CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGB 



I. THE ARAB AND HIS STEED . , " 1 



II. FEATS OF ENDURANCE . . , . 



III. ENGLISH versus ARAB THOROUGHBREDS , 



IV, A BATCH OF CURIOUS MATCHES . , 

 V. FAMOUS JOCKEYS .... 



VI. MILITARY STEEPLECHASING , 



VII. SOME FOREIGN JOCKEYS . , , 



VIIT. HORSE -RACING — SOME OLD MATCHES AND SOME 

 NEW DODGES . , . , , 



IX. THE HUMOURS OP THE RACECOURSE 



X. THE HUNTING-FIELD— ITS HEROES AND THEIR EX- 

 PLOITS ...... 



XI. ADVENTURES WITH THE HOUNDS 



XII. COMICALITIES OP THE HUNTING-FIELD , 



XIII, COLONIAL AND AMERICAN HORSEMEN 



XIV. ANECDOTES OF HORSE-TAMING AND BREAKING 



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