Funeral of a Popular Jockey.
i v The funeral of the victim ot th* Caulfipld steeplechase accident, C»r rigan, took place at Melbourne on August 15. The cortege was one of the largest ever formea in Melbourne, the procession «*f vehicles, horsemen, and pedestrians extending for a length of nearly three miles It was representative of all classes of tbe community, people in every department of life attending to show their respect to the memory of the most popular jockey that has ever figured in the saddle in Australia. It was, to all intents and purposes, a public funeral. ' In the heart of the city the crowd was so dense that the ordinary traffic for some time was al osr wholly suspended. Most «f the busings- places along" the route were closed while the procession passed. Seventy or eighty wreaths, some of them of the m^st elaborate description, were forwarded Conspicuous amongst the wreaths were those sent by the Eari aud Counters of Hopetoun and tbe Sydney- Tatteraall's Club. The deceased horseman's iidin-' ho ts and racing jacket wt*re carried on the coffin and wer" buried with him, as well as several wreaths, i eluding that sent by the Victorian Amateur i urf Club.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 57, 1 September 1894, Page 4
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204Funeral of a Popular Jockey. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 57, 1 September 1894, Page 4
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