AN IRISH VICTORY

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 52, 29 August 1935, Page 11

AN IRISH VICTORY

United Press Association—By Electric Telagraph—Copyright. (Received August, 29, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, August 28. On the second day of the York Meeting the following was the result of the EBOR HANDICAP, a plate of £2350; second.£2so, third £100; IS miles. Sir Victor- Sassoon's b c Museum, by Phalaris :or Legatee—lmagery, by Gainsborough, 3yrs .. 1 Captain A. Stanley Wilson's br h John James, by Buchan—Tilly, 4yrs ....;...;. ■-..' .. 2 J. E. Widener's b h: Autumn, by Stefan the Great—Spring 111, 4yrs 3 Twelve starters.; Won by a short head; three-quarters. of a'length be^ tween second and third. .Winner bred by owner and trained by'J. T. Rogers at The Curragh. Museum, winner of the; Ebor Handicap, is a colt who had done all his previous racing in Ireland. He will be best recalled as- the- horse whom Steve Donoghue went prer to ride to success in the Irish Derby on June 26 last, thus affording- the veteran Horseman to record his fifth victory in The Cur-r ragh classic. Prior to winning the Irish Derby the colt was'also successful in the Irish Two Thousand Guineas on May 15. He was bred in England and was named . Papist, but when Sir, Victor Sassoon transferred him to Ireland-for racing his name was significantly changed to Museum. Museum, though he won the Irish Two Thousand, was strangely not the stable fancy for the Derby, apparently not being expected at the time to stay the mile and a half. "Jack" Rogers has had a splendid season* this year, and he had fine Derby prospects, the others being Smokeless (who had won the Irish One Thousand), African Lily (winner of the Baldoyle Derby), Parisian, and Chirgwin, the two last-named having filled the minor places behind Museum in the Two Thousand. On

Derby day Parisian and ' Chirgwin were withdrawn, and Smokeless was made favourite, with African Lily second favourite, and Museum only fourth favourite. Museum, however, confounded the general opinion by finishing all over his opposition, Smokeless being third, and African Lily fifth. Museum's dam, it will be noted, is by Gainsborough, and his grandam (Sun Worship) was by Sundridge. . John James, who finished second yesterday, was unplaced behind Doreen Jane in the Ascot Stakes, 2 miles, in June, but at his next start he finished second to the American-bred Black Devil in the Newbury Summer Cup, 1£ miles. Autumn, who was third in the Ebor, is a French-bred horse owned by the president of the New York Jockey Club, and his form has been consistent this season, with a notable win in the "July Stakes, 1£ miles, at Lingfield Park on July 14.— "Rangatira." .