PEEFACE. 



Since the publication of the Laws and Customs 

 of Racing in 1852, the amusement of the Turf 

 has rapidly spread wherever the British flag pro- 

 claims the Anglo-Saxon race. In America, in 

 India, in China, the silk jacket is in request. On 

 the Continent of Europe racing flourishes, and 

 France, as usual, takes the lead. She deserves to 

 triumph — no expense has been spared to procure 

 our most valuable blood, our very best stallions, 

 and to hire our cleverest trainers ; and France has 

 produced the best horse since the days of Bay 

 Middleton. 



" Palmam qui meruit ferat." 



Every true sportsman must rejoice in the triumph 

 of the English racehorse, the Anglo-Aralian, 

 Under any colours and in any country which may 

 have the good fortune to possess them. Horse 



