The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-04 00:00:00

as an example to him and others for the future. He
must pay a penalty► of ss.
The prisoner paid the penalty, and thanked his
worship for his leniency.

SIR JOSEPH HAWLEY' S TURF CAREER.

BY " ARGUS."

Few of our readers who have been racing any
period of time can have failed to remark a short
gentleman, with sharp intelligent features, a rather
stooping figure, and cigar in his mouth, talking
very earnestly to John Day, or some other trainer.
This is Sir Joseph Hawley ; and as there are few
men who have recently engaged more public atten-
tion, he is fully entitled to an early niche in our
gallery. Sir Joseph Hawley, when he began life,
entered the army, in which he remained for a few
years in one of our crack cavalry regiments, and on
retirement took up his residence in Florence. Here
his love for the turf was first displayed, as he imported
some horses from Englaud, and in conjunction
with his subsequent confederate, Mr. Stanley, ran
them at most of the meetings in Italy with varied
success, his most formidable opponent being the
famous Polish Prince Poniatowski. At Florence
he cultivated the fine arts, of which he was a liberal
patron, and, in addition to other mental accomplish-
ments' he improved his knowledge of painting, of
which there are few better judges among the mem-
bers of the aristocracy. He is also deep in black letter
lore. Sir Joseph Hawley's debut on the English turf
was in 1844, where we find him with Vibration,
Venus, and The Bishop of Romford's Cob, at "Field-
Marshal Beresford's," at Newmarket. With these
he did but little good, and had all the worst of it in
his matches. In the following year he improved
slightly, and his stud was enlarged ; but as yet
there was no " flier" in it. But in 1846 things
began to look more cheery with him, as with Miami
he beat Cossack for the July, which the Days
thought to be impossible, from their colt having
been tried with St. Lawrence at 3st, whom he beat
by two lengths. 7to 4 was betted freely on Mr.
Pedley's colt ; and to the great mortification of the
Danebury division, he was bowled out by the mare,
who proved her goodness on the following Thursday
by being only beaten a head, with her 91b penalty
for the Chesterfield, by Nerissa. And it was singu-
larly conclusive of the merits of the first and second
for the July, that they should have turned out the
winners of the Derby and Oaks. Sir Joseph also
won the Drawing-room at Goodwood with Hum-
drum, and several races with The Cob, Bravissimo,
and Prospect. His progress, which up this time
had been but slow, now became more rapid, and in
1847 he perpetuated his name in the Calendar
as the winner of the Oaks (worth upwards of
£4,000) with Miami ; but he did not net a very-
larme sum in addition, as the market was so un-
wholesome for some time about her as to give him
hut little ;encouragement to back her for a stake.
The week after this race he gave an instance of
his pluck and desire:to have the best animals that
money could purchase, by buying Mendicant of
Mr. Cully for 3,500 guineas. The bargain, how-
ever, was as unfortunate for him at first, as Lord
Londesborough's was the other day in the same
race, for which she was wanted, viz., the Ascot
Cup, as it will be recollected she was beaten by The
Hero„ in the same stable from which she was sold ;
and, although Sir Joseph might have sorely re-
gretted his purchase in the first instance, within
the last month he must have been led to consider it
the best investment he ever made in his life. In
1848, when he paid taxes on 18 horses, he had a
bad year ; but he was in immense force in the
following season, when he won the Northampton-
shire"with Fernhill (purchased of "The Squire of
Wantage") and afterwards the Metropolitan with
him, when the race was run on the Saturday in-
stead of the Friday, on account of the snow. Peep-
o'-Day Boy for this event was an extraordinary
favourite, and from his trial at home all Danebury
were "up to their chins" on him ; but his small
feet held hiin in the deep ground, and he was very
cleverly beaten. Fernhill also was only defeated
a head from Snowstorm for the Great York-
shire Handicap at Doncaster ; and with Vatican
Sir Joseph ran third, for the Leger, to the Dutch-
man, and picked up the Newmarket Stakes and a
Triennial with him besides. In 1850 he was again
a thorn in John Day's side, as with Aphrodite he
ran a dead heat with the highly-tried Grecian for
the July, although the latter ultimately won
cleverly ; but on the Thursday he made up for the
loss by winning the Chesterfield with Teddington.
At this time the confederacy between Mr. Stan-
ley and Sir Joseph, which commenced in Italy, was
renewed ; and Alec Taylor succeeded to the manage-
ment of the stud, vice Beresford, who remained at
Newmarket. But, beyond Aphrodite and Vatican,
he had nothing very grand in his stable. In '5l,
which was the Exhibition year, Sir Joseph had " an
exhibition of his own," which was quite as profit-
able as that in Hyde-park, as The Ban pulled him
