Its Makers, Past and Present 



comfort, and sue- 1 

 cess of the 

 meeting^. 



M aj o r CI e- 

 ment has been 

 Clerk of the 

 Course at Ascot 

 for seventeen 

 years, having 

 been appointed 

 to that post in 

 1885, and so 

 excellently has 

 he fulfilled his 

 onerous duties 

 during that 

 period, that he 

 has gained for 

 himself the ad- 

 miration and 

 respect of his 

 colleagues, and the thanks of the large circle of friends 

 that he has made in the sporting world. 



Rf-ynold Alleyne Clement was born on March 3rd, 

 1834. At the age of thirteen he went to Rugby, under 

 Dr. Tait, where he quickly distinguished himself on the 

 cricket field, and captained the eleven from 1 850-1 852. 

 A year later he graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge, 

 and played in the University Eleven. In 1855 he joined 

 the depot of the 13th Light Dragoons at Dorchester, and 

 in 1858 he exchanged into the 68th Durham Light 



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