The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDOR, SATURDAY EVENU, G, APRIL 26, 1862

SPORTING LV7ELLIGEA CB.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.—FRIDAY.
A genial April day, with a few drops of rain between,
bright gleams of sunshine, rendered the closing scene of
this successful meeting quite agreeable. The sport was not
to long for enj:lment, five races only being set down for
decision. These, with two walks over, comprised the entire
bill of fare. After a drive to the other side of the ditch,
where the wiener of the Newmarket Handicap was unex-
pectedly defeated, a, d a Plato of £5O won by a complete
outsider, the company returned to the Flat, and saw Old
Calabar canter in for the Bennington Stakes. A Handicap
with 12 runners finished the business of the last day at
three o'clock; and sonic betting took place on the railway
platform, where a long train awaited the London portion of
the visitors to the Craven Meeting.
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas ; 3-yr-olds, 7st 31b ;
4 yr-olds, Sat 71b; 5-yr-olds, lOst 41b; 6-yr-olds and
aged, lOst Sib. R.C.
Mr. Savile's Harlequin, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (carried 7st 61b)
(G. Fordham) 1
Lord Zetland's Carbineer, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ..(J, Osborne) 2
Betting-4 to lon Carbineer.
The favourite made the running at a slow pace, waited
upon by Harlequin to the plantation turn, where the latter
got closer, but, hanging slightly, Fordham began in ear-
nest, and rode him every stride. Ascending the hill

Harlequin got within a couple of lengths of Carbineer, and

the two finished a punishing race home, Harlequin, by
sheer gameness, and the determination evinced by his rider
winning in the last stride by a head.

Handicap Plato of 50 sous for 3-yr-olds and upwards,

NPV7 T.Y.C.

Mr. Ingham's The Prophet, 5 yrs, Gst 7M (Reeves) 1
Mr. E Mills's Lady Derby, 4 yrs, Est lolb (E. Martinj 2
Mr. E. York's The Principal, 4 yrs, Gst 101 b (J. Daley) 3
The following also ran :—Eastern Princess, Volunteer,
Cantab, Palmcrin, Dunoon, Pergula, Cam-
perdown, and Barbaius colt.

Betting-3 to 1 agst Cantab, 4to 2 agst Palmerin, 6to 1
agst Camperdown, 8 to 1 agst Pergula, 10 to .1 agst Volun-
teer,7and 100 to 8 agst The Prophet.
The flag was lowered to a very straggling start. Volun-
teer, in company with Camperdown, Cantab, Whitendale,
and The Principal, was the first off, the others, headed by
The Prophet, lying away. On reaching the plantation The
Prophet rushed to the front, and came on with a command •
ing lead, followed by Lady Derby and The Principal.
The three finished the race home, The Prophet winning in
a canter by five lengths, and Lady Derby beating The Prin-
cipal by three parts of a length. Camperdown was fourth,
Cantab fifth, Volunteer sixth, and Whitendale next, the
last of all being Eastern Princess.

The Bennington Stakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ;
colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b; certain allowances. D.M.

9 subs.
Sir It. 13u1ke1ey's Old Calabar, Bst 71b (W. Boyce) 1
Mr. W. S. Crawfurd's Disdain, 7st 1 llb .. (W. Bottom) 2
Mr. R. H. Nevill's Dioncea, 7st 131 b ....(G. Fordhare) 3
Betting-5 to lou Old Calabar, who made all the run-
ning, and won in the commonest of canters by a neck.
Dionoca was beaten off, and trotted in some lime after the
others had passed the post.

Free Handicap of 25 sous each, 10 ft, winners extra. T.Y. C,

8 subs.

Lord Chesterfield's Babette filly, 4yrs, Gst 71b (T. French) 1
Caunt Batthyany's Suburban, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (in. Sib ex)
(G. Fordham) 2
Betting-12 to 10 on the Babette filly, who waited upon
the non-favourite into the cords, where she headed him, and
won very easily by two lengths.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, for two and

three-yr-olds. Last half of R,M. 15 subs.
Lord Stamford's Good-for-Nothing, 3 yrs, 7st 71b
(A. Edwards) 1
Lord Chesterfield's Fayaway colt, 3 yrs, 7st 7lb

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(W. Bottom) 2
Mr. H. Boyce's Tubal Cain, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (H. Grimshaw) 3
The following also ran :—Marble Hill, Exactitude, Lapi-
dist, Sagittarius, Physalis filly, Sugarstick, Vigil, Oscar,
and Ceres.

