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Abd-el-Kader Mysterious Miss Moivbray George Stevens Lord Coventry's Victories "Mr. 

 Thomas" The Tragedy of 1862 "Mr. Edwards" "Could not carry a Pair of Boots "Captain 

 MachelFs Successes Mr. J. M. Richardson Lord Manners and Count Kinsky Old Joe Cloister 

 and Ambush II. Famous Jockeys and Great Horses "Fog" Rowlands The Grand National 

 Hunt Committee Success of the Foreigners at Newmarket The "Popular Mystery" Ascetic and 

 the Famous Steeplechasing Sires The Irish Winners Manifesto Irish Breeding ... 581 



CHAPTER XXL FAMOUS RACING STUDS OF THE LAST THIRTY YEARS. 



Fisherman and Old Tom Parr Racing Stables near Wantage Mr. Naylor and Mr. Savile Cremorne's 

 Trial Prince Charlie John Porter's Early Days John Day and the Famous Danebury Cracks 

 John Kent and Lord George Bentinck Goodwood " Kingsclere Racing Stables, Limited " Sir 

 Joseph Hawley Sir Frederick Johnstone " High Farming and Old Port for Ever " /><wy 

 Lord Alington Si. Blaise's Trial Mr. Brodrick Cloete's Paradox Cereza's Great Race at Doncaster 

 Ormonde, The Sard, Saraband, and Minting A gentlemanly Thoroughbred Perfect Conforma- 

 tion Sainfoin Common La Fleche and Orme Throstle's St. Leger The King's Horses and 

 Marsh's Stables Florizel //., Persimmon, and Diamond Jubilee Ayrshire and St. Serf St. Simon 

 ax\A.Stockwell A Splendid List of Sons and Daughters Full Brothers and Sisters Direct Descent 

 Famous Matrons More Remarks on the " Figure System " A Record rather than a Guide Modern 

 Representatives of the Godolphin Arabian, the Byerly Turk, and the Darley Arabian at Ascot 

 Supremacy of Eclipse Blood, and the Birdcatcher Strain, in 1903 Donovan at Welbeck The Duke 

 of Portland's Carbine Other Australian Sires Trenton and the Cobham Stud Was Zinfandel the 

 best of his Year? Victor Witt/-S\r Ernest Cassel Mr. Gubbins's Galtee More and Ard Patrick 

 Lord Rosebery at Christchurch Two Derby Winners Epsom Lad Geldings in the Derby Black 

 SandAmphion Melton Northern Trainers The Eaton Stud Big Prices The House of 

 Rothschild " Follow the Baron " St. Frusquin, Doricles, and St. Amant ... ... ... 617 



CHAPTER XXII. AND LAST. "'SCEPTRE' WINS!" 



Losses of the English Turf in 1902 and 1903 Captain Machell Colonel Harry McCalmont and Isinglass 

 "Two Important Races and I haven't won a Penny ! ""The Mate "St. Macloifs Double Event 

 Prince Soltykoff Sun Rose and the Starting-gate Sir J. Blundell Maple A Splendid Stud The 

 Remount Department Racing Expenses Betting- Abuses The Duke of Portland and the Jockey 

 Club Mr. Sievier's Purchase of Sceptre A Famous Derby A Record for the Classic Events 

 Mr. W. Bass buys the Mare The Great Race for the Eclipse Stakes of 1903 Famous Fields in 

 Former Races Rock Sand Historic Mares On the Turf and at the Stud The Arab in Ancient 

 Greece and Rome The Late Queen Victoria and English Racecourses The Hampton Court Stud 

 The Truth about Remounts The Value of Imported Sires How to preserve Typical Conforma- 

 tion The Ideal Turf Historian The Close of this Work ... ... ... ... 672 



APPENDIX. 



A. to N. Pedigrees of Flying Childers, Matchem, Herod, Eclipse, Blacklock, Carbine, Maximum II., 

 Quo Vadis, Arizona, Beeswing, Stock-well, Bend Or, Isinglass, and Persimmon O. The Ballad of 

 Gatherley Moor P. The Twelve Stone Plate at Newmarket in 1665 Q. Some Winning Owners 

 R. Buckle's Last Race Card. 8. Four Days' Racing in the Season of 1903, at Sandown and New- 

 market T. A List of Authorities. 



INDEX of Names of Horses ... ... 733 



