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pete on the race-course with those belonging to the 

 king. From these trivial entries we incidentally ascer- 

 tain that among the patrons of the turf at this date 

 were Sir Thomas Cheyney,^ Lord Dacre of the SoutlV 

 the Earl of Kildare,^° the Abbot of Glastonbury/^ the 

 Duke of Suffolk/"' Sir George Lawson/^ Mr. Blount, 

 Mr, Norrys/* etc. Powle, the king's trainer, is 

 usually dubbed " keeper of the Barra or Barbary 

 Horses ; " the term Barb being applied to race-horses 

 in general, and euphonistically embracing all sorts of 

 Eastern and native blood-stock employed at the stud 

 and on the course. 



Some curious items are mentioned in connection 

 with the royal stud. Thus in April, 1532, Powle 

 received 7^, 2d. for making a bath for one of the 

 Arabian racers then in training at Windsor ; and 

 several charges occur for medicine provided for those 

 horses from time to time. In the spring of 1530, the 

 king's watermen received 2\s. A^d. "for waiting" on 

 the day the horses ran. The jockey, if he won, 

 received 24^'. Zd., while Thomas Ogle, the " Gentleman 

 Rider of the Stables," got a gratuity of 20^. by the 

 king's special grace and favour,* Considerable trouble 

 occurred in procuring boys for the purpose of riding 

 the king's race-horses ; and the expenses of sending 

 one from the borders of Scotland appear to have 

 amounted to £^ 65. %d. In the spring of 1523, Lord 

 Dacre of the North sent one of his jockeys to the 

 king and received for his pains from the Privy Purse 



* The annual wages of this functionary was ;^20, with free allowance 

 of one hackney. The jockeys had is. a week and ^d a day board wages. 