Betting —6 to 4 agat Good-for-Nothing, 4 to 1 agst Fay-
away colt, 5 to 1 agst Sagittarius, 6 to 1 agst Sugarstick,
and Bto 1 agat Marble Hill. Some considerable delay oc-
curred at the post, through several of the horses refusing to
face the flag. At last an equitable start was effected, the
lot getting away closely together. The Fayaway colt was
the first in action, and came on with a slight lead of Good-
for-Nothing, Marble Hill, and Tubal Cain, Sagittarius, and
Sugarstick on the lower side, being their immediate fol-
lowers, with the others widely spread across the course. In
this way they ran into the Abingdon Mile bottom, where
Lord Chesterfield's colt was headed by Good-for•. Nothing.
Marble Hill at the same time being passed by Tubal Cain
and Sagittarius; the race then commenced in earnest be-
tween the four, and was won at last in a canter by the fa-
vourite, the Fayaway colt defeating Tubal Cain by a neck
fur second place; Sagittarius, close up, was fourth, Vigil
fifth, and Marble Hill and Sugarstick the two next, close
up, the others beaten away.
Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 3- yr•old; colts Sst
71b, fillies Bst 21b. D.M. 5 subs.
Lord Stamford's King of Hearts, Bst 71b (A. Edwards) w.o.
The Port Stakes of 100 soya each, h ft, for 4-yr-olds ; colts

Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b. T.M.M. 6 subs.

Lord Glasgow's Clarissa colt, Bst 71b.. (T. Aldcroft) w. o.

BETTING AT CAMBRIDGE (en route).
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
6to 1 agst Old Calabar (taken)
sto 1 agst Marquis (offered, take 6to 1)
7to 1 agst Caterer (offered)
7to 1 agst Alvediston (taken)
Bto 1 agst Nottingham (taken freely)
100 to 6 agst Wingrave (taken)
20 to 1 agst Balder (taken)
20 to 1 agst Buckenham (taken)
25 to 1 agst Instructor
CHESTER CUE.
Bto 1 agst Zodiac (taken)
25 to 1 agst Dalesman (offered)
33 to 1 agst Stampedo (taken)
30 to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken)
THE DERBY.
11 to 2 agst Buckstone (taken)
20 to 1 agst Old Calabar (taken)
20 to 1 agst Ensign (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Instructor (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Dalesman (taken)

ket, on the Bth of November, 116 i, so that although almost
a naturalisedYorkshirem an, he can't deprive the south of the
distinction of having bred him. His father was, like him-
self, on eminent trainer, and resided at Chippenham,where
he trained and rode for that well-known sportsman, Sir
Harry Featherstone, whose passion for cock-fighting Nt,r.s
as great as that of a late Earl of Derby and Dr, Bellyse
He also numbered among his employers Counsellor Lade,
and many of the gentlemen in the neighbourhood.
After residing at Chippenlam some years, ho moved to
Oxford, where ho became proprietor of the Ship Hotel,
but still carried on his occupation as a trainer, un-
til his declining years compelled him to give it up, and he
refired to Brighton, where he died in 184 S, at the advanced
age of 97.

The present Jelin, who early gave symptoms of having
" something in hinu,".commenced his career, almost as soon
as he corfd walk, in his father's,stables. And in riding ex-
ercise gallops and light weights ho progressed until he ktd
attained the ripe age of thirteen, when his si!e thought he
had sufficient knowledge of the world to he trusted from

