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was said that he once fed half Paisley in a time of distress, and that 

 yet not even a baillie dared thank him on behalf of his brother-towns- 

 men for fear of being assaulted. A ten-pound note or a ' pony ' 

 was the very least he would pull out of his pocket, if the hat went 

 round, and good cause was shown for some turfite who had fallen 

 behind the world. For forty years after their connexion had ceased 

 he would send one of his earliest jockeys a £50 note if he had won 

 a good event, simply ' for auld lang syne.' With all his foibles 

 he was a glorious old landmark to the turf; and, while he was still 

 among us, defying the roll of the ages, with his quaint garb and 

 blunt speech, some may, perchance, have felt that his presence was 

 a wholesome corrective to the modern spirit which has lowered ' the 

 sport of kings ' into a doubtful trade, a contest for honour into a 

 lust for long odds." 



SIE JOSEPH HAWLEY. 



THE subject of our present sketch may be fairly described as 

 the most successful sportsman of his age, and his career 

 ofi'ers an example well worthy of imitation by all who aspire to 

 the precarious honours of the turf, for he won his success mainly 

 by the self-reliance which induced him to act independently, and 

 trust to his own judgment at important crises. The heir of one 

 of those long-settled families for which Kent is famous. Sir Joseph 

 Hawley, inheriting the paternal acres and title of baronet while 

 yet a youth of seventeen, began life under the most favourable 

 circumstances. Rich, well-looking, the head of a great county 

 family, and possessing abilities of a high order, it might have been 

 predicted with confidence that the young Joseph Hawley, of Ley- 

 bourne Grange, would, as so many of his ancestors had done before 

 him, represent the shire of hops in Parliament, and in all proba- 

 bility make a great mark in politics. At what period the Hawleys 

 first obtained possession of Leybourne Grange history refuses to dis- 

 close, suflBce it to say that they were there before the Norman 

 Conquest, and although the Thane of Leybourne led his men to 

 Hastings — we beg Mr. E. A. Freeman's pardon, Senlac— he con- 

 trived to escape confiscation. In the reign of Richard Cceur-de- 

 Lion Sir Roger of Leybourne participated actively with the English 

 King in his efforts to get rid of the Templars, and under him the 

 family must have increased in wealth, as he built for himself, 

 in place of the old English Grange, an extensive castellated man- 

 sion, some remains of which still exist. From that day to the 

 present the family has continued to flourish and wax opulent. Its 

 heads have more than once refused offers of a peerage, preferring 

 to remain plain English squires ; but, in 1795, Henry Hawley 

 consented to be made a baronet, this dignity necessitating neither 



