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an elegance of manner which gave a special charm to his 

 finished horsemanship. 



John Charlton was born at Hartlepool, Durham, in the 

 year 1829, and received his earliest lessons in riding from 

 Robert Johnson, at Middleham. Later he was transferred, 

 in the first place, to Armstrong, at Richmond, and secondly 

 to John Scott, at Whitehall, where his probation ended. 

 Somewhat unlucky in his earlier mounts, he won his first 

 great race with Mincemeat in the Oaks of 1854. Previously 

 to this his most fortunate achievements had been with 

 Hungerford, to whom he owed the Northamptonshire Stakes 

 and the Doncaster Cup of the year 1853. In 1857 he 

 carried off the Derby and Oaks on Blink Bonny, a feat 

 which, though by no means without parallel, is yet sufficiently 

 uncommon to be noteworthy. At Ascot his record of twelve 

 successes includes the Vase, which he won on Leopold, and 

 the Cup, for which he was indebted to Skirmisher. 



Samuel Rogers was born at Newmarket in 18 18, where 

 his father was private trainer to Lord Lowther. When 

 only nine years old he rode Careful in a feather plate. His 

 early masters included the Duke of Grafton, Lord Chester- 

 field, and Mr. Houldsworth. Epsom, Ascot, and Goodwood 

 were his favourite courses, and the scenes of his best per- 

 formances On the death of his father, in 1854, Rogers 

 continued his business of a trainer, and had the horses of 

 Lord William Powlett, General Peel, Mr. H. Lowther, and 

 others under his charge. 



From i860 to 1870 is another period prolific in what 

 may be termed minor jockeys, a list of whom follows: — 

 Johnson (i), Hibberd (Ascot Stakes and 4 others), W. 

 Bottom (4), H. Grimshaw (Gold Cup and 8 other wins), 



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