Hugh Munro (trainer)
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'''Hugh Munro''' was a racehorse trainer in Victoria, closely associated with the St Albans Stud of Geelong. He was the father of noted Sydney jockeys Jimmie Munro and Darby Munro.
==History==
'''Hugh "Hughie" Munro''' (1861 – 2 June 1925) was trainer for [[W. R. Wilson]] at the [[Whittington, Victoria]], St Albans Stud, managed by [[C. Leslie Macdonald]].
Hugh trained [[Revenue (horse)|Revenue]], winner of the 1901 Melbourne Cup; he also had [[Wakeful (horse)|Wakeful]], a champion mare who ran second in 1903, and seven other placegetters in the Melbourne Cup.
Munro had ambitions for his two younger sons, Jim and Darby, to land the big event. He would see Jim run second on Rivoli in 1923, but died before he made the great win on Windbag in 1925, and Statesman three years later. Hugh Munro always believed his youngest son Darby, who as a lad knew how to sit on a horse, would one day become one of Australia's most notable riders. Darby would win the Cup on Peter Pan in 1934.
The Munros moved to Randwick, Sydney, about 1916.{{cite book |author=Bede Nairn |title=Australian Dictionary of Biography |date=1986 |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |chapter=Munro, David Hugh (Darby) (1913–1966) |access-date=12 September 2017 |chapter-url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/munro-david-hugh-darby-7809/text13455}} Three sons were notable for their work in the racing industry:
===Jack Munro===
'''John Frederick "Jack" Munro''' ( – 1959 or earlier) was an A.R.C.-licensed trainer, based at [[Warwick Farm]] and racing stables at [[Liverpool, New South Wales|Liverpool]].
Among the racehorses he trained were: Contrast; Coinash; La Gloria; Allunga; 1935 *[[Australian Derby|A.J.C. Derby/Australian Derby]]; Correct; Karingal.
In May 1939 Munro and jockey H. Hughes were disqualified for 12 months after stewards considered Grand Hotel "had not been allowed to run on his merits". On appeal the ban was lifted.
He was in 1944 licensee of the Cootamundra Hotel in [[Cootamundra, New South Wales|Cootamundra]], later the New Zealand Hotel at the bottom of [[William Street, Sydney]].{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189922952 |title=Looking Around |newspaper=[[The Biz (newspaper)|The Biz]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 September 1959 |accessdate=14 September 2017 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}} He is not to be confused with Jack Munro, the Sydney boxing (Sydney Stadium) and coursing (Australasian Coursing Club) promoter of the same name.
===Jimmie Munro===
[[File:Jockey Jimmy Munro wearing silks and cap, New South Wales, ca. 1925.jpg|thumb|250px|Jim Munro - ca.1925.]]
'''James Leslie "Jim" "Jimmie" Munro''' (7 September 1906 – 24 July 1974) was born in [[Caulfield, Victoria]], and was recognised by [[Richard Wootton (racehorse trainer)|Dick Wootton]] and [[William Kelso (trainer)|William Kelso]] as a talented rider when quite young, and rode for his father, completing his apprenticeship as a jockey with [[Eiver Francis Walker|E. F. Walker]] (c. 1884–1946), the [[Randwick|Randwick, New South Wales]], trainer.
He had his first Melbourne Cup ride at age 15, then in 1923 he was second on [[Rivoli (horse)|Rivoli]]; in 1926 he won on [[Windbag (horse)|Windbag]] and again in 1928 on [[Statesman (horse)|Statesman]]. His first big win was the 1922 [[Sydney Cup]] on Prince Charles, owned by John Brown. He won many other major races in Melbourne and Sydney during the 1920s: on Valicare in the Doncaster, Boaster in the Epsom and Leslie Wallace in the Sires Produce Stakes.
