1936 The Artistry of Mixing Drinks by Frank Meier

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HORSE RACING

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P p p E H E fg P p mPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP U5 The Ancients had chariot races, the Romans raced riderless horses, but real horse-racing had its inception in England, race meetings were already held, records show, at Smithfield, in1174. Henry VIII arranged for the first racing at Chester; James I built a course at Newmarket in 1607 and during his reign the three ancestors of all thoroughbreds; Byerley Turk, Darley Arabian and Godolphin Arabian were imported from Arabia. Charles I gave a cup to be raced for in Hyde Park. Charles II instituted Autumn meetings at Newmarket and occasionally rode in races there. Royal Ascot dates from the time of Queen Anne, the first meeting being held on August 11th, 1711. The Doncaster St. Leger, so called after Colonel St. Leger, was first run in 1776. Three years later the 12th Earl of Derby inaugurated the Oaks, named after his seat, " The Oaks ", and the following year the same nobleman founded the world's greatest classic, "The Derby", run for the first time over a mile on May 4th, 1780, worth £1,100; the race was won by "Diomed," who was later sent to America. B p p P P B p H