CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 

 THE POSITION OF THE TURF 



The sport commanding attention Press reports in increased demand 

 Sporting papers Reporting races Starting prices Telegraphing In- 

 creased number of owners Demand for yearlings American importations 

 Mr. Haggin's consignment English breeders Too many short races 

 Sprinters The late Duke of Westminster and the sale of Ormonde 

 Austrian and German buyers of blood-stock Roaring Unsoundness 

 Soundness of Colonial horses Merman Newhaven II. Breeding of 

 Colonial and American horses Duke of Portland and Carbine Stamina 

 of foreign-bred horses Horse of the century Experts differ St. Simon 

 and Ormonde The time test Grand National times, Manifesto and 

 Cloister Derby times Sires put to stud too young Sire fees Owners 

 of present day Millionaires Professional owners . . Pages 1-23 



CHAPTER II 

 NEWMARKET 



Former meetings now defunct Changes caused by railway system Cathedral 

 town fixtures Number of horses in training Comparison with former 

 years Newmarket Description thereof Exorbitant charges " Hang the 

 good gallop " G.E. Railway specials Advice to visitors Cost of potatoes 

 and walking-stick Countryman visiting London Londoner visiting Don- 

 caster Discomforts of country meetings A hotel experience Generosity 

 of bookmakers Newmarket training grounds before breakfast Road from 

 London to Newmarket Six Mile Bottom The "Ditch "View obtainable 

 therefrom The racecourse The stands The town Runaway brougham 

 The "Severals" Bury Hills Limekilns Watching the morning work 

 "Courses for horses" Number of meetings held Craven Meeting Good 

 and bad years of certain stables The travelling tout who wished to be 

 cremated First Spring Meeting Second Spring Meeting Newmarket 

 Stakes First July Meeting Princess of Wales' Stakes Second July 

 First October Two best meetings of the year Second October Meeting 

 The chief prizes Houghton Meeting Description of courses Beacon 

 Course dissected Turn of the Lands A.F. Rowley Mile Big days 

 The July Course Suitable for long-distance races Newmarket pro- 

 grammes analysed Five-furlong racing Disadvantages of Stewards of 

 the Jockey Club Setting their house in order . . Pages 24-62 



