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In his will, Dorling left "20 fully paid-up £20 shares in the Epsom Grand Stand
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Dorling's father was a bookseller in Epsom, and Henry was apprenticed to a printer, returning to Epsom in 1834 to join his father's business, where he printed race cards for the course before becoming the first Clerk of the Course in 1840. In 1845 he leased the
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