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country, 307-309 ; good 

 fencers, 308 ; water-jumps, 

 310; galloping courses, 311 ; 

 fences trappy, 311 ; natural 

 courses, 312 ; old-fashioned 

 fences, 313 ; the ditch before 

 the fence, 314 ; how to re- 

 store the popularity of chas- 

 ing, 314 ; Dick Christian on 

 fencing, 315 ; how a horse 

 lands over a jump, 315 ; 

 riding the race, 318 ; starting, 

 323 ; knowledge of pace, 

 325 ; waiting in front, 326 ; 

 jumping straight, 328 ; the 

 finish, 329-332 ; local meet- 

 ings, 340 ; a card, 341 ; the 

 Brocklesby meeting, 343 ; 

 at Aylesbury, 343 ; un- 

 scrupulous devices at local 

 meetings, 343 ; suspected 

 horses, 344 ; stewards, 345 ; 

 Blackmoor Vale point-to- 

 point steeple-chase, 346 ; 

 military meetings, 347 ; 

 Grand National Hunt, 348 ; 

 famous chasers and their 

 riders, 350 ; Lottery, 350 ; 

 Jem Mason, 351 ; Tom 

 Olliver, 352 ; Chandler's feat, 

 353; George Stevens, 356; 

 Mr. Goodman, 357 ; Mr. 

 George Ede, 358 ; The Lamb, 

 360; Schiedam, 361; R. 

 I'Anson, 362; Mr. J. M. 

 Richardson, 362; Reugny, 



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* Steeples,' 277 



Stewards, powers and duties of, 

 71-73 ; at local meetings, 345 

 Stockbridge, 95, 97 

 Stradbroke, Earl of, 195 

 Strains and pedigrees of cele- 



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brated horses Bay Middle- 

 ton, 379 ; Bob Booty, 406 ; 

 Byerly Turk, 377; Darley 

 Arabian, 373 ; Doncaster, 

 388 ; Eclipse, 400 ; Galopin, 

 390 ; Gladiator, 380 ; Godol- 

 phin Arabian, 378 ; Harka- 

 way, 398 ; Hermit, 386 ; 

 Herod, 402 ; King Tom, 380 ; 

 Matchem, 404 ; Melbourne, 

 381 ; Petrarch, 392 ; Rata- 

 plan, 382 ; Springfield, 394 ; 

 Sterling, 396 ; Stockwell, 

 381 ; Touchstone, 382 ; Vol- 

 tigeur, 384 ; Weatherbit, 385 ; 

 Wild Dayrell, 385 



Suburban races, 54 



Sutton, Mr., 135, 138, 140 



Swindell, Mr., 182 



TANGIERS, mares imported 

 from, 21 



Temperance societies' inter- 

 ference with racing, 54 



Thornhill, Mr. Thomas, of 

 Ricldlesworth, 193 



Three-year-olds, 154-179 



Tipsters, 263 



Touts, 45, 46, 107, 262, 254 



Trainers, owners, and jockeys, 

 celebrated, referred to-- 

 Adams, James, 372 ; Archer, 

 Fred, 241 ; Blenkiron, 

 William, 214, 215 ; Buckle, 

 Frank, 221, 223, 224, 230; 

 Butler, Frank, 228, 244; 

 Cannon, Joseph, 126, 365 ; 

 Cannon, Thomas, 97, 218, 

 242, 316, 365 ; Chifney, 

 Samuel, 203, 204, 225 ; 

 Chifney, William, 203, 204, 

 228 ; distance, 242 ; Davrson, 



