CONTEXTS. 



Eace- horses, where they may be profitable to 

 their owner . . . . . .138 



Steeple- chasing . . . . . 152 



Anecdote of an owner of steeple-chase horses . 153 

 Directions in steeple- chasing . . . 156 

 Trotters often a source of profit . . .161 

 Anecdote of the author and the doctor . ih. 



How money is made by pouched trotting matches 1 63 

 Keeping of sires . . . . . 164 



Persons likely to have taste in horses and equi- 

 pages . . . . • . .173 



Changing horses, its results . . . 1 79 



A supposed case . . . . . .180 



The doctor's turn-out . . . . 186 



The infatuation of some men in betting . .188 

 Public running, a supposed case of . . 189 



Crockford and Davis 192 



Pacing men and hunting men . . . 194 

 Country gentlemen no judges of the value of 

 horses . . . . . . . 198 



Their opinions . . . . . .199 



Provincial sportsmen . . . . 203 



Mr. Gage 205 



The author's apology to those he had particu- 

 larized - 210 



General intent of the book . . , . 213 



