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THE V.I.-0. HANPrOAPPER.

' DEATH OF MR. P. F. DAKIN. I

"The news," says 'Goodwood" "of the death of Mi Piancis rcidnnnd Dakin, one of the best known men connected with ne ing m Austiaha, will be íeceived with legiet by a hugo circle of people lo whom he was Inomi pcisoiiallj 01 by le pate Rathol sensitive to criticism, he was n man of chai actor and was alvie lo give good sound leasons foi eveiy weight he appoi tioncd T hoi e w as no such thing as guesswork with lum It will, indeed, be vci-) haid to íind a suitable successor In bealing and mannet A.i Dil in wa« i gentleman and he commanded lespect ivhcrevci he went \ few )eais ago he io ceivod a legacy, which enabled lum to seeiue a vciy mee home at Kew Hie deceased gentleman's bod) was sent fiom Svdnej by train last night and will an ive to da) The funeral has been fixed foi 1 uesday "

(mojí T-.nL._va v or THE AUSTRAL

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eSYDNIY Sund iv

Ml T r Dal in died vol) sudden!) last night He at rived fiom Melbourne in the morning, and was nt tho A J C races m Ins usual health in the nf tel noon hut just aftei going to bed at 0 o clock died from henil disease a complnint lie had sufleied from foi some time Needless to sa) the news of Air Dakin s death was leceived with gteat soi row bj all who knew him, and it is safe to sa) thal no lacing official was evei mole lespected and 1 nown .patt fiom hnndi capping ho will bo a great loss to ally inte rested in blood stock as ho was the best authoiitv on the English 'Stud Book" in

.ustialin Boin in 1844 Mi Dakin at one time intended following medicine He took his degtee but two thal idea up andiyent into the ami) but soon tiled of that With his biothei Mi W L Dikin he bought Hie Alai runs and came to Viisti alla m 1871

Vfter selling this hoise Ali Dakin adopted spotting journalism loi n time, then tiatned hoi-cs Ile vv is hist associated with Messrs \ and 1 Chirnside and trained good winneis foi them the most notable being Newminster This hoise will be lemembeied as a gieat favourite for the V R C Derby of 1870 Ali Da! m was tram nig lum at Point Cook Newimnstei went light off befóte the Derby, and it w is nlivavs supposed that the hoise was got at' He ian badi) mid did not lccovei his foi m fot a long time aftenvaids though lie lived to become famous as a sue Lntei on Ali

Dakin trained Daiebin, m whom he had an interest Then lie managed the late Jh William Pearson's lacing nffans and won good laces with Commotion TWingnnn Alagnet Rovnl Oal and othois On giving up ti arning lie tool to eimntiv li indican ping mil on the utilement of Ali R 5> vi ni kv W IS made jinlj-c it 1 lemington laen when Ali Barnaul letitcd he took over the handicapping for the leading club Tor years past ho had been associated with Mr \ Yuille in the production of the Aus traban "Stud Book

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