Authors: Nicholas Clee
Chapter 4
Cook,
Eclipse and O'Kelly
Duke of Ancaster's Stud Book
(1772â78)
FitzGerald,
Royal Thoroughbreds
FitzGerald,
Thoroughbreds of the Crown
Heber,
An Historical List
(1754, 1755, 1756) Kiste,
King George II and Queen Caroline
Longrigg,
The History of Horse Racing
Magee,
Ascot: The History
Mortimer,
The Jockey Club Newmarket Match Book
(1754)
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Pick,
An Authentic Historical Racing Calendar
Pond,
Sporting Kalendar
(1754, 1755, 1756)
Rice,
The History of the British Turf
Seth-Smith,
Bred for the Purple
Thompson,
Newmarket: From James I to the Present Day
Walker,
An Historical List
(1769)
Lloyd's Evening Post
(1765)
London Chronicle
(1765)
London Evening Post
(1765)
Pacemaker
(October 2007)
St James's Chronicle
(1765)
The Thoroughbred Record
(1924)
Chapter 5
Blake,
George Stubbs and the Wide Creation
Church,
Eclipse: The Horse, the Race, the Awards
Clark,
A Short History of the Celebrated Race-horse Eclipse
Cook,
Eclipse and O'Kelly
FitzGerald,
Thoroughbreds of the Crown
Fountain,
William Wildman and George Stubbs
Heber,
An Historical List
(1764, 1765, 1768)
Lawrence,
The History and Delineation of the Horse
Lawrence,
A Philosophical and Practical Treatise on Horses
Lawrence and Scott,
The Sportsman's Repository
Longrigg,
The History of Horse Racing
Mortimer,
The History of the Derby Stakes
Orchard,
Tattersalls
Taplin,
The Gentleman's Stable Directory
Williams,
UK Solar Eclipses from Year 1
The Field
(12 June 1937)
Lloyd's Evening Post
(30 Marchâ2 April 1764)
London Chronicle
(22â24 March 1764; 3 April 1764)
London Evening Post
(3â5 April 1764)
The Sporting Magazine
(1814)
Chapter 6
Church,
Three Generations of Leading Sires
Clark,
A Short History of the Celebrated Race-horse Eclipse
Cook,
Eclipse and O'Kelly
FitzGerald,
Royal Thoroughbreds
Holcroft,
Memoirs of the Late Thomas Holcroft
Lawrence,
A Philosophical and Practical Treatise on Horses
Lawrence,
The History and Delineation of the Horse
Lawrence and Scott,
The Sportsman's Repository
Longrigg,
The History of Horse Racing
Markham,
How to Choose, Ride, Train and Diet
Morris,
Thoroughbred Stallions
Mortimer,
The Jockey Club
Prior,
Early Records of the Thoroughbred
Rice,
The History of the British Turf
Robertson, âThe Origin of the Thoroughbred' Taunton,
Famous Horses
Taunton,
Portraits of Celebrated Race Horses
Thompson,
Newmarket: From James I to the Present Day
Trew,
From âDawn' to âEclipse'
Wentworth,
Thoroughbred Racing Stock
Willett,
The Classic Racehorse
The Field
(25 December 1920)
Pedigreequery.com
TBHeritage.com
Chapter 7
Bawtree,
A Few Notes on Banstead Downs
Church,
Eclipse: The Horse, the Race, the Awards
Clark,
A Short History of the Celebrated Race-horse Eclipse
Cook,
Eclipse and O'Kelly
Curling,
British Racecourses
Epsom Common
Gill,
Racecourses of Great Britain
Grosley,
A Tour to London
Heber,
An Historical List
(1766, 1768)
Home,
Epsom: Its History and Surroundings
Hunn,
Epsom Racecourse
Lawrence,
The History and Delineation of the Horse
Lawrence,
A Philosophical and Practical Treatise on Horses
Lillywhite,
London Coffee Houses
Longrigg,
The History of Horse Racing
O'Brien and Herbert,
Vincent O'Brien
Pagones,
Dubai Millennium
Picard,
Dr Johnson's London
Piggott and Magee,
Lester's Derbys
Porter,
English Society in the 18th Century
Pownall,
Some Particulars Relating to the History of Epsom
Rice,
The History of the British Turf
Salter,
Epsom Town Downs and Common
Waller,
1700: Scenes from London Life
West,
Tavern Anecdotes
Whyte,
History of the British Turf
The Times
digital archive (1787)
Town & Country
(August 1770)
Coolmore.com Epsom Salt Council website
Measuring Worth website
Chapter 8
Bawtree,
A Few Notes on Banstead Downs
Church,
Eclipse: The Horse, the Race, the Awards
Clark,
A Short History of the Celebrated Race-horse Eclipse
Cook,
Eclipse and O'Kelly
Egan,
Book of Sports
Egerton,
George Stubbs, Painter
Gill,
Racecourses of Great Britain
Grosley,
A Tour to London
Lawrence,
