SUPERIOR JUMPING

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 45, 21 August 1931, Page 4

SUPERIOR JUMPING

RICCARTON THIS YEAR

Comparison of (.lie performances of the steeplechasers at jßiecarlou last week confirms.ftlie .opinion advanced before the Grand National Meeting that this year's unipers ■■were superior to last year's. Otis .conclusion may be, reached in two va.vs: because so. many previous winners ailed .at 'the -meeting; and because the lasuaitics -were fewer than they were last '.ear, . although ,;thc fields on the whole yerc : larger. The table: of starters, and casualties for .he two ;-last-years,, compiled by "Sund-. ■idge/' •is-.informa.tive,:aiid is.as. follows:— .-■■■:.; .. : ..'■/: 19.30. . 1931. . Starters: Foil. Starter:;.FrJl. s'a,tioo»l.'■....•-..'. ,-S :t Jl! 7 Snfiolil .6 '2 7 I! Seaufort •■■■ S S S .3 lunt, Giip ...10' (i ' s 1 lylesbury 7 .:: S 0 lincpln ;' ...11 6 11 7 .Totals ....... 50 .23 DS 21 . The .'percentage of falls to -competitors lijs.year.was thus only .36%,' whereas last 'ear1. it°..vvus'~46,..'a .difference of ueavly-lO ier.cpn.t. '.• The Jiucdlsrs,' ~too. -iv : the 6..-N.' limdles, .stood ■■ up ■well. In the-Nationnl' iv'e-.of the sixteen starters'this year went mt, whereas only two. of tbe ten starters' ast,-year-.failed .to complete. However, he .going -was-anuch. faster this year,'and he'^extra pace -puobably aeeonntedfor-the dditipnal-casualties.