THE TURF IN ENGLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 262, 5 November 1890, Page 3

THE TURF IN ENGLAND.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

London, September 9. Doncaster Doings.

On a fine, sunshiny afternoon,. with a light S.E. breeze blowing freshly across its flat expanse, there are few tpore delightful racing resorts than Doneaster Town Moor. This was the class of weather we experienced on Tuesday and Wednesday last, and some hundred thousand persons, from the Prinpe of Wales downwards, were present to enjoy it. The company at Doneaster is invariably of tho smartest, and the sport second only to that witnessed at Ascot and EpsomJust eight years ago in the Champagne. Stakes at Doneaster, I remember seeing M. Lefevre's Hauteur overturn two supposed certainties in Maobeath and Chislehurs.. This memory flashed across me in t-? e paddock on Tuesday as I was looking over HauteSaono, a very handsome daughter of Tristan and the said Hauteur, about to run like her mama in the Champagne Stakes. -On the present occasion, as in 1882, .there was a certainty in Mr HOuldsworth'B Orvieto (the only other runner bar an unnamed coljb Of Mr Hamar Bass), and the betting was 2 to 1 on the gopd thing. I resolved'-to back the outsider, and bad presently the fjßliciby to see Hauteur's daughter follow in ber mother's footsteps. The pair scarcely more than cantered to the distance whore Haute Saone headed Orvieto, and always having the best of a good race, won by quite a length. Royal Colours to tbe Fore. Mr John Hammond (who is not exactly beloved on the turf) planned a nice coup with Crimea for the Great Yorkshire Handicap on Tuesday, bit, unfortunately, though everyone backed the St. Gatien colours, the "good thing" didn't come off. Thisisa way " Mr Hammond's good things" have when the public are well on, and they don't like it- Mr John Charlton, who won the Ebor Handicap .only a fortnight ago with Silver Spur, was again to the fore in the Great- Yorkshire, as the daughter of Chippendale and Silver Heel, carrying Bst 51b, proved easily equal tp defeating Lord Hartington's Cnrfew,(3 years, 7st 101b) nnd -eight others. The winner started at 7 to!. ' In the Clumber Plate on Tuesday the Prince of Wales' unlucky colours were for once seep to the fore, H.R.H.'s 2yr-old filly, Piernett (by Mask-Poetry) beating shireman, Ranter $nd four others in galjant style. .The y.ietpry aroused a.storm ,01 delighted cheering which would not have disgraced a Leger success, and the Prince was all smiles, saying, a few words to his jockey Blake, which made that fortunate yputh Wush, and grin and grin with gratification. Even that solemn functionary John Porter seemed grimly pleased. Memoir's St. Leger. Memoir won the Leger in a canter, and 'tis obvious that the accident which all but led to her scratching a fortnight ago, must have b«en far less serious than her lucky owner arid trainer imagined. In the paddock, however, the tilly was not liked, and from 8 to 1 taken in the morning, the daughter of St. Simon and Quiver drifted back to tens and twelves. The public fancies wpre Heanme and, Sainfoie.the former •mpre especially finishing sp a r^'njcayitg

at sto 2. Sainfoin started at, 4 to L and. Yorkshire money brought? Queen, 8 Birthday (a much overrated animal) tp sevens. Then came Surefoot (whose party again professed unbounded confidence) at 8 to 1, and Memoir and Blue Green each at tens. Righfeaway found, a few friends at> 25 to 1, but none of the other eight were seriously backed, the extreme outsider of the party being Gonsalvo, at 200 to 1 to win and 20 to 1 for a place. _~ The story of the race is soon told. Oddfellow made the running till rounding the final bend for homo, when all the favourites seemed to be in it, bar Surefoob. Heaume (who we had been assured would stay for ever) shortly afterwards compounded, and then Memoir, taking a commanding lead, drey away, pursued by Blue Green and followed a. a. respectful distance by Sainfoin nnd Gonsalvo From this point the race »us over, bar accidents, for though Blue Green ran on with greab gameness the colt could not catch tho Oaks victress, which won easily by two lengths, Gonsalvo being beaten by a length for second place. Then came Sainfoin fourth, and Martagon fifth, Rightaway (fallen lame) finishing last. Surefoot was sbruck into rounding the final bend by St. Serf, and the pair nearly knocked over Alloway, but it is nob probable this accident materially interfered wibh the result. Porter started five horses, three of which ran second, third and fourth. This was indeed rough luck, as_ was the outsider Gonsalvo barring Sainfoin oub of the place for which tho Derby winner had been backed so heavily. Watts has _hi 3 season won One Thousand, Oaks, Derby, and St. Leger, a rare record when one remembers these victories were not secured on the same horse, bub on three different ones, Semolina, Sainfoin and Memoir. The time, 3min 13sec, was fairly good, bub not phenomenal. Gonsalvo's display resulted in the son of Fernandez and Cherie (a Cesarewibch heroine) being promoted to the position of firsb favourite for the firsb of the Greab Autumn Handicaps.