CONTENTS. 



I. BEFORE THE DAYS OF THE SOCIETE d'eNCOURAGEMENT . 1 



II. THE FRENCH JOCKEY CLUB 19 



III. THE FIRST STRUGGLES ...... 50 



IV. THE INVASION OF PERFIDIOUS ALBION . . , .60 

 V. MONARQUE AND HIS SATELLITES . . . . .71 



VI. FRANC PICARD AND HIS TIMES . . . . .88 



VII. THE ' BIG STABLE ' ....... 107 



VIII. LA TOUCQUES VERMOUT FILLE DE l'aIR — GLADIATEUR . 132 



IX. FROM THE 'TURN OF THE TIDE ' TO THE ' DECHEANCE ' . 156 



X. M. LEfSvRE's CAMPAIGN OF 1871 THE LAGRANGE- 



LEF^VRE ' FUSION ' — LORD FALMOUTH's HOWL FOR 

 'reciprocity' . . . . . . . .182 



XI. FROM THE HOWL FOR ' RECIPROCITY ' TO THE PRESENT 



DAY . . . . . . . . .217 



XII. A SUMMARY 333 



XIII. CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . ,348 



INDEX 



367 



