Eclipse

by Nicholas Clee

Numbers in italics refer to illustrations.

  Abingdon Racecourse (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Abingdon, Earl of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Adam, Robert (i)

  Adonis (i)

  Agua Caliente Handicap, Mexico (i)

  Alamanza (i)

  Alcock’s Arabian (i)

  Allabaculia (i)

  Alleged (i)

  American Eclipse (i)

  American races and racehorses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  Ancaster, Duke of (i)

  Andrews, Charles (i)

  Anmer (i)

  Anne, Queen (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)n

  Annette (i)

  Annual Register (i)

  Antinous (i), (ii)

  Antiochus (i)

  Anvil (i)

  Arabs (i), (ii), (iii)n

  Archenholz, Johann Wilhelm von (i), (ii)

  Archer, Fred (i), (ii)

  Ard Patrick (i), (ii)

  Arkle (i), (ii)

  Arundel, Earl of 44 Ascot Racecourse (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Gold Cup (i), (ii); 1866 (iii), (iv); 1884 (v); 1897 (vi)

  King George VI Stakes (i), (ii)

  Noblemen and Gentlemen’s Plate (1769) (i), (ii)

  Oatlands Stakes (1791) (i)

  Queen Alexandra Stakes (i)

  Queen Anne Stakes 46 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (i), (ii), (iii)

  Atkinson, William (i)n

  Augusta (i) 185 and n, (ii)

  Austen, Jane 140 Authorized (i)n, (ii)n, (iii)

  Bahram (i)

  Baker, Nanny (i)

  Baronet (i), (ii), (iii)

  Barry, Charlotte (i)n

  Barrymore, Lord (i)

  Bartlett’s Childers (i), (ii), (iii)

  Baskerville (poet) (i)

  Bay Malton (i)

  Bazajet (i)

  Becher, Captain Martin (i)

  Bedford, Duke of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Bellario (i), (ii), (iii)

  Belmont Stakes (USA) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Benevolent Society of St Patrick (i)

  Bentinck, Lord George (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Berkley, Elizabeth (i)

  Berlin, Isaiah (i)

  Betty Leedes (i), (ii), (iii)

  Betty Percival (i)

  Bevis of Hampton (i)n

  Binns, Matthew (i)

  Birch, Thomas (i)n

  Black Tarquin (i)n

  Blake, Robin: George Stubbs and theWide Creation (i)

  Blink Bonny (i)n Boitard, L. P.: The Covent Garden Morning Frolick (ii)

  Bolingbroke, Lord (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Bond, Edmund (i), (ii)

  Bond, ‘Ludlow’ (i)

  Boniface (i)

  Boswell, James (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  ‘bottom’ (i), (ii), (iii)

  Boudrow (i)

  Bower, Mim (i)

  Bowes, Hon. George (i)

  Bowra, Maurice (i)

  Boyne, Battle of the (i), (ii)

  Breadalbane (i), (ii)

  Bridgeman, Sir Orlando (i)

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  Broughton, Jack (i)

  Brown Betty (i)

  Brown Jack (i)

  Browne, Lady (i)

  Brydges, Rev Henry (i)

  Bucephalus (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Buck, Bienvenida (i)

  Buckingham, Duke of (i)

  Buckingham, Marquis of (i)

  Buckle, Frank 164 and n, (i)

  Bulle Rock 240 Bunbury, Sir Charles (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  and naming of Derby Stakes (i), (ii)

  and Prince of Wales (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  as racehorse owner (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)

  Bunbury, Lady Sarah (née Lennox) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Burford, E. J. (i), (ii)n, (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Burgoyne, General John (i)

  Button (i)

  Byerley, Colonel Robert (i)n, (ii), (iii)

  Byerley Turk, the (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)n, (v)

  Byron, George Gordon, Lord (i)

  Cade (i)

  Caliban (i), (ii)

  Cambridgeshire, the (i)

  Camel (i)

  Cammell, Tom (i)

  Cannons, Edgware (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)

  Canterbury: King’s Plate (1769) (i)

  Cape Verdi (i)n

  Careless (i)

  Carlisle, Earl and Countess of (i)

  Carlisle House promenades (i)

  Caroline, Queen (i)

  Caroline of Brunswick, Queen (i)

  Carr, Sir Robert (i)

  Castlemaine, Lady (i)

  Chance (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Chandos, Henry Brydges, (i)nd Duke of (ii), (iii)

