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of the late master of Manton his sons have had no great 

 material to work on, but they have trained an Ascot Cup 

 winner in Love Wisely, who also beat Velasquez for the 

 ^10,000 Jockey Club Stakes. At Netheravon (also in 

 Wilts) Fallon presides over a long string, and wins a fair 

 share of races ; and in the same neighbourhood George 

 Porter — a son of John Porter, of Kingsclere — has charge 

 of a few horses ; while Lewis and McKenna train in the 

 same neighbourhood. Near Wroughton William Leader, 

 E. Craddock, and Clack are located, but the two last-named 

 have more to do with cross-country horses than flat-racers, 

 while Leader trains horses for both branches of the sport, 

 and meets with a fair measure of success. 



Training grounds in Dorsetshire are not so numerous as 

 in Berkshire or Wilts, but there is plenty of good down land 

 on the north-eastern side of the county, and near Cranborne 

 two gentlemen trainers — Sir Charles Nugent and Mr. George 

 Thursby — have stables. Sir Charles almost entirely confines 

 his attention to steeplechasing, and with a small string is 

 wonderfully successful. Mr. Thursby, on the other hand, de- 

 votes himself to flat-racing, and trains for his father only, 

 riding the horses himself when the weights will allow of his 

 doing so. In 1899 the young amateur brought out only 

 four winners, but they succeeded in winning a dozen races, 

 and Mr. Thursby had no fewer than eleven winning rides, or 

 more than double the number credited to any other amateur 

 knight of the pigskin. Other Dorsetshire trainers are Walters 

 and Mr. Gilpin, both of whom reside near Pimperne. The 

 former has not a large string, and has seldom been heard 

 of of late ; but Mr. Gilpin was well to the fore in 1900 with 

 Clarehaven, Eager, Sirenia, and Waterhen, winning amongst 

 other races the Great Jubilee Handicap with Sirenia, the 

 Caesarewitch with Clarehaven, and the great match against 

 Royal Flush at Hurst Park with Eager. 



Training establishments are scattered over all the down 

 lands of Sussex, and a majority of them chiefly devote 

 their attention to cross-country nags, most of the stables 

 being within easy reach of Sandown, Kempton, Hurst Park, 

 Gatwick, Lingfield, Plumpton, Windsor, and other places 



