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in the Leger, but his name will ever be remembered with that of Mr. Orel's 

 famous Beeswing. Sam Darling was another of the men who had to waste hard 

 until he ceased to ride in 1844, able to draw 8st. 2lb. to the last on a favourite 

 _ four-pound saddle. In 1832 he won 73 out of his 174 races, 



in all parts of the country, and his great talent lay in forcing 

 the pace. His best horses were Isaac and Hesperus. His only 

 big classic was the St. Leger on Rockingham. But even Bill 

 Scott would have agreed, perhaps, in the matter of reducing 

 weight, at which he and Darling had both a lot to do, that old 

 John Day was right in saying that, " Depend upon it a man 

 doesn't enjoy the comforts of life unless he knows the wasting 



Job Marson. 



part of the business." 



The names of Scott and of Sir Tatton Sykes will ever be inseparably connected 

 with the St. Leger course. For it was such men as John Scott, John Day, or 

 Thomas Dawson, who succeeded as trainers to the older school of Robson, 

 Edwards, Croft, and Watt. And very few men, owners or not, could say, like 

 old Sir Tatton, that they had seen over seventy St. Legers. The fact that he had 

 also seen only two Derbys will show that the North Country feeling kept up by 

 the old Earl Fitzwilliam was not singular to the Cooksons, Goodrickes, Cromptons, 

 Gascoynes, and Shaftos, who were the mainstay of Northern racing. Sir Tatton's 

 huntsman, Carter, accompanied the Baronet from Sledmere to the great race every 

 year, till his death in 1854; and the great traditions of his name are being well 

 kept up by the Sledmere paddocks to this day. John Scott, who trained sixteen 

 St. Leger winners, one of whom, Impirieuse, was his own ^^^t^ 



property, had three consecutive winners in Matilda, The 

 Colonel, and Rowton, and in addition to his brother Bill's four 

 consecutive wins on Don John, Charles XII., Launcelot, and 

 Satirist, he was also responsible for the victories of The 

 Baron, Neuominster, West Australian, Saucebox, Warlock, 

 Gamester, and The Marquis. By further successes in six Derbys 

 and nine Oaks, he fairly justified his name of the "Wizard 

 of the North," and he kept his reputation till his death in 

 1871. It seems difficult to find a good horse in Yorkshire stables in 1902. 



Don Johns victory was very hollow. Robinson had to dismount, as Cobhams 

 forelegs suddenly gave way in the struggle for third place with Lancrcost, and the 



