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CHAPTER XXiri. 



JOHN SCOTT AND MAT DAWSON, 

 GEORGE FORDHAM and FRED ARCHER. 



Histories of Raceliorses Often Given— Those of Trainers and Jockeys Seldom— Record 

 Unparalleled—" Glorious Keminiscences "—Original but Authentic, 



John Scott. 



His Birth and Early Days— His Apprenticeship— Filho-da-Puta-Mr. Houldsworth— The 

 Hon. B. Petre- Mansfield— His Marriage- Removes to Whitewall— Success for Mr. 

 Petre— His Achievements— Long List of Winners— Wonderful Records— Difficulties in 

 those Days— Scott's Patrons— Mr. John Bowes— Some of His Horses— Escape of 

 Stockwell— Lord Derby and The Derby— James Perrin— Scott's Jockeys— Bill Scott— 

 St^me of His Records— Desperate Races— His Characteristics— John Scott's Ability 

 with Unsound Horses— Extraordinc>ry Performance of Cyprian— Savage Horses — 

 "Nobbling"— His Bloodhound— Incidents— Scott's Own Horses— Horses at Whitewall 

 —Scott as a Trainer— His Hospitality, Mutton, and Port Wine— Isaac Walker— Sfc. 

 Leger Festivities— Rearer, Trainer, and Rider— Cock-fighting— Lord Londesborougli'a 

 Sale— Scott and the Touts— His " Surprises"- He Ran to Win— His Rectitude— He 

 Plunged— Ups and Downs— In Harness to the End— His Death— His Popularity— Old 

 Doirs of Whitewall and the Plates— An Interesting Relic— Generosity of Mr. Bowes. 

 Mat Da-wson. 



His Birth and Early History— Lord John Scott— Hobble Noble— Mr. Merry— Russley — 

 What Mat Did for Merry — Heath House— Remarkable Record— Long List of Wonderful 

 Horses— All Trained by Him — His Patrons— Lord Falmouth — An Unparalleled Record 

 — Lord Falmouth's Sale— His Return to the Turf — More Successes— Duke of Portland 

 and St. Simon— Mr. Fenwick and Mimi— Mr. Vyner with Minting and Lambkin — 

 Lord Hastings and Melton— Another Score—" Races of the Century "—What Consti- 

 tutes Them- Three of Them— No Surprises— No Mj'stery- Did Not Plunge- Removes 

 to Exning— George Dawson— Mat Dawson Re'i^esby Degrees — Mr. Noel Fenwick — 

 Another Great Record — Melton House — Its Pictures and Trophies— An Escutcheon 

 Untarnished— Trains Now Only Privately— His Stud Farm— High Prices for Two 

 Colts — Mat's System with His Patrons, Employes, and Horses — "The Master" — "An 

 Honest Man "—Hearty and Healthy— Ladas. 



George FoRi)HA>r. 

 His Birth and Boyhood— His First Big Win— A Long List of Winning Mounts— And Horses 

 He Rode— Number of Races Won by Him— Long Career— Some of His Patrons— Hig 

 Last Win— His Last Mount— An Instance Rarely Met With— His Riding— His 

 Integrity — " Fordham's Mounts " — " The Kid " — " Tlie Demon " — His Death. 



Fred Archer. 

 His Birth and Childhood— First Rices- Cesarewitch of 1872— A Marvellous Record— Never 

 Approached— 1874-'86— At the Start— A Homily from Lord Marcus— His Iron Nerve 

 —Riding—" The Jockeys' Ring"— His Fasting— His General History— His Marriage- 

 America- Ireland— Curragh October Meeting, 1885— His Reception— The Cambridge- 

 shire of '85— His Last Win— His Last Ride -His Death— Effect of the News— The 

 Funeral — Remarks Upon His Riding by the Author— His Manner and Manners 

 —His Popularity— His Income— Steeplechasing— His Racing Wardrobe— A Gentleman 

 by Nature. 



Histories of racehorses and their owners are constantly published, 

 while the daily doings of the former, be they cracks or crocks, are 

 reported in every paper in the country. A history in skeleton 

 form at times is given of some remarkable trainer, but one of a 



