Mr. T. Beasley 



In all these dozen races, he only came twice to grief, viz. 

 on Spahi, in 1887, who jumped into instead of over the second 

 fence for the start ; and on Frigate, in 1890. 



With one exception, that of Frigate, who only beat Why 

 Not a length, his wins were obtained fairly easily, the most 

 desperate race of all, perhaps, of any he ever rode in, being his 

 memorable struggle on Cyrus, against Lord Manners, on 

 Seaman, who hailed originally from the same stable, in which, 

 to the astonishment of everybody — himself probably included — 

 he was done on the post by a head, by a broken-down horse, 

 ridden by an inexperienced rider, after a tremendous race from 

 the last hurdle all the way up the straight. 



When Frigate won at last, to the great satisfaction of the 

 general public, who, in spite of her previous failure, had stuck 

 to her fortunes with a pertinacity which did credit both to their 

 pluck and good judgment, the mare, for some reason, which 

 was never satisfactorily explained, travelled exceedingly badly 

 in the market at the last moment, to the great consternation of 

 her backers in London, who were on thorns until reassured by 

 a telegram despatched from the field of action by George 

 Silke, the well-known bookmaker, who was doing the com- 

 mission for the stable, and which ran as follows : " Man, Mare, 

 and Money, all right '^ 



The races he rode and won both on the flat and over a 

 country, at the Curragh, Punchestown, and numerous other 

 meetings both in Ireland and in France, are, of course, 

 innumerable. Suffice it to say that he won the Irish Derby 

 no less than three times ; whilst his most important victory in 

 the last-named country was that on Too Good, in the big 

 Paris Steeplechase. 



Mr. Beasley died at his residence, Cryhelp, Co. Wicklow, 

 on the 7th August, 1905. 



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