Ferguson, Sir Rowland, his opinion of Col. Mellish, 178
Field Club, The, 135
Fishmonger's Hall, 97
FitzJames, Marquis de, 209, 419
Fitzpatrick, General, 115
Flint, Mr., his race with Mr. Thornton, 415, 416;
assaults Col. Thornton, 416, 417;
commits suicide, 417
Foley, Lord, 401
Fonteneille, Madame de, 246
Foote, Sam, 66
Fortune, image of, kept by Roman emperors, 5;
aid of, invoked by fetishes, 5;
sometimes favours non-gamblers, 159
Foubert, a celebrated French riding-master, 386
Fouché, gaming-houses licensed by, 250;
punishes interference, 250
Fox, Charles James, and Casanova, 26;
a member of Brooks's, 26;
White's, 105;
unsuccessful gambler, 26;
and Duke of Devonshire, 28;
and Sir John Lade, 28, 29;
borrows from waiters at Brooks's, 28;
fond of horse-racing, 29, 400, 401;
ruined at twenty-five, 115
Frascati's, a noted gaming-house, 266;
an inveterate player at, 268;
fêtes at, 269;
dramatic incident at closing of, 274
French Jockey Club, 421 _et seq._
Galeries de Bois, 257
Game-cock, gentleman attacked by, 201;
fox killed by, 202;
in a naval action, 202, 203;
awarded a medal, 203
Games, unlawful, 132, 133
Gaming-houses, suppressed, 99;
officials, 40, 41
Gaming-tables kept by ladies, 48, 52, 245
Gancière, la Baronne de, 245
Garcia, his winnings at Homburg, 304;
a card scandal, 304-7;
sentenced to imprisonment, 307;
his death, 307
Geese and turkey race, 206
Geneva, gambling at, 311
Genlis, Comte de, 209
George I. and the Turf, 389;
George II. gambles, 39;
George IV. rides to Brighton and back, 210, 211
George, Prince of Denmark, and horse-racing, 389
Germany, gaming in, 282 _et seq._
Gevres, Duc de, 239
Gilliver, Joe, fights cocks for Georges III. and IV., 201;
his great-nephew's success, 201
Gillray, his caricatures of female gamblers, 56
Giraudin, Madame de, 420
Glasgow, Lord, his love of enormous wagers, 382, 383
Grafton, Duke of, 39
Grafton Mews, No. 13, 45
Graham's Club, 122
Gramont, Count de, his shrewd decision, 237
Granville, Lord, 97
Greville, Mr., 108, 385
Grieves, Mr. Mackenzie, 426
Groom-porter, the, 39, 86
Grosvenor, Lord, and Tattersall, 397
Gully and the Game Chicken, match between, 177
Gwynne, Nell, 387
Halton, Mr., 195
Hambletonian v. Diamond, a great race, 411-13
Hamilton, Captain, 65
Hamilton, Duke of, 195
Hammond, Mr. John, his successes on the Turf, 373
Harvey, Mr., a midshipman gambler, 111
Hastings, Marquis of, his large bets, 384;
ruined, and early death, 385
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