OBITUARY
MR. SOLOMON B. JOEL
{British Official Wireless.) (.Received 23rd May, 11 a.m.) .BUGBY, 22jh1 May. Mr. Solomon Barnato Joel, the wellknown financier of the Rand, diamond magnate and racehorse owner, who was reputed to bo one of the wealthiest men in England, died to-day at, Newluai'ket.
Who has not heard of "Solly ". Joel? As racehorse owner, yachtsman,; and shrewd business man, he made for himself a prominent place in the world of sport, and tho world of business. He was the owner of Pommern, who won the Derby, the 2000 Guineas, and tho St. Loger in 1915; of Bachelor's Button, who won the Ascot Gold Vase in 1904 and 1905, and tho Liverpool Cup and Champion Stakes in 1904, the Harwich Stakes and Doneaßter Cup in 1905, the Ascot Gold Cup and Jockey Club Cup in 1906; and of Polymelus, who won a number of important races in 1906 and 1907, besides many other famous horses. He headed the list of winning owners in 1921 with a total of £33,000. Ab a breeder of racehorses he also had considerable success, and in 1926 was successful in winning 26 races "with his stock, the total value being £10,935, while his personal winnings in stakes was £.15,666, representing victories in 29 races. His colours, green and pink stripes with pink cap, were well known on all tho English racecourses. As a- yachtsman he was equally well known at Cowes, Men tone, the Riviera, and other Continental watering places, and ho was frequently visited the Mediterranean on yachting cruises. It was in the world of business, however, that he was most famous. He was a member of the firm of Barnato Brothers, a director of Do Boers Consolidated Mines, of the New Jaegersfontein Mining Company, the Premier Diamond Mining Company, the Angola Diamond Mining Company, the Standard Bank of South Africa, South African Breweries, African Explosives and Industries, tho City and South London Electric Eailway, and the Underground Electric Railways, and was chairman of a number of investinont companies and gold-mining companies. He had a country house at Maiden Erlegb, a training establishment at Newmarket, and a town bouse in Stanhope street, London. His family consists fof two sons and two daughters.
OBITUARY
Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 120, 23 May 1931, Page 13
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