CONTENTS. 



RACING. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. History of Horse-racing 3 



HORSES OF ANCIENT BRITAIN .... 7 



H. The Progress of the Sport .... 40 



HI. History of the Jockey Club 53 



IV. Racing Officials 60 



clerk of the course 61 



THE starter 62 



the judge 63 



the clerk of the scales .... 65 



THE HANDICAPPER 6/ 



THE STAKEHOLDER 70 



THE STEWARDS 70 



V. Newmarket -j^ 



VI. Racing in the 'Provinces' 89 



VII. Racing Servants : Old Style and New . . 97 



VIII. Breeding 11 1 



IX. Treatment of Yearlings 120 



X. Early Trials 130 



