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CHAPTER II. 



SECOND PERIOD : GEORGE III. 



George III. and the Turf — Royal Patronage of Horse-racing — 

 Establishment of the ' Classic ' Races — Frederick Lewis, 

 Prince of Wales, and Epsom Races — Questions concern- 

 ing the Derby and the other ' Classic ' Races — Ascot — 

 Brighton — Lewes — Goodwood — York — A Royal Duke 

 pushed into a Fish-pond — The Racing of Two-Year-Olds 

 and of Yearlings — The Story of Blacklock — The Collapse 

 of the Arabian — The Rise of the Betting Ring — Foreigners 

 on the English Turf — The Tattersalls and the Weatherbys 

 — The Practice of ' Nobbling ' — Newmarket Meetings in- 

 creased from Three to Eight — Ladies on the Turf — Seven 

 Notable Horses : Dr. Syntax, Sir Joshua, Copenhagen, 

 Beeswing, Selim, Cashel, Rubens — Colours and Heights 

 of Race-horses — Nomenclature — American Importations 

 of English Horses — -Castianira, Dam of Sir Archy — ■ 

 Diamond or Duchess and Alice Carneal — Lexington and 

 Umpire — The Cub Mare, Dam of Old Slamerkin — A 

 Sensitive Bookmaker — Some Celebrated Jockeys. 



We have now reached the reign of George III., 

 who was King from October 25, 1760, to January 

 29, 1820. Although 'Farmer George' did Httle 

 personally to encourage ' the sport of kings ' 

 beyond riding, it is said, the blood-sire Sturdy at 



