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Blundeville, of Newton Hotman, in Norfolk, 
ere this date, had published a curious little 
black-letter volume, entitled ‘The Art of 
Ryding and Breaking Great Horses” (1566), 
which was sold by William Seres, at ‘“ The 
Sygne of the Hedgehogge,” in St. Paul's 
Churchyard. Some extracts from this very 
interesting little work have been given in 
a previous book.* 
JAMES I. (1603-1625). 
The feature of King James's reign was 
the formation of a racecourse at New- 
market, which had previously been a 
favourite hunting-ground of Royalty, and 
continued to be so, at least till James II.’s 
time. 
J. P. Horet says that the King 
probably resided at an inn known as “ The 
Griffin,” and held court there during his 
early visits, and that this inn subsequently 
became the King’s own property. It is 
quite certain that Newmarket as a Turf 
centre dates from the time of James I.; he 
spent some days there in the year 1605, 
* The Great Horse ov Wary Horse. Third edition. By 
Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart., Vinton & Co., Ltd., 1899. 
} “ History of Newmarket.” 
