MEN ^YIIO HAVE WON THE DERBY. 



I. 



To give a brief account of even a few of the men who 

 have taken part in what may be called the ' making of 

 the turf would require a volume, but the materials 

 for the compilation of a book of that kind are not 

 quite at hand. Not, in fact, till the Derby had been 

 run for a considerable number of 3'ears was much 

 notice taken of racintj men of either hi<'h or low de- 

 gree ; that is, in connection with their love of sport. 

 Not till the advent of the so-called ' classic races ' does 

 material for detailed biographies of turf men become 

 abundant, and, above all, reliable. 



Long before that time, however, a man had appeared 

 upon the scene who left his mark on the incidence of 

 racing; his name was Tregonwell Frampton, and ho 

 was born in the year 1G41, in the reign of Charles I. 

 Frampton, who in his time was keeper of the running 

 horses at Newmarket to their ^Majesties William III., 

 Queen Anne, George I., and George II., died on 

 March 12th, 1727, aged eighty-six, and lies buried in 

 Newmarket. He has been called the 'father of the 

 turf,' and has a distinct claim tD be considered tho 

 discoverer of the capabilities of ' racing as a business.* 



