CHIFNEY

Samuel ( younger son of Samuel Chifney, jockey 1753–1807 ). b. 1786; rode for Prince of Wales at Stock bridge races 1802; won the Oaks on Briseis 1807, on Sorcery 1811, on Landscape 1816, on Shoveller 1819 and on Wings 1825; won the Derby on Sam a horse called after himself 1818 and on Sailor 1820; won the One you sand guineas on Extempore 1843; a trainer at Newmarket to 1843; had a stud of his own there 1843–51. d. Hove, Brighton 29 Aug. 1854. Sporting Review vii , 416 (1842), portrait, xxxii , 231–5, 312–6 (1854) xxxiii , 31–5, 89–95, 162–7, 231–6, 309–14, 401–6 (1855) xxxiv , 5–10, 75–8 (1855). CHIFNEY, William ( brother of the preceding ). b. Newmarket 1784; a trainer near Newmarket; owner with his brother of a small stud of horses at Newmarket to June 1834; publicly thrashed on 31 May 1803 Lieut. col. George Leigh, an equerry to Prince of Wales, for abusing his father, imprisoned for the a ault 6 months at Cambridge. d. Pancras sq. Pancras road, London 14 Oct. 1862. H. Corbett’s Tales of sporting life (1864) 176–82.