CONTENTS. 

 CHAPTER I. 



FIRST PERIOD : CHARLES II. TO GEORGE II. 



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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 As- 

 sociates — Captain Byerley's Turk — Old Merlin and 

 his Match — Queen Anne, Prince George of Denmark, 

 and the Turf — Mr. Tregonwell Frampton — Prominent 

 Personages at Newmarket 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 'Culloden' 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 - - i — 55 



