 106 Deal Golf Club, 331 Desmond, Lady, skill with bow, 194 "Dinah," retriever, 146, 148 Dog breaking, secret of, 149 DOG BREEDING, by Hutchinson recommended, 152 Dogs and dog-breaking, utilising land for, 145 Driving popular with shooters and owners of moors, 131 Dulcimer, pure harrier, 89; account of, 90 Dumfries, ladies' golf links at, 341 E. Eastbourne Ladies' Golf Course, 341 Edinburgh, ladies' golf links at, 341 EDITOR (FRANCES E. SLAUGHTER). Englishwomen and Sport, 1 Hare-hunting, 59 Portrait, 1 Elie and Earlsferry, ladies' golf links at, 341 Eltham Ladies' Golf Course, 341 Englishwomen and Sport, by the Editor, 1 F. "Fallible," beagle bitch, 99 FISHING FOR TARPON, by Mrs. Murphy-Grimshaw, 157 Bait used, 162 Bottom-fishing, 178 Catching first tarpon, 163 Clothes required for, 160 First tarpon stuffed and set up, 184 Fishing at Captiva, 176-77, 179 Florida, arrival in, 160 Playing a tarpon, 164; excitement of, 165 Rod suitable for, 162 Season for, 164 Flat-coated Retriever, Champion Darenth, 143 Folkestone Ladies' Golf Course, 343 Fort Myers, on Caloosakatchie River, 181, 183 Fishing for tarpon at, 158 FOX-HUNTING, by Mrs. Burn. "Alone with the hounds," pleasure of being, 31 Beauty and fit surroundings, 14 Champion and Wilton's Safety Stirrup, 36 Country in the shires, 19 Driving to and from hunting, 52 Falls, 35 Gates, opening, 32, 33 Gruel for horse, directions for making, 51 "Hands" cannot be taught, 25 Hunting in provinces advantage over shires, 16 Huntsmen, way to be made for, 32 Ideal hunter, 50 Mounting, 41 Need for pilot, 44 People hunting like a flock of sheep, 31 Quick eye to hounds, 43 Quietness necessary, 24, 47 Riding a refuser, 48 Riding sane horses, 47 Riding slow, 35 Riding to hounds, advice on, 22 Safety habits, 39 "Seeds" "Young Grass", 34 Spurs, 40 Stirrup foot, position of, 29 Tired horse, jumping a, 50 Women in hunting field, why unpopular, 30 Women riding without third pommel, 26 France, golf clubs in, 344 G. Gadfly (hound), 86 Gainer (hound), account of, 86 Game of Golf, by W. Park, junr., 261 Gentil on Amazoni in retinue of Indian Prince, 190 Gifford, Lady And her Harriers, 58 Beagles-harriers, 89, 90 Carrying horn with harriers, 61 Cure for distemper, 92 Interest in Kennel Management, 90 On hounds' food, 91 Golf Annual, Article by John Thomson in, 352 GOLF, by Miss Starkie-Bence, 259 Approach Shot, 284 "Approach Shots," Competitions for, 324 Balls, different kinds, 333 "Bap", 275 "Bogey" Competition, 297 Books recommended, 261 Brassey, 283 Bunkers, 260 Cleek, 283 Clubs, 262 Clubs, choice of (instruments), 274 "Cuppy" lie, 300 Dress suitable for, 304 Driver, 274, 279 Dropping the ball, Rule on, 351 Esprit-de-Corps, 351 Etiquette to be observed, 294 Failing to sign card, 260 Faults—Slicing, Hooking, Topping, 299 Foresome, 259 Founding of, 261 Green, 260 Grip 261; wrong grip, 276 Grip of hands for driving, 275 Grip when at top of swing, 280 Handicapping, 297 "Handicapping Scheme" 326; Rules, 327 Hazard, St. Andrew's Rules 14, 288; 15, 288 Hazards, 260 Iron 274; lofting iron, 283 Iron shots, 284 Ladies' Courses, 266, 267 Lessons from professional desirable, 273 Lie, 261 Links, size of, 260 Links, "upkeep" of, 332 Mashie, 274, 287 Medal play, 298 Object of game, 259 Position for driving, 269, 276 Practice required for, 271, 301 Putter, 274, 291 Putting, 293, 295 Scores in Match playing, 260 Scores in Medal play, 259 Scotch and English players, Styles