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HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY KING EDWARD THE SEVENTH 



Frontispiece 



ASCOT HEATH Face i6 



Front the original picture by Paul Sandby — Photographed by L. IV. Cleave. 



OATLANDS SWEEPSTAKES, 1791 Face 38 



Frcvi the picture by F. N. Sartorious. 



ASCOT GRAND STAND— SHOWING DUKE OF YORK'S AND KING'S 



STANDS Face 48 



From the picture by J. Pollard. 



ASCOT GRAND STAND, GOLD CUP DAY, 1839 Face 80 



From a painting by J. F. Herring, Sen. 



ASCOT GRAND STAND— THE FINISH Face 328 



From a painting by J. Pollard. 



RACE FOR THE EMPEROR'S PLATE, 1845 Face 356 



From an engraving of the original, by J. F. Herring, Sen. 



PORTRAITS 



From a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller 



. From a portrait by Sir Peter Lely 



From a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller 



From an old print 



Queen Anne 



George I. 



George II. . 



George III. . 



George IV. . 



William IV. . 



A Group of Jockeys : Chifney, Robinson, Wheatley, and Scott 



H.R.H. The Duke of Cumberland . From the original by Sir Joshua Reynolds 221 



Sir Wm. Wyndham, Bart. From an engraving of the picttire by Mr. Richardson 223 



Ralph Jennison, Esq., M.P. ^^7 



Frotn an engraving of the picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds 



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