Racing in the Olden Time, although, perhap?, in interest 

 and merit equal to that of our day, was wanting in the 

 modern excellence of chronicles, descriptive and pictorial. 



The specimen at the head of this page, faithfully copied 

 from an old print representing " A view of a Horse Match 

 at Newmarket, between Grey-Windham and Bay Bolton^ 

 •painted from the Life, by that celeh^ated artist, Mr John 

 Wootton^^ will bear sufficient testimony to the character 

 of the pictorial representations of those famous races, 

 which no chronicler has been found to describe. 



As a specimen of the different style of modern days, 

 the present volume is offered to the public, in the belief 

 that a complete collection of the Annals of the Turf, 

 during the past twenty years, will not be found uninter- 

 esting by those who take pleasure in its pursuits. 



In confining the extent of his operations within the last 

 twenty years, the Editor has been influenced ])y two rea- 



