CONTENTS OF CHAPTERS. 729 



VOLUME II. 

 DEDICATED TO THE EIGHTH DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOL. II. 



CHAPTER X. THE JOCKEY CLUB IN THE DAYS OF CHARLES JAMES Fox. 



Sir Charles Bunbury, the Duke of Queensberry, and George Selwyn Racing Society when George III. 

 was young Betting at White's and Brookes's Horace Walpole's Descriptions Sir Charles Bun- 

 bury's Racing Career, his Wife, her Letters Ladies at Newmarket " Old Q." "Chillaby" 

 Jennings " Old Q.'s " Character and Death Charles James Fox, his Eloquence, Scholarship, 

 Extravagance, and Popularity Fox at Newmarket with Lord Foley Alarums and Excursions in 

 Westminster Beginnings of the Jockey Club in 1750 Its Origins in Sir John Carleton's Authority 

 and in Royal Race-riders Its Early Members and First Meetings The First Racing Calendar 

 Ownership of the Heath Value of the Association of Owners Colours Disputes Legislation 

 "Give and Take" Plates King's Plates Changes in Modern Turf Meetings at Newmarket The 

 Duke of Cumberland Eclipse Ascot Races Lord Clermont Lord Egremont The Duke of 

 Devonshire The Duke of Ancaster Tommy Panton Richard Vernon Sir Thomas Gascoigne 

 Mr. William Fenwick Sir John Moore Sir Charles Sedley Mr. John Warde Sir John Shelley 

 Mr. Wastell Mr. Charles Pigott The Duke of Bridgewater The Duke of Grafton Lord 

 Portmore Lord Eglinton Lord Gower The Marquess of Rockingham The Barrymores The 

 Grosvenors The Prince of Wales ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 225 



CHAPTER XI. "MATCHEM," "HEROD," AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 



Development of Breeding Early Days Value of Staying Powers How the English Thoroughbred was 

 produced Mixed Blood No Exact Science of Breeding possible Horses running in 1764 

 Pedigree of Matchem Dr. Syntax Beeswing The Conductor Line Sorcerer's Strain Matchem 

 and the "Figure System" Matchem Blood from 1798 to 1817 The Solon Family Herod's 

 Pedigree His Performances Woodpecker and his Line Pantaloon Thormanby 'Blood Selim 

 Bay Middleton Plenipotentiary Famous Foals of Famous Rivals Perils of Vedette Bay Middle- 

 ton's Performances and Progeny The Highflyer Branch Sir Peter Teazle Formosa The 

 Fisherman Strain ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 275 



CHAPTER XII. "ECLIPSE" AND THE MODERN THOROUGHBRED. 



M. de Saint-Bel's Measurements Eclipse's Skeleton Photographic Confirmation The Skeleton of Red 

 Lion Square Famous Bones Historic Relics Stubbs' Great Painting Lord Rosebery's Collection 

 Pedigrees The Duke of Cumberland, Mr. Wildman, and Colonel O'Kelly The First Colt Pot&os 

 The Duke of Grafton's Mares Touchstone The Ithuriel Branch Ten Derby Winners Aged Sires 

 The Sir Hercules Line Romance of Birdcatcher The King Fergus Line Recovery's Statue 

 The Hambletonian Blood Blacklock Mercury's Family Joe Andrews A Fine Record ... ... 297 



CHAPTER XIII. RACING AT THE DAWN OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



GimcracKs Breeding and Performances Some of the Old Sort Trentham Eclipse Colts John Pratt's 

 Epitaph //<z/^te/a and Diamond A Little Quiet Betting Gambling Hells Strange Wagers 

 Bullbaiting and Cocking King's Plates The Weatherbys and their Work The Tattersall 

 Dynasty Racing Officials ... ... ... ... ... ... 323 



