INDEX.



                                               PAGE
Preface                                               5
Story of Godolphin -I
Our Early Racing ________--_---_-__-_-_____-_--      i6
Some Great Races -- 26
Origin of Steeplechasing -                       38
The Strain of Blood-                                 4
How I Became a Turfman -47
Won Every Stake -_---------- 54
Harry Gilmour's Victory -63
My Recollections --- 69
Home of the Racer -74
Why They Won -                                   80
How to Ride-                                     85
How to Breed -92
How to Buy a Horse -__------_____-_-__-_-______-_97
The Noted Jockeys and Trainers -______          102
The Greatest Plungers -I08
Waning of the Gray -II 5
Tales of the Turf -                             121
Men I Have Met _------------     _--_-------    1 26
Some Noted Ringers              -152
Training for a Race -______--___----_-           58
How to Treat a Horse -                           63
The Track Records--                             175