Spencer Gollan

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

Life

Spencer Gollans ancestors were among the first settlers in New Zealand. His mother, Frederica, born Henderson Horne and related products. de Pelichet died at his birth.

His father Donald Gollan had acquired the farm in 1851, was born at the Spencer Gollan. He raised horses and let them run in the race.

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

Gollan distinguished himself in many sports and twice won the New Zealand Amateur Golf Championship. In the spring of 1901 he collapsed with Tom Sullivan and Georgetown the rowing record on the River Thames between Oxford and Putney. The team needed the distance of about 104 miles 13 hours and 57 minutes and undercut so that the time of 22 hours and 28 minutes, which was established in 1889 as a record time, clearly. Gollan was the rowing life faithful. He was from 1914 until his death Vice- President of the Thames Rowing Club and supervised his son Donald as a rowing trainer. Donald Gollan won a silver medal at the 1928 Olympics.

Spencer Gollan bought numerous racehorses, including Bonnie Scotland, a horse, the 1894 AJC Derby won, Culloden, VRC St Leger winner in 1893, Tiraillerie, winner of the VRC 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 owner of Moifaa, who won in 1904 in Liverpool under Arthur Birch in the Grand National and he later resold it to King Edward VII. Moifaa was supervised by the coach Jim Hickey, who died in 1911 in an asylum for the insane.

Spencer Gollan, who was blind in one eye after an accident, arrived in London in a traffic accident. He had entered the road without seeing an approaching bus, and was struck by this. The bus driver was acquitted of all guilt.

Gollan was married and is survived by his widow, a daughter and two sons. One of his daughters Julie and Freda must have died before him. A picture of his daughter Julie from 1898 by James Sant is located in the institution Harris Museum & Art Gallery.