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iiimiliai-ly called, took command of the Newmarket 

 horses, and a worthy successor he proved to be. 



The success of the famous " Blue and White ^' on 

 the turf was wonderful; and I think, writing from 

 memory as most of this book is written, that the stable 

 won almost every race of importance. How many 

 Derbies have been won by horses trained here I am 

 afraid to say ; but when I first landed in the Colonies 

 the A. J. C. and V. R. C. Derby was regarded as a 

 standing dish for one of Mr. White's horses. Backers 

 looked forward with confidence to having a plunge on 

 Mr. Whitens Derby colt, and, as a rule, they had 

 occasion to rejoice after the race. 



Every classic race of importance fell to the share 

 of Mr. White's horses, and the run of successes in 

 these races is phenomenal. 



The spell was broken when Mr, White decided 

 upon selling the greater number of his horses in 

 training, and there is a strange similarity between the 

 dispersal of Lord Falmouth's stud and the sale of 

 Mr. White's horses. The majority of them turned out 

 failures, although one or two managed to win races of 

 a minor character. I shall have occasion to allude to 

 some of the horses in this stable in another chapter 

 devoted to great racers. Chester was the founder of 

 Mr. White's stud, and he was a wonderfully 

 good horse, and Martini-Henri also got some 

 fair stock. Chester, however, must have been 



