A Mirror of the Turf; Or, The Machinery of Horse-Racing Revealed, Showing the Sport of Kings as It Is To-Day
The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Mirror of the Turf, by James Glass Bertram
A MIRROR OF THE TURF.
THE MACHINERY OF HORSE-RACING REVEALED
SHOWING
THE SPORT OF KINGS AS IT IS TO-DAY.
A horse, a horse; my kingdom for a horse. Shakespeare.
LOUIS HENRY CURZON,
AUTHOR OF THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF.
LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, Ld. 1892.
James Glass Bertram
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CONTENTS.
BEGINNINGS OF RACING.
FOOTNOTES:
NEWMARKET IN EARLY DAYS.
OTHER SEATS OF HORSE-RACING.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
THE L. S. D. OF THE TURF.
I.
II.
III.
BUSINESS OF HORSE-RACING:
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
THE CLASSIC RACES.
I. THE ST. LEGER.
II. THE OAKS.
III. THE DERBY.
IV. THE TWO THOUSAND AND ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS.
HANDICAPS.
NOTES ON MEMORABLE MATCHES.
WITH THE PROPHETS.
MODERN BETTING ILLUSTRATED AND EXPLAINED.
I.
II.
III.
FOOTNOTES:
RACING ADVENTURERS.
DAVIS THE LEVIATHAN.
FREDERICK SWINDELL.
GULLY AND RIDSDALE.
CROCKFORD.
RACING ROGUERIES.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
THE LADY ELIZABETH SCANDAL.
RACING REFORM: SIR JOSEPH HAWLEY'S AND OTHER SCHEMES.
I.
II.
III.
ASSUMED NAMES; JOCKEYS AND THEIR COMMISSIONERS; AND OTHER MATTERS.
JOCKEYS.
ABOUT THE JOCKEY CLUB.
I.
II.
III.
