73 CONTENTS OF CHAPTERS. 



CHAPTER XIV. HISTORIC JOCKEYS AND A ROYAL OWNER. 



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From Buckle to Archer "The Druid's" Quartet Old and New John Singleton Thomas Jackson- 

 Christopher Scaife Charles Dawson Joseph Rose George Herring Samuel Chifney the First 

 The " Chifney Rush " A Slack Rein The Escape Scandal The Prince, Mr. Lake, Sam Chifney, and 

 Sir Charles Bunbury A Queer Verdict Nobbling and Poisoning The " Qui Tarn " Actions 

 Retirement of the Prince of Wales Dr. Johnson Sir John Lade The Lively Letty Society at the 

 Pavilion Famous Bookmakers" Nando " Bullock and " Splitpost " Douglas Sir Tatton Sykes 

 Amateur Riders A Foreign Visit in 1800 Colonel Thornton Jockey's Attire Lady Sarah O'Brien 

 "Neutralising" Changes in Society Miss Alicia Meynell ... ... ... ... ... 340 



CHAPTER XV. FRANCIS BUCKLE AND SOME OTHER FAMOUS RIDERS. 



Dennis FitzPatrick The " Double Event" Jem Robinson's Lucky " Treble "His Finish on Matilda 

 James Chappie in 1833 Jim Templeman's Record The " Pocket Hercules "From Peterborough to 

 Newmarket Buckle's Two Wives "All the Good Things at Newmarket" Mr. Vansittart Frank's 

 Last Race His Epitaph His Family His Integrity Young Sam Chifney and Frank Butler The 

 Duchess of Cleveland King George IV. and Sam Priam Ben Marshall's Sketches Harry Edwards 

 Arnull and Goodison William Clift's Pensions Shepherd, Jackson, Peirse, and Ben Smith Poor 

 Mangles Winning with a Broken Leg " A sadly Forrard Young Man" The Great Bill Scott- 

 Sam Darling John Scott the " Wizard "Tommy Lye spoils a Record Templeman Job Marson 

 Nat Flatman The Days of Danebury ... ... ... ... ,g 2 



CHAPTER XVI. TRAINING AND BREEDING. 



Changed Methods Different Aims The Committee of Horse-breeding Big Horses and Small Horses- 

 Comparisons Have they degenerated? What about Stayers? The Cracks of 1847-57 Foreign 

 Breeders Germany and France Old Stallions and Modern Sires Expensive Yearlings A loss of 

 over Half a Million Waste of Horseflesh The Influence of Gate-money Breeding from Babies- 

 Inflated Prices Two-year-old Racing Winners bred by Owners Gimcrack Dinners John Porter's 

 Reforms The First Royal Victory for Sixty Years Purchase of Sceptre Season of 1902 St. Simon 

 and Bend Or What the " Figure System " implies Bruce Lowe's Figures and William Allison's 

 Theory Female versus Male Influence Value of Mr. Allison's work ... ... ... ... 410 



CHAPTER XVII. LORD GEORGE BENTINCK. AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN TURF. 



Need for a " Dictator "The " Manly Sports Bill "OrvilleEmiliusCo\<me\ Mellish Jack St. Leger 

 Mr. Thornhill Blackfaces Bad Luck The Comus Blood Fleurde Lys Famous Races for the St. 

 Leger Sir Francis Doyle at Doncaster Mr. John Gully and Mameluke Jim Belcher and the Game 

 Chicken The old P. R. The Betting Rooms Cadland and The Colonel Memnon's Year Jack 

 Mytton Famous Owners Lord George's Career Gaper and Cotherstonelhn Starting Flag- 

 Goodwood Races -Bay Middleton as a Sire Elis in a Van Crucifix and Miss Elis "A Superb 

 Groan" "The Blue Ribbon of the Turf" A Sudden Tragedy ... ... ... ... ... 440 



