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New-York Times,
Saturday, Jan. 21, 1860.
Among the breeders of horses [in Jamaica] are H. MCLEAN WOOD, Esq., JOHN WILSON DAVIS, Esq., and many others, in whose "breeding pens" may be always found between fifty and a hundred horses, whose prices range from £30 to £250 sterling.
There were many remarkable personalities in the racing community, apparently from its earliest days.
It is not easy to find information on some of these people, but even small snippets can help to bring them alive.
breeders: John Cuff
Harry Davis
Alexander Cochrane Lowe Martin
Michael Cuff Morgan
H McLean Wood
trainers: Glegg - at Pepper, St Elizabeth
Goulbourne - trainer for Harry Davis
Fielding Mullings - at Pepper, St Elizabeth
O'Sullivan
Bobby Watts
owners: Jacob Wareham
jockeys: Ernest Perkins
Billy Pick
others: John Macdonald/Mcdonald
who had his saddlery and harness business on Harbour Street.
