CONTENTS. 



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ANT EXERCISE GALLOP TO BEGIN WITH .... V 



BEGINNINGS OF RACING I 



NEWMARKET IN EARLY DAYS . . • . . . .19 



OTHER SEATS OF HORSE-RACING 3 1 



THE L. S. D. OF THE TURF 6o 



BUSINESS OF HORSE-RACING. OFFICERS OF THE TURF . ']'] 



THE CLASSIC RACES. THE ST. LEGER, ETC I04 



HANDICAPS 147 



NOTES ON MEMORABLE MATCHES 1 58 



WITH THE PROPHETS 171 



MODERN BETTING ILLUSTRATED AND EXPLAINED . . 190 



RACING ADVENTURERS 224 



RACING ROGUERIES 270 



THE LADY ELIZABETH SCANDAL 30I 



RACING REFORM. SIR J. HAWLEY, ETC 314 



ASSUMED NAMES. JOCKEYS AND THEIR COMMISSIONERS . 330 



JOCKEYS 339 



ABOUT THE JOCKEY CLUB 360 



