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of the arrangement, and many of the rules and regulations of racing, 

 as they stand at present, had their origin during the reign of this king; 

 and to his royal patronage, conjointly, with the unrivalled aptitude of 

 the place itself, Newmarket, the English Olympia, owes that celebrity 

 which will endure to the remotest ages. 



James II, was likewise much attached to sports, particularly those of 

 the field, and shewed a strong partiality for his own country Horses, 

 during his residence in France. The racing stallions most in vogue, 

 during these two reigns were — The Helmsley Turk, the property of 

 the Duke of Buckingham, and sire of Bustler and various other racing 

 stock. DoDSWORTH, a Barb foaled in England, his dam a royal im- 

 ported mare, which mare bred Vixen by the Helmsley Turk. The 

 Taffolet Barb. The White-legged Lowther Barb. The Strad- 

 MNG or Lister Turk, brought into England by the Duke of Berwick, 

 from the siege of Buda, in the reign of James II. He was the sire 

 of Snake, Brisk, Piping-peg, Coneyskins, &c. 



William III, as might be expected in a martial monarch and a 

 foreigner, was more inclined to the managed Horse, than to the Race- 

 horse, and founded a riding academy, at the head of which he placed 

 Major Foubert, a very able professor, whom he had invited from 

 France. This school was probably situated near Carnaby-market, 

 London, a passage leading to which, has borne the Major's name to 

 this day. 



King William, however, did not discourage the Turf, on the con- 

 trary he made an addition to the royal plates. In his reign were in- 

 troduced, as stallions ; the Oglethorpe Arabian ; and the Byer- 

 ley Turk, which had been Captain Byerley's charger in the Irish war. 

 From this Horse proceeded Sprite, Black-Hearty, Archer, Basto, Grass- 

 hopper, the Byerley Gelding, Jigg, Knightley's mare and others. 

 Greyhound foaled in Barbary, the colt, sire and dam being there 

 purchased by Mr. Marshal, stud-master to the King, and afterwards 

 to Queen Ann and George I, together with the Moonah Barb mare, 

 and a white Barb, afterwards the property of Mr. Hutton. The sire 

 was a white Barb named Chillaby, and the dam Sliigei/, which signifies 

 Greyhound. Greyhound got Othello, Whitefbot, Osmyn, Rake, Samp- 

 son, 



