Lord Falmouth's Horses,

Otago Witness, Issue 956, 16 May 1889, Page 26

Lord Falmouth's Horses,

which, when he first came to Newmarket,, were under, the care of W. Boyce, Mr Dawson was engaged by the Dakes of Hamiltpn and Newcastle, and by Mr Padwick, racing under the name of Mr Henry. Julius and Pencils were the first of the PadwickNewcastle team that raced, and both were winnets at two years old, and in their second seasonl'each,had a,brilliant record. The firstnamed' ' will l be well remembered for his matches with Challenge, Lady Elizabeth, and Hermit, the first and last of which he won, but in^the other he experienced a sensational defeat. Stiil better is he known for his excellent performance in the Cesarewitoh with Bst, which remained the top weight since Faugh-a-Ballagh's year carried to victory in the race by horses of his age, until surpassed by Robert the Devil in 1880. Pericles may be remembered as a very speedy customer over short courses, though he did best at two years old, while neither he nor Julius will be forgotten for their tempers by those that knew them. Others of the Newcastle stud more or less successful may be called to mind in Pace, Abstinence, Clarion, Head Centre, and the beautiful speedy Stephanotis. Then there was^the Hamilton contingent, for the most part handsome and' costly failures; but that was no fault of tbe trainer, who in no instance acted in' the purchase ©f these animals, as he had so judiciously v done in regard to the Cawston stud, and the acquisition of' Dundee and Thormanby. The Duke himself was the^dder for and purchaser of these failures, and'the fault, if any, was in the system of keen rivalry at the yearling sales just then setting in, and leading to the most reckless bidding for the acquisition of the coveted lots and fancied prizes. Some, to be sure, were prizes, and 1 none more so than the puke's lovely and speedy Leonie, who cost only a moderate figure, and as a two-year-old had a record only surpassed by the queen of her year, Lady Elizabeth, and at three years old did far better. Clemence, Contempt, and Chatelherault all did his" grace some service, and were under Mat, Dawson's care, but except the last and 1 Leonie it was long before the 1 Duke of • Ifanfflton-liaa- any really first-class

horses, and after all it was perhaps his French , stable- « that ; produced "his f best. Although 1 , ho longer training with Ma'f Dawson his Grace of Hamilton's jsupport 'survives to -the; turf to this day; bitty that of his , other ducal ■ patron,' the ' unfortunate young lord 6i Clumber, soon came to the saddest termination. It was * succeeded,jfpr, Mr Dawson»-by an engagement which, enduring to this day, hasprpved, if not the longest, assuredly the most brilliant and triumphant association of owner and trainer in the history ef>tbe turf in this country or elsewhere.From Gertrude's Queen's Stand .Plate ,at Ascot in ,18(59 ,down to Busybody's' Middle Parkin 1883, the' connection of Mr Dawson with JLordFal mouth's stud was an almost,unbroken , t ' , '