In 1927 he was disqualified for a year following his ride on the gelding Songift at [[Canterbury Park Racecourse|Canterbury]] on 18 June, along with the horse, trainer S. B. Kelly and [[Parkes, New South Wales|Parkes]] bookmaker J. Leech, by a majority decision of the committee following some irregular betting and the horse failing at the final stretch, though to what end was never made clear. This was not the first time he came to the attention of the stewards: in 1923 he had a month's suspension for interference in the Hawksburn Handicap.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216466507 |title=Jockey Munro Disqualified |newspaper=[[The Bundaberg Mail]] |volume=53 |issue=8,312 |location=Queensland|date=26 February 1923 |accessdate=12 September 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
He was suspended again, in April 1929 for one month, following a complaint of interference by jockey H. Birmingham and subsequent altercation in the jockeys' room.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183981728 |title=J. Munro Suspended |newspaper=[[Sporting Globe]] |issue=700 |location=Victoria|date=10 April 1929 |accessdate=13 September 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
These incidents had little effect on Munro's career: he rode [[Phar Lap]] in the Rosehill Guineas on 21 September 1929, one of the great gelding's earliest wins (his first was the Rosehill Maiden Juvenile Handicap, 27 April 1929). Notable wins include:
[[File:Racehorse Valicare and jockey Jim Munro trot on to the track, New South Wales, ca. 1926.jpg|thumb|250px|Valicare & Jim Munro Randwick 1926]]
[[File:Amounis 1930 VATC Futurity Stakes Jockey Harold Jones Trainer Frank McGrath.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Amounis]], at Caulfield]]
*[[All Aged Stakes]]: Valicare (1926); Sir Chrystopher (1931)
*[[Australian Derby|A.J.C. Derby/Australian Derby]]: Prince Humphrey (1928)
*[[Cantala Stakes]]: Amounis (1929)
*[[Craven Plate]]: Windbag (1925) and (1926); Chatham (1932)
*[[Chelmsford Stakes]] Windbag (1925)
*[[Doncaster Handicap]]: Valicare (1926)
*[[Epsom Handicap]]: Boaster (dead heat, 1925); Amounis (1926) and (1928); Silver Ring (1934)
*[[Melbourne Cup]]: Windbag (1925); Statesman (1928)
*Melbourne Stakes (from 1937 known as [[LKS Mackinnon Stakes]]): Rivoli (1923)
*[[The Metropolitan (ATC)|The Metropolitan]]: Loquacious (1929)
*[[Newmarket Handicap]]: Quintus (1924)
*[[Queen Elizabeth Stakes (ATC)]]):known as AJC Plate Windbag (1925) and (1926); Strephon (1929)
*[[Sydney Cup]]: Prince Charles (1922)
*[[AJC St Leger]]: Windbag (1925)
*[[Victoria Derby]]: Liberal (1932)
*[[Warwick Stakes]]: Windbag (1926)
*[[Zipping Classic|Williamstown Cup]]: Amounis (1928)
*[[W S Cox Plate]]: Chatham (1932)
In 1929 he was invited by Baron Oppenheim, (perhaps Friedrich Carl von Oppenheim, father of [[Alfred von Oppenheim]]) Germany's leading owner, to ride for him in Germany,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103513608 |title=Jim Munro Going to Germany |newspaper=[[The Arrow (newspaper)|The Arrow]] |issue=3028 |location=New South Wales|date=19 July 1929 |accessdate=13 September 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} which he accepted, and left the following January{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131158936 |title=J. Munro's Farewell Message |newspaper=[[The Referee (newspaper)|The Referee]] |issue=2232 |location=New South Wales|date=1 January 1930 |accessdate=13 September 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} A facsimile with signature. He won that year's [[German Derby]] at [[Hamburg]] on Alba.
He returned to Australia the following year, then in 1934 accepted an invitation to ride in India, although this meant forgoing a promised ride on [[Peter Pan (Australian horse)|Peter Pan]] in that year's Melbourne Cup. Trainer [[Frank McGrath, Sr.|Frank McGrath]] chose his brother Darby as a suitable replacement, ensuring that rider's place in Cup history.
He returned to Australia, but having increasing difficulty in keeping his weight down, quit racing for training, and had some success with Tel Asur and Opulent the 1952 [[Sydney Cup]]. He spent some time in England with his daughter who had married G. Lewis, an English jockey.
;Recognition
His name has been entered in the [[Australian Racing Hall of Fame]].
