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QUITE A POPULAR ENGLISH TRAINER. Seeing that his mother was a daughter of John Hubert Moore, father of the celebrat-d Garrett and Willie Moore, and that his father was one of the keenest of sportsmen, it is not a matter for surprise that Frank Hartigan discovered that he had a soft corner in his heart for racing. Frank ivas iK.rn in County Cork, lint his first acquaintance .vith horses was made at the family home at Cashel, which is in»Tipi crary. When he had attained the age of thirteen he lioc,:m; associated with Mr. Garrett Moores stable it Lambourn. and he soon obtained plenty of schooling practice, but with Williamson riding as first jockey for Sir. Moore, young Hartigan had to •vait sunc time fo- his first mount in public. When his opportunity duly came along, however, hi- made the most of it. and it is on record that five of his first half dozen rides were winning ones. There was no looking back after this, and the youthful amateur did nit la -k mounts. His career was. unfortunately, interrupted as the result of an accident, sustained wliile riding a horse named Inele Jack in the IisMMmMn Sic -plechas", the niimal rolling over him and breaking his collar-iMme and a few ribs. Snbseiuently Frank met with other more serious mishaps, two of the worst lioing the result of the fall of Doochary at Hurst Park in 1903. and Proud Reality at Plnmpton in 1905. Thirteen years ago Frank Hartigan decided to turn professional, and is was as such that he rode Gascon II. in the Crand Steeplechase de Paris in 1904, in which his mount met his compieror in ilandolo. which was also ridden by an English jockey. Percy Woodland. To deal fully with Har-tigans riding achievements would take more space than is at our disposal. Suffice it to state that he won races at the majority of venues, a notab!" exception being Liverpool, the best that he could manage at Aintree being to get second in the Scfton on one occasion. Eventually Hartigan decided to turn his attention to training, though he still had an occasional mount. Among his earlier patrons were Mr. George Edwardes and apt. C. P. P.. Wood, wliile at ;i somewhat later period Mr. Barclay Walker sent -«ime of his horses to Weyhill. Among these was Elingwni. which ran third in Signorinettas sensation Derby, and subsequently won the Prince Edward Handicap and other races. Llangwm had not reached his best on Derby Day: otherwise he might conceivably have run even more prominently. Hartigan has achieved numerous successes under 10th codes of racing. Among the steeplechasers mil hurdlers, such as Domino. Dafila. Prince Royal, Round Dance. Veglo. Bloodstone and Father Confessor are worthy of mention, as is also Wrack, which was equally good on the flat or over hurdles. With Wrack Hartigan won two Newhuiv Spring Tups in consecutive seasons for Lord Kosetwry. and but for the intervention of Vrval a week or so ago a third trophy would have been "lifted" by Vaucluse. Witli the last-named Hartigan won his only classic to date, namely, the One Thousand of last year. London Si orting Life.
