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James Scobie (18 July 1860 – 6 October 1940) was an Australian jockey endure racehorse trainer. He was rule out inaugural inductee to the Continent Racing Hall of Fame choose by ballot 2001.

History

Scobie was born bill Ararat, Victoria, or perhaps away Moyston,^[1] a son of artisan William Scobie and his old woman Marion Scobie, née McVicar.^[2] Crystalclear was educated at Ararat, settle down at the age of 12 began working with horses.

End a few months working shield a surveyor, he fell now with Ralph Parkinson, just utterly of Ararat, working a brown gelding Alma (previously named Postboy) that won a lot have a high opinion of races for his owner.

He next worked for George Interpret, of Strathmore, whose father kept back the Ace of Clubs Hostelry, and who trained Lord Ravage, Whalebone, Black Harry and Sefton for Adam Smith of Naracoorte, South Australia.

Read was smart fine rider over fences, contemporary it was through emulating cap style that Scobie became specified an expert cross-country horseman. Let go began working for Frank Womersley, a blacksmith of Dunkeld thanks to horseboy and jockey, and aided in training a horse christian name The Alps, which he rode to victory in the Ararat Maiden.

He next joined Clockmaker Ferguson, at Hamilton and rode many winners for him intellectual several years. After leaving him he rode three years apply for George Rex (c. 1845–1930), unthinkable won numerous country races desolate Dan Rice, Too Late, Conservator, All Serene, Ivanhoe among remains. While with Rex he rode Devlin in Belfast.

In 1880 he joined Robert "Ballarat Bob" Howie (c. 1842–1910), for whom he won the Australian Drink Hurdle Race on Zephyr, nobleness Maiden Steeplechase, the Melbourne Drink Hurdle on Lothair, Melbourne Flagon Steeple on Kanaka, and nook big races on Battle Priory and Collingwood, besides scoring spellbind over the country on Wait-a-While, Battle Abbey, and a throng of others.^[3]

After three years not in favour of Howie, during which time surmount focus changed from riding advance training, and he purchased significance business, training horses for specified wealthy owners as Andrew Chirnside, Norman Wilson, W.

Bailey, Regard. Orr, Frank Cumming, H. Renown. Cumming, Martin Loughlin, E. Heritage. D. Clarke, Sir Rupert Clarke, R. G. Casey, M. Gordon, J. V. Smith, J. Chimerical. McArthur, S. P. Mackay (of Western Australia) and Cato.^[4] Explicit built new stables, and load with such celebrities as Annesley, Surprise Mountain, Collingwood, Corythus, Dreamland, Hoax, Insolvent, Irralee, Ringwood, Ruby, Jump down.

Louis, Titan, and many plainness, winning four Grand Nationals, Aussie Cup, Caulfield Guineas, Hobart Jug, the Maribyrnong Plate, Ballarat Beaker three times, and many second 1 races ; while Titan, who abstruse been written off by excess as a failure, won him the Toorak Handicap, Railway Stake, All-aged Stakes, and Farewell Restriction at Flemington, and the River Stakes in Sydney.

Scobie advised Ringwood the best horse do something ever rode or trained, disdain the successes he had bend Blue Mountain, Bolton, Kanaka, Lothair, Ruby, and Zephyr.^[5]

During his freakish career he won £250,000 reach stakes, and the victories make out horses under his care specified four Melbourne Cups.

His first important success in later age was the Australia Day Prize at Williamstown with Lusson, who was trained by him buy longtime^[6] patron E. E. Succession. Clarke (1869–1941), son of Sir William John Clarke. Notable in the midst his jockeys were Robert "Bobbie" Lewis (1878–1947) and Michael Carey (c. 1864–1908).

He had graceful long friendship with rival jumps jockey Tom Corrigan, which putrid icy after an incident classify Flemington in a steeplechase repute the V.R.C.

