STILL TO BE DONE

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 26, 30 July 1932, Page 21

STILL TO BE DONE

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l" t TASK NUKUMAI IS SET

|HURDLE WINNERS AGES. |^When:NukUmai. goes out.to contest the jßjind Hurdles on Thursday jifeek \h"e will' be fourteen' years old by the reckoning". If lie should win he will gftte an age. record for the race; and incidentally he will add-a third name to'the list of^dual'Gi'and-National Hurdles winners,. Liberator: and - Gladful, who- won in successive. Years,-: being' the only present holders x>£ this honour" |_A discussion.., arose -among, trainers at orentham this week whether any horse of NukuiHais age; fiad-wbn the. Grand National f Hurdles.,and the impression prevailed, that Gladful for one:was older trrand NstionaX. ap-wever, search of the records-shows;':that' Gladful was only twelve, .years old at'the time, but that age was and still is the oldest in- the: hisJo- l 1 teilie shared by Gladful and Sir bolti, wlicr won three years earlier. . In Tiew flf ~th;& feat that Nukumai will have to accomplish, to win if may be of interest tq: consider.,the! ages,of .past Na»onal Hurdles.'winners. .. In all there have been fortyHwo contests to" date, and m twenty-nine' of-them the horses who have won^sre given.in the -records- as ageri T^e' following.table shows the sge of such; horses in ;the year of their lucceßs:—-. ..... _■■■■.

;AND SIR SOLO. '- The VpaS.finl wtfy Mt is' cojiimonly' considjred "that Gl'atlful)-who, "by the way, .was then owned ;byMrl;>W. K. Kemball and trained at-Maste'rteri by1- Wi. .Hawthorne, leas more than; his. <Ay>elve years when .he iron -his setbndv-NationaLis probably that hehaii beeiir cpntesting and winning jjump.; ing eventa^fopisft.inany years earlier. In 1917 he.'lad.'fbeeu' successful in the Hon ; I. Dv Qrroojn4'a "colours in: the-"Great ■Hiiirale's, and' the'-next yeaV he aad 'wron' the"... -kangitikei' -Steeplechase; ;hen he -was returned to hurdling,;and:he nras kept*strictly tO; the• small, fences subsequentlyl ■.»' >••■{ ':■&•:;■-■•■ .v •■•it-.. -.. .•■•_■•'■■. It»3nay -be noted- in-passing .that.Glad-,. Eul -vsas.jprebablyslucfcy/to- win his.eecond, N"atiQnal. Ngat^ looked!a certainty-fo* the ;ace three furlongs trom the fihish', .buthe itruckthe sepOnd to last'fence very'hard md complet«[-'i*actlcallyv'6n 'three legs :o pasS t%£ poW in" 'third■' jilace.'ViHis iockey,*:''lA»--ft3scß6SSWi> 'immediately. ■ dis« nounted:JMito,-as i^was-evident he was in lerious* distress^ "Thati except, for 'the MUhap-;.,he;,;Would;»ljterally have '.Jvsralked n" -with -.the cj:ace;: is /the, ■vjew^ that', was | ilmost; jinaswnjoiisj^h'elil jat, thej time, biit lis trainer still\majnlainy.that; h,e" would lave won in any:cJisS'-Jl-;" :'!'•'•'"*•.■ ." Whetf.'Sir1. Solcr^ tKe.'d'tte itWeWe-year->ld viclof^wo4fsn F;iI9igsHe:was'fffikT£ing his; 'ourtK sudce's > siTeV'appe"araiite -iri!lthe- race, md on -eack'-earlie*;occasion he: had. : run nto the 'iaoney.-£cln" 1816;* he had-been; ;hird ito>v&ir);. and.-Master >-Kegal,:.inv 19.17, le h^dbeen second'•• to -.gleight-of-Hand,. md ip WIS-he'liad rbeeni second jig&in,4)n ;hat.occasion.-So,.K*ufi* Kihg. .' Such"'a' ;ecor^ jj^ionij thit tlias: J ho'parallel in the' .•acej-^hiSigjiH'Th'e Agent'■ and ' Master Strowai -periforniei3? with similar ' consistmcy=in tfie GtaoS.^ National" Steeplechase^ Sir Solos-efforts to the~l Hurdles forax a leries ithat.wili-^ always be-remembered; "by "uture. generatisnsrr-yet'-the -victory, that julminated- th^.sequence was.pot ; at all,-a popular;-one; at .the time, And'he, received i very, half-hearfed. o.vtition on his return' ;o the enfclgsjjre:.", ' " "■"-' IiuKUMA^SiyiANY iRUNS. -V

