TURF NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 170, 19 July 1924, Page 21

TURF NOTES.

(By WHALEBONE.).

St. Germans was one of the worst sufferers after the start for the Derby, for he must have been twenty lengths behind the leaders at the end of the first two furlongs. Hie Majesty's colt, Knight of the Garter, had to be scratched for the Derby a couple of days before the event wae decided owing to the recurrence of soreness in a limb. That good sprinter Bathos, who won so many races for "Miss Muriel," is again in work, and is now being trained at Randwick by P. Nolan. Bathos has been spelling for about three months, and has done well during his eojourn in the paddocks. Mr. E. L. Riddiford, who won the Grand National in New Zealand (says "Sporting Life"), haa purchased Grand Knight privately from Lord Glanely, and this speedy three-year-old colt ran his last race at Epsom on June 4, finishing a good fourth to Stanhope in the Egmont Plate. Grand Knight will shortly be shipped to New Zealand. El Cacique, the two-year-old son of Tracery and Indecila, which cost 5000 guineas as a yearling, was very much admired when etripped for the Woodcote Plate at Epsom last month. He is a youngster of fine quality, but has not yet quite come to himself. In view of his lack of previous experience it wa3 not surprising that ho ran a trifle green. The Voltipeur Handicap, one of the events at York last month, was established twelve years ago, and the custom of naming races after equine celebrities is one to be commended, says an English writer. It is peculiarly appropriate that the memory of Voltigeur should be kept green at York, where he ran his famous match with The Flying Dutchman. It may not be generally known that L-ord Zetland acquired Voltigeur for the small amount of 350 guineas. At the meeting of the English Jockey Club, which was held at Newmarket in the second spring week, Sir Leonard Brassey moved that the resolution relating to enemy countries, which was proposed by Lord Jersey, seconded by Sii Hedworth Meux, and carried at the firs< spring meeting in 1919, be rescinded as regards Hungary, and, further, thai Hungary be received into full reciprocal agreement. Sir Samuel Scott seconded the motion, and it was carried. Those people who considered that Verdict was unlucky not to have beaten Parth in the Kempton Park "Jubilee' had their judgment vindicated by the result of the Coronation Cup at Epsom, but there is very little between the pair, and many people now contend that Parth was unlucky, as he was left with al too much ground to make up, and whei he came away from the heels of Ver diet to make his effort, he and Evande; camo together, and for a half-a-dozei strides Parth had to carry Mr. Sol Joel'i six-year-old. Once Verdict got first rui Lord Coventry's game mare would no be denied, and scored. It is not generally known that when h< defeated Epinard in the match at Sain Cloud recently Sir Gallahad 111. set v] a new French record for the distance o: the race—6£ furlongs. The time takei by the "Lincoln" winner was lm 1! G5-100s. The previous best waa lm 21 4-ss, put up fourteen years ago by i: horse known as Templier HI., so thai Captain Cohn's colt lowered the recorc by, roughly, 2s. There are, of course no six-and-a-half furlong races in Eng land, but it may be interesting for pur poses of comparison to note that in win ning the six furlong Royal Stakes a< Epsom in 1901, Master Willie did the distance in lm 7 l-ss, while over sever furlongs—also at Epsom, thouprh at dif ferent periods—Sunspot and Van botl recorded lm 20 2-ss. T. Weston, one of the lightest jockeys who has ever ridden the winner of thi Derby, stated when interviewed by i "Sporting Life" representative aftei piloting Sansovino to victory, that thi only orders he received from the Hon. G Lambton, the trainer, were to rido hi; own race, but "be certain you do no get shut in." Weston added that Sanso vino was well enough behaved at th< post, but was a trifle outpaced in thi first quarter of a mile, "but once I go him into his long stride he swung alonj in splendid style, and then I overhauls Dawson City, whom I shot by easily be fore we got to Tattenham Corner. Fron than point I knew, barring a fall, tha I had the race well won, and never fel the least uneasy afterwards. I hay never previously had such a reception o: my