FINDON UNDER GOATER 



We will now get back to Findon, where the 

 mantle of John Day had fallen on the shoulders 

 of William Goater. The annals of the Turf of 

 that day record the doings of three members of 

 the Goater family — the brothers William, Jim, 

 and Harry. All three " graduated ** in William 

 Day's establishment at Woodyeates. Jim and 

 Harry were jockeys — Jim a very good one. 

 William never went in for race riding. Eventu- 

 ally Jim and Harry took the stables at Littleton, 

 near Winchester, formerly occupied by the 

 Dillys, trainers of Mango, Alarm, and Muscovite. 

 Harry acted as trainer, while his brother was 

 jockey to the stable, and also had the cream 

 of the Findon riding. Jim succeeded Alfred 

 Day as first jockey to Lord Palmerston, who 

 had joined the Littleton stable. Harry Goater 

 trained Salpinctes to win the Cesarewitch. 



My life at Findon under William Goater was 

 just as happy as it had been with John Day. Goater 

 was a capital trainer and a first-rate stableman. 

 He was, too, a thoroughly conscientious man. 



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