CONTENTS xiii 



CHAPTER VI 

 OTHER COUNTRY MEETINGS 



Hybrid meetings Bath Former importance Rivalry with York Brighton 

 Races The course Lewes The Southdown Club Harpenden 

 Salisbury The Bibury Club Northampton Worcester Yarmouth 

 Old-time circuits Present-day round of racing Chester Races The 

 Chester Cup Its popularity The queer course Something about the 

 programme Lincoln Races The Lincolnshire Handicap Big attendance 

 Victory of Clorane The Brocklesby Liverpool The Grand National 

 crowd Concerning the Grand National Course Its peculiarities Ex- 

 ceptional fencing Cloister's performance Death of The Lamb Cloister 

 and Manifesto compared Other recent winners Manifesto and Ambush II. 

 Liverpool Spring Meeting The Summer fixture The Autumn Cup 

 Carlisle Croxton Park Newton Warwick . . Pages 149-173 



CHAPTER VII 

 MODERN ENCLOSED COURSES 



Rise of modern enclosures Sandown Park Ladies as race-goers Inaugu- 

 rators of mammoth prizes The Eclipse Stakes considered Winners of 

 the Eclipse Stakes Orme and La Fleche Orme's St. Leger George 

 Barrett's orders Field for the Eclipse Stakes in 1894 Value thereof 

 Other events run at Sandown As to the course The Steeplechase Course 

 Racing at Kempton Park Its principal meetings The Jubilee Stakes 

 Bendigo and Minting Other winners of the race Victor Wild The 

 people's horse His great popularity Clwyd's victory Discreditable cir- 

 cumstances Hurst Park Always good going Eager and Royal Flush 

 Gatwick and Lingfield Cup Course at Gatwick Harrow's record 

 Alexandra Park Races Portsmouth Park Midland enclosures Derby 

 fixtures Leicester Objection to Racing on the part of some of the 

 residents Colwick Park Birmingham Well-placed stands Upper 

 section of Turf world Manchester Hotel accommodation The racecourse 

 St. 'Angelo's mishap Stories of the late Duchess of Montrose Pro- 

 grammes Manchester Cup Winners of Lancashire Plate Gosforth Park, 

 its grand course The Northumberland Plate Barcaldine His great 

 performance Underhand Caller Ou The Seaton Delaval Stakes 

 Scottish racing . . . * Pages 174-216 



CHAPTER VIII 

 TRAINERS, TRAINING GROUNDS, AND JOCKEYS 



Smartness of modern trainers Their various duties "Placing" Price of 

 training Trainer's knowledge as to his horse's chance of winning Stable 

 lads Apprentices Jockeys Comparison of old-time with present jockeys 

 Brains necessary As advisers to stable Cupidity and its results Earn- 

 ings Handsome retainers Newmarket as a training quarter Good and 

 bad years Typical good year Reasons why owners train at Newmarket 

 Notable Newmarket trainers American trainers at Newmarket Their 

 wonderful successes " Doping" Royal Flush Gentlemen trainers Mr. 

 George Lambton Captain Beatty Kingsclere John Porter's winnings 

 in stake money The Cannons Danebury Garlogs Berkshire and Wilt- 

 shire trainers Sam Darling's classic successes Kilcock Galtee More 

 W. Robinson's handicap successes The Taylors of Manton Dorsetshire 

 trainers Sir Charles Nugent Mr. George Thursby Sussex stables 



