A Mirror of the Turf
- Subtitle
- Or, The Machinery of Horse-Racing Revealed, Showing the Sport of Kings as It Is To-Day
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1. Front matter2. A MIRROR OF THE TURF3. AN EXERCISE GALLOP TO BEGIN WITH.4. BEGINNINGS OF RACING.5. NEWMARKET IN EARLY DAYS.6. OTHER SEATS OF HORSE-RACING.7. THE L. S. D. OF THE TURF.8. BUSINESS OF HORSE-RACING:9. THE CLASSIC RACES.10. HANDICAPS.11. NOTES ON MEMORABLE MATCHES.12. WITH THE PROPHETS.13. MODERN BETTING ILLUSTRATED AND EXPLAINED.14. RACING ADVENTURERS.15. RACING ROGUERIES.16. THE LADY ELIZABETH SCANDAL.17. RACING REFORM: SIR JOSEPH HAWLEY'S AND OTHER SCHEMES.18. ASSUMED NAMES; JOCKEYS AND THEIR COMMISSIONERS; AND OTHER MATTERS.19. JOCKEYS.20. ABOUT THE JOCKEY CLUB.