x CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



XL THREE-YEAR-OLDS 154 



XII. OVER A DISTANCE OF GROUND 180 



XIII. UPON TRAINERS 193 



XIV. UPON JOCKEYS . . . ... . . . 220 



XV. BETTING 246 



5 TEEPLE- CHA SING. 



I. THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF STEEPLE- 

 CHASING 275 



II. THE SELECTION OF THE CHASER . . . .287 



III. SCHOOLING 296 



IV. FENCES AND FENCING 307 



V. RIDING THE RACE 318 



VI. HURDLE-RACING . 333 



VII. LOCAL MEETINGS . . . . . . . . 340 



VIII. FAMOUS CHASERS AND THEIR RIDERS . . -35 



APPENDIX 373 



INDEX . ... 409 



