THE TURF.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16726, 5 December 1914, Page 6

THE TURF.

Racing of very considerable importance (our correspondent "Centaur" Trites) has been taking place in England since last I wrote. Thus last-weeK end the Kempton Park authorities brought off what in normal times is one of the most important race meetings of the autumn. It was successful this time, all things considered. On the opening day the Imperial Produce Stakes was the chief event. It was of the. gross value of £3OOO, and that being so, it was surprising to find only four runners for it. This is the rac? which The Totrarch should have run for, but the day before he met with the mishap which resulted m the ending of his racing career. On this occasion the runners were Mr Williamson s King Priam, who has been regarded by many as the best two-vear-old of the season, Mr S. B. Joel's Pommern, who had iron when last seen out at Doncaster, Mr L. Neumann's Snow Marten, and Colonel Hall Walker's Follow Up. King Priam had to give 81b to Pommern and 161 bto Snow Marten. Nevertheless liestarted an equal favourite with Snow Marten, while there was a fair demand for Pommern. The race, however, was dominated by the last-named. The son of Polvmelus led from end to end and 'won easily, withv King Priam beating Follow Up a head for third place. King Priam's jockey reported that -his horse ran without any dash, and it is probable that for some reason he ,js&s far from being himself. At any rate this is not his form. Pommern is entitled to full credit for his win. tie has grown into a fine colt, with a wonderful lot of quality and liberty. He should make a high-class three-yeir-old and the pleasure of Ins owner is sutoly added to by the.fact that he bred "him. Neither colt runs again this vear, so that the question as between them'is not likely, to bo determined m the.most favourable circumstances before next Derby Day. e _ - On the second day the Duke of York Stakes, a handicap with«.an interesting history, occupied a prominent placs on the card. It only brought out seven runners, which is the smallest number in the history of the race. _ Nevertheless the event was interesting if only because it possessed an open charac-. ter. Favouritism finally rested with Lord D'Abernon's Dladumenos, a horse formerly trained by the Hon George Lambton, but now in the care of the Australian trainer, E. de Mestre. It was quite evident that this son of Orby had given full satisfaction in a trial, and as his "friends were disappointed that he got no nearer than third, it is possible that ho did not run up to his trial. The race provided a tremendous finish between MiGeorge Edwardes's Nassau and Mr E. Hulton's Green Falcon. The, former was greatly fancied by his trainer, P. Hartigan, aud it was his good fortune Iq_ see the horse squeeze home in the las* few strides and win by a short Md. The winner was bred by the I>ake of Portland and was sold out of m Kiugriclert-stable to Mr Edwardes ftj* £BOO. There was an idea then fflk the horse was gone in his wind. (jlptciaHy as he came from roaring §toyk,but he has gone the. right way ever since the change of stables oecurMr George Edwardes is still a prisoner at Bad Nauheim, which means that he is merely "detained" at the German health resort, where he happened to be when war broke out. Since tlen his horses have ben in great form and have altogether won about £6OOU in stakes. The Newmarket Second October meeting opened on Tuesday, the feature of the day being the three victories credited to Sir Ernest Oassel. Ore dou'jts whether this owner, who has spent very large eums on breeding and racing, has ever wen three racef before in a day. He won the Newmarket Oaks with Flying Bridge, though the public money was all on other canriida+e, Yokohama, whose rt-agio fate it was to be beaten a neck oy' his stable companion. Then .Haps burg, second in the Derby, and the winner of the Eclipse Stokes, won him tlio Champion Stakes, after a pretty race with a solitary opponent—M* W. M. Singer's Sir Eager. The third winter for Sir Ernest Cassel was Matter, who won tho Apprentice Handicap. Nothing succeeds like success in racing. Once get jn the crest of a wave and you can be carried far, whether you are owner, trainer'or jockey. Thus Sir Ernest Cassel had the good fortune i»n the second day of the meeting to .win the Cesarewitch with a three-year-old named Troubadour. The horse was absolutely unfancied, and his easy victory therefore' ' created and astonished feeling. Arda finally started favourite and finished third, but Princess Dorrie, Grave Greek and Fitz lama ran badiy. Green Falcon, to whom reference is made above, would have won with the winner out of the way It was not by a-ny Cji»n9 a popular result.