through for a second Metropolitan, and the Doncas-
ter Cup. Aphrodite carried off the Thousand Guineas
and Parkhill; Teddington swept away the Derby;
Vatican the Ascot Stakes ; Confessor the Great
Yorkshire Handicap ; and Teddington won his
great Match with the Mountain Deer for 1,000
guineas at Newmarket. But, if thus successful
with Teddington and Aphrodite, he experienced
three tremendous disappointments in missing the
St. Leger with Aphrodite, and the Oaks and Cam-
bridgeshire with Breba. As to this mare's merits
the public and Sir Joseph were never agreed, and
a great deal of virulent feeling existed on the sub•
ject. On the morning of the former race he told
Job `Larson he was as sure to ride the winner as he
had done Teddington. But Job was incredulous,
and gave the preference, in his own estimation to
Merry Peal, who, as he predicted, beat her in the
race. Annoyed with the remarks that were made
relative to the running of Breba in the Cambridge-
shire, and with his sale of Vatican prior to the
Doncaster Cup coming before the Jockey Club,
when his own word of honour was not deemed
sufficient evidence of his conduct, Sir Josept retired,
sold the greater portion of his stud, and took to
breeding at Leybourne, his estate in Kent, where
he began with Cowl, Confessor, and a few brood
mares, Teddington returning to his real owner, Mr.
Stanley. Teddington, perhaps, was one of the best
Derby horses of modern years, and the very worst
animal the Ring had ever in their books, for every
gentleman on the Turf was "on " him, as every
" little man " was on Marlborough Buck. Sir
Joseph and his confederate, as may be imagined,
won an enormous stake, and in a short time after
the race was over Mr. Greville received from Davies
a cheque for £15,000 which he had lost to him.
This simple incident will give some idea of the
vastness of the Leviathan's resources, as well as the
nature of the betting at his lists, as up to the time
he gave the check he had not received one farthing
of his account from Tattersalls'. Of course those
who knew Sir Joseph thoroughly felt persuaded his
retirement was only temporary, and in less than a
twelvemonth they found their views were correct,
as he was numbered among the employers of John
Day at Danebury. Here he commenced with
Kalipyge, own sister to Aphrodite, with whom he
did little or nothing, and after persevering with his
small team for a couple of years without winning
any great stake "he went into private again,"
selecting George Manning, formerly head lad to
Percy, at Pimperne, for his trainer, Wells as his
jockey, and fixing upon some ground at Cannon's
Heath, upon which Eclipse was tried, near Whit-
church, for his training quarters.
At first things promised very little better here
than with John Day, and before Christmas he
would willingly have disposed of all his horses
for the sake of their engagements ; but re-
ceiving no offer for them, he was obliged to train
them, and won nearly all their races, including the
Two Thousand and Derby with Fitzßoland and
Beadsman in 1858, which are of too recent date to
require recapitulation, clearing in bets also what
Captain Scott_ used to call a ' stoater," viz., sixty
thousand pounds ; and so well was his last thou-
sand laid out on Beadsman on the Thursday before
the Derby, that it brought him, through " Lord
Frederick's" agency, £18,870. As a sportsman, Sir
Joseph, like Lord George Bentinck, will never be
a popular one with the public,•because, like that
nobleman, he never makes them his confederates,
or discloses his intentions to his trainers or jockeys
before the day arrives. And so exact ;is the dis-
cipline of his stable that no one attached to it,
more than the greatest stranger, is aware of his
plans.- His trainer is simply to get his horse ready ;
his jockey is simply to be in readiness to ride. His
boys, like Lord Exeter, he weighs himself. By this
means curiosity is repelled, and his own judgment
is allowed to act unfettered. But, when success-
uf:pNlowniciethamhadins: horses, few, if any masters are so
liberal to their servants : and he never dwells 11
defeat.
JoJseopbhlMarson used to swear
bdya-yl.fim,,,Naenvderpsraeyfesrraendytliaiiimlslir7, any other master.
on Confessor for the Two Thgou.sahnledi,lahesnesumlrieeerdepluyustsaomindee,
Job, you stand a hundred pounds to nothing with
me. lam not sanguine,' and I was nowhere. And
on the Thursday, when I was getting on Aphrodite
Thousand,
aands,ll,ie simply remarked, Job,
ou did on the horse ; you'll
yfwboiruntsihnteaanOdncatenhTte m
canter, which; I did." With Teddingtou,
also, he behaved wit 'n. the utmost liberality and
munificence to him; libr after he had given him his
offer which of the pair he would ride, and Job told
him with a smile, that he rather preferred Tedding•
ton, he said, You stand a thousand t_rooonmothafitn:
with me about hill a, and another thousand with the
he had °wfotnhea liliors
dq gad thelscnaled out,wei he told him to
" put the friends' thousand down to myself," and
he. gave him a check for the whole a few days after-
wards, which Jobe invested in land in Yorkshire,