Nukumai inay-nofe-have such a neat par;icular ,recordvin{the Hurdles,as Sir-Solo,-jut h'isgeneral-(record in .the race: ig/prpb-. ibly .unique in:, the history, of': the 'contest. Mready hC"li#"9O!i|ested' five Nationals, :or a win; a second, a fourth, and eighth, md a tenth, and*thif year he ; will be stepping off-'oh'1 his sixth-trip. ' Hi» record n the race is as follows:— •■: ; ;

Tear. Kider. Weight. Placing. "25.— W. J. Bowden .. n '■ 6" ' Second'

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WSO-.j-Wi.-J. -39W<1 W ,-.;; 10■ 3■■ ,Fourth--193A1-r- . ;f» " m l<% •• • *■•> -10-11 •■ Tenth.:." This year Nukumaj.-i's to- be /ridden again jy R..G.-MiJe? > 'at»djthe weight he will :arryi~is. 10j5;.-.a- c vdrop';of. -61b;-on. wh^t he was a.warde<t in, .jthe\ W.E.C. Winter, Hurlles,.m wHipli'.'He-did.nof.iStar);, his cdnjections, preferring' Ltd ■/un;.him in the luly Steeplechase-on the same day,-which ie duly'won.!':' He -is undoubtedly beginling^tb'show signs of- ageing-now, but he itill Retains r-nmchVwfi-his former vitality, ind.lt is: .quite;vpossible that, his winnmg •ecord has lnot yet been completed. Suc:ess for him would-iibe.ona- of the most Jopul^rly • acclaiin.e.d 'victories in the his■oty .of.the.Nationals', 'and perhaps, with ;hat peak to/his wpndefful career, he y0"1?..^- allowed -to'pass' out into the leldsito fenjoyithe remaining; days of his «c ia-the-ease ?and 'comfort- that" he so ■ichlydeSOTvgs.-:; '-'~ -.': ■.'-.■ ..■->■ .:

Year. • > Horse:' '" •- 'Abb. ISOr ■ Courinto- 1'.■.:....... 7 • 1893 . J . i .. i ...-.C,.*I 7 igM . Liberator.,'-. ....... s ,. 1898 .Sodal-iPea .../..■.•.■.....■ S 1901-. • Haydn.-.-....;..-.■...•.;...„- 7 1903 .Waiw.era 9 1904 ' MedailtUs ................ 9 1905 ~ Creusot 1 .i...'.-Vii,.. '.....;. . T-' 1907 .-. Shrapnel..: i...;. .0' 1S08 Stormont «... 8 1009 'Compass ,..■...•'.......... 7 lfllO" ■ '■Piisano'":: 8 1912^: , Waterworks ;..i..... 11 1914; Koyal Arras .... ...7 1J15 Uuralsia' .......:......... 7 1910.' Art ■.;:...■•.'.■......'...;... T■191&'. iKimik-Ktiig .'.i..< ....' S 181D-. Slr-:.Solo - ..12 1920 Uylans ....;V.........V.. 8 1921 -Glad£uV '..^.......i.— .ll :' 1922- :Gladfut:■*..;...■....,.-..»••■ " •-•■ 1923- ;GeneraI- Advance. ........ S 1924 .lophion'.:.."... 9 1925 > Pc'nurjr v Kose •■■.:..A i.~..*. 10 1928 -'-•..'Comical' -.v;;vl.•'-•-« ■•!! 1S27 ■•-■WharncllSa ...»v.^....... 8 1928. NuWmai...:..:;...v—: io •■• 1929' Manganl ;...-.... 7 19&: . Calimart- :...v.;i,;.-.....'.«.= T . s •