HORSE-RACING IN ENGLAND 



CHAPTER I. 



FIRST PERIOD : CHARLES II. TO GEORGE II. 



Origin of the Turf — ^Charles II. and his Associates — Statute of 

 Charles 11. — James II. and the Turf — Rye House Plot^ — 

 William III. and the Turf— His Associates — Captain 

 Byerley's Turk— Old Merlin and his Match — Queen 

 Anne, Prince George of Denmark, and the Turf — Mr. 

 Tregonwell Frampton — Prominent Personages at New- 

 market in Queen Anne's Reign — Statute of Anne— Mr. 

 Brewster Darley and his Arabian — George I. and the 

 Turf — Flying Childers — Bonny Black — Brocklesby and 

 Brocklesby Betty— Bartlett's Childers — Mr. Alcock and 

 his Arabian — George II. and the Turf — The ' CuUoden ' 

 Duke of Cumberland — Royal Ascot — Statute of George II. 

 — Royal Plates : King's and Queen's — Lord Godolphin 

 and his Arabian — The Calendars of Mr. Nelson and 

 Mr. Cheney — -The 'Cracks' of George II. 's Reign- 

 Ladies on the Turf — Colours and Nomenclature of 

 Horses — Jockeys — Two Curious Races. 



Whoever pleases may hunt up the meagre details 

 of sporadic horse-racing in various parts of Great 

 Britain and Ireland from the days of Roman 



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