Eli Drewe
Eli Drewe, an orphan, dead-heated for first place (with the Chaloner-ridden Gaspard) in the 1859 Cesarewitch on Artless.
Eli Drewe, an orphan, dead-heated for first place (with the Chaloner-ridden Gaspard) in the 1859 Cesarewitch on Artless.
Eli & Artless then won the deciding heat by three lengths.
Eli & Artless then won the deciding heat by three lengths.
He was apprenticed to Alec Taylor at Manton.
He was apprenticed to Alec Taylor at Manton.
On Tuesday, August 4, 1863, riding at Brighton, he fell from his horse, Pellucid, in the Marine Plate.
On Tuesday, August 4, 1863, riding at Brighton, he fell from his horse, Pellucid, in the Marine Plate.
So severe were his injuries that, in a state of insensibility, he died the following evening at 6.30.
So severe were his injuries that, in a state of insensibility, he died the following evening at 6.30.
Eli was buried in Fyfield Churchyard.
Eli was buried in Fyfield Churchyard.
Alec Taylor commissioned a Lynch Gate with stones on either side inscribed 'In Memory' and 'of Eli Drewe'.
Alec Taylor commissioned a Lynch Gate with stones on either side inscribed 'In Memory' and 'of Eli Drewe'.