Turf, the, difficulty of making money on, 374 _et seq._; some great wins, 375; sporting journalists and tipsters, 376; philanthropic tipsters' circulars, 376, 377; an honest tipster, 377, 378; three classes of racing-men, 378; bookmakers and their chances of profit, 378, 379; betting must be systematic, 379; Ascot unfortunate for backers, 379, 380; recent changes in method of speculation, 382; Charles II. founder of the English Turf, 386; the Whip run for at Newmarket, 388; royal supporters of, 386-9; Duke of Cumberland patron of, 390; early race meetings, 398 _et seq._; eccentric races, 400; matches, 411-7 Turf, the French, 417 _et seq._; Hugh Meynell, 418; Comte de Lauraguais, 418, 419; Philippe Égalité, 418; Comte d'Artois, 418; unedifying races, 419; Jockey Club founded, 421; steeplechasing, 423; the Duc d'Orléans, 423; enters on a new era, 424; the Grand Prix, 425; Plaisanterie, 427; T. Wilde and Jack Moore, 427; Pari Mutuel, 427-32 Tying-up, 31, 32 Ude, M. Eustache, cook at Crockford's, 97 Uxbridge, Lord, 81 "Valois Collier," 256 Vandéreux, M. Fernand, 75 Venternière, blackmailer, 251, 252 Véron, Doctor Louis, 278 Vincent, Sir Francis, 268 Voltaire and John Law, 242 Wade, General, and the poor officer, 153, 154 Wager, a vague, 109; a curious, 110 Wagers, eccentric, 103 _et seq._, 108, 116, 197, 204-14, 220, 224-31, 233 Walpole, Horace, on Mr. Damer's death, 70; and White's coat of arms, 106; on Parisian gaming-houses, 239 Warburton, Sir P., 195 Ward, Mr., 20 Warthall Hall, 33 Waterloo, revival of gaming after, 111, 112 Wattier's Club, a gambling resort, 121; its proprietor, 122; frequented by Byron and Beau Brummell, 122 Waugh, Captain, and the goose, 192 Weare, 88 Wellington, not a player, 11; a member of Crockford's, 11; and Mr. Adolphus, 11 Whalley, Thomas (Jerusalem Whalley), jumps a carrier's cart, 214; his extravagance, 215; Jerusalem and back, 216; publishes _Memoirs_, 217 Wharton, Mr., 195 Whist, a serious affair, 118, 119, 121 White's Club, becomes a gambling centre, 104; main supporters of, 105; coat of arms, 106, 107; old betting-book, 107 _et seq._; hazard allowed, but faro barred, 110; gambling given up, 110; fossilised members, 110; present condition, 111 Wiesbaden, croupiers at, 290; the Kursaal, 290; players at, 291; an eccentric countess at, 291, 292; two strange players, 292; close of tables at, 293; effects of the closing on the town, 295; the last of the gamblers, 295, 296 Wilberforce, caught playing faro, 138 Wilde, Mr., his remarkable ride, 217, 218