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one hundred pounds, and that persons betting on 

 tick or credit above that sum shall forfeit and 

 lose treble the value of all such sum or sums of 

 money or valuables which they shall so win. 



In the brief reign of James II., nothing 

 occurred at Newmarket, or, indeed, at any other 

 seat of racing sport, of any great interest to 

 followers of the turf The reign of William and 

 Mary is equally barren ; but in the days of 

 Queen Anne, the pastime of horse-racing flourished 

 exceedingly. That august sovereign not only 

 added considerably to the number of Royal plates, 

 but actually ran for them in her own name, as 

 the following entry in the " Racing Register " will 

 show. 



York, Monday, July 28///, 17 12. — Her Majesty's Gold 

 Cup, value 100 gs., for six years old, 12 St., four mile heats. 



Mr. Watson's dun horse. Farmer ... i ... i 



Mr. Carr's gr. h.. Sturdy Lump ... ... 4 ... 2 



Her Majesty's gr. g., Pepper ... ... 5 ... 3 



Also ran, Monkey, Spot, Milksop, Blackfoot, and Mustapha, 



Her Majesty evidently had a companion to 

 Pepper in Mustard, a nutmeg grey horse by the 

 Taffolet, or Morocco barb, which ran at York on 

 August 3rd, 1 71 3, but only got seventh and 

 fifth in his heats. 



The following information regarding the dif- 

 ferent contests at Newmarket is derived from 

 Whyte's "History of the British Turf": 



"At Newmarket, till the year 1744, there 

 were only two plates run for in October, viz., 

 the King's Plate and the Town Plate ; but in 

 1744, the trading inhabitants of Newmarket raised 

 two plates of 50 gs. each : one for five years old,. 



