INDEX 



327 



Horses, contimicd — 



Westminster, 119 



Weston, 140 



Wheeler, 143 



White-faced Jack, 20S 



Whitehall, 138 



Why Not, 183, 1S4, 185, 188, 190, 234 



Wildboar, 26 



Wild Fox, 150 



Wildgoose, 296, 307 



Wild Man from Borneo, 18S, 189, 191 



Wild Meadow, 233 



Wild Monarch, 169, 173 



Willoughby, 126 



Wilverley, 212 



Wing, 42, 44, 83, 295 



Wiverton, 261 



Wonder, 22, 24 



W^oodbine, 290 



Woodbrook, 170, 172 



Wrangler, 293 



Xanthus, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126 



Yaller Gal, 121 nole^ 128 



Yarborough, 213 



Yellow Dwarf, 65 



Young Blacklegs, 11 



Young Magnet, 268, 269 



Young 'Un, The, no 



Zanga, 77 



Zeolite, 236 



Zero, 165, 301 



Zig-Zag, 39 



Zitella, 174 



Zoedone, 173, 174, 176, I77 

 Hotels.— "Turf," 19, 25, 29, 32, 56; 



"Chequers Tavern," 19 ; "Red Lion," 



20 ; " Swan," Bedford, 9 ; " Plough," 



Cheltenham, 47; " Woolpack," 53; 



"Cross Keys," 69; "Waterloo," 



Liverpool, 73 

 Hounds. — Considered a hindrance by 



Lord Alvanley, 4 ; certificate of mas- 

 ter a condition for steeplechases, 10 ; 



pack kept by Duke of Wellington in 



the Peninsula, 266; Hertfordshire, 21, 



32, 41 ; George HL's, 18 ; Mr. Grant- 

 ley Berkeley's, 23 note ; Royal, 36 ; 



Mr. De Burgh's, 36, 41, 42, 43; 



Queen's, 36; Old Berkeley, 41, 199 



note; Bonehill Harriers, 106 ; Oakley, 



112, 290; North Cotswold, 130; Hey- 



throp, 130 ; Uambledon, 153 ; Yale of 



White Horse, 199 ; Monmouthshire, 



218; New Farley, 277, 283; Mr. 



Comfort's, 278 ; Badsworth, 294 ; Sir 

 Yincent Wilson's, 295 



Hunters, breeding encouraged by Na- 

 tional Hunt Committee, 198, 207 



Hunts, and the National Hunt Steeple- 

 chase, 198-9, 200, 201, 207 ; and local 

 steeplechasing, 277, 281, 283. See 

 also " Hounds " 



Hurst Park, 237, 242, 245 



Ipswich, reputed first steeplechase at, 6 



Ireland, birthplace of steeplechasing, 4 ; 

 early steeplechasing in, 6, 11, 12; 

 jumping in, 7 ; first Corinthian race 

 in, 23 note ; arrangements in advance 

 of English, 296 



Irish Grand National, won by Caustic, 

 23 note 



Irish horses as jumpers, 7, 89 ; first to 

 carry off Grand National, 96 ; good 

 steeplechasers, 97 ; as winners of the 

 Grand National, 154, 16S, 170, 172, 

 180, 185 



James I., steeplechasing in time of, 3 



Jockey Club, 209 



Jumping, in Ireland, 7, 297 ; Lord 

 Clanricarde's performances, 23 }iote ; 

 exaggerated jumps, 28 ; Jem Mason's 

 feats, 43 ; in first Grand National, 81 ; 

 wall and ox fence introduced in Grand 

 National, 89; The Chandler's jump, 

 107; Liverpool water jump, 112 ; 

 criticised at Liverpool, 127 ; Weever's 

 method of teaching, 130 ; Emblem's 

 feats, 130 ; Hookey Walker's jump at 

 the Great Burn, 282 ; the Brent, 2S3 ; 

 Major Shairp's brook jump, 286 ; 27 

 feet cleared at a fence, 291 ; No 

 Wonder's jump at Ware, 291 



Lawsuit, humorous sporting, 85 



Leamington, Grand Military meeting at, 

 260, 263 



Leicestershire, early steeplechases in, 4, 

 5 ; National Hunt Steeplechase meet- 

 ings in, 198, 199, 202, 203, 205, 231 



Lincolnshire, home of good hunters and 

 sportsmen, 216-17; National Hunt 

 Steeplechase meetings in, 217, 232 



Liverpool, flat races at, 73 ; early steeple- 

 chases, 73 et seq. ; the meeting turned 

 into a company, 78 ; the trustees and 

 the racing committee, ib. ; first Grand 



