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held after the death of Dr. Darrell there was quite a 

 score of fashionably-bred trotters sent to auction. These 

 trotters had never seen the racing-track. At the time 

 there was rather a scarcity of good-class trotters, and 

 these met with a very good market. Needless to say, 

 they soon found their way to the track, and most of 

 them were successful, one being Lady of the Clan, who 

 won every race she was entered in. 



Another well-known member of the Amateur Driving 

 Club was Mr. George Warman, whose love for a horse, 

 especially a trotter, was overwhelming. In the old days 

 he used to coach a fine team of trotters to Essex trotting 

 meetings. He had a great personality with horses and 

 oft-times bought a so-called " rogue " and taught him 

 to race quietly. Many of the present-day trotting-horse 

 trainers have taken a leaf out of Mr. Warman's book, 

 for he was certainly a great tutor and a very, very fine 

 horseman. 



It is a very strange thing, but most Englishmen like 

 to be known as horsemen, especially when abroad, even 

 if their experience is but little. Nothing hurts an 

 Englishman more than to tell him he is not a good 

 horseman. A great many get hold of a very foolish 

 system, invariably copied from a rough, inexperienced 

 breaker, carter or groom. This wrong system of handling 



