NOCTUIFORM IN ENGLAND.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12906, 11 September 1907, Page 9

NOCTUIFORM IN ENGLAND.

Noctuiform started favourite for th« "*•«*- bury Summer tup, 01:0 mile and *_"_.,., July 2Blb. He carried Sat 13ib. 16"'J"*" resulted in a, dead boat between --\S 1 * O T I ,. Jst, md Manawn. Sst 6ib, who r*n t_« «■ tanco in 2r_in 30 3-sth sees. Ihere •**«" starWs or.d N'octuiiorm cou.d on-Of, BU *. ninth. "Vigi.ant." m the "Sportsman oi uk next day, wrute as foiiown:—- An idea ww prevalent that thot:me had at last oome x«r Nvictuiiorm to win a good raco. and P*"-"."" th-UL'hi the more in tins direction when 11 was st-en that Mr James Buchanan and tv Mead, the present and past owners of tfi« horse, wero together in All Bu<_*n*n» box with members of their "a"-''••••._ 1M ° I „*f met that Maher was to have the mount save further confidence, and hnally the horse Himself look«l haider and more museuia* than he Las ever done in this country, but for 0.l that he has not trained big ©a Jus work as he i_cd to do in his o]»n oountry, and tho-* who knew him there declare th*. ho is cot now so heavy as when he was winning races ss - young t_ree-y«*-oW-J his rr.uy, ot course, bo duo to cnm-tio in* flueuces, but, be tho cause what i- «"»-*'• . l _ is very disheartening to all concerned in tne burse. It id possible that he has got soured in his temper by being asked to run when not feeling in the least like he used to do in his winning days. Certainly thore teemed reason to this on Saturday, for■ he ran up to leaders without an effort as they swept into the straight, and then in a few strides dropped right out. It is true thai Maher took a very wido sweep round .the bend, but that would not account for the fmrittcii oollapso of his horse, and one begiua almost to despair of ever seeing Noctmiorm do any good."