of, 272 Short Approach Shot with thumb down the shaft, 289 Suited to all seasons, 267 "Smothering", 279 Stance, 260 Stimulus to trade given by, 328 Stymie, 351 Swing 280; Finish of, 281 Swinging upwards for three-quarter iron shot, 285 Glossary of Technical Terms, 384 Golf Links abroad, 343 Golf quoted on gutta-percha used for balls, 332 Golf Rules, Appendix A, 377 Golf School in America, 344 Golfer's Referee, 292 Gone to Ground (Portraits of four B.O.H. Prize-winners), 53 Graham, Miss N., Golf Champion of Ireland, 338 Portrait, 339 Grand National Archery Meeting, 200, 203 Grand Northern Archery Meeting, 200 Grand Western Archery Meeting, 200 Great Yarmouth Golf Links, 313 Greeks and Romans no word for Skating, 246 Grey, Lord de, 109 Grouper, red and black, 177 Grouse Shooting, 131 Best Method, 133 Gullane, Ladies' Golf Union Championship Meeting at, 306, 320 Gullane Links, lengths between holes at, 325 Guns suitable for women, 110, 111, 127 H. Hamilton-Russell, Lady Margaret (née Scott) Golfing, 272, 313 Portrait, 317 Hare Drive in Austria, 121 HARE-HUNTING, by the Editor, 59 Cleanliness absolutely necessary in kennels, 74 Dwarf foxhounds, 69 Feeding hounds, 74 Harrier, advantage of pure, 66 Harriers, faults of, 71, 72 Hounds, drafting, 77 Hounds, kind of, 66 Hounds, signalling, 71 Hounds, signs of health in, 77 Hounds, standard for, 70 Lady M. H.'s Pack, story of, 65 Quietness necessary for, 59, 61, 66 Stud-book harrier, 69 Training hounds, 72 Viewing the hare, 62 Whippers-in, 78 Harrier and Beagle Show, Peterborough, 105 Hastings and Bexhill Ladies' Golf Course, 343 Hawking, women proficient in, 3 Hertfordshire Society of Archers, 197 Himalayan pheasants, 132 History of the Cid, by Dr. Southey, quoted on "Star of the Archers", 188 Horniblow, Mrs., Archery score, 204 Hoylake Golf Links, 311 Hoylake Ladies' Golf Links, 343 Huntingdon, Load, harriers in Iceland, 61 Hutchinson, General, system of breaking pointers and setters, 151 Hutchinson, Horace, Golf, Badminton Library, 261 Hutchinson Horace, on putting, 292 I. India, golf clubs in, 343 Irish Ladies' Golf Union, meeting at Portrush, 315 Irish Setters, Champions Shandon II. and Geraldine, 126 Irishman on gun, 110 J. Jacksonville, Florida, 183 Jaques bringing out Croquet, 358 Jew-fish, 177 K. "KATE COVENTRY," heroine, giving up hunting when she marries, 4 Kennedy, Miss Emma: Golfing in North Wales, 347 Portrait, 335 Kildare, Countess of, shooting deer, 194 King-fish, 177 L. Ladies' Golf Union, 265 "Handicapping Scheme," 326; Rules, 327 Outline of, 307 Ladies' Golf Union Annual, Miss Pearson's article in, 328 Ladies' Golf Union Championship Meetings, 306 Great Yarmouth, 313 Gullane, 306, 320 Hoylake, 312, 319, 334 Littlestone, 312, 314 Lytham and St. Anne's, 309, 311 Portrush, 306, 312, 315 Lancer (Irish horse), 27 Leake, Sir F., extract from letter to Lord Shrewsbury, 195 Leamington and Midland Counties Archery Meeting, 200 Legh, Miss, archery score, 204 Leicestershire, account of blank day in, 23 Lelant, ladies' golf course, 343 Lillie, A., work on croquet, 355; suggestions in, 373 Littlestone Golf Club, 331 Littlestone Golf Links, 312 Lloyd, Miss, of Bronwydd: Account of Bronwydd Beagles, 105 Whipping-in beagles, 61, 106 Lloyd, Sir Marteine: And some of the Bronwydd Beagles, 104 Beagle kennels, 96 Beagles, 61 Bronwydd Beagles, 101, 145 Lloyd, Sir Thomas, started Bronwydd Beagles, 105 Lowther, Hon. Mrs. Lancelot, Portrait, 