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CHAPTER II 



First races of importance run at Newmarket — Races in 

 Hyde Park — The Helmsley Turk and the Morocco 

 Barb — Racing introduced into Holland — Importation of 

 Spanish stallions into England — Prince Charles's riding 

 master, the Duke of Newcastle — Increasing cost of 

 horses — Marshal de Bassompierre ; his loss through 

 gambling, ,£500,000 in a year ; Sir John Fenwick — 

 Sir Edward Harwood's pessimism — Cromwell's Iron- 

 sides — Armour discarded — The opposition to stage 

 coaches; Mr Cressett's theory; Charles II. favours 

 their adoption .... . 222 



CHAPTER III 



The Commonwealth's " ordinance to prohibit horse racing M 

 — Revival of racing under Charles II. — The King a 

 finished horseman — The figure of Britannia — The Royal 

 Mares — Formation of the thoroughbred stud — Thomas 

 Shadwell's cynical description of life at Newmarket — 

 Spread of horse racing in Ireland — Jockeys at New- 

 market entertained by Charles II. — Sir Robert Carr ; 

 the Duke of Monmouth's connection with the Turf — 

 Annual charge for horses of the Royal household, 

 ^16,640 — Newmarket under the regime of the Merry 

 Monarch ; the Duke of Buckingham . . . 242 



CHAPTER IV 



Arrival of the Byerley Turk — Roman Catholics forbidden 

 to own a horse worth over £5 — Henry Hyde, Earl of 

 Clarendon, on the manners of the age — King William 

 III.'s death due to a riding accident — The Duke 

 of Cumberland's breeding establishment in Queen 

 Anne's reign — Arrival of the Darley Arabian — The 

 Godolphin Arabian — Royal Ascot inaugurated by 

 Queen Anne — "Docking" and "cropping'- 2 con- 

 demned by Queen Anne ; attempt to suppress these 