home with a in are called Teubones, by Flying Gib, with
orders not to bring her back, but to sell her for: thirty
pounds if he could find any one to take her off his hands.
Armed with these instructions, and accompanied by his fa-
vourite terrier, Viper, the infant jockey started on his
journey; and after having, been nearly lost on Salisbury
Plain, the solitude of which, when covered with snow, al-
most appalled him, he arrived at Blandford, and did up his
mare. Dorsetshire never was at any per:od a very en-
lightened county, and when the boy rode into Blandford
the people could hardly have been more astonished if ho
had dropped down upon them in a balloon, for the roads
were oonziclorcd famoct n impact ablo as the Alps, from the
quantity of snow that had fallen in the neighbourhood, and
m hich kept a great many hor. es away. Success, however,
crowned the persevering energy of Sohn Scott, as he not only
won a £5O plate with his mare, but actually sold her for
80, returning home on the Oxford coach as proud as a
Sultan, from having more than justified his father's idea of
his precocity; and from that moment he never' wanted poc-
ket-money.
On his father's retirement from business, John Scott went
to Sir Watkin Wynn to ride light weights ;'but not liking
Wales, from, in all probability, the ale being too strong for
him, his sojourn with the old baronet was not of long
duration. He was also engaged to ride for Sir Sitwell Sit-
well, and between him, Old Saddler of Alsworth, and
Stevens of Bourbon on the Hill, he spent his time until he

left the south to assist Croft, who was then the great
trainer of Middleham, but who, getting old, required some
younger person about him, whom he could trust with con-
fidence. This post was one exactly suited to " John," for
as such we must now call hire. And one of the vary first
missions which he had to undertake was taking charge of
Filho da Puta on his way to Newmarket in his great match
with Sir Joshua. And to this very hour ho declare§ that
if Filho had been left to him be would have won easily
enough. But the Chifneys, who were great friends of the
Crofts, fancied he was too big, and sending him along,
brought him out, to John's disgust, as stale as a poster,
and he was beaten. Shorty after this match, Mr. Houlds-
worth, who appreciated the force of his remarks, and sym-
pathised with him in the disappointment ho had experienced
in regard to the result, engaged him as his private trainer.
In this capacity he resided first at Rockhill, in Sherwood
Forest, and subsequently, after his marriage with Miss
Barker, the daughter of a worthy innkeeper at Mansfield,
he removed to Mansfield, training his horses in the fs,rest,
and annually increasing his reputation by the number of
races he wed to win. With Mr. Houldsworth he remained
10 years, and on his retirement Mr. Petre engaged him in
the same capacity, and he trained for him at Mansfield for
a couple of years, when Whitewall House and stables being
in the market, he purchased them in 1825, and removed to
Mahon, where he has ever since resided, and became, as it
were, the sovereign of the place. In 1832, John (the York-
shireman will so persist in calling him nothing else, that
we cannot break ourselves of the habit) found the summer
ground at Langton Wold so hard that he hired Pigburn,
near Doncaster, where there was a capital ploughed gallop
on which he used to go before the horses came up to
Epsom. And it was no doubt owing to these tactics he
won many of his greatest races. In fact, but for it New-
minster would never have got through his St. Leger, for
it wi,l be recollected he went like a cat on hot bricks at
York, when Frank Butler was beaten on him. But after

1851 John, with his tan gallop on the Weld, and his pre-
served ground at Leatherhead, found ho no longer needed
Pigburn, which had every yeas been getting deteriorated,
and he therefore gave it up. and trus' ed to his home re •
sources. These have proved Lunr.ly suftleicut for his pur-
poses ; and although Langton Weld is rough in some
parts, and objections have been made to the tan gallop,
fewer horses have broken down in the Whitewall stable
than in any other of a similar scale. Tii—spcarc of the Land
of Whitewall's abilities as a trainer is quite supererogatory,
for they are as much recognised by Englishmen as the mili-
tary talents of Wellington or the naval genius of Nelson.
Both these heroes had their gazettes with their victories
given to the world, and so we can say the same, of him, for
are not the records of Old Burlington-street at least as in-
teresting and preserved as sacredly as the archives of the
Horse Guards or the Admiralty ? Like all great comman-
ders-in-chief, that of Malton has not escaped the breath of
calumny, but like them he has lived it down, if the patron-
age of such noblemen as the Marquis of Exeter, Lord Derby,
Lord Fitzwilliam, and others of the same standing is any
criterion by which we may judge. To witness him on the
Wold on a May morning directing the work of his teams,
is like watching a general handling a brigade of cavalry in
the valley of Aldershot; while, judging from recent events,
we will venture to state the discipline of the stable is more
effective than that of the barracks.

