70> THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER 



twelve stone; and the Duke of Rutland, owner of 

 Bonny Black, tlie best mare of her day for a long 

 distance, in 1719 challenged all the world "to run 

 sixteen miles for one thousand pounds." This mare 

 was by Black Harry by the Byerley Turk, out of a 

 mare by a Persian stallion.' 



The name of the individual who first formed the 

 idea of ^making a book ' is not on record, but very 

 sharp practices have always characterised horse- 

 racing. It seems as though man's wit had never 

 been so actively employed as in devising how to win 

 a horse-race, or how to win money while losing the 

 race. 



' At Newmarket, in the time of George I., a 

 match was made between the notorious Tregonwell 

 Frampton and Sir W. Strickland to run two horses 

 over Newmarket for a considerable sum of money ; 

 and the betting was heavy between the north- and 

 south-country sportsmen on the event. After Sir 

 W. Strickland's horse had been a short time at 

 Newmarket, Frampton's groom, with the knowledge 

 of his master, endeavoured to induce the baronet's 

 groom to have a private trial at the weights and dis- 

 tance of the match, and thus to make the race safe. 

 Sir William's man had the honesty to inform his 

 master of the proposal, when he ordered him to 

 accept it, but to be sure to deceive the other by 

 putting seven pounds more weight in the stuffing 

 of his own saddle. Frampton's groom had already 



