Given the question: Facts:   - death date: march , 1987    - horses: errard king , cavan , celtic ash    - race: laurel 1953 -rrb- american derby -lrb- 1954 -rrb- arlington classic -lrb- futurity 1954 -rrb- leonard richards stakes -lrb- 1958 -rrb- peter pan stakes stakes -lrb- 1958 -rrb- edgemere handicap -lrb- 1963 -rrb- -lrb- 1953 -rrb- tyro stakes -lrb-      - awards: leading trainer at monmouth park racetrack -lrb- 1951 -rrb-    - birth date: july 27 , 1907    - name: tom barry    - birth place: ireland    - occupation: trainer   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of thomas j. barry .
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thomas j. `` tom '' barry -lrb- july 27 , 1907 -- march , 1987 -rrb- was a trainer of thoroughbred racehorse who won two american classic races with foreign-bred horses .born in ireland , as a young man he emigrated to the united states where he became a citizen around 1930 .in 1951 tom barry won the training title at monmouth park racetrack in oceanport , new jersey which marked the beginning of a decade in which he enjoyed considerable racing success .in 1952 , barry began the race conditioning of a colt named errard king for owner joseph gavegnano .under regular jockey sam boulmetis , sr. , in 1953 the two-year-old errard king won the tyro stakes and the laurel futurity stakes and the following year captured two very important races , the american derby and arlington classic .