way to the unsaddling enclosure. Mr. Percy Miller, who has put mor money into the breeding industry i: the last few years than any other ma in the Southern Hemisphere, and whos ' Kiora Stud shelters the English stallion , Magpie, Demosthenes, Nassau, an '. Sarchedon, has purchased the high-clas ! English horse Saltash from Lord Astoi ! says the Sydney "Referee." Saltas I won his first race as a three-year-ol at the Ascot meeting last year, takin the Waterford Stakes, of one mill vnlued at £1178. His next start wa I the Eclipse Stakes, nt Sandown, an [ ridden by Brennan. he won that va I uable race, worth £8735, easily froi that good filly Teresina, and Dunea Gray third, while half a dozen of tli I best horses in England finished bch'n ! him. At Goodwood Saltash cont'nue his winning vein, and with odds laid 0 him. ran home a winner in the Oatwic Stakes. £1200, 1J miles. In all, Saltas won £11,113 in stakes that season. 1 The stoutness shown by Shrapnel : I the A.J.C. Derby and bis great finis I i under difficulties in the Cib'iorn Stake J followed this season by Spearfelt's dete ', I mined finishes, caused the latter to 1 lone of the winter favourites for th •year's Derbies. More than th't, attc ' I ition has been attracted to the youi > I sire Spearhead, son of Spearmint, s } ! English Derby winner: consequent 3 j many an eye was cast on Goomeva, "I he walked around t l- e hirdeajre at Roe ' hill last month, as he is by SpeaiJie: ' (says "'Poseidon"). He is a bay gefdii ' in W. Booth's stable, and is frI 1 Zado'ph by Bardolph from Zaza by T I Admiral from The Charmer. So t'- ' on f'e dam's side he has some sto 'blood in him. Zarlolph in her early da 8 was trained by Booth for Messrs. P. r Osborne and O. R. Falkiner, but t latter afterwards had her on his oi B account. She did not distinguish hi f self on the turf. The mare was se s to Spearhead at Xoorilim, and Goome 8 is the result. He is well-grown; and "" I a nice mover, but he took no part I the finish.

Princess Pauline, who opened the Epsom meeting by scoring a ready success for Mr. Sol Joel in the Juvenile Selling Plate, had never before been placed, but had never run in this company. She is a nice Syndrian filly, and Mr. Sol Joel thinks so much of her that he gave 1000 guineas to retain her. An American syndicate made an offer |of £45,000 for Sir Gallahad for stud purI poses in the United States, but Capt. J. D. Cohn, the horse'B owner, has, it is understood, declined the offer on sentimental grounds, as he is anxious to use the horse for breeding purposes for the j benefit of the French market and racing. j The Eastern Telegraph Company beat all their records for rapid transmission with the Derby result over theif system. f The result was sent to Australia in 60s, ito Singapore and Hongkong in 303, and to India, South America, and South j Africa tho transmission was complete :in 15s. The American Jockey Club learn (says Reuter) that Epinard, who is going to the United States this summer for a series of races at Aqueduct, Belmont, and Latonia courses, will be sent to that country through Canada. This was , decided upon by Mr. Wertheiiner be- ! cause of the cooler weather prevailing over the North Atlantic -Steamship course. From Montreal, Epinard will travel by way of Rouse's Point to Saratoga Springs, where the colt will .be given his first stage of training. The Hon. George Lambton, the trainer of Sansovino, comes of sporting stock, I being the brother of Lord Durham and Admiral of the Fleet Sir Hedworth | Meux. In his younger days he was a successful rider both over country and on the flat, and won his first race forty- ! one years ago. For many years past Ihe has trained for Lord Derby and other owners, and has saddled the winners of numerous important events. T. Weston, j the rider of the Derby winner, is one |of the most capable of present-day ! light-weights. Last year he succeeded I Gardner as first jockey to the Stanley House stable, and he was on the back of Tranquil when that filly won the St. Legcr last autumn. The two great disappointments in the Derby, says an English writer, were . Diophon and Tom Pinch. Both had • improved in appearance since they were ; last out, but the changed weather was i all against Diophon. When the course ; was left on the previous Tuesday after- [ noon, the outlook bad been favourable i enough, and