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FAMOUS ENGLISH TURFMAN DEAD A W Cox Owner of Bayardo XenVberg and Gay Crusader Gone A W Cox the wellknown owner of race horses died in London England Monday May 5 He was a rich man having a large interest in Australian mines of which he became possessed in a romantic way The story has it that playing heavily at cards an opponent put up a number of shares in a nowcelebrated mine against a sum of money named by Mr Cox and the latter winning he be ¬ came the owner of a prolific source of income incomeIt It was under the assumed name of Mr Fairie that A W Cox gained fame on the turf as the owner of Aleppo Bayardo Lemberg Eager Ga leottia Gay Crusader My Dear and other well known race horses His first start was made in 1887 under his own name with for colors orange and white hoops orange cap but in the following year when lie registered his assumed name he altered his colors to white orange sleeves and iap iapMr Mr Cox has thus figured in English turf annals some thirtythree years During his racing career lie had won seven classics as follows followsGaleottia Galeottia One Thousand Guineas of 1893 Bayardo 1893Bayardo St Leger of 1909 Lcmbcrg 1909Lcmbcrg Derby of 1910 Gay 1910Gay Crusader Two Thousand Guineas Derby Derbyand and St Leger of 1917 My 1917My Dear The Oaks of 1918 1918Since Since 1887 the FairieCox stable has taken the enormous sum of 919060 in turf prizes In 1887 his first year Mr Coxs horses won nothing neither did they in 1892 1893 1904 and 1913 In twenty eight other seasons their winnings have been as follows Year Won Year Won 1888 COO 1905 700 1889 2015 1900 17442 1890 1505 1907 23990 1891 21720 1903 05192 1894 44100 1909 188595 1895 37250 1910 176700 1890 21545 1911 48087 1897 23795 1912 9570 1898 10035 1913 13465 1899 23990 1914 29235 1900 22020 1910 10355 Total 919060 919060By By Mr Coxs death nominations in stakes in his name become void and eliminated Manilardo Gay Crusaders brother from the Two Thousand Guineas and Kpsom Derbv In the betting over the latter Manilardo was third choice
