THE TURF IN ENGLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13507, 3 August 1907, Page 7

THE TURF IN ENGLAND.

REMARKABLE RECORD BY IRISHBRED HORSES. "f. : With tlio exception of tho races won bj Bridge of Canny, Bcjipo, and Glass Doll, 1 - __ think over* otboi; important event for horses, other {heir, two-year-olds, run for "P tho middle of July, hits j been won by animals bred outside of England. Ob and Querido, winners of fch» Lincolnshire Handicap and Chester Cup, were bred in France; Dalkeith (Newbury Cup), was bred in Australia, whilfi Orb* (Uvrb.v), Slievo .Galleon (Two Thousand j 1 Guinea*-), Velocity (City oil Suburban), 1 Polar .Star (Kempton Jubilee Staies), - Tiu> White Knight (Ascot Cup), and ' Lally (Itoyal Hunt Cup and Kclipw» ' Stakes) were alt bred in Ireland, as was, 1 of course, ho Grand National Steeplechase 1 winner, Krcmou. It (remark* " Milroy'-')-1 the equities from the land of tfa« • , Shamrock continue to smite tho British in 1 i this manner the latter may be red new! in 1 [ tittio to Mich a condition as to compel the ;) i country to go to the once much-despised • "distressful counthrv*' and borrow money 3 to keep things going. Seriously, however, tho success ot Irish. horses in England ' since Calteo More wen the Derby 13 years 1 ago lias been little short- of wonderful, when ■' | wo take into consideration the comparative- • j ly few that have racwl in England during ' : this period. Three Derbies in 13 years if* ic I itself a good -voyage, without mentioning- " the numerous rrii.fft brought- oil by Irish ;l hopes, .such as -Cii»ra«e. llttekler's Bride, II Winktiold'.s Pride. Leodaima, liaaimcrkop, , l'«ehc!or'» Button »A«rf«t Cup), Comedy, l'retty I'ol'y (Oaks and St. Lewier). General : Peace, Count Seltoajbc-rg. Llangibby, Rockeleer, and those mentioned previous- '' iy. This brilliant id have boon :i j«i-.e<l chiefly from cast-off English stallioas, a ' or stallions not considered worthy of an ? j English stud. English breeders to!low a i single guide, the Racing Calendar, in the 5 selection of stallions, but in this respect the " Irish are not so particular, but stick to pedi- '* grco and good shape. As a matter of fact, ' Irish breeders, like Australians, cannot. afj' ford to pay high money for stallions, as the ■ stud fees in the Emerald Isle are meanly " low compared with the fabulous stuns paid 1 for stallion, service in England. A htfrs© 1 that will command no more than 10 guineas a inaro in Ireland would fill his list at. £100 5 in England, and possibly if Desmond. sire " of The White Knight, were doing duty in ' the land of his birth (England) there would - be no difficulty in filling his list, nt £300 a 1 mare, but when he sired The White Knight | his stud fee was 25 guineas, and now after , his reputation has been made lie is up at i 115 guinea.-, thanks to English patronage. | - THE ASCOT GOLD CUP- > I Full details arc to hand of the race foJ > ! the Ascot Cold Cup, which resulted in a. ' ; dead heat between Colonel Kirk wood's The ' White Knight ai d the French horse Eider, i ■ owned by the Due tie Gramont. As tho i ( able stated, the French horse was disqunli- ; tied on the grounds of boring.' The deci- : -ion was not regarded with favour, and. tho i Special Commissioner of the Sportsman rei erred lo the incident in the- follow- ; ; ing outspoken manner: —To light • out a terrific battle for the Ascot Cup, run ■ ' a dead heat, and then win on a wrangle— i' j well. 1 do not wish to express my opinion . : in nlain words. I must say, however, that i ' bad 1 been a steward 1 would at once have ••j over-ruled the objection, not only, been use.'it ' , was unreasonable. but because it was at. > l Ascot, and also that it was internationally i impolitic to the last degree, and, I believe, i ; en-port-manlike. .My own view of the race ii i —and 1 had a eery good sight of it—was • ! such that when the objection was announced • ' ( mado''certain thai it must bo tho French : i owner who objected. It: was The - White j ' ' Knight who was the real offender by trying . ; to savage Eider in the last fifty yards, and ; : though Stern d d what he could to drivo - him oil with his left foot, he had his reins i iii his left hand and his whip in his right,. and thm -fore could not possibly have inter- : ; fered with Ilnlney, a 3 was alleged; nor Is i ■ there any truth in the statement that Eider ; came out from tho rails sumo distance from j . the finish and tried to slivage The White • Knight; nor