Ascot : The History

by Magee, Sean

• ISBN13: 9780413772039
• ISBN10: 0413772039
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Methuen Pub Ltd

Summary

This book contains stories of the many people who have contributed to Ascot over nearly 300 years and there are equine stories aplenty.

Table of Contents

Introduction by the Marquess of Hartington	7	(1)
Foreword	8	(3)
Sir Peter O'Sullevan
Prologue -- A Hunt in the Forest	11	(6)
Ascot in the Eighteenth Century	17	(18)
Prinny	35	(38)
Queen Victoria at Ascot	73	(24)
Bertie	97	(30)
Edwardian Ascot	127	(32)
1914 to 1945	159	(38)
Brown Jack	197	(22)
After the War	219	(14)
The `King George' -- and a New Queen	233	(32)
Changing Faces	265	(32)
A Diamond Decade	297	(30)
The Late Twentieth Century	327	(36)
Magnificent Seven	363	(10)
The Turn of the Millennium	373	(40)
APPENDICES
1 Results of Principal Ascot Races Since 1945	398	(12)
2 Monarchs and Officials in Ascot History	410	(2)
3 The Changing Shape of Ascot Racecourse	412	(1)
Author's Note	413	(2)
Picture Credits	415	(1)
Index	416