OPPOSITION OUTCLASSED

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 86, 8 October 1935, Page 6

OPPOSITION OUTCLASSED

(By Air Mail.) (Special to-tho "Evonino Post.") . /LONDON, September 14; I The tripleicrwn consists of theTwo1 Thousand Guineas, the Derby, and the St. Leger. .;'■ Banranv the 'undefeated, has . won them ■ all- this yeal' for the Aga Khan, y>hp was at Geneva on St. Leger day;: an,d so \yas not able to be present -at Doncaster to see the final victory 6t, his-; Blahdford colt. The colt had been coughing for some days, and good judges feared the -consequences: • Optimism, however, was more prevalent, the view being wide-spread-that -Bahram would rise nobly to:the occasion;' "Arid-he did. A few days previously: his owner had publicly stated: ''I ani optimistic of.Bafc ram's winning the triple crown;; though learing^he worst." . '■.■:*'■: * ■"■ ..• The. last horse-to achieve this dis-. tinctionj except in the' war-time substitutes.Hvas Sir.J. Miller's; Rock Sand 32 yeai's ago.'ptily eleven horses have accomplished the feat. ; . ..■•■/.■ Xi. AN EFFOUXLJESS VICTORY. Bahram. registered, a smooth and effortless victory, and, of course, hej was the pronounced'.^favourite. • Tliel question upon" which -the onlookers de-1 bated among.'themselves was choice | for places in the field of eight. The distance of the St: Xeger is about 1 mile 6 furlongs". ,132 yards. The other runners were Sir M. McAlpin's Solar Ray, Lord Glanely's Buckleigh, Lord Derby's Plassy, Lieut.-Colonel Giles Loder's Fairbairn, Lord Astor's Field Trial and Flash Bye, and Mr. H. W. V. Simms's Vvy 11. Flash Bye quickly led from a good start, followed by Pry 11, Fairbairn, Bahram, Solar Ray, and Buckleigh, with Plassy whipper-in. After about half a/mile" had been covered Flash Bye was attended by Field Trial, with Bahram .n(jxt. Flash Bye still led from Field Trial at the straight, where Bahram was third, in front of Fairbairn, Solar Ray, and Buckleigh. Bdhram was given his head about a quarter of a mile from the post, and immediately went to the front, with Field Trial, Fairbairn, and Solar Ray most prominent of the others. Nothing had'any chance with Bahvam, who forged ahead and won in gieat style by five lengths, with three lengthb dividing Solar Ray and Buckleigh. Bahram won in a canter to a steady and increasing roar o£ cheers, and he seemed to know that he had done well. The jockey was C. Smirko, who took the place of F. Fox. On the previous day. after,he had won the Champagne Stakes, Fox had a fall in the next race, and he was trampled over by other horses, suffering a fractured skull. SOLAR RAY ALSO GOOD. Solar Ray, the runner-up, is a good stayer, and Vie Smyth, the trainer, was delighted with his' showing. "None ■of the horses running behind him today will beat,him- next year,", he said. Describing the St. Leger event, Smirke said: "I lay about fourth.for the first mile, but was third, enteringthe straight- /I became second to Field Trial a little later, and half-way, up the straight went into the lead. And' after that it was plain sailing. While, of course, I am very delighted to have had this lucky chance of winning another St. Leger, I am still more sorry that my friend, Freddyl Fox, was unable: to. ride the colt." Smirke rode Windsor Lad. last year. Prince Aly Khan, who was representing his , father* stated after the race that it was practically settled that the winner would not run again, and that ho, would retire from the Turf with the distinction, like Ormonde, St.1 Simon, and a few others, of never having been defeated. .'• Bahram has won all his nine races, and has gained ovev £43,000 in stakes. Fox had participated in six victories, and Perryman was associated with the colt in the National Breeders' Stakes and the Glmcrack. v , , ■ Events to the champion's credit axe: As a two-year-old:. National, Breeders1*; Produce 'Stakes (Sandown),' Rous1 Memorial Stakes (Goodwood), Gimcrack Stakes (York), Boscawen Stakes (Newmarket), and Middle Park Stakes (Newmarket); as a three-year-old: Two Thousand Guineas Stakes (Newmarket), Derby1 Stakes (Epsom), St. James's Palace Stakes (Ascot), and St. Leger Stakes (Doncaster). The St. Leger was worth £9543, the Two Thousand £9339, and the Derby £9216. JUDICIOUS MATING. The Aga Khan,, on hearing of the victory of Bahram, said: "I am perfectly delighted, very happy, and proud. I only wish I had been there to see this memorable victory. Although the chief credit is due to Bahram himself, who is undoubtedly a super horse, I am also grateful to Frank 'Butters, C. Smirke, and all those who have helped to bring him up and make him what he is. I think I can claim a little credit for myself, because of my responsibility for the judicipus mating of Bahrain's sire and dam, Blandford and Friar's Daughter." Bahram may. not be spectacular, but his great merit cannot be gainsaid. As Butters remarked: "We have never got to the bottom of him. In all his races he has had something in reserve Today ;iic stayed with the others long enough to make a race of it, and then drew'away-to win as he liked."1 i Bahram's-stud fee will be'soQ guineas,, and his list is full for the next three, years. 'He is referred to by "Hotspur" as a icolt who has a good disposition, and iwho has never given any anxiety, except a month ago, when he. contracted sj prevalent cough.; He has never done; anything that his train-' er, who has him so- successfully through his'brilliant' career,1 did not, expect .mm to': do, except perhaps when he beat • his stable companion, Theft, at Sandown, when he was making his, firs.t appearance on a racecourse and was'not thought to be ready. ,Everything about, him, since the, day he was foaled at his owner's Sheshopn. Stud, in Ireland, has been Without,blame, or blemish. He has been the outstanding colt of two'seasons. . ..• ■■ ; ; _ Only gooi horses win at Doncaster, The very wide xourse is as level as a billiard; table, with a great, lone straight run-in, not unlike Randwick in formation: . At the moment the grass is very long, having been so left on account of the dry spell. Some of the trainers consider that it is too long, but it obviously- makes a very searching test for the horses. Bahram is undoubtedly; one of the finest horses we have ever seen, and it is; not at all certain that Windsor Lad would, have beaten him, if they could have met