![]() ![]() Knowing she was dying, she pulled Halley from grammar school and apprenticed him to a Newmarket racing trainer, so that he would have a home and someone to turn to after her death. His mother died when Halley was 15 of an obscure kidney ailment. Halley's mother, aged 19 at his birth, came from the Liverpool slums and later worked as a biscuit packer. Eight months after his father's death Halley was born. His mother's fiancé died at age 20 (though a newspaper report in Come to Grief says he was 19) only three days before the wedding in a fall from a ladder, whilst working overtime as a window cleaner. (The other is Kit Fielding of Break In and Bolt.)Ĭharacter biography Early life and career He is the only central character to appear in more than two Francis novels, and one of only two to appear more than once. He is a former British jump racing Champion Jockey and private detective. Sid Halley (John Sidney Halley) is a fictional character in four Dick Francis novels, Odds Against, Whip Hand, Come to Grief, Under Orders and one follow-up book by Felix Francis, Refusal. ![]() Saskia Halley (daughter by second marriage) Fictional character John Sidney "Sid" Halley ![]()
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