Thomas Edward Wright (1861–1956) is an English greyhound trainer. His family was known for its success during the late 19th century. He is the youngest son of Joseph & Anne Wright of Avenue Farm in Waverton,

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. One of seven children, he followed his brothers Jack Wright and Joe Wright into greyhound training. Initially he trained at Hey House in Saughall,

for the Fawcett brothers, whom his father had bred and trained for, before moving his training to the Caeau, near

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. In his later years he lived at

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. Training greyhounds for coursing Tom Wright employed many different methods to ensure his dogs successes; hanging pig carcasses from a tree encouraging the dogs to jump to strengthen their hind legs and teaching them to jump drainage ditches that they may encounter during the coursing. 1895 saw the dominance of the Wright family in the

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competition, Joe trained the winner Thoughtless Beauty, Tom trained the runner up Fortuna Favente and another brother

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slipped the dogs in the final. In the White Lion public house in

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he purchased the greyhound bitch Fair Future for £5 from the landlord. The bitches litters yielded amongst the first

winning greyhound for the Fawcett brothers and Tom Wright. The following is a list of the

winning greyhounds that he trained: *1896 Fabulous Fortune *1900 Fearless Footsteps *1901 Fearless Footsteps *1902 Farndon Ferry *1903 Father Flint Acknowledged by Charles Blanning and Sir Mark Prescott as one of the great trainers of all time,Blanning, Charles & Prescott Sir Mark (1987) Waterloo Cup: The First 150 Years he died at his daughter's house in Whitford, Flintshire, in 1956. His son Ralph was the manager at Hove greyhound stadium, and his son John also trained greyhounds, winning the Waterloo Cup 4 times.

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