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Although born near Newmarket, he was always a thorough York- 

 shireman, for long before he could imbibe Southern notions of horses 

 or training he was transferred to the county of many acres, and ever 

 after bore the hall-mark for shrewdness and judgment of horse flesh 

 so remarkable in the sport-loving and manly Tyke. 



Franks was a trainer of celebrity in those days and owned the great 

 Middleham establishment in the North Riding of Yorkshire. To him 

 young Scott went, and there learned the duties of trainer. Croft 

 succeeded Franks at Middleham a few years after, and he promoted 

 Scott — then a very young man — to the position of Head Lad. He had 

 the care of the renowned Filho-da-Puta, and prepared him for his 

 great match with Sir Joshua. A short time before the race the horse 

 was taken out of his hands and a different system of training adopted, 

 and as Filho was beaten in the match a row took place between Croft 

 and Scott, which resulted in their separating. Luckily for Scott this 

 rupture occurred, for it was the means of getting him a start in life 

 to which in all probability was owed his future fame. 



Mr. Houldsvvorth, then occupying a conspicuous position on the 

 Turf, considered the young trainer was unfairly treated, so he took 

 him up and pat him in charge of his horses at Rockhill, in Sher- 

 wood Forest. Iq his new situation he was very successful and trained 

 a great many winners for Mr. Houldsworth, among them the famous 

 Magistrate. After ten years his patron retired in 1822, and the Hon. 

 E. Petre took Scott as his private trainer at Mansfield, on the confines 

 of the Forest. Here he continued to rise in his profession and gave the 

 greatest satisfaction to his new master, but remained there only two 

 years and married Miss Barker, the daughter of the innkeeper at 

 Mansfield. 



Whitewall House, with its stabling, then came into the market, so 

 Scott purchased them, and moved his establishment thereto early in 

 1825, bringing with him the horses of Mr. Petre. He then launched 

 forth on a great scale as public trainer, and from that date his fame 

 really counts, for from then until his death in October, 1871, success 

 attended him to an extraordinary degree. 



It would be tedious to my readers to go through the long list of 

 winners which John Scott trained, I shall therefore give only some of 

 the principal. Before he came to Whitewall he had, as I have said^ 

 the charge of Filho-da-Puta and Magistrate. Subsequently the follow- 

 ing horses came to him, and with them he won the classic three-year- 

 old races in the order annexed : — 



the Two Thousand in 1842 and 1843 for Mr. Bowes with Meteor 



and Cotherstone, Nunnykirk 1849, West Australian, again for Mr. 



Bowes, in 1853, Fazzoletto 1856, The Wizard 1860, and The Marquis 1862. 



The One Thousand he won with Canezou in 1848, Imperieuse 1857, 



Sagitta 1860, and Hurricane 1862. 



The Derby he took with St. Giles in 1832, Miindig lb35, Attila 1842, 

 Cotherstone 1843, Daniel O'llourke 1852, and West Australian 1853^ 



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