Spencer Gollan

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Spencer Herbert Gollan (born February 1860 in Mangacataca or Mangatarata near Napier (New Zealand) , † January 29, 1934 in London ) was a New Zealand athlete and racehorse owner.

Life

Spencer Gollan's ancestors were among the earliest settlers in New Zealand. His mother Frederica, b. Henderson Horne, ad. de Pelichet, died giving birth.

His father Donald Gollan bought the farm on which Spencer Gollan was born in 1851. He bred horses and ran them in races.

Spencer Gollan, who inherited the farm in 1887 but left it to his older half-brother Louis de Pelichet, was raised in New Zealand, Switzerland and Cambridge. After the death of his father he was under the care of his aunt, a Mrs. Furness from Scotland.

Gollan excelled in many sports and won the New Zealand Amateur Golf Championship twice. In the spring of 1901 he broke the rowing record on the Thames between Oxford and Putney together with Tom Sullivan and George Towns . The team took 13 hours and 57 minutes to cover the distance of about 104 miles, clearly undercutting the 22 hours and 28 minutes, which had been established as a record time in 1889. Gollan remained loyal to rowing throughout his life. He was Vice President of the Thames Rowing Club from 1914 until his death and looked after his son Donald as a rowing coach. Donald Gollan won a silver medal at the 1928 Olympics.

Spencer Gollan bought numerous racehorses, including Bonnie Scotland , a horse that won the AJC Derby in 1894, Culloden , winner in St. Leger PRC 1893, Tiraillerie , winner in PRC Oaks, Kimberley , The Possible , Pounamu , Sternchaser , Bessie Macarthy and Australian Star . This horse won the London Cup and the City and Suburban Handicap . Furthermore Gollan was at times the owners of moifaa , the 1904 in Liverpool by Arthur Birch in the Grand National was victorious and he later King Edward VII. Resold. Moifaa was mentored by trainer Jim Hickey, who died in 1911 in an asylum for the mentally ill.

Spencer Gollan, blind in one eye since an accident, was killed in a traffic accident in London. He had entered the lane without noticing an approaching bus and was hit by it. The bus driver was acquitted of all guilt.

Gollan was married and left behind a widow, a daughter and two sons. One of his daughters Julie and Freda must have died before him. An 1898 painting of his daughter Julie by James Sant is in the Harris Museum & Art Gallery.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Rose Harding, Historic farm sells for $ 9m , in: The New Zealand Herald , November 18, 2005
  2. ↑ Family data on boards.ancestry.com.au
  3. ↑ a b c Sainsbury, Logan & Williams, Chapter 7, pp. 255 ff. (PDF; 11.6 MB)
  4. ↑ Mr. Spencer Gollan , in: Otago Witness , January 31, 1906, p. 56
  5. ↑ Donald Gollan in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on May 19, 2020.
  6. ↑ Another Triumph for Mr. Gollan , in: Otago Witness , June 1, 1904, p. 52 ( Memento of November 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) This time of publication makes the date of the victories on 1891 in The Argus seem improbable.
  7. ^ Brough Scott, Wild Horse Chase , 2004
  8. ↑ Several sources, e.g. B. these , find it remarkable that several people who dealt with Moifaa came to a sad end.
  9. ↑ Mr. Spencer Gollan's Death , in: The Argus , February 6, 1934, p. 7
  10. ↑ Mr. Spencer Gollan Dead , in: The Argus , January 30, 1934, p. 7
  11. ^ A Scout Wedding , in: Colonist , Vol.LVI, Issue 13845, October 30, 1913, p. 2
  12. ↑ Julie, Daughter of Spencer H. Gollan, Esq.
personal data
SURNAME Gollan, Spencer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gollan, Spencer Herbert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand athlete and racehorse owner
DATE OF BIRTH February 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Mangacataca or Mangatarata near Napier (New Zealand)
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1934
Place of death London