Adam Scott
Scott was a notable amateur rider and trainer who enjoyed great success at North-Country meetings. He also made several winning raids on South-Country meetings and was very popular with holiday crowds.
Scott was a notable amateur rider and trainer who enjoyed great success at North-Country meetings. He also made several winning raids on South-Country meetings and was very popular with holiday crowds.
He rode exactly 100 winners including the 1907 Scottish Grand National on Barney III, which he also owned and trained.
He rode exactly 100 winners including the 1907 Scottish Grand National on Barney III, which he also owned and trained.
He had a stable at Alnham, in the Vale of Whittingham, Northumberland, a place far among the foothills in the Cheviots. No one was better known or better liked – there was not a ploughboy who did not recognize him at a glance and not one who did not rejoice to see him.
He had a stable at Alnham, in the Vale of Whittingham, Northumberland, a place far among the foothills in the Cheviots. No one was better known or better liked – there was not a ploughboy who did not recognize him at a glance and not one who did not rejoice to see him.
His training methods were a little unorthodox - without the benefit of gallops on his Whittingham estate in Northumberland, he would canter his horses across fields instead.
His training methods were a little unorthodox - without the benefit of gallops on his Whittingham estate in Northumberland, he would canter his horses across fields instead.
He trained and rode both flat horses and hurdlers and gained a reputation as a cheerful, honest owner who thoroughly enjoyed his life. His most popular success was gained with Jazz Band in the 1924 Northumberland Plate. His wife was mobbed by the enthusiastic crowd as she led the horse in.
He trained and rode both flat horses and hurdlers and gained a reputation as a cheerful, honest owner who thoroughly enjoyed his life. His most popular success was gained with Jazz Band in the 1924 Northumberland Plate. His wife was mobbed by the enthusiastic crowd as she led the horse in.
His last winner came at Catterick on March 14th 1925 when he won the Aysgarth National Hunt Flat race on his own horse, Dover Patrol.
His last winner came at Catterick on March 14th 1925 when he won the Aysgarth National Hunt Flat race on his own horse, Dover Patrol.
On March 31st 1925, while riding in the Springwood Steeplechase at Kelso's Border Hunt meeting, his horse fell, three fences from home.
On March 31st 1925, while riding in the Springwood Steeplechase at Kelso's Border Hunt meeting, his horse fell, three fences from home.
Adam Scott broke his neck and was killed instantly. He was 50 years old.
Adam Scott broke his neck and was killed instantly. He was 50 years old.
A race, in his memory, was run for many years. The Adam Scott Memorial Hunter Chase (worth £1,004) was last run at Hexham Racecourse on Monday 29th May 1989.
A race, in his memory, was run for many years. The Adam Scott Memorial Hunter Chase (worth £1,004) was last run at Hexham Racecourse on Monday 29th May 1989.
Adam left effects of £37,058 7s 5d. to his widow Mary and to Thomas Emerson Forster, a mining engineer.
Adam left effects of £37,058 7s 5d. to his widow Mary and to Thomas Emerson Forster, a mining engineer.
Parents: Henry H Scott and Henrietta G Scott. Adam had two sisters: Margaret, two years older and Janet, two years younger.
Parents: Henry H Scott and Henrietta G Scott. Adam had two sisters: Margaret, two years older and Janet, two years younger.