108 Lowther, Hon. Mrs. Lancelot, Shooting, 109 Lytham and St. Anne's Golf Club, 309 Ladies' Union, meeting at, 310 M. M. F. H. advice to young lady, 13 Machrihanish, ladies' golf links at, 341 Maidstone Croquet Club, 360 Malvern, ladies' golf course, 343 Mandeville, A., K.H. and Second Whip to Mrs. Pryse-Rice, 85 Mary, Queen of Scots, adept in golf, 265 Maxwell, Miss A., golfing at Dumfries, 347 Meath, hunting in, 20, 21 Melville, Whyte, heroines in hunting field, 4 Meriden, archery assemblies at, 196 Midlands Golf Championship, 345 Mitcham, Princes Ladies' Golf Links, 334 Meetings, 337 Moffatt, Croquet Championship Meeting at, 370 Monmouth, Robert Cary, Earl of, extract from Memories of, 194 Montecute, Lord, entertaining Queen Elizabeth at Cowdray, 194 Murphy-Grimshaw, Mrs.: Fishing for Tarpon, 157 Portrait, 156; on board the tarpon boat, 167 Murray, Mrs., golfing at Gullane, 347 Mussellburgh, ladies' golf links at, 341 N. Nevill, Misses, golfing, 348 New Zealand golf links in—ladies' championships, 343 Newcastle, Duchess of, hunting harriers, 61 Nicholas', Sir H., Household Expenses of Henry VIII., entries from, 193 Nicol's Progress quoted, 194 North Berwick Ladies' Golf Club, 347 North Berwick, ladies' golf links at, 341 Norwich, deer parks owned by See, 2 O. Orr, Miss E. C., Portrait, 263 Our Sisters in Canada, 243 P. Park, W., junr., Game of Golf, 261 Paris, Comtesse de, giving up Woodnorton harriers, 80 Partridge, Fur and Feather series recommended, 152 Partridge Shooting, 121, 134 Driving, 134 Over dogs, 134, 138 Walking up, 137 Partridge, work by Stuart Wortley on, 137 Pascoe, Miss, Portrait, 307 Pearson, Miss Issette, Article in Ladies' Golf Union Annual, 328 Golfing, 306, 313 Portrait, 329 Records at Wimbledon, 341 Peel, W. H., founded All-England Croquet Association, 358 Pelicans, 159 Persian ladies amusing themselves with Archery, 189 Pheasant Shooting, 138 Pheasants, by Tegetmeier recommended, 152 Pointer on Partridge, 119 Portrush Golf Links, 312 Portrush, Irish Ladies' Golf Union Championship Meeting, 315 Prestwich, ladies' golf links at, 341 Prior, Dr., Notes on Croquet, 357 Pritchard, Professor, cure for distemper, 92 Pryse-Rice, Mrs. Account of harriers, 80 And her harriers, 81 Kennels, Aldenham Bitches, 93 Kennels (Woodmorton, Charity and Wilful), 63 M. H., 61 On hares killed, 85 On infusion of foxhound blood into harrier kennel, 85 Runs of hounds, 83 Pryse, Vaughan, hunting harriers for forty seasons, 80 Punta Gorda 183; deserted by tarpon, 158 Purves, Dr. Laidlow, 306 Q. Queen Anne, lover of the chase, 8 Queen Elizabeth, an ardent sportswoman, 7 Queen Elizabeth at Cowdray, skill with bow, 194 Queen Victoria, benefactor of women, 9 Queen Victoria riding after hounds, 8 R. Rabbit difficult to shoot, 130 Rabbit Shooting, 140 Ranelagh Club, Ladies' Golf Meeting at, 315 Ranelagh Ladies' Golfing group, 1897, 349 Ranfurly, ladies' golf links at, 341 Retriever breaking, rules for, 150 Rhyl, ladies' golf course, 343 Richardson, Mrs. Ryder, golfing, 347 Richmond ladies' golf course, 343 Rifle for small game, 116 Rigby, second for Championship cup in 1897, 84 Romans and Greeks no word for skating, 246 Rook shooting, 117 Royal British Bowmen, 196 Royal Portrush Ladies' Golf Links, 338 Royal Rock Beagles, started by Colonel Anstruther Thomson, 105 Royal Toxophilite Archery Society, 196 Rural Sports, by Daniel, recommended, 152 Rye Golf Club, 331 