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i HOW MANT0N BARGAIN LOST Famous Place Offered for 50,000, Refused, Brought Million and Quarter. P.V i:. E. COlSSKLL. LONDON. England. March 22. — The coming of the successful business man. t!ie late Lird Manton. into radaej, was :i romance in itself. Alex Taylor, who is a bachelor and wealthy, having added gl tatty to the mone.v and eraBCTty he inherited al the death of his father, found the vast Manton estate, which, apart from the training establishment, extends to about .V.00 acres, gave him much more anxiety than he cared for. The property was therefore in the market about four years ago. It cover* an area of about ." .." M» acres, including ."iOO acres of some of the finest gallops in England. The Whale property could then have been bought loe .s.V.o.txm. and at that Ogata it would have yielded a most handsome rent: u. for the property was beiag farmed by excellent tenants. For eeeae time ii occiipiod the attention of Mr. 0. Brace Ismay. who was the owner of Crunanour. and it was thoaghl that he would l.e.-ume the new owner, bul eventually he decided not to complete the pui-rhaee because there was not a satisfactory residence on the estate. What a getaea offvertaaltji aaa eaieeed eatpeared a few months laier. when the late Lord Manton acqnired the whole estate Cor Maaethiag like |l,2Sa,0aja. Of course, by the time Lord Maateae parehaaer raaee eleag there had been ■ greet riee ie land prices. Those in a position to know state that lard Man-ton suddenly conceived the i.lta of hayiaaj Manton in its entirety, and at the same time gave Alex Taylor a commission t.. purchase for him five year-linss at the following Deaeester sales. Lard Maateaa pie re in the turf world will he herd to till. The future of Manton i. of latereei i . eaeet peaple in the ertidiag and laciag rJrrJra in Begtaad, for all keep in niind the fate which has of recent years befallen the well-known Kinjrs-elete lia total establishment "f the late John Porter.
