428 



RACING. 



FAL 



Falmouth, Lord, 164, 165, 

 166, 169, 170 



Fences, 313 



Fencing horses, Spanish, 9 



FitzStephen, quoted, 8 



Foals, weaned, treatment of, 120 



Ford, Mes>rs., clerks cf the 

 course and handicappers, 62, 

 70 



Forestalling, 247, 257, 258 



Frail, Mr. John, 'father of 

 clerks of courses,' 61, 62 



Frampton, Tregonwell, ' father 

 of the Turf,' 25 ; story of 

 his horse Dragon, 25 ; dia- 

 mond cut diamond, with Sir 

 William Strickland, 26 ; the 

 ' cunningest jockey in Eng- 

 land,' 27 



French Jockey Club and two- 

 year-old racing, 127 



French steeple-chasing, 286 



Fry, Mr., his proposal to regis- 

 ter bookmakers, 272 



Galloways, 30 



Gamble, Captain, 36 



Garrard, Mr., 90 



Gate-money meetings, 49, 73 ; 

 advantages of, 89 



Geldings, the age of, 10 



George L, II., racing legisla- 

 tion in the reigns of, 22 



George III., racing in his day, 

 22, 31 



George IV., ' Nimrod's ' mis- 

 takes concerning, 202 ; origi- 

 nation of hurdle-racing in his 

 reign, 340 



George, Prince, consort of Queen 

 Anne, his encouragement of 

 racing, 22 



HOR 

 Gilmour, Mr., 285 

 Goats as stable disinfectors, 123 

 Goodman, Mr. A., 363 

 Goodwood, 92, 93 

 Grafton, fourth Duke of, quoted, 



196 

 Giaham, Messrs., quoted, 128, 



129 

 Grand National, 287, 289, 297, 



327, 354-356, 35S, 367, 374, 



376, 379-3S2 

 Greville, Mr. Charles, 187, 205, 



214 

 Groom, the old-fashioned, 97 

 Gully, Mr. John, 205, 225, 226 



Hall, Bishop, quoted, 15 

 Ilandicapper, 60 ; duties of, 



67-70 ; noted handicappers, 



70 

 Handicapping, various systems 



of, 68 ; a clever bit of, 161 

 Ilassard, Mr. Jason, 39 

 Hastings, Lord, 53, 75, 95, 173, 



180, 182 

 Hawley, Sir J., 126, 1 52- 1 5 7, 



196, 237, 247 

 -Hedging, 253 

 Henry II., 8 

 Henry VIII. 's cultivation of 



horses, 10-12 

 Henry, Prince of Wales, son of 



James I., his love of horses, 17 

 Hewctt, Mr. W. N. W., 231 

 Hobson, Mr. F. G., 371 

 Hore, Mr. J. P., quoted, 199 

 Horse-stealing, the legislation 



against, 14 

 Horses, notable, referred to — 



Abd-el-Kader, 360 ; Aber- 



geldie, 179 ; Achievement, 



I33> 134, 154, 158; Aladdin, 



