The History of Newmarket Book

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: BOOK II. FROM THE ACCESSION OF HENRY VIII. TO THE DEATH OF ELIZABETH. Henry VIII. and the Turf?His race-meetings at Eltham, Windsor, etc. ?Other notable Turfites of the period?The King's trainer?Training secrets?The jockeys?Their travelling expenses?Wages and emoluments?Apparel : cap, jacket, hosen?The King's racing colours?More training secrets?Sir Thomas Cheyney?Lord Dacre of the South?The Earl of Kildare?The Abbot of Glastonbury? Charles Brandon?Thomas Brandon, Duke of Suffolk?Sir George Lawson?Sir Henry Morris, and other Turfites of the period? Chester?Rules and regulations for the races?The silver bell?Other sports during the meeting?The Rodee?Derivation of the name? The legend relating to it?Horse-racing in Yorkshire?Doncaster, Gaterly, Acomb Moor, Hambleton, York?Racing at Metz?Curious matches between Richard de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, and Seigneur Dex?A novel training secret?Incidents and results?Richard de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk?Presents of race-horses of the Mantua breed sent to Henry VIII.?Altabello and Governatore?Worth their weight in silver?Fame of the Mantua stud?Other foreign horses imported?The Royal stud at Eltham?Importation of Barbs in the reign of Edward VI.?Superiority and abundance of English horses at this period?Exportation of horses prohibited?Progress of the Turf in England and Scotland during the reign of Elizabeth ?The Annals :?Croydon?Projected Royal visit to the races in 1574?Does not take place?List of the Queen's guests?How accommodated at Croydon?Difficulty of obtaining lodgings there during the races?Royal visits in 1585, 1587, and- 1588?The royal stand?Its cost?Other expenses incident to the Queen's visits? Salisbury?The races instituted?The gold bell?Its value?Won by the Earl of Cumberland?Conditions of the race?The patrons of the mee...Read More