Popular English Turfman Passes On, Daily Racing Form, 1916-03-09

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. POPULAR ENGLISH TURFMAN PASSES ON. The death of Major J. Orr F.wing took place at his London residence in Lowndes street, s. Y.. Tuesday afternoon, February 22. Though his colors blue birds eye. white sleeves anil cap were not often seen on our courses during the last few years, they were carried tty a number of horses in the •■eighties" and "nineties," under both Jockey Club ami National Hunt Rules. For the most part, however, they Wore Hot much allove plating class. but an exception from that category ran be claimed for Tkurah, which was no doubt* the best horse he ever owned. By Missel Thrush out of Chemistry, he was bred by the deceased in 1902, and won sixteen of the twenty f ,ir races in whi.Ii he took part, in which were Included aoie useful stakes. Retired to the stud in 11MI7. he became the sire of a number of fair-dara thoroughbreds, of which meiiti nay be made of QuantOCk, Jackdaw, Serenade!-. Morula. Zonal, Pint Plight, Or-sova. Sacred Song. Master Thrush and Chance Bird. Thrushs racing career commenced in the Gosfortli Iurk Juvenile Stakes, for which he came out with a good home reputation, and easily lauded the odds on him against f • opponents. He was next beaten into third place :ii Think, hut thenceforward did not know defeat a- a two-year-old., Hie beat slake he ace ite,l for al thai am- being the Hurst Bark Foal Plate, and he subsequently took the creat Foal Plate at Mngneld. lie bad a -. 1 season as a three-year-otd, winning among other events the Hurst Bark Yearling Plate, Fern Hill stakes at Ascot; Sussex Stakes ai Goodwood, the Newbury Autumn Handicap and the Challenge Stakes at Newmarket. Al ton- years old he was only once beaten when running third for the Newbury spring Handicap, f r which his performances had earned him 120 pounds and the races be accounted for included the Perkins Memorial Plate at Newcastle, the .Inly Cup anil Select Stakes at Newmarket. A useful horse owned by the late major was Full Ripe, by Fullerton cut of Black Cherry, which was the .1:iiii of Black A11 iw, the good but unfortunate coll the property • ; Cola Hall Walker. Vull Ripe was a speedy bone, am! as a three- year-old, in 1888, woa tie Kingswood Stakes at Epsom ami 1 he Deal Plate at Folkestone. Both were selling affairs, but he was bought in each time. He changed hands afterwards, however, and di«l some useful service in another ownership. One that scored for the deceased was Devils Dyke. by Chlttabob Ambuscade, and those who were at Kempton Bark on the afternoon ef Victor Wilds lirst victory in the "Jubilee" in 1805 will recollect how he disposed of a large held in the succeeding , race, the Sbepnertoo Selling Welter Handicap, being in. ught iii afterwards for 866 guineas. He was exploited iii time, tor he failed to earn brackets subsequently. Other horses that at various times wciii for Major Orr-Rwing were Amulet. Matchlock. Son:; Thursh. Spat.-. ChrrienMre, Cnig ielaehio. Karls Seat, Wrinkles, La la. Kayleigfa, Dumbarton Castle. Blue Smoke and Crania, but their doings were led particularly distinguished. -London Sportsman. sportsman.


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