===Darby Munro===
{{Further|Darby Munro}}[[File:ROGILLA 1933 VRC MELBOURNE STAKES D.MUNRO.JPG|thumb|250px|[[Rogilla]], and Darby Munro at Flemington]]
[[File:PETER PAN lll VRC MELBOURNE CUP 1932 & 1934.JPG|thumb|250px|[[Peter Pan III|Peter Pan]] and [[Darby Munro]], at Flemington]]
[[File:NUFFIELD 1938 AJC SIRES PRODUCE STAKES HAROLD BADGER.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Nuffield at Randwick]]
[[File:Beau Vite 1940 MVRC W. S. Cox Plate Jockey Ted McMenamin Trainer Frank McGrath.jpg |thumb|250px|right|[[Beau Vite]] at Moonee Valley]]
'''David Hugh "Darby" "the Demon" "Brown Bomber" Munro''' (5 March 1913 – 3 April 1966) was also born in Caulfield.
He was educated at Marist Brothers' College, Randwick, and served his apprenticeship as a jockey with his brother John. He trained with Hugh from age 10 and soon became one of the best jockies of his age.
By another account, Munro was born on 23 March 1913 in Melbourne but grew up in Sydney, and was "discovered" by prominent Randwick trainer Jeremiah "Jerome" Carey (c. 1867 – 6 February 1952), and in 1925 or 1926 taken to Melbourne where he gained some experience riding Carey's horse Bicolor. This same article asserts that Darby got his jockey's ticket as his father's apprentice, but his first race was on Carey's Karuma in a Tattersall's Two-year-old Handicap on 21 May 1927, and was beaten by a horse named Rosso.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169759572 |title=Munro Out, Missed by Public |newspaper=[[Truth (Sydney newspaper)|Truth]] |issue=2667 |location=Sydney |date=16 February 1941 |accessdate=13 September 2017 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Munro came into prominence in May 1927 when he won the Prospect Handicap on Release, beating his famous brother Jim on Quixotic. Later that same day he won the May Handicap on Spring Days. His services were soon in demand by such famous trainers as [[Jack Holt (trainer)|Jackson "Jack" Holt]] "the Wizard of Mordialloc" (c. 1880–1951), [[Bailey Payten]] (c. 1896 – 9 September 1948),{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129891517 |title=Trainer dies in Sydney |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]] |volume=51 |issue=7,832 |location=Adelaide |date=10 September 1948 |accessdate=14 September 2017 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} and Peter Riddle (c. 1885 – 29 June 1947).{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27901400 |title=Noted Racing Man Dies. Owner of Shannon. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=34,171 |date=30 June 1947 |accessdate=14 September 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}
==Family==
Hugh Munro (1861 – 2 June 1925) married Susanna Catherine Dunn (c. 1875 – 3 October 1943) sometime around 1900. They had a home at 8 Prince Street, Randwick. Their children included:
*Hugh Munro ( – before 1943) NOT Hugh Gordon Munro, polo player, who married Charmian Phyllis Mack on 8 October 1935
*Dorothy Millie Munro ( – ) married cyclist Alexander Bearpark ( – ){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17875237 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=33,002 |date=4 October 1943 |accessdate=13 September 2017 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}
*John Frederick Munro ( – )
*James Leslie "Jimmie" Munro (7 September 1906 – 24 July 1974) married Florence Ita Mary Duncombe on 14 May 1932. They had one daughter, who married English jockey G. Lewis.
*Jean Munro ( – ) married M. Rose ( – )
:*Gloria Munro (c. 1930– ){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237441125 |title=Munro's Nieces at Show |newspaper=[[The Labor Daily]] |issue=4116 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 February 1937 |accessdate=13 September 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}
:*Jean Munro (C. 1931– )
*Phillis Munro (c. 1911 – 25 July 1936)
*David Hugh "Darby" Munro (5? 23? March 1913 – 3 April 1966) married cabaret artiste Iris Veronica Fisher on 14 May 1934. They divorced in 1937, to a great deal of publicity. He married again, to Elsie Joyce Dixon on 28 August 1941. They had two children then divorced. He married one more time, to Kathleen Augusta Waverley "Dubby" Trautwein (14 October 1906 – 11 July 1996) on 24 June 1958.
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Munro, Hugh}}
[[Category:19th-century births]]
[[Category:1925 deaths]]
[[Category:Australian horse trainers]]
[[Category:19th-century Australian sportsmen]]
[[Category:People from the Colony of Victoria]]
[[Category:Sportsmen from Victoria (state)]]
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}}
'''Hugh Munro''' was a racehorse trainer in Victoria, closely associated with the St Albans Stud of Geelong. He was the father of noted Sydney jockeys Jimmie Munro and Darby Munro.
