{"id":24613,"date":"2023-06-27T10:13:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T14:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=24613"},"modified":"2023-07-18T16:08:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T20:08:57","slug":"episode-835-tigalie-the-horse-that-made-shenley-stud-farm-famous-june-5-1912","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=24613","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 835 TIGALIE …THE HORSE THAT MADE SHENLEY STUD FARM FAMOUS, JUNE 5, 1912"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EPISODE 835    TIGALIE …THE HORSE THAT MADE SHENLEY STUD FARM FAMOUS, JUNE 5, 1912<\/div>\n

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Alan skeoch<\/div>\n
June 27, 2023<\/div>\n

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WHO WAS TIGALIE?  <\/div>\n

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  Finding TIGALIE was like OPENING  a door to a treasure room.<\/div>\n
…much about the past, particularly the years around 1912 when<\/div>\n
Shenlie stables was famous as a Stud Farm.  Only made famous<\/div>\n
because of one horse\u2026TIGALIE.<\/div>\n

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  She was a small horse\u2026.a filllyl\u2026a grey <\/div>\n
filly.  Not much was expected  of her at Epson Downs on June 5, 1912.  Se ws racing<\/div>\n
against 19 stallions\u2026.big, aggressive horses.   The best of 1912 three year old <\/div>\n
hoses.<\/div>\n

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LOOK AT HER\u2026.TIGALIE<\/div>\n

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THIS IS tigalie in 1915 with one of her colts, Mabella.<\/div>\n
.  The photo was taken three years after she won<\/div>\n
the Epsom Derby\u2019s 1,000 guinea purse.<\/div>\n

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We were walking down Rectory Lane, an obscure farm road<\/div>\n
almost overwhelmed by forest and shrubs.   An opening..a long<\/div>\n
ell low brick wall announced SHENLEY STUD FARM 1903.<\/div>\n
The bricks were old and faded as was the stone name.  Beside that<\/div>\n
sign was a smaller sign\u2026.so small that the name TIGALIE was almost<\/div>\n
obscured.<\/div>\n

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This sign was designed by Nolan Skeoch in 2023 to advertise  Shenley Equestrian\u2026.located in the same horse styles where<\/div>\n
once TIGALIE was housed.<\/div>\n

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BELOW IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE EPSOM DERBY RACE ON JUNE 5, 1912<\/div>\n

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“ENGLISH DERBY DAY, JUNE 5, 2012<\/p>\n


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GREAT RACE RUN IN A BLAZE OF SUNSHINE<\/div>\n

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MULTITUDE GREETS KING AND QUEEN<\/div>\n

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EPSON DOWNS<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe gray mare is The best horse after all.\u201d<\/div>\n
Derby Day ws Ladies\u2019 Day all the way. The<\/div>\n
 beautiful TAGALIE won the great race with<\/div>\n
ALL the ease and consciousness of a fine lady leading <\/div>\n
her admirers across the green.  She never faltered,<\/div>\n
never for one moment was her supremacy in doubt.<\/div>\n
The flag fell, the historic Derby roar \u201cThey\u2019re off!\u201d<\/div>\n
went up in the glowing sunshine with the excited sob<\/div>\n
of tens and tens of thousand at the tail of it, and the<\/div>\n
brave little lady horse, with proudly arched neck<\/div>\n
and sweeping tail, went away and up the hill like a hare.<\/div>\n
She was the only filly in the race, and a gray one at that.<\/div>\n
They were all saying that a gray horse never had won<\/div>\n
theDerby, and never could. So there you are!<\/div>\n
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TAGALIE not only won; she was supreme through every<\/div>\n
moment of the race.  Very soon nineteen gentlemen horses, <\/div>\n
with  the right spirit of the true equine aristocrat acknowledged<\/div>\n
themselves TAGALIE\u2019S faithful servants\u2026all the way she was<\/div>\n
showing them her heels\u2026silver plated, flashing like<\/div>\n
summer lightning.<\/div>\n

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There never was a prettier race\u2026.the weather perfect.<\/div>\n
One little spatter of rain then the sun came out and shone most <\/div>\n
gloriously in a heaven of blue\u2026little white clouds romped<\/div>\n
across the sky like lambs. The air was sweet, the turf <\/div>\n
was green and soft\u2026soft enough for the most tender<\/div>\n
footed filly that ever cantered.<\/div>\n

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The crowd was tremendous.  Mr. Henry Chaplin, who won<\/div>\n
the Derby win 1867 was bluff and hearty as ever as he gazed<\/div>\n
through his monocle and declared that he never remembered such<\/div>\n
a gathering.  The crowd stretched without a visible break<\/div>\n
around the whole vast circle of the course\u2026all the fun of <\/div>\n
the fair raged and shrilled.  <\/div>\n

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Just before lunch King<\/div>\n
George V and Queen drove up from <\/div>\n
the Downs station and the entire seethe of humanity<\/div>\n
burst outing a cheer of heart greeting.<\/div>\n

