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Wally Wing

Wally Wing.
Picture courtesy of Elizabeth Innes.
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Wally Wing,
Walter Wing, jockey,
born 4 May 1920.
Started as a jockey age 14.
He left Ireland 1934, to become apprentice jockey at his uncle Fred Winter, senior's stables at Epsom, Surrey.
He rode in England.

He won the Fulwell Plate at Kempton, 10 May 1935. See "M. Wing's Son Attracts Attention", Irish Independent, May 11, 1935. It says he weighed only 6 stone 9 lbs. He came 2nd in Cambridgeshire Stakes at Newmarket on "Man's Pal", think 30 Oct 1935. See item in Irish Independent, October 31, 1935. He won the Liverpool Autumn Cup at Aintree on "Emborough", Fri 8 Nov 1935. See "Wing, Junior, Earns Fame At Sixteen", Irish Independent, November 9, 1935. Incorrectly says he is age 16. See item in Irish Times, November 21, 1936. See item in Irish Independent, November 24, 1936. It says he has won 43 races so far. He is no longer an apprentice. See "Brilliant Boy Jockeys", Irish Independent, December 29, 1936. It says he won 35 races in past season, and won 5 races in previous season. Incorrectly says he is age 19. He won the Great Metropolitan Handicap at Epsom, 20 Apr 1937, on "Corofin". See Irish Independent, April 21, 1937. Says he is age 17.

He went to ride in India (like his father), Nov 1937. Age only 17.
See photo in Irish Independent, November 4, 1937.
The story was he was riding for Aga Khan.
He died in India, soon after arrival, 10 Jan 1938, age 17 [memoriam card], of "internal haemorrhage".
See Irish Independent, January 11, 1938.
The family story was that he "fell on a tennis racket and died". Other story that he died of "food poisoning", or "contracted a bacteria or virus of some kind".

Wally Wing.
Picture courtesy of Elizabeth Innes.
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