S. St. Andrew's, ladies' putting course at, 341 St. Nicholas, ladies' golf links at, 341 Salisbury, Lady, hunting fox over Hertfordshire, 59 Salisbury, Lady, supporting archery, 196 Sandwich Golf Club, 331 Sandwich Golf Course, 345 Gentlemen's Amateur Championship at, 346 Lady golf players at, 346 Sampson, Sir W. C., Art of Golf, 261 Scotch ladies' golf links, 341 Scotland, hunting in, 21 Scott, Sir Walter, excuses Di Vernon for sporting tastes, 4 Sea trout, 177 Serrell, Miss, on Colleen, 45 Shooters, cautions to young, 152 SHOOTING Article on, by the Hon. Mrs. Lancelot-Lowther, 109 Badmington Library on, 115 Beginners, advice to, 112 Books recommended, 152 Dress suitable for, 123 Etiquette to be observed, 112 Judging distances, 129 Measuring distances, 115 Practice recommended, 128 Qualities necessary for, 127 Shrewsbury, Lady, adept with bow, 195 SKATES, 242 Bone, 246-47 Mount Charles, 247 Primitive, 246 Roller-Skates, 248 SKATING "A pass", 252 Beginning, 249 Club Figures, 253 Dress suitable for, 245 Equality on both legs, 236 Exhilarating and healthful exercise, 245 Foreign style introduced in England, 241 Half-circle and circle, 251 Hand-in-hand skating, 237, 252 Ideal Skater, 241 In Holland, 239 Introduced from North, 246 Mastery of both edges, 251 Outside edge, 236 Points to be attended to, 255 Rockers, 252 Scuds, 252 Transition stage in England, 235, 241 Turning a three, 237 Waltzing on skates, 238 South Africa, golf clubs in, 343 Spaniels for rabbit shooting, 141 Spicer, Captain, of Spye Park, harriers sold to Mrs. Cheape, 85 Spong, Mrs., article on croquet, 357 Portrait, 356 Sport for upper classes in middle ages, 1 Sporting dogs, grooming, 151 Starkie-Bence, Miss, article on golf, 259 Portrait, 258 Straits' Settlements, golf links in, 343 Stuart-Wortley, work on partridge, 137 Surtees, his hunting women, 4 System of Figure Skating, by Maxwell Witham, 253 T. Tarpon boats, 159; at Captiva, 174 Tarpon fishing (see Fishing for Tarpon). Temple, Miss, archery score, 203 Thomson, Colonel Anstruther, started Royal Rock Beagles, 105 Thomson, John, article on Golf Annual, 352 Trollope, sport no place in life of his heroines, 4 Troon, ladies' golf links at, 341 Tudor, Margaret, journey to Scotland, 190 U. United States, golf clubs in, 343 Usbec Tartary, incident during plundering of village in, 187 V. Verity (hound), 86 Vernon, Di, excused for sport-loving tastes, 4 Villiers, Miss, archery score, 203 W. Walrond, Miss, article on archery, 187 Portrait, 186 Walsingham, Lord, 109 Walters, John, huntsman, 106 Warlike (hound), 86 Waterwitch (hound), 86 Wellfield (hound), account of, 86 Wellfield Beagles, 60 Welsh hares, speed of, 79 West Indies, golf clubs in, 343 West Lancashire ladies' golf links, 268, 334 Match team, 334 Whigham, Miss Sybil, golfing at Prestwick, 346 Whitmore, Walter Jones, started scientific croquet, 358 Wilson-Hoare, Mrs., golfing, 313, 348 Wilton, Elizabeth, Countess of, on Willoughby, 17 Wimbledon ladies' golf club uniform, 303 Wimbledon ladies' golf course, 341 Witham, Maxwell, System of Figure Skating, 253 Woking, ladies' golf links at, 341 Women. At shooting parties, 118 Middle ages, hunting in, 2 Position in world of sport, 1 Proficient in art of falconry, 3 Woodbine, Wellfield, Buxom, Bentley Harriers, 75 Woodmen of Arden, 196 Y. Yonge, John, Somerset Herald, 190 Yorkshire golf championship, 345

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