A Mirror of the Turf
by James Glass Bertram
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About this eBook
- Author
- Bertram, James Glass, 1824-1892
- Title
- A Mirror of the Turf; Or, The Machinery of Horse-Racing Revealed, Showing the Sport of Kings as It Is To-Day
- Credits
- E-text prepared by deaurider, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- SF: Agriculture: Animal culture
- Subject
- Horse racing -- Great Britain
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 62606
- Release Date
- July 10, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A MIRROR OF THE TURF
- 2.AN EXERCISE GALLOP TO BEGIN WITH.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.BEGINNINGS OF RACING. — FOOTNOTES:
- 5.NEWMARKET IN EARLY DAYS.
- 6.OTHER SEATS OF HORSE-RACING. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII.
- 7.THE L. S. D. OF THE TURF. — I. — II. — III.
- 8.BUSINESS OF HORSE-RACING: — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI.
- 9.THE CLASSIC RACES. — I. THE ST. LEGER. — II. THE OAKS. — III. THE DERBY. — IV. THE TWO THOUSAND AND ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS.
- 10.HANDICAPS.
- 11.NOTES ON MEMORABLE MATCHES.
- 12.WITH THE PROPHETS.
- 13.MODERN BETTING ILLUSTRATED AND EXPLAINED. — I. — II. — III. — FOOTNOTES:
- 14.RACING ADVENTURERS. — DAVIS THE LEVIATHAN. — FREDERICK SWINDELL. — GULLY AND RIDSDALE. — CROCKFORD.
- 15.RACING ROGUERIES. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII.
- 16.THE LADY ELIZABETH SCANDAL.
- 17.RACING REFORM: SIR JOSEPH HAWLEY'S AND OTHER SCHEMES. — I. — II. — III.
- 18.ASSUMED NAMES; JOCKEYS AND THEIR COMMISSIONERS; AND OTHER MATTERS.
- 19.JOCKEYS.
- 20.ABOUT THE JOCKEY CLUB. — I. — II. — III.
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