Ascot Race Course 



House, and additional stalls have been erected for racehorses 

 in the Paddock. 



Beyond Swinley Corner, on the opposite side of the 

 Windsor road, is the Royal Ascot Hotel, which is under 

 the direction of Messrs. Browning & Co. The stables 

 are probably the finest attached to any hotel in the 

 country. There are boxes for 150 horses built in the 

 most approved style. Over the boxes are dormitories for 

 the accommodation of the stable lads durinof the race 

 week. All the horses that run in the Ascot races are 

 stabled here. 



We have already described the paddock and the stables, 

 we have written of the Masters of the Buckhounds and the 

 officials of the course, past and present ; but the horses that 

 have stamped their names on the Ascot roll of fame, together 

 with the men who have trained them and the jockeys that 

 have ridden them triumphantly past the post, have yet to be 

 mentioned. 



The trainer holds one of the most important positions 

 on the Turf. On his care depends mainly the fortunes and 

 performances of his horses, and upon his stables the public 

 eye turns for every incident and indication that may affect 

 the chances of the market. 



John Porter's stables are almost always prominent in 

 the Ascot programme. He has his training establishment 

 on the site of the small house and stables where Sir J. 

 Hawley resided at Kingsclere. Formerly Mr. Porter was 

 private trainer to Mr. Gretton, and, when he quitted his 

 service, soon made other connections, the first Duke of 

 Westminster being his chief patron. In 1896 the Ascot 



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