Arthur Waudby

1896 - 1967




Arthur Machin Waudby - known as 'Yorky' - was born in Hungary where his father went to from Yorkshire to hunt a pack of hounds for a nobleman.


Coming to England, he joined Dobson Peacock at Middleham in 1912.

He rode winners under both rules having taken out a licence in 1919.


He rode his first winner at Chepstow and his last winner, Silver Charger, at Pontefract (October 3, 1953.


Carpathus, the 1923 Northumberland winner, bit off his thumb.


He twice won the Victory Hurdle at Manchester, on Phantom Charley (1924) and Syrian (1930).


Yorky died at Middleham on January 10, 1967.


He was 70 and left £5,987.