[1] Born in the Edmonton area during 1911, he started work as a kennelhand for his father, Jim Syder Sr. at Wembley in 1930.
They resided at Horsenden Farm (now a tourist attraction) in Greenford and later London Road, in St Albans but trained out of the Wembley Kennels.
[3] With a strong kennel and many owners, success was inevitable and he trained the runner up in the 1946 Grand Prix before winning the 1946 St Leger with Bohernagraga Boy.
[5][6] Six year later he trained Leafy Ash who finished runner-up in the 1954 English Greyhound Derby.
[11] He contracted lung cancer in 1970 and died in 1972, in Dublin, bequeathing his body to medical science.