George Davis
Taken from a local paper............
Taken from a local paper............
'An inquest was held on Thursday, May 24, 1849, at Horndean, Hants. on the body of George Davis, aged 23, a groom in the employ of Mr J Burrell, jnr. who had died that morning.
'An inquest was held on Thursday, May 24, 1849, at Horndean, Hants. on the body of George Davis, aged 23, a groom in the employ of Mr J Burrell, jnr. who had died that morning.
The deceased had in training at Horndean a mare which was to run at the ensuing races at Portsdown Hill: deceased was to have been the jockey and, desirous to decrease his weight, resorted to a practice we believe not uncommon in such cases, of putting on a great quantity of additional apparel and then taking walking exercise: thus attired, and in perfect good health, he set out from Horndean, at a quick pace, and returned in two hours, but so completely exhausted as to render it necessary that he should be placed in bed; he did not rally, however, but soon after was a corpse.
The deceased had in training at Horndean a mare which was to run at the ensuing races at Portsdown Hill: deceased was to have been the jockey and, desirous to decrease his weight, resorted to a practice we believe not uncommon in such cases, of putting on a great quantity of additional apparel and then taking walking exercise: thus attired, and in perfect good health, he set out from Horndean, at a quick pace, and returned in two hours, but so completely exhausted as to render it necessary that he should be placed in bed; he did not rally, however, but soon after was a corpse.
Verdict - 'Died from Exhaustion.'
Verdict - 'Died from Exhaustion.'