414 



INDEX. 



NEW 



Newmarket, royal stables at, 

 1 6 ; first races at, 19 ; racing 

 in Charles II. 's time, 20 ; 

 great fire at, 21 ; contempo- 

 rary account of, in the reign 

 of Queen Anne, 29 ; increase 

 of racing at, 31 ; retrospective 

 racing sketches of, 74-89 ; 

 the Grand Stand, 75 ; locale 

 of the betting-ring, 75 ; 

 ' racing on horseback,' 75 ; 

 racing in 1865, 76-81 ; re- 

 strictions on carriages at, 95 

 Nicolas, Sir N. H., quoted, 12 

 ' Nimrod,' quoted, 197, 199, 204 

 Normandy horses imported into 

 England, 7 



OFFICIALS, racing, powers and 



duties of, 61-73 

 Osborne, Mr., quoted, 37 



PARLIAMENTARY interference 



with racing, 52, 54 

 Parr, Mr. Thomas, 216 

 Partnerships, registration of, 106 

 Payne, Mr. George, 70, 182 ; 



quoted, 189 

 Pearson, General, 135, 138, 



162, 164 

 Peck, Mr. R., 140; quoted, 



173 



Pedigrees of celebrated horses, 



tabulated, 373-398 

 Phillips, Mr. E., of Bushbury, 



216, 217 

 Place, Mr. (owner of White 



Turk), 21 



' Play or pay ' races, 267 

 Portland, Duke of, 188 

 Post-betting, 249, 255, 267 



RAC 



Press, influence of, on racing, 45 

 Prices, false, quoted by book- 

 makers' journals, 46 

 Provinces, racing in the, 90-97 



QUINTEROTS, 17 



RACECOURSES, enclosed, 51 ; 

 limited circumference, 52 



Racehorse, the (see under 

 Racing) 



Racing, history of, 3 ; horses of 

 ancient Britain, 7 ; in the time 

 of Athelstane and William the 

 Norman, 7 ; in the reigns of 

 Henry II. and Richard I., 

 8 ; introduction of imported 

 breeds by Edward II. and 

 III., 9; the 'age of geld- 

 ings,' IO ; dawn of scientific 

 breeding, 10 ; Welsh ponies, 

 II ; Henry VIII. 's love of 

 horses and the expenses of 

 his stables, 12 ; legislation 

 against horse-stealing by Ed- 

 ward VI., 14; public races 

 established, 15 ; bell courses, 

 1 6 ; royal stables established 

 at Newmarket, 16; the first 

 Arabian horse imported into 

 England, 16 ; merits of Eng- 

 lish horses recognised, 17 ; 

 Charles I.'s proclamation re- 

 specting bits, i 8 ; first races 

 held at Newmarket, 19 ; 

 barbs, 20 ; Charles II. at 

 Newmarkei, 20 ; importa- 

 tion of ' royal ' mares from 

 Tangiers, 21 ; foundation of 

 a riding academy by William 

 III., 22 ; encouragement of 

 racing by Queen Anne and 