the track, drying rapidly, had given promise of yielding the perfection of going, but rain had fallen ' again during the night, and for two | j hours prior to the decision of the big race there was a steady downpour. All I this was equivalent to putting extra weight on Diophon's back, and his people ■ must, at the finish, have well-nigh • j abandoned hope. To my mind Salmon 1 j Trout went a lot the better of the two 1 j Whatcombe candidates in the prelimin- - I aries, and from being badly cut off he r | ran a respectable sixth, whereas Diophon 1 : never flattered. It was not the real 3 Diophon we saw yesterday. j. Captain C. Bower Ismay, tho wellknown shipping magnate and racehorse owner, died at Hazelbeech Hall, North- ' amptonshire, recently, after a long ill--1 ness. He was found unconscious in a ' first-class compartment of a train at St. Pancras on February 8, having travelled : from Kettering, and was in a nursing • home in London until a few days before I Easter, when he was removed to his J-1 home. The death of Mr. Bower Ismay - | recalls the sensational Derby of 1913, 1 j when Craganour was disqualified and • j the race awarded to Aboyeur on an " j objection by the stewards. Craganour, • I however, was a very lucky purchase, and • j ono of the greatest bargains ever ; I obtained at a bloodstock sale. He cost > Mr. Ismay 33G0 guineas at Doncaster, I i and was sold after the Epsom clasic to I the Chapadmatal Stud in Argentine for i £30,000, after having won £10,000 in stakes, i The Newmarket SvaSes, which has 5 come to be regarded as in the nature II of a Derby "trial," is a relatively t modern event. It was first decided 5 thirty-five years ago, being given a .. good start by Donovan, who went on _ to win the Derby and St. Leger. In tho t two following years the race was won . by fillie3, Memoir and Mimi, both of j whom subsequently carried off the Oaks. 3 Other horses that utilised the Newt market Stakes as a stepping-stone to a - Derby triumph were Isinglass, Ladas, j Galtee More, Diamond Jubilee, Cicero, . and Sunstar. Ard Patrick, another - Derby winner in embryo, who finished t_; first in the Stakes, was disqualified in { | favour of Fowling-piece. On the other c i hand, Craganour, who won tho NewQ - market race, was disqualified after passing the post first in the most dramatic Derby of the Century. On two occasions the Newmarket Stakes has a been abandoned. A large number of Sydney detectives visited Rosebery racecourse on June 25. in response to numerous complaints . , that pickpockets and other undesirables . j were frequenting the city and the h ' courses. Twenty arrests were made, ' and over 100 undesirables were ejected - j from the course, and warned not to ° | return. Most of the men arrested a ' : were charged with vagrancy, although d more serious charges were made in some j.; instances. News of the presence of tho -j large posse of police spread through the n course with wonderful rapidity, and ,c many men who knew they had no right <_ ! there broke from cover and dashed -d across the course to escape arrest. ,n • Another raid was conducted throughout k ! the city and near suburbs on the followih i ing day, fifteen arrests being made on various charges. As a result of both j raids, 35 men received sentences rang- '? I ing from seven days to a month. s, I The Epsom autliorities found themr- ■ selves in a peculiar dilemma on June ie 5. Dozens of motor conveyances had is been unable to get away after the n- | Derby, it being impossible to move ig out of the soft ground, and they rein ' mained all night on the Downs. A ly traction engine had to be employed to as pull them out, and two roads crossing ;e- j the straight course were cut up with. x 1 ; deep ruts, and though during the mornug ! ing this was repaired, the damage was , m repeated, for, being common land, the he racing autliorities have no power to at stop the right of way. Owing to the ut state of the course, it was decided lo vs abandon the Horton Plate, postpone the R. Great Surrey Foal Plate till the next he day, and run all five races set for the vu round course. For a long time a state ;r - bordering on chaos prevailed, and there nt w-as much excitement, though the crowd ira w-as always most orderly. The officials is were severely criticised, but they were in' practically powerless in the circunH I stances.