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FAMOUS ENGLISH FAMILY OF TRAINERS Taylors Boast of a Great Record on Turf but Little Recognition Given Triumphs The Taylor finnilj boasts i great record in turf history and one wonders why it Is that no written chronicle exists of HH remarkable triumphs lint neither grandfather Tom Taylor who trained for Lord Chesterfield the magnificent nor Old Alec was that way inclined and young Alec Is of far loo retiring a character to indulge in any such venture ventureThe The walls of Manton house arc covered with their own tale anil I doubt if any establishment can boast a more interesting collection A long story might be written around the portraits of sucli famous patrons as Lord Ailesbtiry Mr George Payne Sir Sterling Crawford the Dulse of Beau ¬ fort Sir Joseph llawley and My T X Astley of whom the last wnstiiiie of the first It says muel for employer and employe that Alec Taylor and his sou t mined for him through an unbroken period ol fifty years during which time he was never with ¬ out a race horse though no classic success fell to the share of the drab jacket and blue cap near as was the approach to it when Pell Mull ran Cre monie to a head for the Derby DerbyH H was the famous exhibition year of 1851 that Alec Sr then a young man of twentyseven madi his first classic hit with Teddington in Hie Derby An enormous coup was landed over Teddington which had been extraordinarily well tried witl Aphrodite The Han Clincher and others in tin presence of Sir Joseph and his friend Sir John Stan ley indeed it was such a surprising performance on the part of the son of Orlando that his envnoi could not believe what he hael seen anil actually wanted to try him again this same day but the trainer elemurred and after some trouble persuuelee him to postpone the oreleal until the following elay when the result was the same DAVIES RECEIVED A SETBACK SETBACKHidden Hidden by Marsou he started at 2 to 1 and won easily to the consternation of the leviathan book ¬ maker Davies who plainly told Sir Joseph that tin money Avould be paid supposing the victory was not supplemented by that of Aphrodite in the Oaks and she did not run in consequence Rrcba took hei place and was favorite at I to 4 but proved u poo substitute but that Aphrodite could have won may be assumed for she ran second tei Xewminster ii the Loger in which Teddington found a place am on the concluding stage of the meeting she won the Doncaster Stakes and the Park Hill Stakes StakesThat That was a great week for the stable as Con ¬ fessor won the ircat Yorkshire Handicap Clinchei another handicap and The Ban the Cup which let ¬ up to a remarkable objection under Rule 10 con corning Horse Racing in General which read readit it being an established rule that no person cap run cither in his own name or in the name of any other person two horses of which he is wholly or in part tin owner for any plate and eloubts having arisen as to the true definition of the word plate the stewards of the Jockey Club have decided that where a sum of money is given to be run for with ¬ out any stake being mad by the owners of tin horses the entrance momy whether given to tiie owner of the second horse or applied to the racing fund not being cemshlcreel as stake such prize shall be construed to be a plate Put where a stake is deposited by the owners of the horses which is t go to the winner and an additional sum of money or a cup piece of plate or other reward is offeree as a prize to the winner even though such addition shall be denominated a plate by the donor sucl race shall be eleemed and taken to be a sweep ¬ stakes and not a plate plateSir Sir Joseph llawley had entered Vatican for the cup as well as The Ran but had sold him beforr the race to Mr Morris in whose name the horse ran and Mr Saxon who was second with The Itlack Doctor objected to the qualification of Tin Ran on the ground that Sir Joseph llawley ran twe horses on the race but the question was not gone into at that time It was renewed in Loudeni on the Monday after and sent to the local stewards who referred the matter to the stewards of the Jockey Club who decided as follows followsDECISION DECISION REACHED BY STEWARDS STEWARDSWe We the stewards of the Jockey Club Lore Glasgow General Peel and Mr II Lowther having considered the case referred to us by the stevarel of Doneaster races in relation to the objection made by Mr Saxon to the qualification of The Ban to wii the Cup on the ground that another horse th property of Sir Joseph llawley hael started contrary to Huh 40 concerning horse racing jn general am having heard the evidence of Mr Saxon in support e f his objection are satisfied that a bonafide salt of Vatiean to Mr Morris teiok place previews to the race We arc nevertheless of opinion that the stewards of the Doneaster races committeel an erroi in allowing Vatican to run he hatfrig been enteree in Sir Joseph Ilawleys name ami that if he hail eome in first Mr Morris would not have been entitleel to the Cup but the horse having been started by the sanction e f the stewards as the property of Mr Morris wo do not think that any objection to The lan can be sustained on that ground and therefore ehcide that The Ban is the winner of the Doncaster Cup As heiwever consider able doubt may exist as te the right of Ynticni to start the stewarels of the Jeickey Club will take an early opportunity of submitting this point to tin members of the club in onler to eibtaiu their opin ¬ ion and have the we reling of Rule 40 made more explicit in this respeit respeitAnother Another curieins preface te the Rules ami Orders of the Jockey Club reail as follows followsNewmarket Newmarket First November 18151 At a ineet ing of the stewards and members of the Jockey Clul