EDWARD G. HULTON

'Edward George Hulton' (1869-1925) was a British newspaper publisher and Thoroughbred racehorse owner. He founded the ''Daily Sketch'' (a newspaper conservative in it's views and populist in it's tone). In 1909 and would, at one time or another, own ''Picture Post'' and ''Lilliput'' magazines, as well as ''Hulton's Girls' Stories'', a magazine for children. In addition to magazines, Hulton owned Edward Hulton and Co. in Manchester that published books under Hulton Press.
Edward Hulton was one of the members of the 1941 Committee, a group of British politicians, writers and other people of influence who were not generally involved with a political party but who came together in 1941 to press for more efficient production in order to enhance the War effort.

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Thoroughbred horse racing

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Thoroughbred horse racing

Edwear Hulton owned a successful Thoroughbred racing stable. With trainer Richard C. Dawson conditioning his horses, Hulton was the British flat racing Champion Owner in 1916. That year his wins included the filly Fifinella capturing the Epsom Oaks and the Epsom Derby, the last horse to ever accomplish that feat. Hulton's horses won the 1919 One Thousand Guineas and a second Epsom Oaks in 1924.

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★ Sir Edward Hulton at the United Kingdoms' National Horseracing Museum