6o The Life of Fred Archer 
race, when Prince Batthyany staggered and fell on the steps of 
the Jockey Club Stand and died almost immediately after- 
wards. 
His devotion to everything that pertained to Galopin had 
always been so great that, when on the eve of the Derby the 
horse was seized with gripes in the night from drinking chilled 
water out of an artesian well, John Dawson was afraid to tell 
the Prince of the stable-boy's carelessness and Galopin's illness 
lest the shock should upset his very weak heart. Galopin 
was wrapped in blankets, recovered, and won the Derby. 
Since the days when the attention of Joseph Dawson was 
favourably attracted to Newmarket the history of the little 
town in Cambridgeshire has undergone what virtual^ amounts 
to a revolution. When Mr. Dawson arrived at headquarters 
he found racing languishing there, and by Joseph Dawson and 
Godding that revolution was mainly inaugurated. The turn- 
ing-point was reached when, in 1863, Godding won the Derby 
with Macaroni. 
The spring of that year had been unusually dry, and the 
old prejudice against Newmarket as being a training-ground 
with adamantine gallops led to the removal of many favourites 
to other quarters. Undaunted by the fears of other trainers, 
Godding continued to send Macaroni along in his gallops, and 
was rewarded by a double triumph in the Derby and the Two 
Thousand. 
It was just about this time that Joseph Dawson came to 
Newmarket. When he died, it was said that there had never 
been in Newmarket a trainer more beloved and respected. 
To his brother Mathew, his senior by a few years, his loss was 
simply irreparable. Their love for each other was wonderful, 
passing the love of brothers. 
John Dawson was born on December 18, 1827, and was the 
last survivor of the famous quartette. Mathew clung longer 
to his profession than did his younger brother, who retired in 
1900, although his love of the Turf remained, and he was 
