PAR 



Parliament, early Acts of, 



concerning horse - breeding, 



&c., lo, II, 13 

 Parliamentary interference with 



racing, 50, 52 

 Parr, Mr. Thomas, 219 

 Partnerships, registration of, 105 

 Payne, Mr. George, 69, 180 ; 



quoted, 187 

 Pearson, General, 134, 137, 



157, 159 

 Peck, Mr. R., 139, 140 ; quoted, 



168 

 Pedigrees of celebrated horses, 



tabulated, 391-423 

 Phillips, Mr. E., of Bushbury, 



219, 220 

 Place, Mr. (owner of White 



Turk), 19, 21 

 *Play or pay' races, 271 

 Portland, Duke of, 55, 113, 



144, 174, 176, 177, 186, 191 

 Post-betting, 253, 259, 271 

 Press, influence of, on racing, 



43 ; prophets of the, 268 

 Prices, false, quoted by book- 

 makers' journals, 44 

 Provinces, racing in the, 89-97 



'Quarterly Review,' quoted, 



200, 202 

 Quinterots, 17 



Racecourse, Metropolitan, 

 Bill of 1879, 52 



Racecourses, enclosed, 49 ; 

 limited circumference, 50 ; the 

 Metropolitan Racecourse Act 



(1879), 52 

 Racehorse, the {see under Rac- 

 ing ; and Horses) 



INBEX. 433 



RAC 



Racing, history of, 3 ; horses of 

 ancient Britain, 7; in the time 

 of Athelstane and William the 

 Norman, 7 ; introduction of 

 Spanish stallions, 7 ; racing in 

 the reigns of Henry H. and 

 Richard I., 8, 9 ; introduction 

 of imported breeds by Edward 

 HI., 9 ; horses in the reign of 

 Henry VH., 10; the 'age 

 of geldings,' 10 ; dawn of 

 scientific breeding, 10 ; Welsh 

 ponies, 11 ; Henry VHL's 

 love of horses and the ex- 

 penses of his stables, 12 ; 

 legislation against horse-steal- 

 ing by Edward VI., 14 ; 

 public races established, 1 5 ; 

 * bell courses,' 16 ; royal 

 stables established at New- 

 market, 16 ; the first Arabian 

 horse imported into England, 

 16 ; merits of English horses 

 recognised, 17 ; Charles I.'s 

 proclamation respecting bits, 

 18 ; first races held at New- 

 market, 19 ; barbs, 20 ; 

 Charles H. at Newmarket, 

 20 ; importation of ' royal ' 

 mares from Tangiers, 21 ; 

 foundation of a riding aca- 

 demy by William HI., 22; 

 encouragement of racing by 

 Queen Anne and Prince 

 George, 22, 23 ; racing legis- 

 lation in the reigns of the first 

 three Georges, 22 ; early re- 

 cords, 23 ; owners of cele- 

 brated racehorses, 24, 25 ; 

 Tregonwell Frampton and his 

 horse Dragon, 25 ; Frampton's 

 match against Sir William 

 Strickland's Merlin, 26 ; legis* 

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