INDEX 



303 



Stud — continued 



125 ; Elizabeth's, 144 ; estab- 

 lished by William the Conqueror, 

 114 ; King's Master of the, 264 ; 

 Marquis of Mantua's, 157 ; 

 modern farms, 116; Royal stud, 

 148, 149, 207, 216 ; Wolsey's, 

 144 



" Sumpter horses," 193 



Superstitions, 78, 79, 121, 123, 

 213-215 



Superstitions about horseshoes, 280, 

 286 



Tarentum, 22 



Tartars, the, 36, 123 



Theobald's, race meeting at, 245 



Thessalians, the, 21 



Thessaly, 50, 54, 61 , 62 



Thetford Race Meeting suppressed, 

 219 



Thomas a Becket, 113 



Thoroughbreds, 114, 197, 199, 230, 

 251, 274, 275, 288, 293; de- 

 velopment of, 288 ; Dodsworth 

 included in royal stud, 250 ; 

 English, introduced into France, 

 231 ; fed on eggs and oysters, 

 78; in Richard II. 's reign, 130; 

 introduced into America, 287 ; 

 management of, 215 ; Mr T. A. 

 Cook on, 267 ; nineteenth cen- 

 tury, 288; of William III., 263; 

 sold at a loss, 242 



Thracian horses, 14 



Thracians, the, 12, 14, 122 



Three-year-olds, 271, 288 



Thurii, 37 



Trainers, 156, 220, 221, 230 



Trappings, 13, 14, 34, 159, 237, 



257 

 Trickery in racing, 174, 176, 205, 



209, 270 

 Tripods, 11 

 Trojans, the, 4, 28 

 Troy, 28, 29 

 Tryers and gentlemen tryers, 177, 



218, 220 

 Turf, the, 145, 157, 173-176, 205, 



231. 245, 251, 255, 261, 264, 265, 



273-275, 288 



Turkish horses, 215, 243, 244 

 Two Thousand, the, 288 



Valerian, the Emperor, 43 

 Varni, the, 89 

 Vedic Aryans, the, 20 

 Veneti, the, 36, 101 

 Verus, the Emperor, 80 

 Veterinary surgeons, 221 

 Vicious breeds, 104 

 " Villiers Arabs," 204 



Wagers, at Newmarket, 205 ; be- 

 tween Charles II. and Sir Robert 

 Carr, 254 ; by David Hume, 

 174; first allusion to, 11; in 

 reign of Henry II., 113; in reign 

 of Henry III., 116, 117 ; on flat 

 racing, 218, on Lord Hadding- 

 ton's race, 220 



"Warned off the Turf," 174, 270 



Washing horses' legs, 45 



Wealth expressed by number of 

 horses, 81 



Weights, 262 



Wellington's "Copenhagen," 278, 

 279 



Wheels of chariots, 20 



White animals sacred, 33, 36 



White hoof, a, 214 



White horse, the, 21, 31, 32; 

 banner of, 69, 91, 92 ; beloved 

 of the gods, 33, 122 ; criminal 

 act to wound a, 123; divination 

 by sacred, 79 ; Joan of Arc's, 

 T-tfy J 38; Mahomet's Alborak, 

 89 ; Napoleon's, 279 ; not liked 

 for work, 67 ; of Chinghas 

 Khan, 121-123 ; of the Scandi- 

 navians, 95 ; of Selene, 98, 99 ; 

 sacrificed, 33, 36, 50, 78, 123; 

 superstitions about, 123 ; stud 

 of Richard III., 139; "White 

 Surrey" of Richard III., 139; 

 "White Turk," of Cromwell, 

 279 - 



William the Conqueror, 97, 103, 

 108-110, 114 



William III., Acts against Roman 

 Catholics possessing horses, 264 ; 