==History==
'''Hugh "Hughie" Munro''' (1861 – 2 June 1925) was trainer for [[W. R. Wilson]] at the [[Whittington, Victoria]], St Albans Stud, managed by [[C. Leslie Macdonald]].
Hugh trained [[Revenue (horse)|Revenue]], winner of the 1901 Melbourne Cup; he also had [[Wakeful (horse)|Wakeful]], a champion mare who ran second in 1903, and seven other placegetters in the Melbourne Cup.
Munro had ambitions for his two younger sons, Jim and Darby, to land the big event. He would see Jim run second on Rivoli in 1923, but died before he made the great win on Windbag in 1925, and Statesman three years later. Hugh Munro always believed his youngest son Darby, who as a lad knew how to sit on a horse, would one day become one of Australia's most notable riders. Darby would win the Cup on Peter Pan in 1934.
The Munros moved to Randwick, Sydney, about 1916.{{cite book |author=Bede Nairn |title=Australian Dictionary of Biography |date=1986 |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |chapter=Munro, David Hugh (Darby) (1913–1966) |access-date=12 September 2017 |chapter-url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/munro-david-hugh-darby-7809/text13455}} Three sons were notable for their work in the racing industry:
===Jack Munro===
'''John Frederick "Jack" Munro''' ( – 1959 or earlier) was an A.R.C.-licensed trainer, based at [[Warwick Farm]] and racing stables at [[Liverpool, New South Wales|Liverpool]].
Among the racehorses he trained were: Contrast; Coinash; La Gloria; Allunga; 1935 *[[Australian Derby|A.J.C. Derby/Australian Derby]]; Correct; Karingal.
In May 1939 Munro and jockey H. Hughes were disqualified for 12 months after stewards considered Grand Hotel "had not been allowed to run on his merits". On appeal the ban was lifted.
He was in 1944 licensee of the Cootamundra Hotel in [[Cootamundra, New South Wales|Cootamundra]], later the New Zealand Hotel at the bottom of [[William Street, Sydney]].{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189922952 |title=Looking Around |newspaper=[[The Biz (newspaper)|The Biz]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 September 1959 |accessdate=14 September 2017 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}} He is not to be confused with Jack Munro, the Sydney boxing (Sydney Stadium) and coursing (Australasian Coursing Club) promoter of the same name.
===Jimmie Munro===
[[File:Jockey Jimmy Munro wearing silks and cap, New South Wales, ca. 1925.jpg|thumb|250px|Jim Munro - ca.1925.]]
'''James Leslie "Jim" "Jimmie" Munro''' (7 September 1906 – 24 July 1974) was born in [[Caulfield, Victoria]], and was recognised by [[Richard Wootton (racehorse trainer)|Dick Wootton]] and [[William Kelso (trainer)|William Kelso]] as a talented rider when quite young, and rode for his father, completing his apprenticeship as a jockey with [[Eiver Francis Walker|E. F. Walker]] (c. 1884–1946), the [[Randwick|Randwick, New South Wales]], trainer.
He had his first Melbourne Cup ride at age 15, then in 1923 he was second on [[Rivoli (horse)|Rivoli]]; in 1926 he won on [[Windbag (horse)|Windbag]] and again in 1928 on [[Statesman (horse)|Statesman]]. His first big win was the 1922 [[Sydney Cup]] on Prince Charles, owned by John Brown. He won many other major races in Melbourne and Sydney during the 1920s: on Valicare in the Doncaster, Boaster in the Epsom and Leslie Wallace in the Sires Produce Stakes.