is it correct that Eider lias a bad character for this sort';cf thing in ■ I Franco. The plain fact remains' that- Stern i ] was in a minority of one, and bis story of >i tho race, while it accorded with my' own l ' view, was overborne by th-a evidence of - . other jockeys. The blame attaches to those t ! who made the objection, and in a lesser i j degree to the stewards, who had not the - • strength of mind at once to over-rule it and 5 : say, Run it off or divide. We all wanted • | to see Ihe White Knight win the Cup for ; the honour of this country, but there' is : i nothing of value in such a victory. That , | Eider would have won the run off, ' had ' i there been one, I haven't the faintest shac.ow of doubt, and even . though lie canto • out from the rails when The White Knight tried to savage him, that was only a natural jiistiiict. which leads all horses to hang towards one another in such rircmnstfi the French papers and the French people' will, I fear, think Unit: (hoy have been tinfairly treated, and J do not hesitate to say that, while tho stewards no doubt wore guttled by such evidence a*, was given to them, and administered indifferent, justice, they would, had they trusted their own eyen rather than the evidence of jockeys,' liuto , over-ruled the objection without a moment's ! hesitation. THE WINNER OF THE OAKS. That the finest-looking horses are not, al« ways the best has been repeatedly provod. ; - 1 ," 0 latest inatance is the winning of 1 the •• English Oaks by Glass Doll. On appearance fiho would not only have been given no chance, but the opinion of the majority was thai/ she was not. capable of winning a race ol any description. The wisest men at. racing are just as liable to mistaken as anyone nice when it comes to selecting winners before- . hand. There were 14 starters for tho OA>, and it in said that the lot were commoners I to look at. 4 The English authority " Vigi--1 Jaiit wrote of them after the race no fo!» I i lows:— ' 'The mcan est and weakest of those ! ; that ran was the winner, Glass Doll, who IS a pony in height, possesses no bone, no substance, no muscle, and on appearance alone would not have started favourite for i a three-year-old Galloway race. Her owner I -Mr. J. }}. Joel, did not back her for a sinzlo j halfpenny, and she was not fancied by . tho i .stable in the. least, having shown licr»el? at j home the inferior of Golden Knight, who i wan beaten • previously in a'selling plate. j Glass 'oil is strightawav destined for the stud, and the fact that, she ha.- within th* last, fortnight, taken the first step, towards maternity may have lint! something to do with the smooth and game performance sht» put, in She visited first Bill of Portland and secondly Sundridge," VICTORIA AMATEUR TURF CLUB'S -MEETING, CAUL IT EI-D AND NATIONAL HURDLE RACE. . The Y.A.T.C. will inaugurate their Grand! National Meeting to-day, when the Caulfield Grand National Hurdle Race will Ik; brought tip for decision. .- The field engaged is not a very strong oiie, t,he field having dwindled down lo the following 12:—c , , Bt - l'» st lb Bolano ... ... It 7 Firelight ... ... 10 5!; bribery 11 V South Head ... 10 3 rri ,,ie r. h - , l ... 10 1,5 Tlic Sun ... ... $1.5 Ihe Wizard ... 10 11 Mercun* ... 0 5 1 evmner ■ ... 10 7 Palely' c, C Pi est on pa us ... 10 7 Dog of War ... 9 0 " Tf/E RE'ITfXt;. liy Telegrayli.—Press Association.—Copyright. Miaiiornxj-:, August 2. I'ribury still retains his position as i,» ' . strong fav'otirito for the (,'iiultield National Hindles, being a couple of points shorter than Solano. Devuiiier has hardened again-. . and is now quoted at the same figure as Tho Wizard and The .Sim. Tho only other cue mentioned is Superstition. !. C..1.C. GRAND NATIONAL MEETING, [itv Ti:LKGiiAr.'t.--i'nr.ss association - .] Cii:st.s.vi:urncu, Friday. Parititfi: has be; i: scratched for the . Trial Hurdle Ra.v. <.i:d Waihiiha for (he Hack Race Handicap, and Scatter Cash for ail engagements. -• • [nv TKI/ilUKAril. — OWN coltKKSruNriKKT.] \\ ct.LixuTo:<, Friday. ( liiragno, Kintc.re, Aqua Rcgia, Vj*ior, Loch lyne, and Irish were fhipped South to-night. . THE NEW ZEALAND CUP. [BY XKi.EOR.M'H. —I'KKSS association 4 ,] Cmtisrcitiritcn, Friday. eVcliilles was scratched for the New /-.«» land Cup this morning. — I—— • SALE ,OF TROTTERS. .. By '1 elegrapli.— Association.Copyright Miaiieit'ttvi:. August 2. - A; the'horse sales a New Xen!;u><i troit-ini, ' stallion brought 300 guineas';- Black Dia- ■; mond, 100 guiuea;. '