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Chapter VI 



OTHER COUNTRY MEETINGS 



Hybrid meetings — Bath — Former importance — Rivalry vvitli York — Brighton 

 Races — The course — Lewes — The Southdown Chib — Harpenden — 

 Salisbury — The Bibury Club — Northampton — Worcester — Yarmouth — 

 Old-time circuits — Present-day round of racing— Chester Races — The 

 Chester Cup — Its popularity — The queer course — Something about the 

 programme — Lincoln Races — The Lincolnshire Handicap — Big attendance 

 — Victory of Clorane — The Brocklesby — Liverpool — The Grand National 

 crowd — Concerning the Grand National Course — Its peculiarities— Ex- 

 ceptional fencing — Cloister's performance— Death of The Lamb — Cloister 

 and Manifesto compared — Other recentwinners — Manifesto and Ambush II. 

 — Liverpool Spring Meeting — The Summer fixture — The Autumn Cup — 

 Carlisle — Croxton Park — Newton— Warwick . . Pages 149-173 



Chapter VII 



MODERN ENCLOSED COURSES 



Rise of modern enclosures — Sandovvn Park — Ladies as race-goers — Inaugu- 

 rators of mammoth prizes — The Eclipse Stakes considered — Winners of 

 the Eclipse Stakes — Orme and La Fleche— Orme's St. Leger — George 

 Barrett's orders — Field for the Eclipse Stakes in 1894 — Value thereof — 

 Other events run at Sandown — As to the course— The Steeplechase Course 

 — Racing at Kempton Park^Its principal meetings — The Jubilee Stakes 

 — Bendigo and Minting — Other winners of the race — Victor Wild — The 

 people's horse — His great popularity — Clwyd's victory — Discreditable cir- 

 cumstances — Hurst Park — Always good going — Eager and Royal Flush 

 — Gatwick and Lingfield — Cup Course at Gatwick — Harrow's record — 

 Alexandra Park Races — Portsmouth Park — Midland enclosures — Derby 

 fixtures — Leicester — Objection to Racing on the part of some of the 

 residents— Col wick Park — Birmingham — Well-placed stands — Upper 

 section of Turf world — Manchester — Hotel accommodation — The racecourse 

 — St. 'Angelo's mishap — Stories of the late Duchess of Montrose — Pro- 

 grammes — Manchester Cup — Winners of Lancashire Plate — Gosforth Park, 

 its grand course — The Northumberland Plate — Barcaldine — His great 

 performance — Underhand — Caller Ou — The Seaton Delaval Stakes — 

 Scottish racing .... Pages 174-216 



Chapter VIII 



TRAINERS, TRAINING GROUNDS, AND JOCKEYS 



Smartness of modern trainers — Their various duties — "Placing" — Price of 

 training — Trainer's knowledge as to his horse's chance of winning — Stable 

 lads — Apprentices — ^Jockeys — Comparison of old-time with present jockeys 

 — Brains necessary— As advisers to stable — Cupidity and its results — Earn- 

 ings — Handsome retainers — Newmarket as a training quarter — Good and 

 bad years — Typical good year — Reasons why owners train at Newmarket 

 — Notable Newmarket trainers — American trainers at Newmarket — Their 

 wonderful successes — " Doping "—Royal Flush — Gentlemen trainers — Mr. 

 George Lambton — Captain Beatty — Kingsclere — ^John Porter's winnings 

 in stake money — The Cannons — Danebury — Garlogs — Berkshire and Wilt- 

 shire trainers — Sam Darling's classic successes — -Kilcock — Galtee More— 

 W. Robinson's handicap successes — The Taylors of Manton — Dorsetshire 

 trainers — Sir Charles Nugent — Mr. George Thursby — Sussex stables — 



