DEATH OF TRAINER

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 128, 3 June 1927, Page 5

DEATH OF TRAINER

-The well-kno'.vn Opaki trainer, Thomas Higgins, wss found dead at Otaki yesterday, under circumstances pointing to a sudden collapse, (probably due to Heart failure. The late Mr. Higgins ivas Tvell known in his profession, having teen associated vwith the game for many years. Some seasons b3ck he was very successful with his mans Lady General, and more recently Lady Hen proved on occasions a good stake earner. The late. Mr. • Higgins was one o£ the jpojrt • highly-resjJccted sportsmen aa the

Turf. Many years past he had trained horses at Opaki, among his most successful performers, being Lady General 'and Mountain March (which ran in his own name), Scornful (winner of the Wairarapa Cup), and Lady Ben. Some years ago Mr. Higgins met with, an accident, being left injured on the roadside on a frosty night, after a collision between a gig he was driving and an unknown motor-car. A year or so later Mr. Higgins was narrowly saved from death from poisoning in a mysterious occurrence in which Mr..-A; Watson, another Opaki trainer, lost his life. Deceased had been in poor health for some time, and was under medical treatment for heart trouble.