HERE AND THERE

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

HERE AND THERE

J. Munro Returning. ■ The Australian jockey J. Munro, who lias experienced a successful season in /Germany, left London by the steamer. (Chitral on 31st October. Munro rode in Germany for Baron Oppenheim, one ot ithe leading owners in that country. iEpinard for America. I The brilliant French horse Epinard, ,-who raced in England, France, and America, continues to'do a good deal ot travelling, though for some years at the stud. He crossed the Atlantic i'or the fifth time when he sailed for New York in September. He is going to the stud of Mr. H. ij. Headley in Kentucky. Epinard has already won marked success at the stud. He has three high-class two-year-olds racing in America—Siskin, Epithet, and Follow Thru, and a large percentage of Ins progeny give promise. Epinard was bred in 1920, and is by Badajoz from Epine Blanche by Rock Sand, sire of Tracery. "Daily Doubles." TSie English Betting Board of Control instituted the "daily double" pool at Leice'gfer on 22nd September, but no backer was; lucky enough to name the winners of the two selected races, the Gopsall Selling Nursery and the Harborough Handicap. According to rule, the pool was equally divided between those who named the winner of either race. Fifty backers participated in the poo!, sixteen naming Last of tie Estelles with a loser, and thirtyfour Story Teller with a loser. Each backer received just under £.'3 for a 10s unit. A Great Tussle. _, U]i to the middle of September, IJ.H. Aga Khan and Lord Glanely were having a great tussle for first place in this sea-

son's list of winning owners in England. When Qnivil won at Ayr on 18th September, lie sent Lord Glanely to the top, with .-C3(J,-218 to the Aga Khan's £35,905. following them were:—Lord Derby £28,010, Lord Woolavington £15,410, Mr. W. M. G. Singer £14,704, Lt.-Colonol G. Loder £13,----779, Lord Ellesmere £13,740, Major D. M-Calmont £12,353, Sir Hugo Hirst £11,----114, Sir Charles Hyde £ 10,3-10, Mr. J. A. Dewar £9549, and Lady Helen M'Calmont £9078. English Breeders. Lord Derby is well established as the season's most successful breeder in England this year, and with £26,105 to the middle of September, he was well in advance of Major Dermot M'Calmont, whose total was £21,176. Horses bred by Lord Derby had secured 20 more prizes than those bred by the Major. Other successful breeders to the date mentioned were: — n.H. Aga Khan £17,464, France £16.559, Lord Glanely £14,955, Lieut.-Colonel Giles Loder £14,005, Sir . Alec Black £\Z,\55'A, Lord Woolavington £10,915, Lord Carnarvon £10,606%, Lieut.-Colonel C. \V. Birkin £10,139. late Lord Dewar £9999, and Mr. J. J. Malier £9105. Richards Catching Up. With nine winning mounts in the- first week of September, Gordon Richards began strongly to challenge Fred Fox for the season's ruling honours of England, and by the middle of the month he had reduced the margin to two. The figures of the leaders at latest advice were:—F. Fox 102, G. Richards 100, T. Weston 79, H. Wragg 07, W. Nevett 45, C. Ray 45, IP. Beasley 42, H. Beasley 42, C. Richards 39. R. •Perryman 38, O. Elliott 37. R. Dick 36. Leading Stake Winners. Six three-year-olds headed the list of stake-winners in England to the middle of September, and immediately after them came four two-year-olds. Among 16 horses who had won over £5000 only one was more than three years old, thus illustrating the value of good two and three-year-olds from a stake-earning viewpoint. The first 10 on the list were: —Itustom Pasha (,-iyr.s), £12.103; Singapore (3yrs),' £11,610; Blenheim (3yrs), £10,030; Diolite (3yrs), £9947; Fair Isle (3yrs), £9423; Rose of England (3yrs), £8153; Atbara (2yrs), £SOS 9; Thyestes (2yrs), £7824; Lindos Oios (2yrs) £7081; Lemnarchus (2yrs), £6438; Quarrat-al-Ain : (3yrs), £6000; Christopher. Robin (3yrs), £5440; Four Course (2yrs), £5220; Bosworlh (4yrs), £5120; Stingo (3yrs), £5030; Pinxit (3yrs), £5011. Americans Not Wanted. A draft of American yearlings, owned by Mr. C. J. Ryan, were sent over to England in December last. They were offered for sale at Ascot at the end of August. Most of them were by Apprehension, a young sire by Friar Rock, a son of Rock Sand (sire of Tracery) and Fairy Gold, immortalised as the dam of Fair Play and granddam of Man o' War. However, there was little demand for the imported youngsters, and very few were sold. Prices as low as 55 and COgns were accepted for those that were quitted. America's "Iron Horse." Display, who has been retired to the stud in America, has been racing for six seasons. He was known as the "Iron Horse." He started in 103 races, won 23, was second in 25, and third in 28 —a remarkinble record. » He collected over £15,000 in second and third money, and was fourth greatest stake-winner in America. Display is by Fair Play (sire of Man o' War) from Cicuta, by Nassovian ■from Veneration. In female line Display traces back to the Number 2 family. Fair Play was by Hastings (son of Spendthrift and imported Cinderella) from Fairy Gold by Bend Or. "Give and Take" Plates. In the earlier part of the eighteenth century, apart from Royal Plates and matches, the most popular kind of racing in England consisted of "Give and Take" Plates, in which the weight carried was graduated by the height of the horse. According to the scale given in Pond's Sporting Calendar, if a horse of 14 hands carried 9.0, the other horses of thirteen and fifteen hands would carry 7.0 or 11.0, respectively. Matches in those days must have been more exciting to spectators than to-day, as a crowd of horsemen followed or rode alongside of the horses in a race. As late as the beginning of the nineteenth century the old custom survived, but the practice was eventually abolished in 1838 ; owing 'to the frequent accidents. A relic of this practice, however, survived at Newmarket up to comparatively recent times, when a good many racegoers used to ride down to see the start, but the number gradually dwindled away. Originally there were only two meetings, spring and autumn, at Newmarket, but in 1753 a second spring meeting was instituted, followed in 1762 by a second October meeting, and again in 1765 by a July meeting.