5)6 FAMOUS RACING MEN. 



a change of name, nor a removal of its owner from the ranks of 

 that commonalty of which the old English families of Kent have 

 always shown themselves so proud. It may be mentioned, by the 

 way, that to the Hawleys is due the name of an important district, 

 once a suburb, of north-western London. Kentish Town was so 

 called because a Kentish squire of Leybourne happened to be wise 

 enough to purchase there a large estate, and Hawley Road and 

 Crescent, Leybourne Road and Street, Grrange Road, and simiLir 

 names suffice to tell whence is derived, probably, a larger portion 

 of the rent-roll of the baronetcy than is furnished even by the 

 broad acres of Leybourne and the adjacent parishes over which 

 the Hawleys reign supreme. 



The fates decreed, however, that Sir Joseph Hawley should not 

 ])ecome a distinguished politician, and, to the disappointment of 

 his neighbours and all old friends and admirers of the family. Sir 

 Joseph studiously kept aloof from Parliamentary life, and struck out 

 a path for himself — or rather, we may say, two paths ; for Sir Joseph 

 throughout his career led two curiously distinct lives, and, doubtless, 

 many of those who knew him only on the turf and as the " lucky 

 baronet," will be surprised to hear that Sir Joseph Hawley was a 

 man of profound learning, of great scientific acquirements, and 

 with most undoubted capacity for attaining eminence in literature, 

 had he but allowed himself to be tempted into the not always 

 flowery paths of authorship. He was, too, a great bookworm, and 

 the library he collected at Leybourne Grange was probably the 

 largest, the most complete, and the most valuable in the county 

 of Kent. But not as a man of letters or science does the name of 

 Sir Joseph Hawley retain its hold on the memory of his country- 

 men: he is remembered as the owner of Teddington, Beadsman. 

 Musjid, Blue Gown, Aphrodite, of Mendicant too, arsd her splendid 

 progeny, and it is with him in this character alone that we have 

 here to deal. 



Born in 1814, Sir Joseph entered the army at the age of seven- 

 teen and served for a short time as a lieutenant in the Lancers. 

 The life of a soldier in a crack regiment, however, was not mucli 

 to his taste, and quitting the service he devoted himself, like 

 Tjord Wilton, to yachting. In his schooner, the Mischiefs he 

 cruised for some time in the Mediterranean, visiting Greece, 

 Sicily, Morocco, and finally taking up his abode in Italy, where 

 he revelled in the cultivation of the fine arts and the helhs 

 lettres. It was in Italy, too, that his taste for the turf was 

 developed, and whilst residing at Florence he formed a con- 

 federacy with Mr. J. M. Stanley to run a few platers against the 

 Italian horses. On his return to England the confederacy was 

 renewed, and in 1844 the famous "cherry and black cap" 

 were registered in the Calendar. Little success, however, at- 

 tended Sir Joseph's venture until Sim Templeman, in 1847, 

 secured him his first important prize by winning the Oaks on 



