1 84 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book X. 



Relatively, and under certain conditions, it relates to 

 the Turf, but in many instances refers to 



James I. ■' 



Horses. a particular breed, or race, of horses, 

 euphemistically race-horses. The stud or 

 farm where they were kept was styled a race : — thus, 

 Tutbury Race, Cole Park Race, Malmsbury Race, 

 etc. Race, Cursus, " a strong or rapid current of 

 water, or the channel or passage for such a current, 

 as a Mill-race," vide Webster's Dictionary. Thus 

 Portland Race, applying in each case. " A race (for 

 Men and Horses to run in) Stade, Race. A Horse- 

 Race, Carriere," vide Randle Cotgrave's French- 

 English Dictionary, by Howel, fol. 1650. " Rese, 

 reuse, Gigas, a verbo rijsen, id est, in altum surgere." 

 ■ — Joan. Beccan. Killiani Etyrnology, Teut. Ling, 4to, 

 1777. At Shap, in Westmoreland, there were two 

 rows of upright stones, placed at regular distances, 

 running parallel with the high road for nearly three- 

 quarters of a mile, called the Shap Race, and possibly 

 may derive its name from having been a British or 

 Roman Ciwsus. 



In the introduction to the second edition of his 

 Charles! work ou Horses, etc., the Duke of New- 

 Horses, castle, in a prefatory address to his readers, 

 adverts to his long exile at Antwerp, " One of the 

 finest cities in the World," whose inhabitants he found 

 famous for hospitality to strangers, and acknowledges 

 to have received a great many civilities whilst there 

 during his compulsory sojourn. At this time he 

 " published in French, a Book on Horse-manship ; and 

 having again, since my Return to my Native Country 



