DONCASTER ST. LEGER

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 227, 8 September 1936, Page 2

DONCASTER ST. LEGER

To Be Run To-morrow

In the eyes of all English racing men second in importance to tue Epsom Derby alone is the .Doncaster bt. Koger, which is to be run to-morrow. InueeU. run as it is over a course 2 iurjougs and 132 yards longer than the nine and a-iiail iur tue uiue itiuand, tueie are many wno attacu the greater un portanee to it as a lest of true stamina aiming me three-year-olds.

ior tins year's race mere were 294 entries, and 117 survived the first lorreit. Xue Held nas now been reuuceu to 17., which is rather more man the average nuuioer oi starters in recen. j ears, it has cost owners iIUU for eacu uorse to be eligible to start. The winner s snare of the purse will be ouuivmxug over xiv,UUU.

The Doncaster Si. i.eger is the oldest oi me English great classics, for tile race that was to tiecome the bt. Kegel was first run on Cantley Common m mti, waile tue ueruy was nut inaugiu atea until lour years later tn 17/8 the event received tue title of the bt. Leger Stakes at a gathering of sportsmen at the famous ited Lion lun at Doncaster, when tue Marquis of Kockniguaiu proposed that Coionel St. Leger should be so honoured.

Many very sensational incidents have occurred in the history of the St. Leger, and apparently there will be general surprise in England if Rhodes Scholar is beaten. In the last 10 years no rewer tnan live of the Derby winners have been successful in the September race—Coronach, Trigo, Hype rion, Windsor Lad and Bahram. To morrow the Aga Khan’s Mahmoud will be given a chance to add his name to this list. His foim since the Derby does not, however, point to the likelihood of this, especially in view of the great record which has in the interval been put up by Rhodes Scholar, who did not start in the Derby. Following is a list or the final acceptors, with their breeding and the names of their owners:— ST. LEGER STAKES. A sweepstake of £lOO, with £4OOO rdded; three-year-old colts and fillies; 1J mile and 132 yards. xihodes Scholar, Loid Astor’s b c, uy t'fiaros — kook Kaw 9.0 Blaster Cast, Kord Astor’s br c, by bansoviuo —x'reture 0.0 j -flue, Kord Astor’s b c, by Biribi . —Jura .. 9.0 Foxfield, Sir Abe Bailey’s b e, by Foxlaw—Celandine 9.0 His brace, Lord Carnarvon’s b e, by Blandford—Maiva 9.0 St. Magnus, Lord Derby’s br e, by Sansovino—-Fair Isle 9.0 Pizarro, Lord Glanely’s bc, by Pharos —Sister-in-Law 9.0 Magnet, Lord Hirst’s ch c, by Cri-de-Guerre—Witch Wood 9.0 Raeburn, S. D. Hollingworth’s br c, by Solario —Harpy 9.0 Mahmoud, Aga Khan’s gr c, by Blenheim —Mah Mahal 9.0 Columcille, Lord Londonderry’s bc, by Foxlaw —Movilla 9.0 Harlfryn, F. C. Minoprio’s br c, by Sunny Trace—Willonya 9.0 Esquemeling, J. A. de Rothschild’s ch or g c, by Le Volear—The Basilisk 9.0 Thankerton, Mrs J. Shand’s br e, by Manna —Verdict 9.0 Fearless Fox, A. G. Smith’s br e, by Foxlaw —Molly Adare .... 9.0 Precipitation, Lady Zia Wernher’s ch c, by Hurry On—Double Life 9.0 Boswell, W. Woodward’s br c, by Bosworth—Flying Gal 11. —— 9.0