Advanced in years as John Scott now is, and "short of
puff," as he describes himself to be, his deafness, which
camp on two years back, has not in the least detracted from
the sharpness of his intellect, which is bright enough to
detect in an instant any question of an improper character
which may be put to him respecting the horses of his em-
ployers. Watched as his string are by a regiment of touts,
to whom the electric telegraph cannot be dotied, it is no
wonder that the reports of .trials reach London and Man-
chester so early. And although his employers may now
and then be annoyed that they are anticipated in the mar-
ket, they should bear in mind that they themselves are
watched as muck as their animals, that their own depar-
ture for Whitewall is immediately wired to confederates at
Mallon, and arrangements for " a key," by which the
London and Manchester markets may be skinned, are con-
cluded, while the owner is spelling a penny paper in the
railway carriage. Sometimes, nay, frequently, the fore-
sight of the old gentleman is sufficient to disconcert the
plans of these pests of the turf, but occasionally the victory
.is on their side, and in many instances it is occasioned by
his employers persisting in trying at a time when circum-
stances would, justify a postponement. Of course in so large
a stable as that of Whitewall the proportion of blanks to
prises must be as great as in other trainers' establishments;
and although it has been insinuated that John Scott's atten-
tion has been off en diverted from "the little fish" to "the
big ones," we can safely state, from personal knowledge and
observation, that every horse that goes into the Whitewall
stable is_ treated alike, and that John Scott knows no dis-

tinction between owner and racer. And, moreover, we have
repeatedly known him recommend noblemen and gentlemen
rather to shoot animals of theirs he had in training than to
keep them on, which would only be to his own benefit, But
it is with delicate horses and those with doubtful legs John
Scott has achieved his highest honours on the turf, and of
his treatment of legs and feet he most prides himself upon.
His St. Leger successes, which are th 9 most remarkable
feature in his career according to our notions, are to be at-
tributed in a great measure to the rest he gives his horses
in the early part of autumn, so that when he comes to Don-
caster he meets a number of animals that have never been
eased since Goodwood, and are, consequently, so stale as to
be easily bowled over. In bis public capacity it is admitted
that Jobn Scott has no rival near his throne, and his
brother trainers pay him the same amount of respect as is
universally accorded to him by his lordly employers, who
relish as keenly his jokes and anecdotes as those of his
immediate friends. In private life he is no less respected,
being not only a perfect gentleman in his manners, but
lavish to a degree in his hospitality. And although per-
haps not able to enjoy the society of his friends as he
used to do, the kindness and devotion to him of his second
wife, whose attention to the comforts of the guests at
Whitewall deserves the strongest recognition, causes the
unfortunate infirmity to be less sensibly felt. And in the
management of the interior of his establishment he is as
fortunate in having such a helpmate •as Mrs. Scott,
who by her foresight en two or three occasions has pre-
vented great favourites from being nobbled, as he is in his
secretary, Mr, John Peart, who conducts his correspond •
ence with a degree of ability not often seen in a Government
department. Of his rough-and-ready lieutenant, Jam
Perrern, all we can say is that by nature ho is exactly fitted
for the post he has so long held, and ho fully deserves the
friends he has made in it.

As a breeder, John Scott has been most successful, and
many of his "young things" have fetched large prices; and
he has an Extraordinary fondness for animals of all descrip-
tions. Latterly he has given up hunting, and now devotes
his leisure to reading the newspaper and current literature
of the day, with all the industry of a member of Boodle's,
displaying as much interest in the result of a division as in
the fate of a battle, or the produce cf a brood mare. Braver
than his old " companion in arms," John Day, he once ven-
tured,across the Channel to Boulogne, on a matter of busi-
ness involving some hundred pounds. But his stay there
was not long enough to make him adopt the habits of a
Frenchman. For the morning following his arrival, having
made an affidavit that was required of him, he strolled down
to the pier, and the water being as smooth as a carpet, he
could not resist the temptation of slipping into the steamer
beside WM, for feat' ke ohm/xi not get such another Oh

leaving Mr. Peart to follow him tho next afternoon. Thus
have we given our rsaders as full an account of John Scott
as we think they could desire, and from our intimato know-
ledge of his character we do not think we have overcoloured
the picture. Part and parcel of Yorkshire, we shall never
look upon his like again, and both by rich and poor Ys loss
will be equally felt.

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