Vi CONTENTS. 



as a great horse market where everything is thoroughbred Failure of 

 Mr. Blunt's experiments Various Arabian horses brought to America 



Horses sent to our Presidents Disastrous experiments of A. Keene 



Richards Tendency of Arab romancing from Ben Hur 51-66 



CHAPTER V. 



THE ENGLISH RACE HORSE. 



The real origin of the English race horse in confusion Full list of the 

 " foundation stock" as given by Mr. Weatherby one hundred years ago 

 The list complete and embraces all of any note Admiral Rous' ex- 

 travaganza Godolphin Arabian's origin wholly unknown His history 

 Successful search for his true portrait Stubbs' picture a caricature 

 The true portrait alone supplies all that is known of his origin and 

 blood 67-78 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE ENGLISH RACE HORSE (Continued). 



England supplied with horses before the Christian era Bred for different 

 purposes Markharn on ..be speed of early native horses Duke of New- 

 castle on Arabians His choice of blood to propagate Size of early 

 English horses Difficulties about pedigrees in the seventeenth and 

 eighteenth centuries Early accumulations very trashy The Gallo- 

 ways and Irish Hobbies Discrepancies in size The old saddle stock 

 The pacers wiped out Partial revision of the English Stud Book.. 79-89 



CHAPTER VII. 



THE AMERICAN RACE HORSE. 



Antiquity of American racing First race course at Hempstead Plain, 1665 

 Racing in Virginia, 1677 Conditions of early races Early so-called 

 Arabian importations The marvelous tradition of Lindsay's ' ' Arabian" 

 English race horses first imported about 1750 The old colonial stock 

 as a basis First American turf literature Skinner's American Turf 

 Register and Sporting Magazine, 1829 Cadwallader R. Colden's 

 Sporting Magazine, short-lived but valuable The original Spirit of 

 the Times Porter's Spirit of the Times Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, 

 1859 Edgar's Stud Book Wallace's Stud Book Bruce's Stud Book 

 Their history, methods and value Summing up results, showing 

 that success has followed breeding to individuals and families that 

 could run and not to individualsand families that could not run, what- 

 ever their blood 90-107' 



CHAPTER VIII. 



COLONIAL HORSE HISTORY VIRGINIA. 



Hardships of the colonists First importations of horses Racing prevalent 

 in the seventeenth century Exportations and then importations pro- 

 hibited Organized horse racing commenced 1677 and became very 

 general In 1704 there were many uild horses in Virginia and they 

 were hunted as game The Chincoteague ponies accounted for Jones 

 on life iu Virginia, 1720 Fast early pacers, Galloways and Irish 

 Hobbies English race horses imported Moreton's Traveler probably 

 the first Quarter racing prevailed on the Carolina border Average 



