INDEX. 



ALE 



Alexander, Mr., his initiation 

 of turf reforms, 105, 106 



Ancaster, Duke of, 53 



Ancient Britain, horses of, 7 



Anderson's, Mr., Metropolitan 

 Racecourse Act, 1879, 52 



Anglesey, Lord, 95 



Anne, Queen, her encourage- 

 ment of racing, 22, 23, 46 



Anson, General, 247 



Apperley, Mr. Charles James 

 ('Mimrod'), quoted, 200, 202, 

 207 



Arabian horses, 16, 22, 24, iii- 



115 



Arnull, the Duke of Westmin- 

 ster's stud groom, and the 

 Bend Or case, 170, 171 ^ 

 Ascot, 90 



Astley, Sir John, 74, 96 

 Athelstane, racehorses in his 



reign, 7 

 Atkinson, Mr. F. B., 382, 386 

 Aylesbury, steeple-chasing at, 

 349 



Backers, 256 ; professional, 

 257 ; in a small way, 258 ; 

 hit - or - miss backers, 259 ; 

 counsel to young backers, 262 



BET 



' Backing club,' a, 105 



Baird, Mr. E. W., 59,377, 378 



Barber, Mr. Lee, 3S6 



Barbs, 20, 24, 115 



Barlow, Major, and the Bend 

 Or case, 171 



Eassompierre, quoted, 17 



Batson, Mr., and the Plenipo- 

 tentiary afikir, 41 



Beasley, Mr. H., ^77, 380, 389 



Beasley, Mr. T., 378, 389 



Beauclerc, Lord Frederick, 357 



Beaufort, Duke of, 95, 136, 194, 

 195, 289 



Becher, Captain, 358 



Bede, Venerable, quoted, 7 



Bell courses, 16 



Bentinck, Lord George, vanning 

 his horses, 42 ; Kent'smanage- 

 k ment of his stud, 213-216 



Beresford, Lord Marcus, as 

 starter, 62 



Betting, jockeys', 105 ; morality 

 of betting, 250 ; betting in- 

 grained in the average Briton, 



250 ; the betting Iraternity, 



251 ; scheme of a hundred- 

 ponnd book, 252 ; post- 

 betting, 252 ; hedging, 253 ; 

 ready-money betting, 254 ; 

 welshing, 255 ; anomaly of 



