AN ANGLO-COLONIAL EVENT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume C, Issue 11751, 1 December 1898, Page 6

AN ANGLO-COLONIAL EVENT.

MB. W. COOPER’S MISTAKE. fCorrespondent “ Ganterburw ' Times. ”] , 1 LONDON, Oct. 14. Thanks, to the droughtjmatuxe of our sum-, mer, the field for the CesarewitcH of 1898 was considerably , below the average, numerically, only fifteen horses going to the post as against twenty-three last year, when the Australian Merman, -with- 7st 51b up’ brought off a 100 to 7 chance. Of the quality of the field the less said the better. Only four out of the horses saddled were weighted above Bst, arid six had less than 7st to'bear, and one-half of the runners, thanks to the cast-iron condition of the ground lately, were totally unfit to take part with any prospect, of success, in a race over the long and trying Newmarket-course. The race, -however, was essentially an Anglocolonial affair, for of the runners, ten wore English and four Australian horses, the fifteenth being a South .American horse. Cartouche 111. Of the Antipodean animals. Merman, with Bst 51b up, was deemed to have a fairly good chance of repeating his victory of the previous year, and was pretty well supported, until at flag-fall, no better odds than 7 to 1 were-on offer, the Australian, being third favouriteto Sir J. Miller’s four-year-old colt Chaleurcux Tsb 51b, against which 75 to 20 was the final price, and Mr Hammond’s Herminius,, 4yrs, Bst 71 b, which stood at 4 to 1 when the field 'fca.s at the post. Against Asterie, 4yrs, 7st 51b, 8 to 1 was always on offer, whilst Up Guards, 4yrs. 7st 71b, Gdletta, 4yrs, Bst -31 b, Beverini, syrs, fist 81b, and Survivor syrs 7st 21b, had friends at from 100 to 12 to 100 to 7. Against King Crow, 4yrs, Bst 2lb, South Australian, Syrs, fist 101 b, 20’s and 25’s were offered respectively, the forlorn division being represented by Cartouche, aged, fist Blb, Acmena, aged, fist. 131 b, Villiers, 6yrs, fist -31 b, Prose, ■ syrs, 7st, and Form, fiyrs, fist, 61b, against which animals the bookriiakers offered from 40 to 100 to 1.

The flag fell without a failure, arid from an even .start Up Guards made play at a moderate pace, with the lightly-weighted Fonp,;. Bcverini,- South / Australia and Survivor in close pursuit? '“As”’the field came down Choke Jade, Survivor drewv leve! with the leader, as’did Asterie, and the trio raced in line to the Red Post, where Acmena and Merman drew up to their heels. At the T.Y.C. post Survivor lost his place, and Asterie also fell hack. Chalcurenx then became pilot, closely attended- by Merman and Herminius, who were just dean of Survivor, Acmena and Asterie. ; By,this time a long tail had been . established, of which the broken-down Prose was the end and Form the middle piece. As the leaders descended the hill, Chalcureux began to draw away from Merman and Hcnninius, and in the Abingdon Mile Bottom looked like going clean away. But directly the incline for home was touched Asterie began to make up her lost ground, and a hundred yards from home had passed bom Merman and Herminius. She could not, however, reach the favourite, who, Tinder pressure, scrambled past iho judge a, bare length and a half to-the good? - Merman finished strongly, and was only-beaten half a length for second honours. "'Herminius finished a good fourth, Acmena being a few lengths away fifth, and Survivor, pulling up, sixth. Form came.in with the beaten-off division, and Prose hobbled home on three legs.'

Tho time of the race was Amin 2sec, ’as against 3min 59 2-sseo last year. The result was, of course, a severe blow to the fielders, all three’placed horses being, heavily , hacked both ways; but perhaps the saddest mm on the course when Obaleureux’s number, went up was MrW. Cooper, who gave 1000 guineas for the winder to lead.Sew&ven IL in his work. ChalSßreux carried the; Australian colours unsuccesshiiiwmthe Royal Hunt Cup and in the Water-beach - Hteadicap ait Newmarket,. and was- then ■ entered in-a Selling Plato of £SOO at the Second .July Meeting. This he won easily, and! was bought in for 970 guineas. Later Mir Cooper parted with the horse to Mr “ Bill-"- ” Jones, who, however, offered to let Air Copper have him back again if ho wanted him. pbfcGojflper turned over the option to Sir, James Miller, and ■in the latter’s-coiours Chaleureux won the Chesterfield Cup at Goodwood, and at his next essay landed the Cesarewitch Stakes, of £945, and many -thousands in bets for Iris lucky owner.

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