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A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH TURF. 



forthcoming at any English port of embarkation, a sum which seems to indicate 

 very fairly the disastrous clearance of valuable stock which had been going on for 

 some time before. The price may, for instance, be compared with the fourteen 



A G'eniian Horse of laic 1'iflccnlli Century. 



By Albert Diirtr. 



shillings at which the horse belonging to the Prior of Fordham, which was stolen by 

 a thief at Newmarket, was valued in the reign of Edward I. It may also be noted 

 that provisions were publicly enforced at this time to ensure Stallions being kept 

 separate, and only to allow geldings to graze promiscuously with the horses which 



