INDEX 



301 



Mythological horses, 10, 62, 94, 

 97-100, 136 



Naming horses, 157, 194 



Napier's " Molly," Sir Charles, 279 



Napoleon I.'s horses, 200; " Mar- 

 engo," 279 



Neolithic Period, 4 



Netherby races, 76 



Newcastle, the Duke of, 226-228, 

 235, 247, 249, 257 



Newmarket, 144 ; at end of seven- 

 teenth century, 258, 259 ; Charles 

 II.'s favourite meeting, 247, 248 ; 

 described by Shadwell, 251, 252 ; 

 early history of, 222 ; Edward 

 II. stops a tournament at, 124 ; 

 Elizabeth at, 175 ; famous flat 

 race arranged at, 220 ; first im- 

 portant races at, 223 ; fox hunt 

 near, 253 ; historic race meeting 

 at, 248; horses of, 117, 118; 

 Iceni at, the, 75 ; incident at, 

 254 ; James I. present at, 206, 

 209, 217 ; Marocco, foaled at, 

 184 ; rebuilding of race stand at, 

 247 ; Spanish Armada horses at, 

 222, 223 ; the royal village, 205 ; 

 under William III., 263-265 



Newspaper account of races, the 

 first, 224 



Normans, 20 



Northern America, no horses in, 

 168 



Nose bands, 18, 286 



Numidians, the, 64, 281 



Oaks, the, 290 

 O'Byrnes, the, 127, 128 

 Oliver Cromwell, 233, 234 

 Olympic games, the, 25, 27, 31, 



32, 37 

 O'Moores, the, 127, 128. 

 Opposition to coaches and railways, 



237, 238 

 11 Ormonde," 288 

 Oxen used by Roman Catholics, 264 



Pale, the, 127 



Parthenon frieze, the, 29, 30, 39, 64 



Patroclus, 12 



Pausanias, 44 



Pedigree through dams, 100, ioi 



Pegasus, 16, 98 



Peloponnesian War, 24 



Persia, 36, 37, 43 



Persians, the, 20, 31, 33, 36, 46 



Persimmon, 288 



Phallas, 10 



Phrenicus, 37 



Pictures of horses, 61, 62, 137, 225, 



279 

 Pictures of races, 220 

 Plinth of North Cross, Ireland, 115 

 Points of horses, 40, 41, 47, 50, 66, 



68, 80, 140 

 Priam, 10 

 Prices of horses, 55, 125, 177, 178, 



203, 214, 229, 235, 274 

 Prizes, II, in, 205, 208, 245, 254, 



255, 262, 275, 291 

 Pylian breed, the, 10 



Queen Anne, a "turfite," 267; 



condemned tail-docking, 271 ; 



founded Ascot, 270 ; love of 



horses, 265, 276 ; revived racing 



rules, 270 

 Queen Elizabeth, III, 114, 153, 



175, 178, 187, 193, 206 



Racecourses as pleasure grounds, 



245 



Race horses, 33, 49, 160, 199 ; ages 

 of, 271 ; development of, 173, 

 202-205, 289; Elizabeth's interest 

 in, 144; Edward III.'s interest 

 in, 124 ; fondness of the Greeks 

 f° r > 53 > from Spanish Armada, 

 222, 223; James I.'s love for, 

 205, 206, 208 ; naming, 157 ; 

 nineteenth century, 288 ; present 

 to King Athelstan of, 91 ; present 

 to Edward III., 125 ; present to 

 Henry VIII., 158; reinstated 

 by Charles II., 245; Richard 

 I.'s, 113; Richard II.'s, 129; 

 sold^at a loss, 242 ; tails of, 272 ; 

 training of, 156 



Rameses, 2 



Rarey, 12 



Richard I., Ill, 113 



