MEN WHO HAVE WON THE DERBY. 6i 



the Derby on four occasions, and ' landed,' in stakes 

 and bets, more than a quarter of a million sterling. 

 As has been mentioned, the lord of Leybourne Grange 

 won the Oaks with Miami ; he also won the Two Thou- 

 sand Guineas with Fitz-Roland, and the One Thou- 

 sand Guineas with Aphrodite. The Kentish baronet's 

 name is also recorded in the roll of St. Leger Avinners. 

 Aphrodite could only secure second honours to the 

 win of Newminster, but Pero Gomez credited Sir 

 Josejih with the race in 1869. 



Sir Joseph Hawley was a inan of fine parts, who 

 might, had it pleased him to do so, have mide his 

 mark in the paths of either science or literature ; but 

 he preferred to court distinction on the turf, and suc- 

 ceeded — his success, indeed, was phenomenal. When 

 the noble baronet became the purchaser of Mendicant, 

 his folly in paying £3,000 for that horse was sneered 

 at all round ; but the purchase was a fortunate one, 

 her son Beadsman, as has been told, winning the Derby 

 of 1858, Blue Gown, the son of Beadsman, perpetuating 

 the victory ten years later. Sir Joseph possessed a fine 

 stud, and endeavoured at one time, but unsuccess- 

 fully, to make his mark in the racing world as a turf- 

 reformer. He died in tlie year 1875, having attained 

 the age of sixty-two years. 



This portion of the ' sport of kings ' might be 

 greatly extended were it necessary, but it is impossible 

 to devote space to all the prominent men of the turf, 

 many of whom were only gamblers, who did nothing 

 to improve the horse or purify the sport. In this 

 category may be named Gully and Ridsdale, about 

 "whom interestinir talcs could be told, and one or two 



