430 



RACING, 



HUR 

 221 ; Semolinn, 144, 146, 176; 

 Sheen, 189 ; Shotover, 161- 

 163; Silvio, 165, 166, 184; 

 Sir Hercules, 220 ; Sir Joshua, 

 198 ; Spahi, y]'] ; Springfield, 

 166, 410 ; Squirt, 391 ; St. 

 Albans, 221 ; St. Blaise, 162 ; 

 St. Christophe, 184 ; St. 

 Gatien, 188; St. Simon, 186; 

 Sterling, 412 ; Stockwell, 



398 ; Surefoot, 176 ;Tedding- 

 ton, 221 ; Thebais, 221 ; The 

 Bard, 140, 143 ; The Baron, 

 35-37, 211 ; The Colonel, 

 362 ; The Lamb, 364, 366 ; 

 The Palmer, 153-155 ; Tom 

 King, 397 ; Tom Tug, ^^ ; 

 Too Good, 377 ; Touchstone, 



399 ; Tristan, 35, 186 ; Usna, 

 377,378;Verneuil, 184, 187; 

 Voltigeur, 400 ; Voluptuary, 

 375, 379 ; "^Vhite Turk, 19, 

 21 ; Why Not, 378; Wild 

 Dayrell, 401 ; Young Black- 

 lock, 36 ; Zoedone, 374, 376 



Hurdle-racing, 339 ; valuable 

 prizes, 339 ; origin of, 340 ; 

 formation of hurdles, 340 ; 

 preparation of the horses, 

 341 ; judging distance, 342 ; 

 good schooling, 343; 'jump- 

 ing big,' 343 



rx\NSON, Mr., clerk of the 

 course, 62 



Inbreeding, 118 



' Infant Phenomenon,^ disap- 

 pearance of the, 51 



Ireland, horse-breeding in, 31, 

 33-39 ; causes of its falling 

 off, 33 ; steeple-chasing in, 35, 

 281, 284, 286 



JOC 

 Jackson, Canon, quoted, 194 

 Jackson, guardian of ' The 

 Limekilns' (Newmarket), 57- 



59 



James L, public racecourses es- 

 tablished in his reign, 15 ; 

 his Newmarket stables, 16 ; 

 purchases an Arabian horse, 

 16 



James II., 21 



Jennings, T., sen., quoted, 130, 

 189 



Jockey Club, a sporting writer 

 on trainers and the, 46 ; and 

 enclosed racecourses, 49, 50 ; 

 on minimum weight to be 

 carried, 50 ; and suburban 

 races, 52 ; and Parliament, 52 ; 

 origin of the club, 53 ; elec- 

 tion of members, 53 ; consti- 

 tution of, 54 ; first recorded 

 resolution (on ' weighing in '), 

 55 ; stewards of, 55 ; absence 

 of records, 55 ; acquisition of 

 Heath lands by, 55 ; of Crown 

 lands, 56 ; leasing of ' The 

 Limekilns,' and other proper- 

 ties, 57-59 ; the custodian of 

 'The Limekilns,' 57, 58; 

 purchase of the Exning estate, 

 59 ; orders all complaints 

 against officials to be made in 

 writing, 72 ; enforces licences 

 on jockeys, 104 ; action re- 

 garding betting jockeys, 104- 

 107 ; on jockeys' fees, 105 ; 

 forbids jockeys betting, 107 ; 

 ignores betting, 268 



Jockeys, causes of the paucity of 

 the higher class, 50, 51 ; dis- 

 appearance of the ' Infant 

 Phenomenon,' 51 ; licences, 

 104; betting of, and its evils, 



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