STAND DIWNS OF THE TURF.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7199, 26 June 1885, Page 4

STAND DIWNS OF THE TURF.

IkablCaporting career has just S|in^tho death of Mr James Sheffield. Mr Barber was the itlejrj? manufacturer, for which es'Kad little taste. Going to itCitt,;carly' life, he was ex•:'i*Bucceßsful at cards and Vj^whioU he amassed a large >n&yY; r IIe then decided to try i^bnlfi: 3o on. the Continent. bfi&Xlhannel, i ie won larpely, Enabling him to purchase from horse Chanticleer, libT^&ijJHW.rnco for which ho was ff&^fethe Path meeting; and Hyirfiiicreasecl ' Mr . Barber's fame. |faroha3ed other horses, and, joiritKe^te.Mj? Joseph Saxon, acquired ?e>jfiv?{twebty and. thirty horses, afterwards, won imSB£.tioes. ; Chanticlt-er, in addition gijl^rench shecess, won in 1848 K^Cifejit: Events — The NorthumberL^lftte^he Goodwood Slakes, and |6oYicaster Cup. Disturbance, one jh^Uqat, steeplechasers of his day, tiije^tho i property of Captain Macheil |pjij l ioii3 manner. The captain asked |farbor if ha could find a horse that ridfjjwin ."'the Grand "National. Mr p|eV' ; qmetly replied, pointing to ilirba'nce, "That horse will win next fcea^aiGrand National if you buy him." |g^tairj.";",M9iohell accordingly bought Mr Biirbsr's price — 500 |||el||fgns-r'andha justified the purchase Hivjtining the Liverpool Grand National Htß73, ; whon Eu3hworthran second. Mr also- the owner of Ben WebT; - in '-"I860,- won tho Great |Kjjiefn Handicap at Yort, and the ■mphester Tradesman's Cup ami the Hester/ Cup in 1861. His Brown Knohess won the Oaks the . same year ; Bjck Dootor the Manchester Tradea■g; Cup,- 1852 ; Pfetty Boy the Man|^M& : Tradesmen's Cup in 1856 ; and H^B.same. y ear the Liverpool Summer Goodwood Stakes, and the ■PKC Handicap. He wa3 the owner |^pr?i^an, a weH-ifnSwn steeplechaser, ||jp§wfiom Fan's Fence at Liverpool is ow^d.v"^ Mr Barber, who was reputed one time one of the richest raeu gTj^thTe^urf, has died in poverty in a public-house iv the 69th year