In 1927 he was disqualified for a year following his ride on the gelding Songift at [[Canterbury Park Racecourse|Canterbury]] on 18 June, along with the horse, trainer S. B. Kelly and [[Parkes, New South Wales|Parkes]] bookmaker J. Leech, by a majority decision of the committee following some irregular betting and the horse failing at the final stretch, though to what end was never made clear. This was not the first time he came to the attention of the stewards: in 1923 he had a month's suspension for interference in the Hawksburn Handicap.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216466507 |title=Jockey Munro Disqualified |newspaper=[[The Bundaberg Mail]] |volume=53 |issue=8,312 |location=Queensland|date=26 February 1923 |accessdate=12 September 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
He was suspended again, in April 1929 for one month, following a complaint of interference by jockey H. Birmingham and subsequent altercation in the jockeys' room.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183981728 |title=J. Munro Suspended |newspaper=[[Sporting Globe]] |issue=700 |location=Victoria|date=10 April 1929 |accessdate=13 September 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
These incidents had little effect on Munro's career: he rode [[Phar Lap]] in the Rosehill Guineas on 21 September 1929, one of the great gelding's earliest wins (his first was the Rosehill Maiden Juvenile Handicap, 27 April 1929). Notable wins include:
[[File:Racehorse Valicare and jockey Jim Munro trot on to the track, New South Wales, ca. 1926.jpg|thumb|250px|Valicare & Jim Munro Randwick 1926]]
[[File:Amounis 1930 VATC Futurity Stakes Jockey Harold Jones Trainer Frank McGrath.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Amounis]], at Caulfield]]
*[[All Aged Stakes]]: Valicare (1926); Sir Chrystopher (1931)
*[[Australian Derby|A.J.C. Derby/Australian Derby]]: Prince Humphrey (1928)
*[[Cantala Stakes]]: Amounis (1929)
*[[Craven Plate]]: Windbag (1925) and (1926); Chatham (1932)
*[[Chelmsford Stakes]] Windbag (1925)
*[[Doncaster Handicap]]: Valicare (1926)
*[[Epsom Handicap]]: Boaster (dead heat, 1925); Amounis (1926) and (1928); Silver Ring (1934)
*[[Melbourne Cup]]: Windbag (1925); Statesman (1928)
*Melbourne Stakes (from 1937 known as [[LKS Mackinnon Stakes]]): Rivoli (1923)
*[[The Metropolitan (ATC)|The Metropolitan]]: Loquacious (1929)
*[[Newmarket Handicap]]: Quintus (1924)
*[[Queen Elizabeth Stakes (ATC)]]):known as AJC Plate Windbag (1925) and (1926); Strephon (1929)
*[[Sydney Cup]]: Prince Charles (1922)
*[[AJC St Leger]]: Windbag (1925)
*[[Victoria Derby]]: Liberal (1932)
*[[Warwick Stakes]]: Windbag (1926)
*[[Zipping Classic|Williamstown Cup]]: Amounis (1928)
*[[W S Cox Plate]]: Chatham (1932)
In 1929 he was invited by Baron Oppenheim, (perhaps Friedrich Carl von Oppenheim, father of [[Alfred von Oppenheim]]) Germany's leading owner, to ride for him in Germany,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103513608 |title=Jim Munro Going to Germany |newspaper=[[The Arrow (newspaper)|The Arrow]] |issue=3028 |location=New South Wales|date=19 July 1929 |accessdate=13 September 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} which he accepted, and left the following January{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131158936 |title=J. Munro's Farewell Message |newspaper=[[The Referee (newspaper)|The Referee]] |issue=2232 |location=New South Wales|date=1 January 1930 |accessdate=13 September 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} A facsimile with signature. He won that year's [[German Derby]] at [[Hamburg]] on Alba.
He returned to Australia the following year, then in 1934 accepted an invitation to ride in India, although this meant forgoing a promised ride on [[Peter Pan (Australian horse)|Peter Pan]] in that year's Melbourne Cup. Trainer [[Frank McGrath, Sr.|Frank McGrath]] chose his brother Darby as a suitable replacement, ensuring that rider's place in Cup history.
He returned to Australia, but having increasing difficulty in keeping his weight down, quit racing for training, and had some success with Tel Asur and Opulent the 1952 [[Sydney Cup]]. He spent some time in England with his daughter who had married G. Lewis, an English jockey.
;Recognition
His name has been entered in the [[Australian Racing Hall of Fame]].
