1 78 IRiMno IRccoUections an^ Uuvf Stories 



Having said so much of the Dawson family, I must 

 now speak of one or two more of the old school 

 that I knew, amongst whom I must especially men- 

 tion Mr. John Scott, of Malton. I was only a 

 youngster when I first met him, and went to ride 

 trials at Whitewall, which was considered a great 

 feather in one's cap in those days. Anyone seeing 

 the place now could never imagine the large 

 establishment it was thirty years ago, with its 90 or 

 100 horses in training belonging to the greatest 

 noblemen and gentlemen of the day, including the 

 Earl of Derby, the Earl of Glasgow, the Earl of 

 Annesley, Earl Fitzwilliam, Mr. Bowes, and several 

 others, whom at the moment I forget. It will, how- 

 ever, suffice to say that Mr. John Scott quite 

 deserved the sobriquet he was always known by, 

 viz., " The Wizard of the North." We still have 

 one of the branches of the old Whitewall establish- 

 ment under Charles Lund, whom I well recollect 

 over thirty years ago as Mr. Scott's favourite lad, of 

 Vv^hom he thought a great deal. I am pleased to see 

 he has quite maintained the high opinion Mr. Scott 

 had of him. 



John Scott was a great advocate for sweating 

 horses, and many a sweat have I ridden round Little 

 London (a round tan track) three or four times, and 



