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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 genealogy, 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 upright, 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. 



