INDEX 



American Bible Society gets 



race winnings, 132 

 American Turf Register, 15-17 

 English Stakes, The Derby, The 



Oaks, The Doncaster St. 



Leger, 10, n 



Four-mile runners, signs of dis- 

 appearance, 12, 17 



Height of famous horses, 33 



Importations, opposition to, 63. 



67; results of opposition, 77, 



81, 82; results to Tennessee 



stock, 72 

 Importations into Tennessee, 



93; into Alabama, 127 



Jockeys, noted, Gil Patrick, 61, 

 169; Samuel Purdy, 156, 

 162, 262; Willis, 169, 172; 

 Arthur Taylor, 61, 158, 173; 

 Green Berry Williams, 178, 

 232-8; Monkey Simon, 250- 

 2, 268-270 



Mares, imported, before and 

 after Revolution, 33, 34; in 

 Tennessee, 92 



Match races,, methods of ar- 

 ranging, 13, 14 



Names of horses reflected events 

 of times, 15 



North Alabama Breeding Es- 

 tablishments, 124-28, 165, et 



North and South Matches, 

 origin, 151; how score stood 

 in 1834, 153; in 1845, 2 8; 

 excitement over, 155, 157, 

 159, 161, 169, 182, 210, 211 



Pedigrees, how preserved before 

 days of stud books, 16 



Prices for young stock and for 

 service of stallions, compari- 

 sons, 94, 95 



Purses, size of, 12 



Races, in Virginia, before Revo- 

 lution, 4; after Revolution, 

 232, et seq. 



Races, popular interest and ex- 

 citement aroused, 155, 157, 

 161, 169, 177, 182, 187-190, 



I98-2OO, 2IO, 211 



Race courses, natural outgrowth 

 of conditions, 4; number in 

 U. S. in 1839, 9; absolutely 

 necessary, 3 



Racing districts, 12 



Spirit oj the Times, The, 15-17 

 Stallions, number of in U. S. in 

 1839, 10; rank of, 66-73; 

 native and imported, com- 

 parisons, 66, 68 



Stallions of 1883, tracings of to 

 Sir Archy, American Eclipse, 

 Glencoe, Leviathan and Luz- 

 borough, 82, 83 



