DEATH OF MR THOMAS DAWSON.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1924, 24 April 1880, Page 3

DEATH OF MR THOMAS DAWSON.

"With the death of Mr Thomas Dawson, one of the last connecting links between the old and the new echool of turfites has been severed. The veteran trainer, who was taken ill with senile gangrene on the 17th January, expired on Wednesday evening about 9 p.m. There is no doubt that the mishap which occurred to him last year, when he broke his leg through being thrown out of a pony trap, had occasioned a considerable shock to the system, and it must have been a great relief to his friends to hear that, after a lingering illness, he expired without a struggle. '« Dangerous Dawson" and " King of the Moor" were terms applied to one of the most straightforward men who ever undertook the task of preparing horses, and during his career Dawson won, either for himself or patrons, nearly all the chief events of the turf. Seventy-one is more than the span of years allotted to man, but the eldest of four brothers had almost reached this age without much indication of growing older until the accident previously mentioned undermined his constitution altogether. No racing biographical history could be more extended than that of the well-known trainer, and yesterday (Friday) morning a full account of his career was given in our columns. Therefore there is no need to enter into any lengthened details, but it may be mentioned that under his schooling such well-known animals as General Peel, Pretender, Bothwell, Ellington, Stilton, Priestess, Chief Justice, Thorwaldsen, Blue Bonnet, Our Nell, St. Bennet, Elthiroa, Brown Bread, Rococo, Mandrake, Mark Tapley, Q-ildermire, Greville, The Stabber, The Czar, Ellind, Belmont, Norwood, Lady Vane, Fair Melrose, The Prelate, The Priest, Ellerdale, Weatherguide, Grafton, Tynedale, Rhymer, Child of the Islands, Harrogate, lona, Minster Bell, Bird's Eye, "Whitethorn, Bruce, Lightheai t, The|Oppressor, Bella, The Dangerous Woman, Incision, Elsinore, Tommy Jones, King Charming, The Serf, Charlotte Russe, Found Again, Ace of Trumps, and many others all took valuable prizes for the Tupgill establishment. In fact, no trainer ever won more races in all parts of the country than Thomas Dawson, and although he had almost retired in favor of his son-in-law, F. Bates, for some years, his absence will be noted with the keenest regret at the chief gatherings both in the north and south.