INDEX 



353 



Petek the Great, The Czar (at 



Newmarket), ii 

 Petroffski, Baron, the Russian 



(racing in England), 191 

 Petvvokth, a curious plague at, iig 

 Phlegon, a peculiarity of the race- 

 horse, 197 

 Pick, Mr. W. (died February 16, 



1816, aged 58), vii, viii, 103 



Pitt, Colonel, 'pacing' at Newmarket 



(1720-22), 292 [119 



Plague among horses at Petworth, 



Plates, King's and Queen's or Royal, 



23. 25 



,, Winners of, from 1727 to 



1760, 25-45 

 ,, The Jockey Club, 45 

 ,, ,, ,, winners of, 



45. 46 

 Platt, Mr. (purchaser of Kendal), 



195 

 Plenipotentl\ry, The mystery con- 

 cerning, 134 

 Poland, The King of, offers to pur- 

 chase King Herod, 191 

 ,, importations of English 

 horses, 191, 209, 215 

 Polhill, Captain, and his matches, 



331, 332 

 Pond, Match ridden by Miss, 287, 

 302 

 ,, Match ridden by Mr., 287 

 POPHAM, Mr. F. L. (Fellow of All 



Souls), 162 

 Portland, Mr. prize-fighter Heenan's 



Jamaica-bred horse, 191 

 Portmore, Lord (about 1750), 38, 



45. 46 

 P0T-8-OS, The famous sire, 221, 222 

 Pratt, Mr. John, of Askrigg (died at 



Newmarket on May 8, 1785), 83 

 Precarious, an early case of two- 

 year-old racing, 307 [39 

 Prentice, Mr. George (about 1750), 

 Preston, Mr. William (about 1750), 



39. 46 

 Priam, Price paid for, 131, 193 [195 

 Prices paid for Race-horses, 193- 



by 

 Americans, 195, 196 

 Prince, Mr., Poisoning of horses 

 trained by, 91, 249 

 ,, Charlie, 200; his match, 



334 

 ,, Consort, Albert, 155-157 

 ,, ,, George of Den- 



mark, 13, 289 

 Proctor, Mr. Henry (about 1740), 

 39 [308 



Pumpkin, his match with Firetail, 



Q 



Queen Mary, The famous brood- 

 mare, 217 



Queensberry ( ■ Old Q. '), The (fourth 

 and last) Duke of, 48, 115 



Queen's Plates, 13, 23 



,. ,, Abolition of (in 



England), 23 



Qui Tam, Actions at law called, 159 



QuiBBLER (23 miles within the hour), 

 314 



Quick and Castle, Messrs. , ' warned 

 off.' 82, 83 



Quidnunc (the horse that nearly lost 

 a big match), 304, 305 



R 



Race-horses, Age of, 137, 138 



,, Colour, height, and 



nomenclature of, 50, 

 51, 99, 126, 150, 260 

 Importations of Eng- 

 lish, vide America, 

 France, etc. 

 Races, Some curious, 54, 55, 80, 297, 



303. 317. 319 

 Racing CALEND.\RS,(ilie earliest) 25, 



(other) 89 

 Radcliffe, Mr. J. B., Feat performed 



by, 342 



Ralph, the ' nobbled ' race-horse, 

 97, 179, 180 



Ramsden, Sir John (about 1750), 46 



Rapid Rhone, The noted (roan) 

 horse, 259 



Ratan, Designs against Mr. Crock- 

 ford's race-horse, 182 



Ratkord, Jack, George IV. 's 'fac- 

 totum,' 115 



Re.\d, Mr. Wilberforce (first master 

 of the famous John Singleton, about 

 1730). 39 



'Reciprocity,' Lord Falmouth, Mr. 

 W. G. Craven, and, 189 



Reed, Mr., the American purchaser, 

 195 



Regulus, The celebrated sire, 220 



Rich, Mr. (about 1730), 39 



Richmond, The Duke of (son of 

 Charles IL), 4 

 ,, The fifth, 130 



Rickaby, Messrs., 39, 251 



Ride, The ' long-distance,' Austro- 

 Hungarian and German, 342 



Riding face to tail, 317 



without handling the bridle, 

 319 



Ringmaster, The Australian-bred, a 

 winner in England in 1890, 192 [32 



' Ring-worm," Spread of, 119, 229- 



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