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Thomas H. Burns Occupation Jockey Born 1879Cedar Springs, Ontario , Canada Died November 14, 1913Brooklyn , New York Resting place Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn Kentucky Oaks (1897)Municipal Handicap (1898)Omnium Handicap (1898)Tennessee Derby (1898, 1906)Bayshore Stakes (1900)Grand Union Hotel Stakes (1900, 1901)Manhattan Handicap (1900, 1903)Occidental Handicap (1900)Second Special Stakes (1900)St. Louis Derby (1900)Crotona Handicap (1901, 1905)Dash Stakes (1901, 1904)Eclipse Stakes (1901)First Special Stakes (1901)Great American Stakes (1901)June Stakes (1901)Juvenile Stakes (1901)Long Island Handicap (1901, 1905)Sapphire Stakes (1901, 1904, 1905)Seagate Stakes (1901)Spinaway Stakes (1901)New Rochelle Handicap (1901, 1906) Albany Handicap (1902)Bouquet Stakes (1902)Carlton Stakes (1902)Double Event Stakes (part 1) (1902)Flight Stakes (1902)Gazelle Stakes (1902)Grand Union Hotel Stakes (1902)Great Filly Stakes (1902)Harlem Stakes (1902, 1903)Huron Handicap (1902)Jamaica Stakes (1902)Mermaid Stakes (1902)Pansy Stakes (1902)Arverne Stakes (1903)Broadway Stakes (1903)Carlton Stakes (1903)Metropolitan Handicap (1903)Russet Stakes (1903)Surf Stakes (1903)Seneca Selling Stakes (1903)Brighton Handicap (1904)Dash Stakes (1904)Flying Handicap (1904)Queens County Handicap (1904)Travers Stakes (1904)Twin City Handicap (1904)Waldorf Stakes (1904)Winged Foot Handicap (1904)Brooklyn Handicap (1905)Saratoga Handicap (1905)Tennessee Derby (1906)Tennessee Oaks (1906)United States Champion Jockey by wins (1898, 1899)National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (1983)Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Africander , Ben Holladay , Blue Girl , Broomstick , Imp , Gold Heels , Gunfire ,Irish Lad , Joe Madden
Thomas H. Burns (1879 – November 14, 1913) was a Canadian jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing who competed successfully in Canada, the United States, and in Europe . He was two-time North American Champion and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee in 1983[ 1] Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame .[ 2]
Tommy Burns won his first race at age 16 at a racetrack in Hamilton, Ontario . His success in Canada led to riding in the United States where he got his first win in 1894 at a track in St. Paul, Minnesota .[ 3]
Tommy Burns married Roslyn Dorothy McLaughlin, daughter of another U.S. Hall of Fame jockey Jim McLaughlin .[ 4] Richard Clawson , another outstanding young jockey but he too had died young from Consumption .[ 5]
