l66 OF OWNERS OF WINNERS 



pointed out as the beau ideal of an English sportsman — 

 equally well known in the hunting field as on the race- 

 course, in the drawing-room or at the club — investing all 

 his actions with a chivalrous honour which has created for 

 him not only an English, but a European reputation ! ' 

 For fifty-four years Mr Payne was an owner of racehorses, 

 yet he had rarely possessed a really good horse. 



The Duke of Newcastle and Lord St Vincent were con- 

 temporaries of Mr Payne, and both owned racing stables ; 

 while the Duke of Beaufort, Sir J. D. Astley, Sir G. 

 Chetwynd, Lord Coventry, Mr Chaplin, Mr Crawfurd, 

 the Duke of Hamilton, Lord Hartington, Lord Rosebery, 

 Mr Saville, Mr Naylor, Captain Machell and the Duke 

 of Westminster are only a few of the well-known person? 

 always interested in Turf and stud matters. 



The story of Mr William Blenkinson's stud is one of 

 great enterprise and sagacity rewarded by great success. 

 His first sale in 1856 brought him one hundred guineas 

 a head for his produce ; and at one sale, two yearlings 

 brought him four thousand five hundred guineas. He 

 owned the Middle Park stud, but when he began his 

 enterprise he had to lead Glauer, his best horse, through 

 his front door, into a shed in the garden where he was 

 stalled. 



The Stud Company succeeded Mr Blenkinson's stud; 

 but these companies were not then successful in any 

 way, either to produce good horses or to fill the owners' 

 pockets. 