The History and Delineation of the Horse
Lawrence and Scott,
The Sportsman's Repository
Longrigg,
The History of Horse Racing
Magee,
Ascot: The History
Mortimer,
The Jockey Club
Osbaldiston,
The British Sportsman
Orton,
Turf Annals
Pick,
An Authentic Historical Racing Calendar
Porter,
London: A Social History
Prior,
Early Records of the Thoroughbred
Rice,
The History of the British Turf
Salter,
Epsom Town Downs and Common
Taunton,
Famous Horses
Tuting and Fawconer,
The Sporting Calendar
(1769)
Walker,
An Historical List
(1769)
Whyte,
History of the British Turf
The Sporting Magazine
(September 1793; January 1794)
Chapter 9
Anon.,
The Genuine Memoirs of Dennis O'Kelly, Esq
Burford,
Royal St James's
Church,
Eclipse: The Horse, the Race, the Awards
Clark,
A Short History of the Celebrated Race-horse Eclipse
Cook,
Eclipse and O'Kelly
Egerton,
George Stubbs, Painter
FitzGerald,
Royal Thoroughbreds
Lawrence,
The History and Delineation of the Horse
Longrigg,
The History of Horse Racing
Orchard,
Tattersalls
Orton,
Turf Annals
Pick,
An Authentic Historical Racing Calendar
Rede,
Anecdotes and Biography
Rice,
The History of the British Turf
Seth-Smith,
Bred for the Purple
Thompson,
Newmarket: From James I to the Present Day
Tuting and Fawconer,
The Sporting Calendar
(1769, 1770)
Walker,
An Historical List
(1769, 1770)
The Sporting Magazine
(September 1793)
Town & Country
(August 1770; September 1770)
York Courant
(14 August 1770; 2 October 1770)
Chapter 10
Anon.,
Nocturnal Revels
Anon. (Charles Pigott),
The Jockey Club
Archenholz,
A Picture of England
Burford,
Royal St James's
Burford,
Wits, Wenchers and Wantons
Burford and Wotton,
Private Vices â Public Virtues
Hickey,
Memoirs
Linnane,
Madams, Bawds and Brothel-Keepers of London
âOMIAH: An Ode Addressed to Charlotte Hayes'
Rubenhold,
The Covent Garden Ladies
Thompson,
The Courtesan
Thompson,
The Meretriciad
Weinreb and Hibbert (eds),
The London Encyclopaedia
Annual Register
(1774)
The London Magazine
(1772)
The Times
(September 1815)
Town & Country
(February 1769)
Chapter 11
Black,
The Jockey Club and Its Founders
Cain,
The Home Run Horse
Conley,
Stud
Cook,
Eclipse and O'Kelly
Egerton,
George Stubbs, Painter
FitzGerald,
Thoroughbreds of the Crown
Fountain,
William Wildman and George Stubbs
Harding,
An Elegy on the Famous Old Horse Marsk
Lawrence,
The History and Delineation of the Horse
Lawrence and Scott,
The Sportsman's Repository
Orchard,
Tattersalls
Orton,
Turf Annals
Pick,
An Authentic Historical Racing Calendar
Randall and Morris,
Guinness Horse Racing: The Records
Taunton,
Portraits of Celebrated Race Horses
Tuting and Fawconer,
The Sporting Calendar
(1769, 1770)
Walker,
An Historical List
(1769, 1770)
Willett,
The Classic Racehorse
Willett,
The Story of Tattersalls
Racing Calendar
Racing Post Bloodstock Review 2007
The Sporting Magazine
(January 1794)
TBHeritage.com
Chapter 12
Black,
The Jockey Club and Its Founders
Curling,
British Racecourses Derby Day 200
Gill,
Racecourses of Great Britain
Longrigg,
The History of Horse Racing
Magee,
Ascot: The History
Mortimer,
The History of the Derby Stakes
Thompson,
Newmarket: From James I to the Present Day
Towers,
An Introduction to a General Stud Book
Tyrrel,
Running Racing
Willett,
The Classic Racehorse
Willett,
A History of the General Stud Book
Guardian
(21 March 2006)
Racing Calendar
The Sporting Magazine
(June 1814)
British Horseracing Authority website
The Cox Library website
The Jockey Club website
TBHeritage.com
Weatherbys website
Chapter 13
Anon.,
The Genuine Memoirs of Dennis O'Kelly, Esq
Black,
The Jockey Club and Its Founders
Cook,
Eclipse and O'Kelly
Egan,
Boxiana
Egan,
Sporting Anecdotes
Epsom Common
Harcourt,
The Gaming Calendar and Annals of Gaming
Lawrence,
The History and Delineation of the Horse
Lawrence and Scott,
The Sportsman's Repository
Parsons, Philip,
Newmarket: Or an Essay on the Turf
Shoemaker,
The London Mob
Steinmetz,
The Gaming Table, Its Votaries and Victims
Thormanby,
Sporting Stories
Waugh,
Will This Do?
