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famous stables with the trainer, and have heard him 

 descant with pride upon the various horses as they 

 were led out of their boxes for my inspection. Some 

 wonderfully good animals have tenanted these boxes. 

 Here I have seen Abercorn, Dreadnought, Cranbrook, 

 Carlyon, Stromboli, Trieste, Camoola, Titan, Acme, 

 Singapore, Autonomy, Utter, Prelude, Trident, a few 

 names dotted down at random out of a host of others 

 of which I am reminded. Thousands of pounds have 

 been spent upon ^^ Newmarket/' and the money has 

 not been thrown away. 



Lower down the road, on the opposite side, stands 

 an unpretentious but cosy-looking house, and at the 

 rear a glimpse can be caught of an extensive range of 

 stables. 



This is the abode of Mr. John Allsop, a trainer, 

 who has rapidly come to the front during the past ten 

 years. Mr. Allsop is a very different man from 

 Mr. Payten, and he has very few equals as a trainer. 

 His stables are built on three sides of a square, with a 

 spacious yard in the centre, and every accommodation 

 for hay and corn, and the various articles of diet race- 

 horses require. All the loose boxes were built on the 

 trainer's own design, and they reflect great credit 

 upon him. 



Many a good horse has John Allsop shown me in 

 these boxes. A more devoted man to his work than 

 Allsop I have never met. He revels in it ; and 



