CONTENTS. XIX 



most productive racer. Shark Piggot. Newmarket never before 

 so well attended. ' Things run taper' there no longer. Epsom. 

 Ascot. Accident at the latter. Nominations for the chief courses 

 numerous beyond all precedent. Morality of the turf. Apparent 

 necessity for manoeuvre and stratagem. Needful bounds in the 

 case. Trying horses. Several killed in trials. A few words on 

 commencing a turf engagement. Profession of betting. The late 

 Mr. Cline on Horse Breeding. The author's warm recommenda- 

 tion of Mr. Darvill's book. Ancient training. Markham's 

 Cavalarice. Late prices of racers. Zinganee our reputed best 

 horse. St. Alban's races. The author's petition to the noble 

 Duke. No account of the famous racer Brilliant in the Turf 

 Register. Curious race over the course at two year old weights 

 between Herod and Ascham, aged horses. Late dead heat with 

 three horses. Turf reference books. Abbreviations, number 

 and indications of the courses at Newmarket. Charles the 

 Second's chair removed from the hill at Newmarket, p. 290 — 300. 



SECTION XLIII. p. 301. 



The animal question. Rights of beasts. Lord Erskine's bill beat 

 over the course by the light weight of ridicule. Its subsequent 

 effect out of doors. Various antiquated barbarisms and fooleries 

 discontinued. Martin, of Galway, his success in parliament. His 

 bill acknowledges the jus animalium as a branch of the social con- 

 tract. Unavoidably imperfect from the existence yet of a strong 

 prejudice. Nothing wanted but a legal prohibition of staking 

 animals to the torture under the idea of sport, i. e. baiting. The 

 Church of England Clergy, their superior exertions in this causf. 

 The Rev. A.Broome, founder of the present Society for Animal 

 Protection. Abstraction and line-drawing in parliament. The 

 late Mr. Canning's opinion. Justice, simple and indivisible, 

 alike due to man and beast. The unnatural delight of witnessing 

 the affrights and sufferings of animals. Pits and bull rings. 

 Disgraceful statute in favour of the latter. Parliamentary logic. 

 Attachment to ancient barbarisms, by no means confined to the 

 lowest class. No considerable party in England disposed to 

 interfere with rational and fair sports. Late bullbait at Smith- 

 wick. Horrible tortures inflicted on tame and gentle bulls. A 

 recommendation to the crack of our bull baiters. Petition to 

 parliament lately presented by Earl Grosvenor. Decision of 

 the judges. A legal profundity. Discrepancy of legal opinion. 

 Necessity of Societies for animal protection in large towns, 

 p. 301—310. 



APPENDIX, p. 311. 



Law of Wagers. Extract from the Transactions of the Animal 

 Society — Smithfield. Pithing cattle. Sock and leathern sole 

 horse shoe. 