===Darby Munro===
{{Further|Darby Munro}}[[File:ROGILLA 1933 VRC MELBOURNE STAKES D.MUNRO.JPG|thumb|250px|[[Rogilla]], and Darby Munro at Flemington]]
[[File:PETER PAN lll VRC MELBOURNE CUP 1932 & 1934.JPG|thumb|250px|[[Peter Pan III|Peter Pan]] and [[Darby Munro]], at Flemington]]
[[File:NUFFIELD 1938 AJC SIRES PRODUCE STAKES HAROLD BADGER.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Nuffield at Randwick]]
[[File:Beau Vite 1940 MVRC W. S. Cox Plate Jockey Ted McMenamin Trainer Frank McGrath.jpg |thumb|250px|right|[[Beau Vite]] at Moonee Valley]]
'''David Hugh "Darby" "the Demon" "Brown Bomber" Munro''' (5 March 1913 – 3 April 1966) was also born in Caulfield.
He was educated at Marist Brothers' College, Randwick, and served his apprenticeship as a jockey with his brother John. He trained with Hugh from age 10 and soon became one of the best jockies of his age.
By another account, Munro was born on 23 March 1913 in Melbourne but grew up in Sydney, and was "discovered" by prominent Randwick trainer Jeremiah "Jerome" Carey (c. 1867 – 6 February 1952), and in 1925 or 1926 taken to Melbourne where he gained some experience riding Carey's horse Bicolor. This same article asserts that Darby got his jockey's ticket as his father's apprentice, but his first race was on Carey's Karuma in a Tattersall's Two-year-old Handicap on 21 May 1927, and was beaten by a horse named Rosso.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169759572 |title=Munro Out, Missed by Public |newspaper=[[Truth (Sydney newspaper)|Truth]] |issue=2667 |location=Sydney |date=16 February 1941 |accessdate=13 September 2017 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Munro came into prominence in May 1927 when he won the Prospect Handicap on Release, beating his famous brother Jim on Quixotic. Later that same day he won the May Handicap on Spring Days. His services were soon in demand by such famous trainers as [[Jack Holt (trainer)|Jackson "Jack" Holt]] "the Wizard of Mordialloc" (c. 1880–1951), [[Bailey Payten]] (c. 1896 – 9 September 1948),{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129891517 |title=Trainer dies in Sydney |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]] |volume=51 |issue=7,832 |location=Adelaide |date=10 September 1948 |accessdate=14 September 2017 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} and Peter Riddle (c. 1885 – 29 June 1947).{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27901400 |title=Noted Racing Man Dies. Owner of Shannon. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=34,171 |date=30 June 1947 |accessdate=14 September 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}
==Family==
Hugh Munro (1861 – 2 June 1925) married Susanna Catherine Dunn (c. 1875 – 3 October 1943) sometime around 1900. They had a home at 8 Prince Street, Randwick. Their children included:
*Hugh Munro ( – before 1943) NOT Hugh Gordon Munro, polo player, who married Charmian Phyllis Mack on 8 October 1935
*Dorothy Millie Munro ( – ) married cyclist Alexander Bearpark ( – ){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17875237 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=33,002 |date=4 October 1943 |accessdate=13 September 2017 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}
*John Frederick Munro ( – )
*James Leslie "Jimmie" Munro (7 September 1906 – 24 July 1974) married Florence Ita Mary Duncombe on 14 May 1932. They had one daughter, who married English jockey G. Lewis.
*Jean Munro ( – ) married M. Rose ( – )
:*Gloria Munro (c. 1930– ){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237441125 |title=Munro's Nieces at Show |newspaper=[[The Labor Daily]] |issue=4116 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 February 1937 |accessdate=13 September 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}
:*Jean Munro (C. 1931– )
*Phillis Munro (c. 1911 – 25 July 1936)
*David Hugh "Darby" Munro (5? 23? March 1913 – 3 April 1966) married cabaret artiste Iris Veronica Fisher on 14 May 1934. They divorced in 1937, to a great deal of publicity. He married again, to Elsie Joyce Dixon on 28 August 1941. They had two children then divorced. He married one more time, to Kathleen Augusta Waverley "Dubby" Trautwein (14 October 1906 – 11 July 1996) on 24 June 1958.
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Munro, Hugh}}
[[Category:19th-century births]]
[[Category:1925 deaths]]
[[Category:Australian horse trainers]]
[[Category:19th-century Australian sportsmen]]
[[Category:People from the Colony of Victoria]]
[[Category:Sportsmen from Victoria (state)]]
