CONTENTS OF CHAPTERS. 73 1 



VOLUME III. 

 DEDICATED TO THE SIXTH DUKE OF PORTLAND. 



PAGE 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOL. III. 



CHAPTER XVIII. SOME EARLY VICTORIAN OWNERS. 



Lord George Bentinck, John Kent, and Abdale Some Dead Heats A Triple Dead Heat Some Jockeys' 

 Misfortunes Greville and Lord George Alarm at Epsom The Gaper Betting A Criticism of 

 Character John Bowes The " Owdacious Young J Un " Epirus and Doncaster West Australian 

 Differing Types Whitewall Yorkshire Trainers The Agnes Blood at Ascot Alice Hawthorn 

 William I'Anson Fobert French Pedigrees Ncivntinster Bill Scott's Death Doncaster in 1854- 

 Old Times on Langton Wold Horse-painters of the past G. F. Herring Lord Glasgow Admiral 

 Rous Handicapping A Modern Expert Winners of Handicaps from 1866 to 1898 Presentation to 

 Admiral Rous Noble Owners Epsom in 1833 Death of Sam Day Lord Derby- Canezou Lord 

 Palmerston Buckthorn " Capital Exercise " Palmer the Poisoner The Rugeley Surgeon Life 

 Insurances Goldfinder and Doubt Pratt and Cook A Haunted Racecourse Lord Eglinton 

 Blue Bonnet The Flying Dutchman RussborougKs Rush Voltigeur Cup Day at Doncaster 

 " Like Hiron " Marlow's Riding The Second Struggle Lord Zetland's Favourite George Payne 

 "Dram-drinking Excitement" Master of the Pytchley Lord Jersey General Peel Sir Joseph 

 Hawley "Leviathan" Davis A fourth Derby Winner James Merry Mr. Frederick Swindell 

 The Derby of 1 860 Lord Falmouth's Career A Famous Sale ... ... ... ... ... 465 



CHAPTER XIX. BRITISH STABLES AND FOREIGN METHODS. 



" Little Bell " at Ascot Sir Mark Wood's Pistol Some Duties of a Jockey More Competition Jockey 

 Reform What Weight can do Winning Mounts in 1902 American Methods "Tommy and 

 Toddy" The Crouch Seat Making the Pace Mr. Ten Broeck Tod Sloan's Riding Famous 

 Finishes John Osborne, Archer, and Fordham " The Demon " Winning " with his Head "- 

 Archer's Seat A Great Record Bend Or's Derby Death of Archer "Mr. Manton's" St. Minn 

 Each Stable its own Jockeys The Apprentice Rule Riding from 1897 to 1902 Famous Racing 

 Days Favourite Mounts Tom Cannon Fees and Retainers Training The " Sheeted String "- 

 Details of the Stable R. Denman's Success French Horses Two Strings to a Bow Famous 

 Trials on the Turf Sir Joseph's little Errors The Bend Or Inquiry When to pull a Horse The 

 Derby of 1868 The Ill-fated Marquis of Hastings Admiral Rous's Letter Hermit's Victory Lady 

 h'zti6et/i'sTr\a.\ Joseph Enoch John Watts Thomas Jennings Count Lagrangeand Gladiateur 

 Regalia Foreigners on the Turf Kincsem French Victories M. Lefevre M. Blanc Holocaust* 

 Vinidus John Dawson and Galopin The Duke of Portland's Victories Tom and Matthew Dawson 

 Petrarch Heath House Disasters of Stephenson, the Duke of Hamilton, and the Duke of New- 

 castle The Russley Stables Ladas and Sir Visto Stayers The Touts at Stockbridge Races of 

 Famous Winners Sir Blundell Maple's Records Descent of Flying Fox Centralisation and 

 Enclosed Meetings The Faddist Ward of Yorkshire, Trainer and Prime Minister ... ... 519 



CHAPTER XX. STEEPLECHASING. 



Beginnings in Ireland Matches in Leicestershire Colman at St. Albans in 1830 Lord Clanricarde 

 Moonraker Captain Becher Colonel Charretie Aylesbury Vale and the Marquess of Waterford 

 Jem Mason's First Ride A Sporting Fellow of Oriel William Archer at Cheltenham " A Good 

 Wall Jumper" Alan McDonough The Chandler at Leamington Origin of the Liverpool Grand 

 National The Successes of Jerry Lottery wins The Irish Brigade "Josey " Little Peter Simple 



