NO NATIONAL "TYPES"

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 134, 8 June 1935, Page 23

NO NATIONAL "TYPES"

Shortly before the running of the big steeplechase at Aintree in March, English papers contained a lot concerning Grand National "types, which caused a contributor to the London "Sporting Chronicle" to remark that there were none. The race had been won by all sorts, shapes, and sizes, just as in all parts of the world big events are won by horses who really should not do so, either on breeding or performances. The writer quoted says that one National winner, Troytown, stood seventeen hands, whereas The Lamb, who won twice, was not above 15.1. Manifesto, one of the best ever to run at Aintree, was a superb horse, but Gasse Tete, the 1872 winner, was so small and mean-looking that it was said she would not have brought a "tenner" at a fair. The great Cloister, who twice ran second before winning with 12.7, was nothing to look at, being badly dipped in the back, but Voluptuary, the 1884 winner, was a most blood-like winner. The 1873 winner, Disturbance, was small and light framed, and the 1909 French winner, Lutteur 111, did not look as if he would be able to negotiate the National fences. Golden Miller, last year's winner, is a good-looking horse, and his height is 16.1 i.