INDEX. 



43S 



RAC 



Semolina, 176 ; the morality 

 of rule cxli., 177 ; decadence 

 of trials over long courses, 

 178 ; a remarkable instance 

 of private trial over a long 

 distance, 179; anecdotes of 

 Admiral Rous and Mr. G. 

 Payne, 180, 181 ; Lecturer, 

 181 ; a peep at Hayhoe's 

 stable, 182 ; how Count La- 

 grange lost 2,000/. over the 

 sale of Verneuil, 185 ; St. 

 Simon and Tristan, 186 ; Mr. 

 George Payne and Mr. Charles 

 Greville, 187; long distance 

 trials, 187-190 ; Cesarewitch 

 trials, 188 ; Sheen and Gold, 

 189; origin of the Rothschild 

 stud, 190 ; the home doings 

 of equine celebrities, 191 ; 

 table of scale of weight for 

 age, 192; challenge trophies : 

 cup and whip, 193-195; 

 trainers and the art of train- 

 ing, 196-222 ; two-year-old 

 racing, 216; jockeys, 223- 

 249 ; a two thousand guinea 

 match at York in 1759, 240 ; 

 steeple-chasing, 277 - 338 ; 

 hurdle-racing, 339-345 ; local 

 meetings, 346-355 ; famous 

 chasers and their riders, 356- 

 389; strains of celebrated 

 horses with their pedigrees, 



391-423 



Racing officials, 60-72 



Racing servants, the old- 

 fashioned groom, his manner 

 and his belongings, 97-99 ; 

 the new-style trainer and his 

 surroundings, 99-103, 107- 

 iio {see also Jockeys; and 

 Trainers) 



SHE 

 Radcliffe, Mr. Delme, quoted, 



202 

 Ragg, Sir F., 27 

 Redesdale's, Lord, Bill for fix- 

 ing lowest weight to be carried 

 by horses, 50 

 Rice, Mr., quoted, 206 

 Richard L, racing in his day, 8 

 Richardson, Mr. J. M., 348, 



355, 367-370 

 Richmond, Duke of, 54, 93 

 Ridge, Mr., clerk of the course, 



62 

 Riding, 324 

 Riding academy, the first in 



England, 22 

 Ring, the, 106, 253, 255, 256 

 Robinson, Mr., racing judge, 



59, 65 

 Ross, Captain Horatio, 285 

 Rothschild, Baron Meyer de, 



182, 183, 190, 191 

 Rothschild, Mr. Leopold de, 



378 

 Rothschild stud, origin of, 190 

 Rous, Admiral, 57 ; and gate- 

 money meetings, 49 ; anec- 

 dotes concerning, 68, 69, 76, 

 180, 181 ; and two-year-old 

 racing, 1 27 ; and the Jezabel 

 incident, 135 ; quoted, 183 

 Running-horses, 7 



St. Antonius, horseman, 17 

 Sandown Park, 50, 298 

 Scotland, horse-breeding and 



racing in, 30 

 Servants, racing, 97- 107 

 Seymour, Colonel, 90 

 Sheldon, Mr., clerk of the 



course, 62 

 Sherrard, Mr. R.j loi, 107, 151 



