116 ashgill; or, the life 



Derby winners, including the "Flying West"), Lord 

 Glasgow, and Lord Stanley. Another Malton meteor 

 was old William I'Anson of Blinky Bonny, Caller Ou, 

 and Blair Athol renown. 



Turning southward, the training grounds of the 

 country Avere irregularly scattered. Except the Cliffs 

 and the Wadlows in Staffordshire, the land was 

 barren of horses till Newmarket was reached. Then, 

 as now, Newmarket was the headquarters of the Turf, 

 many stables and trainers giving to the place a high 

 importance which has been largely augmented in later 

 years. The two Dawsons, John and Joseph (the latter, 

 Lord Stamford's private trainer, having a supplementary 

 stable at Ilsley); Buckle, employed by the Duke of 

 Bedford, and the original manager of Asteroid ; Golding, 

 styled " the terror of handicappers, and the joy of Mr. 

 Naylor " ; and Harlock, who had the direction of Lord 

 Exeter's great stud, were responsible for many 

 animals of class, as also was Matthew Dawson. 

 Jennings, who had formed an alliance with the French- 

 men, had been responsible for the Hospodor and 

 Stradella failure. Old Tom Taylor had migrated from 

 Bretby Park to the more racing atmosphere of head- 

 quarters; Ilayhoe was acting for Baron Rothschild, 

 being trainer and jockey in one; and the great Mr. 

 Samuel Rogers added to the list of celebrities who 

 galloped their horses of a morning on the Bury Hills, 

 or of the afternoon up the Bunbury mile or around 

 the Limekilns, as do their successors and some of their 

 descendants in the present day. 



Still scouting in the South and crossing the 

 Thames, one met colonies of trainers of lesser note. 

 The eye would rest on Lewes, where Lord St. 

 Vincent's horses were trained by Edwin Parr, 



