SIR WILLIAM FOX’S LAST MOUNT.
The remarks made by Mr Levin in the House that Sir William Fox, though now a strong opponent of horse-racing, has in his time not only kept racehorses but donned the silk, has raised a question as to its absolute correctness. Mr Levin, however (remarks the “New Zealand Times”), spoke strictly by the cards, as will be seen from the following particulars furnished us by a correspondent :—“ The last time Sir William Fox performed as a jockey, on Burnham Water Racecourse, was on February 14th, 1850, when a bye-day’s racing was got up by the Wellington Jockey Club in compliment to Captain Stokes, of H.M.S. Acheron, who was then visiting this port with two racehorses on board. Mr Fox rode a horse called The Saddler, belonging, we believe, to the late Mr Armstrong. Mr Bromley, now of H.M.3 Customs, rode a mare called Lady Eleanor, belonging to Captain Stokes, in the same race, which was over hurdles. The race was won’ by Mr St. Hill’s Harribogene, ridden by Lieutenant Gordon, of the 65th Regiment, then quartered in Wellington.”
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2021, 16 August 1880, Page 3
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183SIR WILLIAM FOX’S LAST MOUNT. Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2021, 16 August 1880, Page 3
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