CHAPTER X 



OF OWNERS OF WINNERS 



Baron Rothschild, who for years had bred and trained 

 horses with only moderate success, astonished the racing 

 world about this time with a series of brilliant victories 

 with Favonius, Corisande and Hannah. Newmarket was 

 then the favourite meet for races. 



Admiral Rous was looked up to as a final authority 

 on all matters relating to sport, and held the position of 

 Dictator for many years, with the greatest honour and 

 credit to himself, and benefit to all interested in the 

 welfare of the Turf. 



For more than thirty years Mr William Barrow was the 

 veterinary at Newmarket most esteemed and trusted, and 

 never had a rival in all that time. 



John Scott, a celebrated trainer in those days, had the 

 best horses in England under his care year after year, and 

 entertained in his hospitable home many of England's 

 most distinguished men. 



Mr George Payne, who died in 1878, was an habitue of 

 every racecourse in England for over fifty years, and had 

 a few bets on every race, however small. ' Conspicuous 

 among the squirearchy of England,' says his memoir, 'is Mr 

 George Payne, who for many years has been regarded and 



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