THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET, 



AND 



THE ANNALS OF THE TURF. 



BOOK I. 



NEWMARKET AND THE TURF IN THE EARLY AND 

 MIDDLE AGES. 



Ancient British settlements in the vicinity of Newmarket — The TumuH — 

 Cinerary and other Celtic remains found therein — The Iceni race 

 — Brief account of them by the Roman historians — Enter into an 

 alliance with the Romans — Revolt under Ostorius — The league 

 between Prasutagus and the Emperor — Tyranny of the Romans — 

 Revolt of the Iceni under Queen Boadicea — Obtain a temporary 

 victory — Their subsequent defeat by the Romans — Treatment of the 

 Iceni after the conquest — The Roman-British coins — Those stamped 

 with the figure of a horse — Peculiar to the Iceni race — Probable 

 celebrity of their horses — Taxed by the Romans — Exportation of 

 British horses to Rome — The DeviFs Ditch — Brief survey and 

 description of the structure — Probabilities as to its origin and objects 

 — Newmarket and its vicinity during the Anglo-Saxon era — Royal 

 residents at Exning — The East-Anglican sovereigns — Sf. Etheldreda 

 — The origin of horse-racing in England — Introduced by the Romans 

 — The primitive racehorse — Its Eastern descent — The Spanish 

 Legion — Their racehorses — Training difficulties during the Roman 

 occupation of England — How overcome — Dissemination of Eastern 

 blood — Prominent race-meetings in England under the Romans — 

 The Turf during the Anglo-Saxon era — Probability of horse-races at 

 Newmarket at this period — Progress of the Turf in England in the 

 reigns of Henry II., Richard I., and John — The thoroughbred horses 

 of the Middle Ages — Importation of Eastern blood — Examples — 

 The first authentic description of a horse-race in the Middle Ages 

 —Match between the Prince of Wales (Richard II.) and the Earl 

 of Arundel — Owners up — The Earl's horse wins — Is bought by 

 Richard II. for ^4000 — The Earl of Arundel — The Fathers of the 

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