30 A MIRROR OF THE TURF. 



a Derby winner on the heath. For several years, 

 no winner of the Derby was trained at Newmarket. 

 By i860, however, fortune had begun to smile on 

 the place, which may be said, with the advent of 

 the Dawson family, to have commenced a career 

 of prosperity which still goes on. Mr. Joseph Daw- 

 son came first with the horses of Lord Stamford; 

 Mr. Mathew Dawson followed, and to that gentle- 

 man's care Lord Falmouth entrusted his horses ; 

 Mr. John Dawson likewise took up his quarters at 

 Newmarket. Other trainers speedily blossomed 

 into importance, and Newmarket horses began to 

 make their mark on every racecourse in the king- 

 dom, so that the town speedily became important 

 as a great training centre, the best training talent 

 of the kingdom indeed became centred at head- 

 quarters, and from 1863 to the present year the 

 town has flourished exceedingly. Land has of 

 late become so valuable that it is difficult to 

 procure a site for a house or a stable under an 

 impossible price. The numerous persons en- 

 gaged in the training stables create a large amount 

 of remunerative business to the tradespeople, 

 whilst the building operations of the last twenty 

 years have given employment to a regiment of 

 mechanics and labourers. 



It is afifirmed that the business of horse-racinof 

 is seen at its best at Newmarket; but such 

 a statement may be taken for what it is worth, 

 as the arrangements made at the gate money 

 meetings are remarkably perfect. It is quite on 

 the cards that the racing tracks at Newmarket 

 will speedily be so enclosed that no outsider will 

 be able to witness the sport, various movements 

 in that direction having already taken place. 



