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A AMike Mike Connollys Irish Trainina Post Succeeds J Beary At Curragh View ViewMember Member of Famous Racing Family That Once Owned Barcaldine and Bendigo BendigoBy By Special Correspondent DUBLIN Ireland Michael Connolly has succeeded John Beary as trainer at the Curragh View Stables at The Curragh County Kildare This means that a mem ¬ ber of the Connolly family who has owned this racing establishment for more than one hundred years again will guide its destinies It was at Curragh View that the present proprietors grandfather and great uncle conditioned the unbeaten Barcaldine and the equally great Bendigo which horses were famous in English turf history as well as their native Ireland IrelandFor For many generations the Connollys have been famous horsemen both as train ¬ ers and jockeys As a knight of the pig ¬ skin Tom Connolly in the first half of the past century and in the second half Johnny and Patsy were classed among the great riders in England and Ireland To Tom belongs the honor of being the only Irish jockey to ride two winners of the Derby Stakes at Epsom the classic event which has been won only four times in all by an Irish jockey jockeyTom Tom Connolly made his dual mark in the worlds most famous horse race as far back as 1834 when he was astride Mr Batsons Plenipotentiary He duplicated that success seven years later on Mr Raw linsons Coronation in 1841 Sixtynine years elapsed before another Irish rider was successful in the premier classic when the County Kerryborn Ben Dillon scored on Mr Fairies Lemberg in 1910 Twentyseven years later Michael Beary the successful County Tipperary horseman rode Mrs G B Millers MidDay Sun to chalk up a victory in the Derby Stakes of 1937 1937Home Home of Champion Horses HorsesJohnny Johnny Connolly had no superior and few equals as a rider in Ireland during the closing decades of the past century At that time he was riding for his fatherin law the late trainer Danny Brodeniks all conquering Montjoy Lodge Stable The Curragh This establishment sheltered some of the best horses racing at that time including the three great mares Christabelle Philomel and Loadamia which were then racing for their owner breeder William Brophy After the last named sportsmans death Philomel and Loadamia were sold for export to England where both carried on their fame by win ¬ ning important stake races Philomel apart from her winning ventures compiled an unusual record at Royal Ascot in 1890 There on three consecutive days she was the runnerup in some of the most im ¬ portant stakes at that meeting meetingOn On the second afternoon of that four day Ascot fixture she finished second in the sevenfurlong 156 yards Royal Hunt Cup Handicap Twentyfour hours later she was the runnerup in the two miles and a half Ascot Gold Cup won by an ¬ other mare Gold The following daj of the meeting she again placed second in the theContinued Continued on Page Five Mike Connolly Becomes Trainer at The Curragh CurraghMember Member of Racing Family That Owned Barcaldine and Bendigo BendigoContinued Continued from Page Three Threetwomile twomile six furlongs and sixtythree yards Alexandria Stakes a happening that is possibly without precedent in the his ¬ tory of racing racingJohnny Johnny Connolly Crafty Rider RiderJohnny Johnny Connolly who rode winners of all the important races in Ireland was always considered a more finished jockey than his brother Patsy who also figured among the leading riders of his day Many notable saddle triumphs are credited to him particularly his brilliant handling of Bellman when that good distance racer de ¬ feated the English challenger Caller Ou in a threemile Queens Plate at The Cur ¬ ragh in one of the biggest upsets of that time Bellman was owned and raced by the late Pat Keary a popular figure in Irish racing known to the rank and file of the racing public as Bank of Ireland Keary This nickname was prompted by the large amount of money he always carried with him to race meetings meetingsThe The Curragh View Connollys will be re ¬ membered when the names of those two stalwarts of Irish and British racing un ¬ beaten Barcaldine and Bendigo are men ¬ tioned It was under the conditioning of those famous horsemen that the sons of Solon and Ben Battle learned the rudi ¬ ments of racing True it was in their later years of rac ¬ ing in England that the real merits of Bar ¬ caldine and Bendigo were revealed Ben ¬ digo son of Ben Battle and Hasty Girl who raced for his ownerbreeder the to bacco merchant Moses Taylor in Ireland later in England carried the silks of Major H T Buck Barclay still hale and hearty to victory in the first running of the great Jubilee Stakes Handicap at Kempton Park in 1887 and also won him the Lincolnshire Handicap and the Cam ¬ bridgeshire Stakes Handicap and other important races racesBarcaldine Barcaldine Goes to England EnglandRaced Raced in Ireland in his first three sea ¬ sons and unbeaten on the turf Barcaldine son of Solon and Ballyrde sported the silks of his ownerbreeder George Lowe of Bur town in his native land At the close of his fouryearold career Lowe sold him to Robert Peck who raced him in England EnglandAs As a fiveyearold while racing in John Bulls Ireland Barcaldine became famous In his bow in the one mile and a quarter Westminster Cup at Kempton Park when with the welter burden 143 pounds and Charles Wood in the saddle he easily de ¬ feated Tristan 146 pounds Fred Archer up Wallenstein and Lucerne Ridden by Fred Archer he easily accounted for the Epsom Stakes while in the Orange Cup three miles at Ascot he gave seven pounds and a beating to that good distance racer FaughaBallagh Then followed his last and crowning triumph in the twomile Northumberland Plate known commonly as the Pitmans Derby run at Newcastle With Fred Archer riding and carrying 136 pounds Barcaldine gave seventeen pounds to Shrewsbury who finished second ten pounds to Hagioscope and fortysix pounds to the sixyearold Novice and won at his leisure He broke down that autumn while being prepared for his race in the Cam ¬ bridgeshire Stakes at Newmarket NewmarketBarcaldines Barcaldines stud career was not a marked success but he begot a Derby and t Leger Stakes winner in Sir Visto and an Oaks Stakes heroine in Mimi and that versatile horse Marco who won the 1895 Cambridgeshire Stakes as did his son Marcovil in 1908 Marco sired a Grand National winner in Sprig and kept alive the almost exhausted line of Matchem MatchemBarcaldines Barcaldines contribution to National Hunt and Steeplechase sport has been in ¬ valuable His male descendents are re ¬ sponsible for six GFand National winners and many other topclass steeplechasers