  Chandos, Sir James Brydges, Lord Chandos (i)

  Chandos, James Brydges, (i)st Duke of (ii), (iii)

  Chandos, James Brydges, (i)rd Duke of (ii)

  Chaplin, Henry (i), (ii)

  Charles I (i), (ii)

  Charles II (i), (ii), (iii)n, (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)n

  Charming Jenny (i)

  Charteris, Colonel Francis (i)

  Cheltenham Festival (i), (ii)n, (iii), (iv)

  Cheny, John: Racing Calendar (i), (ii), (iii)

  Chesterfield, Lord (i)

  Chifney, Samuel (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  Chigger (i), (ii)

  Childers, Leonard (i)

  Christian, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (i)

  Chrysolite (i)

  Cigar (i)

  Clark, Bracy (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Clifden, Lord 239 Clio (i), (ii)

  Close, Rev. F. C. (i)

  Clutterbuck, Mr 36 Coke, Edward (i)

  Connaught (i)

  Cook, Captain James (i)

  Cook, Josiah: stables (i)

  Cook, Theodore: Eclipse and O’Kelly30, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  Cookson, Joseph (i)

  Coolmore Stud (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Cooper, Lucy (i)

  Copenhagen (i)

  Corcoran, Peter (i)

  Cornelys, Mrs: promenades (i), (ii)

  Corsican (i), (ii)n

  Covent Garden Magazine (i)

  Coxe, Betsy (née Green) (i), (ii), (iii)

  Coxe, Colonel John (i)

  Crab (i)

  Cranbourne Lodge Stud, Windsor (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Craven, Earl of (i)

  Crazy (i)

  Cream Cheeks (i), (ii), (iii)

  Cream de Barbade (i)

  Creeping Polly (i)

  Crisford, Simon (i)

  Crockford (member of the Ring) (i)

  Cromwell, Oliver (i), (ii), (iii)

  Crucifix (i)

  Culloden Moor, Battle of (i)

  Cumberland, William Augustus,

  Duke of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)n, (ix), (x), (xi)n, (xii)

  dispersal sale (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  and Eclipse (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) Cumberland and Strathearn, Prince Henry Frederick, Duke (vi), (vii), (viii)

  Curlin (i)

  Cypron (i)

  Damer, Hon. Mr (i), (ii)

  Dancing Brave (i), (ii)n

  Darcy, James (i)n, (ii), (iii)

  Darcy Yellow Turk (i), (ii)

  Darley, Lord Thomas (i), (ii)

  Darley Arabian, the (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Darley Racing and Stud (i), (ii), (iii)

  Darlington, Earl of (i)

  Darts, Bill (i), (ii)

  David Junior (i)n
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br />   Davison, Emily (i)

  Dawson, Matthew (i)

  Dawson, Mr

  Day, John (i)

  Deep Impact (i)

  Defoe, Daniel (i), (ii), (iii)

  Derby, Lady Elizabeth (i), (ii)

  Derby, Edward Smith-Stanley, (i)th Earl of (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)n, (ix)

  Derby, Edward Stanley, (i)th Earl (ii)n

  Derby, Edward Stanley, (i)th Earl (ii)n

  Derby, the (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) 148 and n, (v), (vi), (vii)n, 155 and n, (viii), (ix), (x), (xi); 1780 (xii); 1781 (xiii), (xiv); 1783 (xv), (xvi), (xvii); 1784 (xviii), (xix); 1786 (xx); 1787 (xxi), (xxii); 1788 (xxiii); 1793 (xxiv); 1801 (xxv); 1810 (xxvi); 1813 (xxvii), (xxviii); 1844 (xxix), (xxx), (xxxi); 1848 (xxxii); 1849 (xxxiii)n; 1850 (xxxiv)n, (xxxv); 1865 (xxxvi), (xxxvii); 1867 (xxxviii), (xxxix); 1868 (xl); 1896 (xli), (xlii); 1913 (xliii); 1924 (xliv)n; 1968 (xlv); 1981 (xlvi); 1986 (xlvii); 1999 (xlviii); 2007 (xlix)n

  Derrick, Samuel (i), (ii)

  Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies (i), (ii), (iii)

  Dettingen, Battle of (i), (ii), (iii)

  Dettori, Frankie (i), (ii)

  Devonshire, Duke of (i), (ii), (iii)

  Diamond (i)

