^ Its Makers, Past and Present 



and is the son of the late Mr, Townshend Mainvvaring, 

 jVI.P. for the Denbigh Borough. Mr. Mainwaring was 

 educated at Eton and Christchurch, Oxford, and took his 

 B.A. in 1870. He was appointed Assistant Handicapper 

 to the Jockey Club in 1889, and succeeded the late Major 

 Egerton in 1899. He resigned in 1900. He handicapped 



MAJOR EGERTON 



K. K. MAINWARING 



at Liverpool for about twelve years, and may be said to 

 have constituted the Chester Meetinof, of which he is 

 Managing Director. The onerous duties of arranging the 

 handicaps are now managed by a committee of three — 

 Messrs. F. F. Dawkins, A. Keyser, and W. F. Lee. 



Messrs. Weatherby. — Soon after the formation of the 

 Jockey Club, some members, hailing from the north- 

 country, between 1 760-70, persuaded a young solicitor, 



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