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The late Mr. John Scott, 1871. English racehorse trainer. 'Few who saw this famous trainer at Doncaster, proud of the condition in which he had brought General to the St. Leger post, though naturally disappointed that the horse could only run fourth, were prepared to hear of his somewhat sudden death, which took place on Wednesday, Oct. 4, from an attack of acute bronchitis. Still he had reached the ripe age of seventy-seven; and, though his father lived to be ninety-eight, he could not have had a life of such unceasing anxiety as the "Wizard of the North," a name to which his innumerable triumphs fairly entitled him...John Scott was born, near Newmarket, on Nov. 8, 1794...in 1825 he moved to Malton, and then commenced his brilliant series of triumphs. They are far too numerous to recapitulate, as they include several Derbies and not less than sixteen St. Legers. He thought nothing, indeed, of winning the latter race for two or three years in succession...John Scott was universally respected by his brother trainers, and it is generally conceded that he had scarcely an equal in his profession. His hospitality was unbounded, and the poor of Malton will feel his death deeply. He was twice married, and leaves a son and several daughters'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.