  Diana (i), (ii)

  Dickens, Charles (i), (ii)

  Diomed (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Disraeli, Benjamin (i)

  Doncaster Racecourse (i), (ii)

  St Leger Stakes (i)n, (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Donegall, Lady Anna (i), (ii)

  Donegall, George Augustus Chichester, (i)nd Marquess of (ii), (iii)

  Donne, John 23 Doré, Gustave: The Derby – At Lunch (i)

  Dorset, Duke of (i)

  Doyle, John: George IV (i)

  Draper, Sir William (i), (ii)

  ‘Druid, The’ (Henry Hall Dixon) (i)

  Dubai Millennium (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Dubai World Cup (i), (ii)

  Duke of Marmalade (i)n

  Dunfermline (i)n

  Dungannon (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)

  Dunlop, John (i)

  Dutton, Ralph (i)

  Dylan Thomas (i)n

  Earl, The (i)

  Easby Snake (Son of Snake) (i), (ii), (iii)

  Ebor, the (i)

  Eclipse (i)

  anatomical drawings (i)

  appearance and height (i), (ii), (iii)

  birth and early life (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  grooms and jockeys (i), (ii)

  heart (i), (ii), (iii)

  hide (i)

  hooves (i), (ii)

  old age and death (i)

  pedigree (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  portraits see under Garrard, George; Sartorius,

  Francis and John; Stubbs, George

  prize money (i)n, (ii)

  racing career (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix) 221 and n, (x)

  skeleton (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  at stud (and descendants) (i)n, (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  eclipses 52 and n

  Eden, Sir Robert (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Edward VII (Prince of Wales) (i), (ii)n

  Effingham, Earl of (i)

  Egan, Pierce (i)

  Egerton, Judy: Stubbs CatalogueRaisonné (i), (ii), (iii)

  Egremont, Earl of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)n

  El Condor Pasa (i)

  Eleanor (i)

  Elizabeth I (i)

  Elizabeth II (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Elton, George (‘Ellers’) (i)

  Engelhard, Charles (i), (ii)

  England, Dick (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and n

  Epsom Racecourse (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  Noblemen and Gentlemen’s Plate (1769) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  see also Derby, the; Oaks, the

  Epsom Salts (i)

  Escape (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Euston (i)

  Evelyn, John (i)

  Everlasting (i)

  Falkirk, Lord (i)

  Fallon, Kieren (i)

  Farren, Elizabeth (‘Nellie’) (i), (ii)

  Fawconer, Thomas (i), (ii)

  Fenwick, Mr (i)

  Ferdinand of Aragon (i)

  Fielding, Henry (i), (ii)n, (iii)

  Fielding, Sir John (i), (ii), (iii)

  Fifinella (i)n

  Fisher, Kitty (i), (ii)n

  FitzGerald, Arthur (i)

  Fitzpatrick, Dennis (i), (ii)

  Fitzpatrick, W. J.: Secret Service UnderPitt (i)

  Fitzstephen, William (i)n

  Fleet debtors’ prison (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Fleiss, Heidi (i)

  Florizel (i)

  Flying Childers (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)n, (vii), (viii)

  Flying Dutchman, The (i)n

  Foley, Lord (i), (ii)

  Fontenoy, Battle of (i)

  Foote, Sam (i)

  Fountain, Robert: William Wildman and George Stubbs (i), (ii)

  Fox (i), (ii), (iii)

  Fox, Captain (i), (ii)

  Fox, Charles James (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Fox, Elizabeth (née Armistead) (i), (ii), (iii)

  Frampton, Tregonwell (i)n

  Franco, Mr (i)

  Frederick, Prince of Wales (i), (ii)

  Fredericks, Kitty (i)

  Freeman’s Journal (i)

  French racehorses (i), (ii)

  Furneaux, Commander Tobias (i)

  Galileo (i), (ii)n

  gambling (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  Gamgee, John (i)

  Gamgee, Joseph (i)

  Garrard, George (i)

  portrait of Eclipse (i), (ii)

  Garrick (i), (ii)

  Garrick, David (i)

  General Stud Book (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Generous (i)n

  Gentleman’s Magazine (i), (ii) 78 n, (iii), (iv)

  Genuine Memoirs of Dennis O’Kelly, Esq., The (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi), (xxii), (xxiii)

