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NECROLOGY OF 1911. Men isaodsted with racing in various ways passed away in 1911 as in all ether years. Some wen prominent and widely known, others humbly connei i ed and only missed bj their own circles of friends. Of old timers in racing as owners OC trainers, "Pat" Corrigan. "C " Jaynes, "Davy" Johnson, Myrea Me-Henry, Dudley Alien and "Tim" Bobbins bad all been Influential when in the prime of their days. In riding. Dan Brasil, "Soap" Perkins and Charles Phalr wen ol more than average note and as a lightweight rider Perkins was of the first order. As governing officials ot as turf writers of understanding. Judge Samuel Apperson, Benay Benja- lnin. Fred Mnlbolland and A. P.. Smith were all men of prominence and bad many acquaintances throughout the country, Tlie list for 1911 is of the men named below: Owners and Breeders. BAFT. W. W. BE 1SLEY— Owner, Juarez. Mix., March 2~ : heart failure. LESLIE C. BRUCB-— Owaer, C.reetiville, Cum., Au gust 2. JOSEPH BDBTTSCHELI Owner, Juarez. Max., April 2: murdered. J. T. CABMODY--Owaer, Columbia, S. C, December 7: pneumonia. JACOB i MiiitAN— Owner, Houston. Tex., Novem bar CO. PATRICK COBBIGAN— Owner, Kansas City, Mo.. May ;. GEORGE HAMILTON On net, Gravesend. L. I., ■I ■:;:■ 25: pneumonia. CYBUS Koss JAYNES -Owner. Chicago, 111.. De- cember 4. C. JOHNS Owner and 1 kmaker. Butte, Mont.. July 24. DAVID C. JOHNSON— Owner and bookmaker. New York. N. Y.. June 29; cancer of stomach. R. K. LEWIS— Owner, Lexington, By., Julv CO. P. Met; LADE— Owner, Philadelphia, Pa, December 15. MYRON McHENRY— Owner, Genesco, 111., October 29. THOM BOWE— Owner, Chicago. 111.. April 22. MATHEW SIMPSON -Breeder. Lexington. Ky.. March 3; eompllcatioo of diseases. FRANCIS T. WALTON— Owner, New York, N. Y., April 21: heart disease. Trainers. DUDLEY ALLEN— Lexington. Ky.. October 22. JOHN BENNETT— Chicago, 111.. October 20. JOHN BUSCH— Buffalo, N. Y., September 8: con- srniption. ROY CASSIDY— El Paso. Tex.. Octolier. J. c. cori: INLY— New York. N. Y., February 3: Sllieille. J. DEUFEL— Butte, Mont., August 8. J. It. DYBB — San Jose. Cal., February 1: dropsy. JOHN HALL — I»uisville. Ky., April 24; heart dis- ■:!-. JOHN MCCLELLAND— Arcadia. Cal.. December 20. JAMES J. MCLAUGHLIN— New York, N. Y., January 2: in eideutal. TIMOTHY KOBBINS— Jamaica Bay, N. Y.. June 15; suicide. HIKE RYAN —Memphis, Tenn.. April 11; rheumac ism of the heart. WM. STOOPS— New York. N. Y.. December; pneumonia. R. VINCENT— Jacksonville. Fla.. March 22; heart failure. WSI.il K WLLLS— Covington. Ky., May. Bookmakers. FRANK HATHAWAY— Pittsburg, Pa.. May 2S: asthma. Jockeys. DAN BRAZIL— Toronto, int., April 11: pneumonia. THOS. DOLAN— Memphis. Tenn.. July 9; killed. LBONOE PULLER — Gentleman Rider. Brookline, Mass. Jttne 1,: fall. A. LANG— Jacksonville, Fla.. February 8: fall. OSCAR LEWIS Lexington, Ky.. December 15. HARRY It. MANLOVK— Philadelphia. Pa., December li: uremic poisoninsr. JAMES "SOUP" PERKINS -Hamilton. Ont., Au gUSt IT: heart disease. CHARLES PHAIR Port of Spain. Trinidad, Janu-arv 2: fall. II. BOBERTS— Philadelphia, Pa.. October 7: fall. roy SOBELL Norfolk. Neveathez 21. Foreign Owners. Breeders, Jockeys, Trainers and Others. ARTHUR BIRCH— Steeplechase Jockey, England. February 22: injuries. T. S. CLIBBORN — Secretary Australian Jockey Club. Australia. March. P. COWLEY — Steeplechase Jockey, Hooton Park, England, August 5; fall. W. TAYLOR SHARPE— Breeder. Bumber, Ens., De-cember 15. Others Identified with the Turf. ML. SAMUEL MARSHALL A PPERSON— Former presiding judge at Hawthorne and Worth, John-si. n. Ark., June ::."•. BEN BENJAMIN— Tarf writer. San Francisco, Cal.. October 18. LAFETTB W. BROWN— Racing official, Jacksonville. i-Ta.. December 21. JOHN CONDRON President Utah Jockey Club. Salt Lake City. Utah, June 24: cirrhosis of the liver. DAN DONNELLY -Member Of the Metropolitan Turf Association, Sheepahead Bay, L. I., October 2ti. ROBERT L. iOWNTON— Poolseller, St. Louis, Mo.. July 14. JERRY EDWARDS— Valet. Toronto. Ont.. January 2. ALEX FRAZER- Pari owner of Elm Ridge Farm, Kansas City, Mo., March 5. JOHN W. GATES— Paris, France. August 9. HENRY KLAIR— Lexington, Ky., July 4; brain t. ver. THOMAS i.ooNAM — Superintendent Hawthorne race track, t Imago. III.. August 2o; dropsy. JOHN I. McMII.I.AN Leington, Ky., March 10; asthmatic affliction. 1 RED Ml i.Doi.i AND -Turf writer and racing official. Napa. Cal., June 30: melancholia. A. B. SMITH— Turf writer, New York, August 27; nephritis. FRANK B. SPRINGER— Vice-President British Columbia Thoroughbred Association, Paris, France, July. FRANK SUYDAM— Bookmaker* a sheet writer, Philadelphia. Pa.. July 17: hip disease. EDW. c TAYLOR -Superintendent P.rookdale Farm, [Jneroft. N. J., April 24: heart failure. HENRY "BUTE" THOMPSON— Office employee of the Westchester Racing Association, May 5; tuberculosis. WM. J. THOMPSON -Former owner of the Gloucester. N. J., race track. Belfast. Ire., Julv 1. GEORGE W. TORRANCE— Chairman of the Execu-tivi Committee of the Ontario Jockey Club, Muu-treal, Que., July 21. HENRI WEBEB Formerly track superintendent Latonia, Coving! in, Ky., May 11; paralysis. BICHABD WEIMHELD- -Track superintendent, Memphis, Teaa., January ."i. . . J ■ . . ■ s 1 I i : i I I : | ! | , .
