VERSATILE McGRATH

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 139, 15 June 1933, Page 8

VERSATILE McGRATH

CUPS TO HURdLE RACES

(From "Vedette")

SYDNEY, June' 9.

• There appears, to be little hope 'for hurdle-racing iir'Sydney, and it would appear to bo only a matter of time before jumping events go by the board altogether. Steeplechases at Eandwick are a thing of the past, for the-permanent.fences were removed last month. . _.; On, Monday at Eandwick eveu the respectable prize of £600 drew only six moderates for .the A.J.C: Hurdle. Hace, a race started ambitiously by the club.a few years ago at £2000,. but. never a- success. Probably a total absence of hunting in and around Sydney is the causo of poor support, of jumping races. ';•■■•, F. McGratlv supplied the winner in Prismatic, a chestnut like the champion of the stable, Peter Pan. McGrath certainly has had a, great year and has won all types of races from the Melbourne Cup to a 14.1 pony event. . He emphasised his versatility on Monday by winning with his jumper.i Condition pulled Prismatic through as much as anything. He. has done a good deal of lacing on the flat during the last three months, and was too seasoned for Kongo, Spider King,,aud Yarrawin, who followed him home. He.was almost down at the last fence, but ma4e a clever recovery to outpace the opposition. He carries the same colours, as Miramond, trained by J. T. Jamieson. .. Lady Doris, last year's winner, tailed the field throughout, and showed no pace at all. i ' The Trial Hurdles op the same day revealed a rather promising novice in the four-year-old Sieaton, who was making his first public appearance. He won pulling up after being able: to go to .the1 front at any stage. He shapes Jike rising superior to Sydney hurdle form. •..;..