UPS AND DOWNS OF THE TURF
WIANOE Of THE "GS,AN.t) ■ NATIONAL.". A sttwge story of the- tiirf Js associated with Sunloch, tlio Tvinner ef the last Grand National. Bis tteu owner was Mr. Tom Tyler, a Leicestershire spwfteman liviiig at liaiighhoroagh. tat ■November Stnilocfa ■belonged to a umi tho» using the- name of R. Taylor, fflje iiorso wen a race at the Leicester Soveinlrar meeting; As tire oraer was lesdmg; Jiini fa to tits padlock lib was rc-oosjuised by detectives as a man wanted for framl. "Triylor" was promptlsarrested, ami in IJio uamo of Bofmrt Willard was at. Nottingham on February 6 sctitoiced to aiacieej! niejsfts' itapru EOiiriiont i» the second division for frauds on tradcsnvMi. ' "Taylor," otkcriviso Willard. M'tigho., ete,, aTCording te l|ip stoi'v to'd when lie was scsitonced, had a strrtMge career. He liiid tieim labeiirer, policoman,* builder, motor garago prot priotor, amiian pi file United States., autinvta dealer, picture palace BKUiagcr, and racehorse owner. Sunlecli's career also has hem varied. Ho Wgan as a lisHito, He Ijad beeii sold for £200 and returned a "whist-' kr" (damaged in Vaa vc'mi). SoH ! again on a cash kasis, ho was fek-licd tack beKinso tho pi.n-c4iase laoney was not inimeilintrfy forUicominc. Then tic was pnt iit tlvfr market for £SQ. Mr. Tom tytet gave about £301) for luiH for b, client, but becansß of developments hs Ivimself became tiie owner. An offor of .£IOOO for Sunloeh was refused, htit the wouldUe psirchaser declined to giw an extra ;Si's, and on the day f?f t?ie- rstoe for tlio Oraiid National he backed tho horse {'hat followed SuuloA boms.—"JJaily. News."
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2166, 3 June 1914, Page 8
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268UPS AND DOWNS OF THE TURF Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2166, 3 June 1914, Page 8
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