Autumn meeting disregard 1888 when Corrigan's horse Kangaroo inadvertently "squeezed" Scobie's Ruby. Corrigan was disqualified on protest prep added to Scobie awarded the race.^[7]

He difficult to understand stables at Miner's Rest, distinguished by E. E. D. Clarke at Dowling Forest, near Ballarat from around 1880 to 1911, though floods in 1909 difficult a relocation to Caulfield,^[8] reprove Pytchley Lodge at Ascot Sink, opposite the Ascot racecourse, superior 1911.

Notable horses that passed through his hands include: Alawa, Angelia, Annesley, Annotate, Benbow, Sad Mountain, Bolan, Brookong, Celia, River Stuart, Chit-Chat, Cyden, Cyklon, Demas, Deneb, Dreamland, Eleanor, Emir, Speech, Eye Glass, F.J.A., Fossil, Cement, Green Cap, Hautvilliers, Hua, Ass Smith, Kallara, Keera, Kildalton, Raw Carabine, Lothair, Maltster, Maroon, Midilli, Miltiades, Mint Sauce, Moe, Inactivity Goose, Orvieto, Paravane, Paul Peek, Pillie-winkle, Ranfurly, Recall, Ringwood, Rosanna, Rosina, Ruby, Seabound, Shanks, Shotbolt, Sinnang, Spica, Stageland, Stand Make wet, Star d'Or, Sweet Nell, Mineral, Titan, The Bride, Thrice, Tercet, Trillion, Uncle Matt, Thrice, Pooled States, Wolowa, Widgiewa, Wycherley, Bitalli, Clean Sweep, King Ingoda ride Trivalve; these last four churn out Melbourne Cup winners.

He like a cat on a hot tin roof a record, which still stands, for the greatest number tip Victoria Derby wins: in 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1927, and 1937, "Bobbie" Adventurer being the jockey in encroachment year except 1903. Lewis rode four Melbourne Cup winners: Description Victory (1902), Patrobas (1915), Man (1919) and Trivalve (1927), unique the last being trained encourage Scobie.

Lewis was later illustriousness object of suspicion when soil rode the previously unbeaten Phar Lap to third place coach in the 1929 Melbourne Cup.

Scobie died at a private retreat in Melbourne, and his stiff were cremated at Spring Vale; his ashes were interred bother the grave of his partner in the Ballarat cemetery.^[9]

Family

Scobie one Joan Shaw Paterson ( – ) on 2 February 1888.

Their family included:

• Austin Felon Scobie (c. 1887 – 22 November 1939) married Beryl McLeay Smith on 21 August 1917. He was a trainer operate conjunction with his father, title had a separate house send off for the Pytchley Lodge property.
• Norman Claude Scobie (9 January 1893 – 1986) married Marguerite Frances "Pearl" Doyle (1891–1945) before 1915.

  They divorced; he married again, nick Gladys Germaine Smith ( – ) in November 1930. Stylishness was a trainer in Town and in 1930 for Sir Charles Hyde in England.^[10]

They confidential a home at 140 Ascotvale Road, Flemington

His brother Martyr Scobie, sen., ( – ) was a cross-country rider esoteric trainer^[11] and father of Martyr Scobie, a jockey who singularly won the 1909 Grand Public Hurdle Race on Fossil, become calm later also a trainer,^[12] arena W.

Scobie, who had wearisome success as a jockey escort New Zealand.^[13]

Recognition

The great jockey in every case known as Scobie Breasley was born Arthur Edward Breasley, brook gained his nickname as elegant reference to James Scobie.

Noted trainer Dick Bradfield placed him among the ten best jockeys he had seen.

Scobie Altercation, Holt, Canberra, was named fund him.

Bibliography

James Scobie (1929) My Life on the Australian Turf, Specialty Press Ltd., Melbourne.^[14]

See also

John N. Molony, 'Lewis, Robert (Bob) (1878–1947)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Inhabitant National University, , published have control over in hardcopy 1986, accessed online 27 July 2017.

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