TURF CAREER OVER

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 117, 14 November 1930, Page 6

TURF CAREER OVER

GALLANT FOX RETIRED

STAKE-WINNING CHAMPION (From "The Post's" Representative.) NEW YORK, 18th October. Gallant Fox* all-time stake-winning champion of the American Turf, has been retired, by his owner, William Woodward. The big three-year-old son of Sir Gallahad 111. will go to his owner's Belair Stud, in Maryland. After a mediocre record as a two-year-old, Gallant Fox won all the big stakes this season except the Travers, in which he was beaten by an outside shot, Jim Dandy. He closes his career with total earnings of 327,000 dollars, compared to Zev's 313,000 dollars, the previous record. The. decision to retire Gallant Fox came because of a cough he developed. ■ The colt was in good condition otherwise, and ate. his meals regularjy and with relish. He had no fever; his temperature was normal. His trainer (Jim Fitzsimmons) and. a veterinary surgeon say the cough is';not serious, being; caused by a slight irritation of the throat, but Fitzsimmons was afraid fast work might develop complications. :■■ It': will'take three weeks to "unwind" him; that is, take the colt out of training. Then he will go South,! to the same •farm. as_ his illustrious sire, and not a great distance from the greatest of all American performers, Man-o'-War. who receives 100,000 visitors a year. END OF TURF CAREER. The rich and coveted Latonia Stake on 18th October, and the Hawthorn Gold Cup the week before, were to end Gallant Fox's Turf career. But William Woodward, his owner, is not perturbed at his missing them. The colt fulfilled all the three-year-old engagements mapped out for him,, and won the Saratoga Cup and the Jockey Club Gold Cup as well. The Travers, the only race he lost, was run in a sea of mud, and was the occasion of some very rough riding. He ran second, but won all the other nine races he started in. Man-o'-War is now regarded as an immortal. ' Until a few weeks ago none dared to compare any other horse to him. But expert Turf men are saying now that Gallant Fox is his equal. The halo thrown round Gallant Fox by his sudden retirement at the peak of his fame may be responsible for this enthusiasm. Stakes are bigger than in Man-o'-War's day. Yet Gallant Fox's record as a three-year-old is- very imposing. GALLANT FOX'S RECORD. . At the beginning of the season lie captured the Wood Memorial at Jamaica (New York State). Then he went to Pimbico, where he won the Preakucss. In the following week he ran away with the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Back in New York, he won the Belmont Stakes and the Dwyer Stakes. From there he went to Chicago and won the American Derby at Arlington Park. Returning East to Saratoga, he was beaten in the Travel's, but won the Saratoga Cup. Back to Belmont he came, to win the Lawrence Realisation Stakes, and later the Jockey Club Cup. Gallant Fox has been under the saddle since 10th January, without a spell. He has an amazing constitution. He thrived on hard training. He was a willing worker, and was never sulky or stubborn. A good feeder, but not a glutton, he masticated his food well, and never had indigestion. He ran over all kinds ot tracks' and distances, from a mile to two miles, and never finished a race m distress. A few times he was a little tired, but he always cooled off quickly and ate his dinner with a relish. Among prominent three-year-olds he defeated were Whichone, Gallant Knight, Questionnaire, Yarn Crack Brigade, Spinach, and iSed v.