it was stateel that much uncertainty had prevailce with regard to the opera tion eif the Kules and Or ¬ ders eif the Jockey Club and thereforc it was thought proper tet declare that they apply to all races run at and engagements made for New ¬ market only the Jeickcy Club having no authority to ixtnd their Rules and Orders to any other place although they have for the sake of greater uni ¬ formity and certainty recoiiimendeel the adoption of the same rules to the stewarels of either races and that the stevards of the Jeickey Club will not receive any references of disputes from any places except those at which the rules and regulatiems of Newmarket shall have becii dcclareel to be in force in the printed articles of theise races racesIt It must be admitted that the above questions from the records of the fifties make funny wailing by comparison with the present day Ilulcs and Or ¬ ders e f the Jeickcy Club ClubA A COUP THAT FAILED FAILEDA A tremeneleuis ee up just failed when Savcrnake sncclimbed to Lord Lvem for the Derbv eif 18 i The hllfbrother to St Albnus which hael won the St jaeger six years before was not nuaeel until within a few elays of the race and never having run previously was an absolutely unknown eiiiantity when on tiie Monday of Kpsom week George Payne1 appearcel at Tatlersalls to back the ceilt by StocUwell dam Iribery to win a huge fortune at 100 to 1 1Half Half of those odds were taken at starting and with French up he failed by a matter of inches with the result that the je ckey on the beaten horse eame In for a lot of abuse and was superseeled by Challoner in the St Ieger but the two horses again ran true to an inch and the award was another head in favor of Custnnce ami Lorel Lyem French who was eme of the finest horsemen that ever sat in a sadelle was in no way to blame and the only possible excuse feir Savemake at Kpsom was that as frequently happens on a horses first appearance en a race eiourse he ran a bit green from want of experience Lord Ailesbury had many geiod horses in his time and one real smasher in the tweiyearold Cantiniere which unfortunately went wrong in her wind although she in turn preiduceel a nailer feir Lord Falnioutli in Ial Gal Feir the Duke e f Renufort the late Alec Taylor trained an Oaks winner in Reve dOr and five years after Gang Forward deadhcatcel with ICaiscr for secemel place behind Doncaster in the Derby Mr Crawfend saw the Grafton scarlet in front on Sefton which had previously won the City and Suburban SuburbanDEAD DEAD HEAT WITH FORMOSA FORMOSAReform Reform that Moslem had run a dead heat with Formosa for the Two Thousand Craigmillar won the St Leger and Thebais the One Thousand Guineas and Oaks Perhaps the best eleal hu ever made was when he purchased Demotion from his trainer at the same price lie hael given for her as a yearling as she neit only won some gooel races but was a big success at the stud being the elam of Iphigcnia Madrida Zeal Thebais St Marguerite winner of the One Thousand Guineas Clairvaux St Honorat lleloise etc Mr Crawford was second for her Derby also in 187 when Kingcraft beat Palmer ston and most eif the races weirth winning went at one time or another to the credit of the Fyfield and Manton stables stablesHaving Having referred to old times at Manton it be ¬ hooves me now to eleal with the stables history since Young Alec assumed the reins and it may at once be said that the fame of the establishment has been handsomely upheld for elid not Lemberg after a heael defeat by Neil Gow in the Two Thousanel win the Derby and elivide the Kelipse with Lorel RoKiherys horse This was another inslanee eif true running by two horsed i i iWith With eidils laid em him however Lemberg eeiuld emly get thirel te Swynford and llronzino for the St Leger though he made ample amends for that failure afterwards by wiuiiiug hi succession the Jockey Club Stakes the Champion Stakes and the Lowther Stakes at Newmarket ami the Snndown loal Stakes His halfbrother Rayardo in spite of earlier defeats in the Guinens and Derby was the best of his year He found his feirm in the Prince of AVnles Stakes at Ascot and won eleven races off the reel including the Sandringliam Feial Stakes and Kclipso Stakes at Sandown the Duchess eif York Stakes at Hurst Park 4he St Leger the Demcaster Stakes the Champion Stakes the Limekiln Stakes ami the Liverpool St Lcgcr A hanelsome sequence it will be admitted admittedAs As a twoyearolds moreover he went through seven engagements without a defeat and when four years old hael annexeel consecutively the Oth New ¬ market Biennial Stakes the Chester Vase the Gohl Cup and the Dullingham Plate behind the Ditch before the tragic finale to his brilliant career fames in the Gijodwood Cup when with e ehls of 110 to 1 laiel on him he was defeated by Magic though I yiink Maher would confess that elefeat was due rather to an error of judgment on his part than to the horse Resieetively sons of Ray Ronald and Cyllene Raynrelo and Lemberg arc both the produce of Ualicia which has proved a gold mine to Mr Fairie FairieOther Other classic successes stand to the credit of Aleu Taylor who won the St Lcgcr feir Mr W M Singer with Challucomba anil the Oaks for Sir William Bass with Reiseelrop while Saucy was only beaten a heael by Gorges for the Two Thousand aliel Glass Doll alone barred the way to Laomeelia te victory in the Oaks In the classic category may be included also the Ascot Gold Cup which fell in turn to Leive Wisely llayarelo ami Aleppo while Seeptro aeeomplished some big performnnees Though she eemld neit beat Aril Patriek for the Kclipso Stakes she wem the Harelwieke Stakes at Ascot for Sir William Bass the Jockey Club Stakes and the Diike of Yeirk Shakes at Kcmpton under great difficulties Vigiluut in Ltmdou Sportsman
