CONTENTS. 
Ascot race meeting 217 
Balls, nauseating ones .... 246 
Barnard, Samuel 155 
BaLson, Mr., 205 ; his con- 
duct respecting his horse 
Plenipotentiary 221 
Beardsworth, late Mr 243 
Beaufort, Duke of 197 
Bedford, late Duke of 176 
Belgium, races in 231 
Bentinck, Lord George 209 
Berners, late Lord 182 
Betting, its evils, 237 ; system 
of, 240 ; considered to be 
essential to racing .... 239 
Bibury. (See Burford.) 
Biel, Baron, his stud, 234; 
his efforts to introduce 
racing into Germany, 234 ; 
his success 234 
Biggs, Mr., 205; his horse 
Camerton 205 
Biter bit 141 
Book-making 249, 254 
Boswell, Sir James 228 
Boyce, Frank 152 
Buccleugh, Duke of 229 
Buckle, late Francis, his cha- 
racter as a jockey, 144 ; 
anecdote of 145 
Bullock, Mr., anecdote of . . 186 
Bunbury, late Sir Charles, 
anecdote of 179 
Burford, afterwards Bibury, 
races, much frequented 
by George IV 123 
Caution to young sportsmen 237 
Character, the value of one 
to a rogue 239 
Charles II. a great promoter 
of the turf 123 
Charlton, Mr. Lechmere, 206 ; 
his career on the turf . . . 207 
Chester, races at, 211 ; acci- 
dent at 211 
Chesterfield, Earl of,200 ; his 
career on the turf 200 
Chifney, the Messrs., 133; 
Samuel, his fine jockey- 
ship 148 
Clarendon, Earl of 199 
Clermont, late Earl of 178 
Cleveland, Duke of 194 
Clever men 239 
Clift, William, 150 ; anecdote 
of 151 
Cocktail racers 235 
Conolly, the jockey 152 
Conyngham, Lord Albert . . 209 
Country races, 223 ; altera- 
tions at for the better . . 224 
Cromwell, Oliver, 123; his 
stud 123 
Cumberland, Earl of, one of 
the first victims to the turf 121 
C umberland, his Royal High- 
ness the late Duke of 173 ; 
his career on the turf . . 174 
Curragh of Kildare 129 
Curwen Bay Barb 124 
Darley Arabian 124 
Darling, Samuel, the jockey 153 
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