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 King George V wore a morning suit and a silk hat; the Queen<\/div>\n
a smart grey cloth coat and shirt with a pretty grey and<\/div>\n
white hat adorned with white feathers.  The large party in<\/div>\n
the Royal Box included his elder daughter Princess Victoria<\/div>\n
of Schleswig-Holtein, the Duke and Duchess pf Teck and the <\/div>\n
Hereditry Grand Duke of Mecklenberg-Strelitz.  A great <\/div>\n
number of fashionable people were there but Epson,<\/div>\n
unlike Ascot, is not s dressy function; it is a popular<\/div>\n
carnival (however) full of spirit and the clamour<\/div>\n
of a go-as-you-please festival.<\/div>\n

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Note: The English Royal family were part  German.  Odd<\/div>\n
situation on verge of World War One.<\/div>\n
June 5, 1912<\/div>\n

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This was run on Wednesday 5th June 1912 and the winner was bred by Mr Walter Raphael and trained by Dawson.Waugh at Newmarket. There were 20 runners from an initial entry of 353. The winner won by 4 lengths with 2 lengths between second and third. The winners time was 2 min 38.8 secs.<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n

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WHAT ABOUT THE MONEY?<\/div>\n

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Two very different notes about the money.    One source said that the<\/div>\n
owner of TAGALIE received a purse of 1,000 gunnies, the <\/div>\n
other was much higher at  more than 6,000    pounds..<\/div>\n

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I assume The \u2018purse\u2019 was 1,000 guineas.  Let\u2019 s work with that figure even though<\/div>\n
the actual winnings in the Epsom Derby  of 1912 may have been more than six <\/div>\n
time that figure.   <\/div>\n

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1) One thousand guineas in 1910 is worth 78,172.20 pounds …over $1.000,000 ,,, <\/div>\n
,,,, a lot of money that Walter Raphael shoved in his pocket <\/div>\n

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2) What could be bought with a thousand guineas in 1912.    For a starter Mr. Raphael; could buy<\/div>\n
36 ,more  horses for Shenley Stud Farm.  And he probably did because TIGALIE would<\/div>\n
need company.   She would be bred.<\/div>\n

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3_ Water Raphael could buy 103 cows but  There is no indication<\/div>\n
of that.  Mr. Raphael was a financier living in London.   He brought friends out to his Shenley <\/div>\n
Stud Farm from London for visits.  He did not live there.   Mr. Lynne ran the stud farm fo rMr Raphael<\/div>\n
and lived on he adjoining Elliot Farm with his family.  He should have gotten a reward \u2026 part of the purse<\/div>\n
but there is no record of that.   Wealthy people know how to hold on to their money\u2026.sorry that is <\/div>\n
an unkind remarkL<\/div>\n

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4) A thousand guineas could also purchase 1851 stones of wool or  781 quarters of wheat \u2026I leave that<\/div>\n
for you to convert.<\/div>\n

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5) Now this final figure is fascinating.  It says so much about England and  the landed aristocracy. <\/div>\n
Walter Rapuhael could by 3030 \u2018days wages\u2019 from skilled tradesmen with that thousand guines purse.  <\/div>\n
He could hire a skilled horseman for nearly 3 years.   And he probably did.<\/div>\n

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6) Suppose the purse was six times tht figure as most sources say.   Now tha is a lot of money\/<\/div>\n
Little wonder that more than 340 English horsemen tried to qualify for a position at the Epson Downs<\/div>\n
starting gate in 1912.  There was only room for 20 horses\u2026and  only one of those horses was a filly<\/div>\n
\u2026the only grey horses in the race.   Her name was TIGALIE.   She made the Shenley Stud Farm<\/div>\n
famous.  sadly none of her colts were as strong.<\/div>\n

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POST SCRIPT<\/div>\n

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How much is a guinea worth in dollars?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Originally Answered: How much is a ginea worth in dollars?<\/a><\/div>\n
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A Guinea was 21 shillings In old L.S.D in today’s money that is \u00a31.05 p . At today’s prices the pound is worth $1.41. So to get the exact amount we have to add one twentieth of the dollar exchange rate which is 0.8 cents plus $1.41 . So a guinea in dollars on the 24 th March 2018 would of been worth $1.49 . But in the days when the uk used guineas as currency this amount would of been at least three times greater .<\/span><\/div>\n

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UNDERSTANDNG BRTISH MONEY BEFORE 1971<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The pound, for which a slang term is quid (still) was made of 20 shillings, slang term bob. Both quid and bob have the same form for singular and plural.<\/span><\/p>\n

A shilling was 12 pence. Pence is plural of penny when talking about value. Pennies is plural of penny when talking about the physical coins.<\/span><\/p>\n

That makes a pound worth 240 pence. 20 x 12<\/span><\/p>\n

A guinea was 21 shillings, so a pound and a shilling.<\/span><\/p>\n

A crown was worth. 5 shillings, or 60 pence, so a half-crown was 2 1\/2 shillings, or 30 pence<\/span><\/p>\n

The money had such a high value that even a penny could be divided. There were halfpennies (pronounced hay-p nee) and farthings, which were worth a quarter of a penny.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other coins were the sixpence, threepence, pronounced thruppence, and the twopence, pronounced tuppence.<\/span><\/p>\n

The letters used were \u00a3 S D or LSD, for pounds, shillings, and pence, and that\u2019s how prices would be displayed.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the value dropped the lower denominations were retired, such as the farthing in 1960.<\/span><\/p>\n

The money was decimalised in 1971 and a pound became 100 pence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now Austen and Dickens will make more sense.<\/span><\/div>\n

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