INDEX 



Accidents. — To Mr. Day, 9 ; to Jem 

 Mason, 22 note, 44, 45 ; to Lord Clan- 

 ricarde, 23 note, 291 ; to Capt. Becher, 

 29 ; to Dr. Hurman, 37 ; to Mr. Crom- 

 melin, 39; to Mr. Powell, 51, 75 ; to 

 Barker, 88, 1S7 ; to Mr. Moore, 93 ; to 

 Mr. Alan McDonough, 99 ; to Johnny 

 Broome, 102 ; to Daly, 109 ; to Tasker, 

 1 16 ; to Darling, 1 17 ; to Tom Olliver, 

 120 ; to Palmer, 123 ; to James Wynne, 

 126 ; to Mr. George Ede, 141, 142 ; to 

 George Stevens, 149 ; to Lord Poulett, 

 152 ; to Mr. W. R. Brockton, 157 ; to 

 Mr. Crawshaw, 160 ; to Mr. Skipworth, 

 205 ; to Mr. Canney, 208 ; to Mr. 

 Thomas, 213 ; to Capt. Riddell, 222 ; 

 to Capt. Smith, 224 ; to Major James, 

 280 ; to Hon. Stanhope Hawke, 294 ; 

 to Mr. J. SoUoway, 307 



Aiken, Henry, 5 



All Fools' Day hoax, 278 



Alvanley, Lord, on hounds, 4 



American horses, in the National Hunt, 

 244 



Anderson, Joseph, horse dealer, 35-37, 90 



Ascot, George HL's Plates at, 18 



Becher, Capt., sketch of his career, 26- 

 29 ; at St. Albans, 30, 38, 49 ; rides 

 Napoleon, 47 ; at Aintree, 75 ; his 

 popularity, 27, 75 ; in the first Grand 

 National, 80 ; " Becher's Brook," 81 ; 

 in the Harrow match, 283 ; at East 

 Grinstead, 295 



" Becher's Brook," 81, 88, 102, 117, 127, 

 138, 302 



Bedford, made course at, 9 ; early steeple- 

 chase at, 10 ; steeplechase organised 

 at by Mr. Berkeley, 23 7iote ; National 

 Hunt meeting at, 212 



Bentinck, Lord George, patron of Cole- 

 man, 20 ; exposes the Running Rein 

 fraud, ib. 



Billiards, at the "Chequers," 19; .Mr. 



Osbaldeston's losses at, 20 

 Blind horse, ridden in a steeplechase, 24 

 Blistering a favourite, 115 

 Books, &c., cited. — Sporting Magazine, 



6 ; Field, 48, 64 ; Belts Life, 52 and 



note, 57, 112, 116, 202; Albion, 



89 

 Bourton, dispute over the death of, 116 

 Bribes, offered to jockeys, loi, 108 

 Broome, Johnny, pugilist, 102 

 Burke, "Deaf," pugilist, 35 

 Byrne, Simon, pugilist, 35 



Certificates necessary for steeple- 

 chasers, 10, 18 and note 

 Charretie, Col., patron of Coleman, 20 ; 

 illness of, 38 ; sketch of his career, 46 ; 

 anecdotes of, 48 ; death of, 49 ; matches 

 with his Napoleon, 2S4, 285 

 Clanricarde, Lord, rides at St. Albans, 

 22; sketch of his history, 22 note; 

 fame as a rider, 23 

 Coach-horse becomes a steeplechaser, 109 

 "Cocktails" (half-breds), 64, 197 

 Coleman, Thomas, "Father of Steeple- 

 chasing," 17, 69; learns training at 

 Ascot, 18; starts on own account, ib. ; 

 sharp practice, 18, 19 ; commences 

 business at St. Albans, 19 ; increase 

 of patronage, 20 ; starts stage-coach, 

 21 ; inaugurates the steeplechases, 21 ; 

 starts the Hertfordshire Steeplechases, 

 24 et seq. ; befriends Capt. Becher, 27 ; 

 decides a course, 32 ; joke with Mr. 

 Osbaldeston, 33 ; and with Anderson 

 the singer, 34 ; patronises a prize-fight, 

 35 ; anecdotes of Lord Frederick 

 Beauclerc, 40 ; contemplates dropping 

 the steeplechases, 52 ; last of the 

 steeplechases, 66 ; complaints against, 

 68 ; criticisms of his system, 68 ; anec- 

 dote of Ben Land, 69 

 317 



