Racing and Steeple-Chasing (The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, Book 4)

xii, 419 pp. CONTENTS: Racing: History of Horse-racing: Horses of Ancient Britain; The Progress of the Sport; History of the Jockey Club; Racing Officials: Clerk of the Course; The Starter; The Judge; The Clerk of the Scales; The Handicapper; The Stakeholder; The Stewards; Newmarket; Racing in the "Provinces;" Racing Servants: Old Style and New; Breeding; Treatment of Yearlings; Early Trials; Three-year-olds; Over a Distance of Ground; Upon Trainers; Upon Jockeys; Betting; Steeple-chasing: The Origin and Development of Steeple-chasing; The Selection of the Chaser; Schooling; Fences and Fencing; Riding the Race; Hurdle-Racing; Local Meetings; Famous Chasers and Their Ridders; Appendix; Index.