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INDEX 



National, 79, 80 ; large attendance, 

 79, 87 ; unpunctuality of the steeple- 

 chases, 80, 87 ; other races at the 

 1S39 meeting, 82; the 1S40 steeple- 

 chase, 87 ; alterations to the course, 

 89: penalty for Lottery in 1841 and 

 1842 races, 90, 91 ; "National" intro- 

 duced into the title of the race, 92 ; 

 the race in the forties, 93 et seq. ; Irish 

 horses at, 96-97, loi ; Johnny Broome, 

 the pugilist at, 102 ; change in the 

 management, 103 ; autumn meeting 

 instituted, 103 ; accidents in the 1849 

 meeting, loS ; Abd-el-Kader at, 109- 

 III ; the artificial water jump at, 112 ; 

 importance of Grand National in the 

 fifties, 113 ; favourites scratched, 114 ; 

 the meeting extended to two days, i iS ; 

 rules proposed to check abuses, 123, 

 12^ ; want of size of fences criticised, 

 127-128, 138; alteration of the course, 

 127 ; history continued, 137 et seq. ; 

 huge attendance in 1868, 139; the 

 course measured, 140 ; alterations to 

 the stand, 151, 157; and the ring, 

 157 ; the fences objected to, 162 ; fire 

 under the Prince's balcony, 167 ; death 

 of the Duke of Albany, 175; altera- 

 tions to the course, 1 78, 1S2 

 Loin cloth, nime embroidered on, 191 

 Lottery, beaten by The Performer, 35, 

 58, 83 ; penalised at Finchley, 36 ; 

 wins at Slratford-on-Avon, 43 ; Jem 

 Mason's connection with, 44, 60 ; re- 

 putation of, 57 ; history of, 59 et seq. ; 

 continual successes, 62 ; barred from a 

 steeplechase, ib. ; last days, 63 ; hatred 

 of Jem Mason, 63 ; relics of, 64 ; pedi- 

 gree, //'. ; beaten at Liverpool, 88 ; 

 penalised at Liverpool, 90, 91 ; the 

 penalty reducetl, 92 



Market Harborough and the National 

 Hunt, 198-205 



Mason, Jem, falls at a gate, 22 Jiote ; 

 hunting with Anderson, 36 ; first ap- 

 pearance in a big race, 40 ; sketch of 

 his career, 40-46 ; his connection with 

 Lottery, 60 et seq. ; in last St. Albans 

 steeplechases, 66, 67 ; beaten by Tom 

 (Jlliver, 83 ; contrasted witli him, 84 ; 

 rides Lottery at Liverpo(<l, 80-82, 

 91 ; consents to ride Miss Mowbray, 

 114 



Masters of Hounds, steeplechaser>' certi- 

 ficates granted by, 10 



McDonough, Mr. Alan, sketch of his life, 

 9S-101 



Midlands, racecourse instituted for. 22S-9 



Names. — Owners, Riders, &^c. — 

 Allen, Mr. William, 97 

 Alleyne, Capt., 102 

 Alvanley, Lord, 4 

 Anderson, Capt., 37, 269 

 Anderson, J., 34, 61 

 Andre, Mr., 146 

 Angell, Mr., 133, 134, 200, 203 

 Angerstein, Mr., 23 

 Anglesey, Lord, 150 

 Annesley, Mr. T., 286 

 Arnold, Mr., 12 

 Aspinall, Mr. James, 78 

 Astley, Sir John, 230 

 Austria, Empress of, 172 

 Bainbridge, Messrs. T. & PL, 2S3 

 Baird, Sir David, 20 

 Baird, Sir James, 253 

 Baker, Mr., 268 

 Baltazzi, Mr., 161 

 Bambridge, Mr. John, 161 

 Bartleman, Mr., 278 

 Beardsworth, Mr., 26 

 Beasley, Mr., 171, 233 

 Beauclerc, Lord Frederick, 39, 41, 65 

 Becher, Capt., 26-29, jO, 47, 49. 5°. 



56, 61, 75, 80, 83, 283, 295 

 Bedford, Duke of, 9 

 Behrens, Mr., 209, 230 

 Belt, Mr., 2S9 



Bentinck, Lord George, 20, 78 

 Berkeley, Capt., 32 

 Berkeley, Col., 46 

 Berkeley, Hon. Grantley, 23 note, 



290 

 Bevill, Mr., 129, 209 

 Bewicke, Capt., 233, 242 

 Biddulph, RLajor, 267 

 Blackball, Capt., 296 

 Blake, Mr. Etlmund, 4 

 Blundell, Mr., W. 78 

 Boulton, H. D., 112 

 Bowes, Mr., 28 

 Boyd, Capt., 251 

 Braithwaite, Mr., 19 note 

 Brand, Mr. (Lord Dacre), 39 

 Brayley, Mr., 150 

 Breary, Mr., II 



