PREFACE

  i  ,N       issuing this work, the writer
  Xt         wishes to express his warmest
                 thanks to   LORD  MARCUS
                 BERESFORD, His   Majesty's
   equerry and adviser, through-
out, in all matters connected with his thorough-
bred stud, for his great courtesy and kindness
in supervising the proofs, and making many
valuable notes and additions.
   It has been the author's endeavour to
collect the principal facts in connection with
His Majesty's patronage of the National
Sport, and to place them before the public
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