ILLUSTRATIONS 



BY JOHN STURGESS. 

 (EXECUTED BY G. PEARSON.) 



PAGE 



TROUBLESOME YOUNGSTERS ....... Front. 



(Vigjiette on Title Page.) 



COMING FROM THE BIRDCAGE, NEWMARKET . . . . . 3 



HERDS OF HOUSES 9 



BITS FOR TROOPS: SNAFFLES FOR DISPORT 18 



WEAKNESS AND STRENGTH ........ 36 



A LONG JOURNEY BY ROAD . . . . . . . . 42 



ELIS ON THE ROAD TO DONCASTER 44 



TOO MUCH ON THE TURN . . 51 



THE INFANT PHENOMENON 53 



EXERCISE GROUND, NEWMARKET . . . . . 59 



CHANCE OF BEING KNOCKED DOWN ...... 64 



A CROSS 66 



TAN GALLOP AT NEWMARKET . . . . . . .74 



RACING ON HORSEBACK . . 76 



' IT'S ALL FORDHAM'S KID ! ' 80 



THEN HE is STEADIED 84 



THE FORLORN DIVISION 86 



JUBILANT STABLE-BOYS 88 



HORSE CLOTHING : OLD STYLE AND NEW ..... 101 

 GROUND PLAN OF NEW STABLES, CHETWYND HOUSE, 



NEWMARKET no 



ELEVATIONS OF DITTO m 



CHILDREN OF THE DESERT j,^ 



STALLIONS AT EXERCISE II9 



YEARLINGS ON THE ROAD ........ i 2 



