PREFACE. " ix 



the present day, the works of those brilhant writers 

 abound in " historical " inaccuracies of the most flafrrant 

 description. 



The memoirs and biographical notices of the 

 habitiu^s of Newmarket, and of the notable Turfites 

 who flourished long long ago, will probably be inte- 

 resting to the sportsman of our own times. " Memoirs 

 are the materials, and often the touchstone, of history ; " 

 — to quote our favourite author again — who very truly 

 adds, " And even where they descend to incidents 

 beneath her notice, they aid the studies of the antiquary 

 and moral philosopher." 



In conclusion, I must, in gratitude, tender my 

 thanks to the Duke of Beaufort, the Earl of Pembroke, 

 Edmund Tattersall, Esq., and M. Leopold de Roths- 

 child, for contributing the cost of the illustrations. 



J. P. HORE. 



Newmarket, 

 May, 1885. 



