Jim Clark
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Tonypandy & Jim return to the paddock after winning the 1911 Berkshire Foal Stakes at Newbury
Football matches between jockeys and other sportsmen were popular before WW1
Jim on board First Spear, winner of the 1914 Falmouth Stakes. Jim also won the Nassau Stakes and the Park Hill Stakes that year on the same horse.
James Clark, from Liverpool, was born on May 23, 1889, and was apprenticed to H Powney & Capt Percy Bewicke until 1909.
He was runner-up to Steve Donoghue in the 1914 jockeys' table and finished fourth in 1912 with 86 winners.
He rode in Egypt and, after the war, took up training before returning to ride under rules in 1937.
Jim's sole classic win came on Clarissimus in the 1916 2,000 Guineas.
James Clark died in the-mid 1950s.
An early win of significance came on Rochester in the 1911 Newbury Spring Cup, Saturday April 8.
William Huxley (left) with Jim Clark (right)
The Jockeys' Football team 1911
(L to R) W. Griggs, W.A.Robertson, R. Crisp, F. Rickaby, H. Jones (Captain), F. Winter, H.Robbins, E. Wheatley, W. Bullock, C. Trigg, J. Plant and Jim Clark.
Niatawah & Jim, after winning the Arbrook Plate at Sandown, October 1913
The Curragh, favourite for the the Manchester Cup, June 1914
The Curragh (Jim Clark) was beaten into second place by Junior (Manchester Cup 1914)
Jim won the 1914 Jockey Club Stakes on Trois Temps
Jim came second in the 1914 Middle Park Plate on Redfern
Jim aboard Laramie, winning favourite of the Manton 2-Y-O Stakes at Newbury, Aril 1915
The start of the 1014 Middle Park Plate in which Jim came second to Friar Marcus on Redfern
Jim's first major success: Alwine, 1909 Ayr Gold Cup
Jim's final big race winner: Clarissimus, 1916 Two Thousand Guineas
Jim and Florist win the 1914 Newbury Summer Cup
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