-^ Its Makers, Past and Present 



last of the Royal Huntsmen, succeeded Mr. Harvey in 

 1894. 



Such is the history of the men who have made Ascot. 

 Like most undertakings that have engrafted themselves 

 into national institutions, Ascot has had its periods of 

 weakness and its times of prosperity. It has ever been 

 under the control of men who have been equal to any 

 emergency, and who have brought it, despite the vicissitudes 

 of fortune, to its present state of success. 



291 



