CHAPTER I. 



Turf History. 



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Influence of the turf Racing abroad The Brazilian landlord 

 Irish and Scottish racing Northern love of the sport 

 "The road" to Aintree A Doncaster pilgrimage York- 

 shire turf enthusiasm The guards and coachmen Smith- 

 field and Elizabethan horse breakers Queen Anne's sup- 

 port of York The turns-out on Rawcliffe Ings The 

 racing spirit of Doncaster Its right merrie Corporation 

 London in olden times The Merrie Monarch at Newmarket 

 and Whitehall Old Q. John Singleton and Thomas Jack- 

 son the jockeys Charles James Fox Racing history 

 Fulminations of Reverend Sydney Smith Great owners 

 The Bentinck era Racing statistics Success of cast-offs 

 Cripples at the post Voltigeur's St. Leger and Cup Tom 

 Durfey's Newmarket song. . . . . . . 1 



CHAPTER II. 



Trainers and Jockeys. 



John Hutchinson, the breeder of Hambletonian Croft, Peirse, 

 and Robson Training and The Chifney's system The 

 Days regime Grandmother Day Running in flesh or 

 light Hard- worked racers Doncaster trials Training 

 grounds Amato's grave Strong gallops Accommodation 

 at John Scott's and John Day's Charge for training horses 

 Owners' etiquette Training ethics Owner v. Trainer 

 The weight system A limited handicap Captain O'Kelly 

 Celebrated jockeys Mr. Orde of Nunnykirk Will 

 Arnull Frank Buckle Jem Robinson First dawn of his 

 fine riding Sam Chifney's style Wasting Severe walks 

 Jockey fees Mr. Herring Presents Lad riding 



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