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CAPT. G. H. BENNET DEAD Rider of Sergeant Murphy in Grand National Succumbs to Injuries Received in a Fall. LONDON, Eng., Jan. 14. Capt. G. II. Ben-net, . one of Englands most famous gentleman . riders, died yesterday after having been unconscious for sixteen days. He suffered injuries in a fall from his mount in the Otley - . Steeplechase at Wolverhampton December . 27. An operation was performed Saturday in an attempt to relieve a blood clot on the ; brain, but he failed to rally after this last resort and passed away Sunday. American sportsmen remember Captain 1 Bonnet as the rider of the American-owned I Sergeant Murphy, which carried the silks of E Stephen Sanford, son of John Sanford, master - of Hurricana Stud of Amsterdam, N. Y., , to the first and only victory ever scored by an American in the worlds famous Grand National Steeplechase.
