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warm months than when the weather is cold or wet. In 

 the spring of the year very few races are won by the 

 American-trained nags, but as soon as the sun begins to 

 have considerable power the horses all seem to run into 

 form, and I take it that, because they are allowed more 

 fresh air than English-trained horses, and have the sun on 

 their backs for hours every day, their general health improves 

 to an extent which is almost unknown in English stables. 

 When one sees a horse in the paddock with a coat like 

 burnished satin, it is a certainty that a hot stable, constant 

 dressing, heavy clothing, and perhaps a little linseed have 

 brought about the result. The sun and open air have had 

 nothing to do with the condition of the horse's coat, and yet 

 during the summer of 1900 we constantly saw horses trained 

 on the American system walking about a paddock with no 

 clothing and a rather dull coat, and such horses were more 

 than holding their own. At the Kempton May Meeting of 

 that year I saw a horse rolling at the extreme end of the 

 paddock, and I went to see what it was. The horse had no 

 clothing, and the boy in charge was holding him with a long 

 rein. When the horse got up I found it was Egmont, 

 and an hour later he won the Hanworth Park Plate in a 

 canter. He was dull in his coat, and had absolutely none 

 of that bloom one is accustomed to look for, but he was in 

 great form that day. 



During the last few years the gentleman trainer of flat- 

 racers has come into evidence, the most prominent of whom 

 is Mr. George Lambton, a brother of the Earl of Durham, 

 and for many seasons a brilliant jockey, both over a country 

 and on the flat. When Mr. Lambton gave up riding he 

 turned to training, and for the past four seasons he has 

 had charge of the horses of, amongst others. Lord Derby, 

 Lord Stanley, and Lord Farquhar. With his professional 

 rivals Mr. Lambton has fairly held his own, as is witnessed 

 by a record of sixty-three races, worth £24,4.89, achieved by 

 the stable in 1896. At Newmarket Mr. Lambton has a 

 rival in Captain C. Beatty, another experienced amateur 

 race-rider, who took over the string which were trained by 

 the late James Jewitt at Bedford Cottage at his death. 



