CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTORY 



PAGE 



William Douglas, fourth Duke of Queenaberry — His birth 

 and ancestry, traditional and actual — The Drumlanrig 

 branch of the Douglas family — Creation of the Earldom 

 of March, 1 



CHAPTER II 



Early days of the Earl of March— Traits of the first and 

 second Earls — the third Earl's guardians — The Earl's 

 propensities — Favours a town life — Goes to Edinburgh 

 — Initiated into the mysteries of the Turf — Gambling 

 propensities — Arrives in London — Awarded compensa- 

 tion for loss of hereditary rights — Marriage of his 

 lordship's mother —Her death — The Earl succeeds to 

 the Ruglen title, 8 



CHAPTER III 



The Earl of March and Ruglen's first racing essays— Formu- 

 lates his famous Carriage Match— Excitement over same 

 — Bets thereon — Descriptions of the vehicle and harness 

 used — Difficulty in training horses to stand the ordeal — 

 Names of horses eventually procured — Date and descrip- 

 tion of the match— Won by six minutes, thirty-three 

 seconds — Effects on the racing reputation of Lord March, 15 



