CONTENTS. 
Peel, Colonel $08 
Peel, Mr. Edmund 208 
Persepolis, the brood mare ... 199 
Plenipotentiary, the race- 
horse, made safe 220 
Poisoning horses 246 
Poole, Sir Ferdinand, 185; 
his stud 186 
Portland, the Duke of 194 
Prunella, the brood mare ... 184 
Queensbury, late Duke of, 
180 ; his career, 180 ; his 
jockey, 181 ; anecdote of 181 
Race-horse, first attempt at 
breeding, 120 ; method of 
training him in early 
times, 134; his pecu- 
liarities 235 
Races, provincial, 210, 223 ; 
in Scotland, 228; com- 
mence in England at 
London, Newmarket, &c. 122 
Racing in England, its origin 
as a national sport, 120 ; 
diffuses; happiness, and 
but little objectionable if 
properly conducted 224 
Racing stud, management of 247 
Ramsay, Mr 228 
Richmond, Duke of 195, 199 
Riddell, late Mr 210 
Robinson,James and Thomas, 
celebrated jockeys... 149, 150 
Rogue, obsolete word on 
modern turf ... ... 239 
Rush, Mr 205 
Ruthven, Mr., report of 248 
Rutland, Duke of 194 
Scotland, racing in 228 
Sefton, Earl of, 200 ; anecdote 
of 200 
Seymour, Lord Henry, 232 ; 
his stud 233 
Smolensko. the race-horse, 
his career 180 
Sowerby, Mr 208 
Sportsmen, young ones, a 
caution to 237 
Stakes, evil of great amount of 241 
Standish, Sir Frank, his cha- 
racter as a sportsman ... 185 
Stanley, Mr. M 208 
St. Leger stakes, allusion to... 220 
Steeple chaces 227 
Stevens, Mr., the trainer, on 
Ilsley Downs, Berks 176 
Stonehewer, Mr. 208 
Stubbs, the celebrated animal 
painter 176 
Stud, the Grafton, 184; Mr. 
Mellish's 183 
Suffield, Lord 209 
Sweden, races in 230 
Syntax, Doctor, the race- 
horse, his winnings 210 
Tempest, late Sir Harry 
Vane, 185 ; his stud and 
career 185 
Thonihill, Mr., 206: his 
career.... ... 206 
