SCIENCE AND RACING

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 149, 27 June 1925, Page 20

SCIENCE AND RACING

WONDERS OF THE LABORATORY

Science ' and horse-racing were once poles apart, but they are now closely allied, writes "Poseidon,", in the Sydney: i'"Sun.";;:Just .liow muci."science. with its '■ ever-widening sphere ;of activities and: discoveries, will'benefit racing -is not an^ .easy question "to answer. .Science and its, association 1 with racing, is practically-;in the iacorn stage. 1;; [But! it ..is .bound .to: :flourish,: or.rather to extend:,- '-. r : -: ;■. pwners'.who spend-moneyslavishly;in, the.racing game, may. yet see the day' when -the best;.brains ,in tlie world will' assist' considerably:. to'safeguard, tlieir in-: -.teresta..,-, Hq\v .much money has been lit-; :erally'thrown ai\ray this century on.horses that, have either -inherited. ov contracted^ that; bane of the racehorse—wind-, infirmfify;.,rYet: it,'wpjild :'seem 'that the..day ■ has ..'passed", when ■ little -or -nothing cbiild ;be.doiie'for the",' <roarer.''- -' ■■'.".. -While :tliere.is :lif© x there is hope, .and some experiments :. carried .out in Mel-. bourne during the past year indicate that science will play a ■ big part on .the turf., At the Melbourne University, there is a splendidly, equipped veterinary' science school, and already valuable results have been .achieved. \" When .theygogdyvvprk is more generally broadcast, others will fol-

low. the limited few jqwners who have senfc. wind-affected horses "for treatment..'

A typical case 1 is that of Princo Tressady, who. as a three-year-old was regarded as one of the most promising sprinters in Australia. .. A Newmarket was considered "to be well within /his grasp, but at the time when, his future had such i,. roseate lme -he--fella victim to the wind infirmity. Finally Prince Tressady was sent to tlie Melbourne Univer-

sifcy Veterinary School, and sinco ho returned to work, about six months ago, he has won three races, his last being at Adelaide with 9.12 in the saddle.•: Such has been the rejuvenation of a seemingly hopeless case. Other horses treated for a similar ; complaint include Melanto, Bordertown, and Ternach, all of whom have won after the operation. ,;/ . / . ;

Science:may yet;confer untold benefits to racing. The sun of the "wind.cripple!' has apparently not yet set. It may only be just peeping, fresh and vigorous, over a shimmering horizon of hope.;