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Evening Post, Issue 65, 13 September 1924, Page 20

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ME. KNIGHT!S- FAITH IN JONES : ./ — AND MJCARTEN.'.'/ , (DNITSD PRESS ASSOCIATION.-^COPIRIOHT.) , ' 12th 'September. -: ..Mr. Knight has announced his inten-: tion of sending some of his horses back to New.--, Zealand. .-Hoyal Despatch and Alfonso will ..be shipped to-morrow. Ke-^ garding others: of the team, it is stat-: ed that ■ they, 'including Ballymena, willprobably be shipped next'week'. As far as he could say at present, Glentruin, too would leave next week, but'he was: awaiting a message, before, making, the'final "-'decision.-in her case. Should ' Mr. ■ Knight: adhere rto'his decision, the absence of the two cracks,' Ballymena. and< Glentruin, . from -the Randwick Spring: Meeting';' will.;, cause. ; .-mu'ch.' disappointment, and alter considerably the- anticipations -which-.-have'-ruled -so far.- -.' -■-:•■

-.. Despite the findings of the stipendiary stewards; Mr. Knight expresses Ms unshaken confidence in the trainer, Il'. D. Jones, and in his i jockey, M M'Cai-ten. . t ■-. . : :Ths happenings;in connection1 with the Eoyal Despatch case "undoubtedly' had an influence in deciding Mr. Knight to send the. horses back, but he also felt ■there .was always a difficulty in placing horses under a fresh, trainer on the'evo of a meeting, and anyway, most of .'.the ;Randwick. trainers have had-'their'-hands full for some time.' i.

The fact- that 'Bailymena's 'i run' in the phelmsford Stakes1 to-morrow may be his last 'appearance -adds, interest to the race, but chief interest centres in the' question -. whether Gloaming, after, ■a-.period ;of six years,- will be ; able to repeat his Chelmsford victory of . 19.18 with the field he has to meet. Even should He secure vElie' verdict, it . is unlikely to .be the runaway. he scored on. the previous, occasion. ' • '.