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Matthew Dawson, he has ever been loyal, as was his 

 revered brother, Mr. " Clare," before him, to the 

 Osbornes, and more particularly to " Mr. John." A 

 devout student of equine genealog}^ Mr. Vyner is also 

 an astute judge of racing — one of the men that asserts 

 his character and will over jockeys, trainers, and the 

 ring alike. Possessed of a princely income and 

 patrimony, with a clear, practical head on his shoulders, 

 Mr. Vyner, to our way of thinking, is a typical patron 

 of the Turf. Learned in pedigrees, and familiar with 

 " M'Call," no understrapper can lead him aside from his 

 convictions in regard to his own horses. If all race- 

 horse owners were as clear-headed and as practical and 

 as u]3right, we should not have to record of jockeys 

 being the richest men at Newmarket, and that, too, with 

 the aroma of the stable almost even yet clinging to their 

 garments. 



