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Sir Joseph Hawley had already achieved big 

 things on the Turf. Vibration, Venus, and The 

 Bishop of Romford's Cob appeared in ' Weatherby ' 

 opposite to his name as early as 1 844 ; but before 

 that year he had yachted in the Mediterranean and 

 raced in Italy, he and his confederate, Mr. J. M. 

 Stanley, having run a few platers at Florence. 

 There was joint-ownership between Sir Joseph and 

 Mr. Stanley in later years. In fact, they owned 

 Teddington together. With Miami, Aphrodite, 

 and Teddington, not to mention other winners, Sir 

 Joseph earned for himself the title of ' the lucky 

 Baronet,' and as he was a plucky backer as well as 

 a sound judge — possessing, in short, all the qualities 

 of a famous sportsman — it is not surprising that 

 Sir Tatton Sykes was anxious to see him. ' We, 

 however,' writes ' The Druid,' ' never remember 

 him (Sir Tatton) asking us so earnestly to try and 

 point anyone out to him as Sir Joseph Hawley, 

 whom he looked upon as quite the Turf hero of 

 the day.' Sir Joseph's friends commiserated with 

 him when he gave Mr. Gully close upon 3,000/. for 

 Mendicant, who broke down ; but she afterwards 

 became the dam of Beadsman, and on the female 

 side the founder of the Baronet's illustrious stud. 

 Sir Joseph, unjustly aspersed over the running of 

 Breba, a deceiver, who cost him more money than 

 she cost all her other backers put together, and 

 falsely accused of having run two horses in the 

 race for the Doncaster Cup when The Ban won, 

 and Mr. Morris's Vatican, alleged to be his, was 



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