White,
Ancient Epsom
Annual Register
(1775)
Independent on Sunday
(February 1998)
The Sporting Magazine
(September 1793; June 1814)
The Times
(March 1786)
Town & Country
(September 1770)
HotBoxingNews.com
Clay Hill papers, Surrey History Centre
Papers of Colonel Andrew Dennis O'Kelly, Brynmor Jones Library, University of Hull
Chapter 14
Anon.,
The Genuine Memoirs of Dennis O'Kelly, Esq
Anon.,
The Minor Jockey Club
Buss,
The North London Collegiate School
Cook,
Eclipse and O'Kelly
Fraser,
William Stukely and the Gout
Harcourt,
The Gaming Calendar and Annals of Gaming
Hickey,
Memoirs
Picard,
Dr Johnson's London
Porter,
English Society in the 18th Century
Shoemaker,
The London Mob
Steinmetz,
The Gaming Table, Its Votaries and Victims
Thormanby,
Sporting Stories
Williams,
History of the Name
O'Kelly Gentleman's Magazine
(1787, 1802)
Racing Calendar
The Sporting Magazine
(October 1792; February 1796; March 1796)
The Times
digital archive
Whitehall Evening Post
(1 January 1788)
Canons records, North London Collegiate School
Papers of Colonel Andrew Dennis O'Kelly, Brynmor Jones Library, University of Hull
Plumer papers, London Metropolitan Archives
Chapter 15
Church,
Eclipse: The Horse, the Race, the Awards
Clark,
A Short History of the Celebrated Race-horse Eclipse
Cook,
Eclipse and O'Kelly
Egan,
Sporting Anecdotes
Mortimer, Onslow and Willett,
Biographical Encyclopaedia of British FlatRacing
Orton,
Turf Annals
Sainbel,
Elements of Veterinary Art
Taunton,
Portraits of Celebrated Race Horses
Trew,
From âDawn' to âEclipse'
Gentleman's Magazine
(1787 supplement)
Monthly Review
(1788)
Racing Calendar Racing Post Bloodstock Review 2007
The Times
digital archive
Whitehall Evening Post
(2 January 1788; 7â10 March 1788)
World Fashionable Advertiser
(7, 8, 12 January 1788)
Pedigreequery.com St Lawrence, Little Stanmore, burial records, London
Metropolitan Archives Will of Dennis O'Kelly, National Archives
Chapter 16
Burford and Wotton,
Private Vices â Public Virtues
Cook,
Eclipse and O'Kelly
Fitzpatrick,
Secret Service Under Pitt
Picard,
Dr Johnson's London
Porter,
English Society in the 18th Century
Weinreb and Hibbert (eds),
The London Encyclopaedia Gentleman's Magazine
(1802)
The Newgate Calendar
(exclassics.com)
Racing Calendar The Times
digital archive
Traceyclann.com
Fleet prison debtors' schedules, London Metropolitan Archives
Papers of Colonel Andrew Dennis O'Kelly, Brynmor Jones Library, University of Hull
Plumer papers, London Metropolitan Archives
Wills of Andrew Dennis O'Kelly and Charles Andrew O'Kelly, National Archives
Chapter 17
Anon. (Charles Pigott),
The Jockey Club
Cook,
Eclipse and O'Kelly
FitzGerald,
Thoroughbreds of the Crown
Longrigg,
The History of Horse Racing
Magee,
Ascot: The History
Mortimer,
The History of the Derby Stakes
Mortimer, Onslow and Willett,
Biographical Encyclopaedia of British Flat Racing
Thompson,
Newmarket: From James I to the Present Day
Tyrrel,
Running Racing
Whyte,
History of the British Turf
Racing Calendar
The Sporting Magazine
(September 1793)
The Times
digital archive
Fitzwilliam/Langdale papers, Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Papers of Colonel Andrew Dennis O'Kelly, Brynmor Jones Library, University of Hull