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Ruskin (J.)— "The Queen of the Air." 



Schlieben (A.) — "The Horse in Antiquity." 



Sidney (S.)— " The Book of the Horse." 



Sotherby (W.) — " Georgics of Virgil." 



Southey (R.)— " Iliad of Homer." 



Street (F.)— "The History of the Shire Horse." 



Strutt (J.) — " Sports and Pastimes of the People of 



England." 

 Tasso (T.)— " Jerusalem Delivered." 

 Taunton (T.)— "Famous Horses." 

 Trimmer (Mrs M.)— " Natural History." 

 Tweedie (Mrs Alec.) — "Hyde Park: Its History and 



Romance." 

 Tweedie (W.)— " The Arabian Horse." 

 Upton (Capt. R. D.) — " Newmarket and Arabia." 

 Vaux (Baron C. M. de) — "A Cheval. Etude des Races 



Francaises et Etrangeres." 

 White (C.)—" History of the Turf." 

 Witt (C.)— " The Trojan War." 

 Yule (Sir H.)— " Marco Polo." 



Standard classics consulted have for the most 

 part been omitted from this list. The writer 

 wishes in addition to thank his friend, Dr 

 William Barry, the distinguished classical scholar, 

 for the trouble he has taken in helping to revise 

 some of the earlier of the proof sheets ; Professor 

 William Ridgeway, of Cambridge, the famous 

 historian and archaeologist, for letters containing 

 advice that has proved of use ; Mr Theodore 

 Andrea Cook, the most trustworthy authority 

 we have upon the history of the Turf and the 



