CONTENTS 



CHAP. 



1. TURFITES ON THE GRAND SCALE 



2. THE FATHERS OF BOOKMAKING 



3. SOME LATTER-DAY PENCILLERS 



4. PARTNERS AND PLUNGERS 



5. TRAINERS AND JOCKEYS 



6. THE WASTING OF JOCKEYS 



7. QUEER CHARACTERS OF THE TURF 



8. THE FIRST STEEPLECHASE AND ITS SEQUEL 



9. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM OLLIVER . 



10. JEM MASON AND LOTTERY 



11. THE HUMOURS OF TOMMY COLEMAN . 



12. THE RECORD OF CAPTAIN BEECHER — SOME STEEPLE 



CHASING GOSSIP 



13. TIPS FROM STRANGE SOURCES 



14. THE ROUT OF THE THIMBLE-MEN 



15. PRECOCITY IN THE SADDLE . 



16. FOUL RIDING AND FOUL PLAY 



17. THE ARAB AND THE ENGLISH RACEHORSE 



18. FEATS OF EQUINE ENDURANCE 



19. SPORT AT THE ' VARSITIES 



20. 'varsity STEEPLECHASES 



21. OLD-TIME ECCENTRICS OF SPORT 

 2 2. SOME HUMOURS OF THE HUNTING-FIELD 



23. THE PERILS AND PENALTIES OF HUNTING 



24. THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY JUMP ON RECORD 



25. DRIVING AND TROTTING 



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