James Henry Aldridge

James Henry Aldridge (4 ga Yulin 1849 - 11 ga Nuwamba 1929) ya kasance mai kiwon dawakai kuma mai otal a Kudancin Australia. Ya kafa Richmond Park Stud a cikin unguwar Adelaide ta Richmond.

J. H. Aldridge, kamar yadda aka fi sani da shi, ko "Jim" ga abokansa, an haife shi a Kensington, Kudancin Australia, ɗan George Aldridge (c. 1817 - 12 Disamba 1879), wanda ya yi hijira zuwa Kudancin Ostiraliya a 1847. Kafin zuwan Adelaide Town Hall akwai wurare uku na gari don ayyukan jama'a: Neale's Rooms, White's Roums da Aldridge's Roams, duk a kan King William Street. Aldridge's Rooms, wanda ya bayyana a cikin tallace-tallace na jarida tsakanin 1860 da 1863, an ambaci shi a matsayin gardama mai karfi game da gina Gidan Gida. Wataƙila wannan wurin ya zama Otal din Prince Alfred (tare da Hall), wanda George Aldridge ya buɗe a 1869, kuma ya kasance mai shi.

Aldridge ya yi karatu a Kwalejin St Peter, kuma nan da nan bayan ya bar makaranta ya shiga jam'iyyar G. W. Goyder da ke binciken Yankin Arewa. Lokacin da ya dawo garin, ya shiga jam'iyyar telegraph da ke aiki a yankin Roper River. Daga nan sai ya kori garken shanu zuwa wuraren da aka tono yankin Arewa, kuma ya sayar da su don riba mai kyau. A shekara ta 1879 ya sayi lasisin mai biyan haraji daga William Blackler zuwa Otal din Globe (mashahuriyar wurin shakatawa na 'yan wasa, da kuma gidan Tattersalls Club, wanda ya kasance memba) a Rundle Street kuma ya gudanar da shi na shekaru tara. Ya bar "Globe" don ya zama mai lasisi na farko na Grand Hotel, Broken Hill 1888-1893 a tsakiyar bunkasa hakar ma'adinai. Don tserewa daga hayaki ya gina gida da gona tsakanin Thorndale da filin jirgin sama. Sa'an nan daga 1898 zuwa kusan 1907 shi ne mai ba da hayar sabon Gresham Hotel 1-9 King William Street, Adelaide.

 Gasar dawakai 
A cikin 1890 Aldridge, wanda ya kasance mai bin turf, ya yanke shawarar kafa gonar doki. Ya sayi karamin karamin karamar karamar karamin karami na Sydney don guineas 1,000, da kuma dawakai da yawa, ciki har da Brown Alice, Queensdale, Tuberose, Thora, Atholine, Sarauniyar Al'ummai, da Sylvan Queen. Ya sami dukiyar "Richmond Park" daga Richmond Road, Kudancin Australia, daga baya ya zama wani ɓangare na Filin jirgin saman West Beach, kuma da sauri ya yi wa kansa suna a matsayin mai kiwo, kuma Carlyon nan da nan ya sami shahara a matsayin sire, na ɗan lokaci yana kan jerin sunayen masu cin nasara a Kudancin Ostiraliya. Daga cikin zuriyarsa akwai St David, Carlton, wanda ya lashe Newmarket Handicap, Gunga Din (Adelaide Cup), Antilles (City Handicap da Birthday Cup), Lord Carlyon (Goodwood Handicap), Dirk Hammerhand (SA St Leger), Troubridge (Fulham Park Plate), St Vincent da Aline (Fulhan Park Plate) Rienzi (SA Derby), Bay Lavender (ARC Grand National Hurdles). 

A cikin 1905 Carlyon ya ji mummunan rauni, kuma kodayake har yanzu yana iya yin aiki, Aldridge ya sayi wani sire, Pistol (ɗan Carbine), daga Ingila. Yaransa suna da kyau, kuma sun fi girma a kasuwa.[1] Kamar Carlyons, Pistols sun tabbatar da darajarsu a tseren tseren, kuma bayan nasarar da suka samu a filin sun lashe A.E.C. Grand National Steeplechase, biyu Grand National Steplechases, uku Grand National Hurdles, daya V.R.C. Great National Steeplecase, da biyu Australian Hurdles.[2]

Aldridge na gaba ya sayi St Anton, mai tsere mai tsere, daga Ingila. Kayansa sun ci nasara a kan dukkan nisan da ke kan filin, kuma sun tabbatar da kansu masu tsalle-tsalle ba tare da wani tsari ba. Shigar da shi na gaba daga Ingila shine Lucknow, wanda kuma ya kasance masu tsere masu cin nasara.

Wani rahoto cewa an sanya sunan "Richmond Park" ne don babban doki Richmond mallakar Eli Jellett (c. 1835-1911) kuma daga baya Aldridge, kuma asalin unguwar Richmond  yana da ban sha'awa.

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