  George I (i), (ii)n

  George II (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)n

  George III (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  George IV (Prince of Wales; Prince Regent) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  and O’Kelly (i), (ii)

  as racehourse owner (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)

  and Stubbs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Giant’s Causeway (i)n

  Gideon, Sampson (i)

  Gilbey, Sir Walter (i)

  Gimcrack (i), (ii), (iii)

  Ginger (i)

  Gladiateur (i), (ii), (iii)

  Gladwell, Thomas (i)

  Goadby, Jane (i), (ii)

  Godolphin, Francis Godolphin, (i)nd Earl of (ii), (iii)

  Godolphin, Sidney Godolphin, (i)st Earl of (ii)

  Godolphin Arabian, the (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  Godolphin Racing (i), (ii)

  Gohanna (i)

  Golden Fleece (i)

  Goldfinder (i), (ii), (iii)

  Gomez, Garrett (i)

  Goodisson, Tom (i)

  Goodman, Mr (Goodman Levy) (i), (ii)

  Gordon, Thomas (i)

  Gordon, Lord William (i), (ii), (iii)

  Gower (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Gower, Lord (i)

  Grafton, Duke of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x) 233 Grand National, the (Aintree) (xi), (xii)

  Grand Prix de Paris (i), (ii)

  Green, Betsy see Coxe, Betsy

  Green Monkey, The (i)

  Grego, Joseph (i)

  Grew, Dr Nehemiah (i)n

  Grey Robinson (i)

  Grimalkin the cat (i)

  Grimshaw, Harry (i), (ii)

  Grinfi
eld, John (i)

  Grosley, Pierre-Jean: A Tour to London (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Grosvenor, Richard Grosvenor, Earl of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Grosvenor, General Thomas (i)

  Gunpowder (i) 185 Gwynn, Nell (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Hackman, James (i)n

  Hall, Tom (i)

  Hallett, William (i), (ii)

  Hambletonian (i), (ii), (iii)

  Hamilton, Emma, Lady (née Lyon, Emma) (i)n

  Handel, George Frideric (i), (ii), (iii)

  Harcourt, Seymour: The GamingCalendar (i), (ii)

  Hard Tack (i)n

  Harding, Sir Peter (i)

  Harding, Samuel: Marske (i)

  Harley, Lady (i)

  Harpur, Sir Harry (i)

  Harvey, Frances (i)

  Harvey, Mary see Mitchell, Mary Harvey, Mary

  O’Kelly (i), (ii) Harvey, Philip Whitfield (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Harvey, Whitfield (i)

  Hastings, Henry Hastings, (i)th Marquess of (ii)

  Hautboy (i), (ii), (iii)

  Hawk Wing (i)n

  Haya, Princess of Jordan (i), (ii)n

  Hayes, Charlotte (i), (ii), (iii)n, (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)n, (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii)

  and O’Kelly (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii)

  Heber, Reginald: racing calendar (i), (ii)

  Helmsley Turk, the (i), (ii)

  Henry VIII (i)

  Henrythenavigator (i)n

  Hermit (i), (ii), (iii)

  Herod (King Herod) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv)n, (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix)n

  Hertford, Marquis of (i)n

  Hickey, William (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)n, (vi), (vii), (viii)

  Higgins, Francis (i)

  High Chaparral (i)n

  Highflyer (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) 187 and n, (v)

  Hill, Harry (i)

  Hobgoblin (i)

  Hogarth, William (i)

  A Harlot’s Progress (i)

  The Rake’s Progress23, (i)

  Horizon (i)

  horsebreeding (i)

  Howard, Charles (i)

  Humphry, Ozias: A Memoir of GeorgeStubbs (i), (ii)

  Hundeshagen, William (i)

  Hutchinson, John (i)

  Hutton, John (i)

  Hyperion (i), (ii)

  Inchinor (i)

  Jalil (i)

  James I (i)

  James II (i), (ii)

  Japanese racehorses (i)

  Jenkins, Paula (i)

  Jennings, Tom (i)

  Jerrold, Blanchard (i)

  Jockey Club (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii)

  John, King (i)

  Johnson, Samuel (i), (ii)

  Jones, Inigo (i)

  Jones, Nancy (i)

  Jupiter (i), (ii)

  Kelly, Mrs (i)

  Kempton Park: King George VI Chase (1966) (i)

  Kentucky Derby (USA) (i)n, (ii), (iii)

  King Fergus (i), (ii), (iii)