LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



(VOL. I.) 



PREFACE. 



PAGB 



HEADPIECE. A group of Foals at the Royal Stud, Sandringham ... ... ix 



From left to right, (i) Colt by Persimmon out of Laodamia. (2) Colt by Orme out of Leveret. (3) Filly 

 by Persimmon out of Fanchette. (4) Coll by Persimmon out of La Carolina. (From a photograph taken at 

 Sandringham, by permission of His Majesty the King.) 



Filly by Persimmon out of Fanchette ... ... x 



(From a photograph taken at Sandringham, by permission of His Majesty the King.) 



In Mr. Brodrick Cloete's Paddocks ... ... ... ... ... ... xii 



Filly by Florizel If. out of Chinkara by Galopin out of the Raker by Scottish Chief. (By permission of 

 W. Brodrick Cloete, Esq.) 



Mesaoud ... ... ... . X111 



A pure-bred Arab Stallion imported by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, Esq. 



Laodamia ... ... ... ... xv 



(Dam of Pale Carew) by Kendal out of Chrysalis by Lecturer out of Winged Bee. (From a photograph 

 taken at Sandringham, by permission of His Majesty the King.) 



Eclipse Stakes at Sandown, July 1901 ... ... ... ... ... ... xvii 



The Finish, from an instantaneous photograph, (i) Epsom Lad, who lost a pad in the race, so that Gomez 

 had to hold his saddle on with one hand, and ride with the other. (2) Ian. (3) Disguise II. Compare the 

 attitudes of these horses with that of Flying Dutchman by Herring. (By permission of The Illustrated 

 Sporting and Dramatic News.) 



Persimmon ... ... ... ... ... xix 



(From a photograph taken at Sandringham, by permission of His Majesty the King.) 



Colt by Persimmon out of La Carolina (by Sterling out of Cherry Duchess by The 



Duke, out of Morelld) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xxi 



(From a photograph taken at Sandringham, by permission of His Majesty the King.) 



Colt by S/. Simon out of Azeeza (by Surefoot out of Perdita II. by Hampton out of 



Hermione) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xxiii 



(From a photograph taken at Sandringham, by permission of His Majesty the King.) 



In Mr. Brodrick Cloete's Paddocks ... ... ... ... ... ... xxvi 



Ch. c. by Persimmon out of Fine LaJy by Isonowy out of Sonsic Queen by Musket. (By permission of 

 W. Brodrick Cloete, Esq.) 



TAILPIECE. A Group of Foals in Mr. Brodrick Cleote's Paddocks ... ... xxviii 



One lying dow n (by St. Frusi/uin). The mare is Chinkara by Galopin. From right to left the foals are (t) out 

 of Vapour by liarcaldine (z| out of Sigh by St. Simon (3) out of Chinkara by Galopin. (By permission of 

 W. Brodrick Cloete, Esq.) 



TEXT. 

 Sculptures from the North Frieze of the Parthenon ... ... ... ... 3 



Showing the size of the Greek horse of about 450 B.C. Photographed from the collection in the British 

 Museum. 



Sculptures from the North Frieze of the Parthenon ... ... ... ... 5 



Showing the Eastern characteristics of the Greek horse of about 450 B.C., which was probably bred from 

 stock im|xjrted from the North Coast of Africa. Photographed from the collection in the British Museum. 



Carving from the Column of Theodosius at Constantinople ... ... ... 6 



Showing the type of horse imported from the East for the Roman Army about the end of the third century, 

 A.D. From the engravings in the British Museum. 



Italian Saddle-horse of the Fifteenth Century... ... ... ... ... 8 



From the drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, in the Royal Library at Windsor, 



German Horse of the Late Sixteenth Century... ... ... ... ... 10 



From the print in .le British Museum, published by F. Galle, after J. Stradanus. 



Coin used by the ancient inhabitants of Newmarket in the First Century, A. D. ... 11 



Kindly lent by Sir Walter Gilbey. 



Carving from the Column of Theodosius, at Constantinople ... ... ... \z 



Showing the Roman charger at about the end of the third century, A.D. 



Cock-fighting in the Fourteenth Century ... ... ... ... ... 14 



From the " Romance of Alexander," illuminated about 1340, by Julian de Grise. Now in the Bodleian 

 Library, Oxford (MSS. Misc. 264). 



