ENGLISH RACING.

Otago Witness, Issue 2375, 7 September 1899, Page 35

ENGLISH RACING.

Flying Fox won the Eclipse Stakes In acanter from his stable companion Frontier. Says one of the onlookers : "As soon as it was possible to sum them up clearly when they faced for home', it was patent that the favourite had the race at his morcy. On he came without the slightest effort, and it next became clear that Frontier would be' the run-ner-up. Flying Fox ran lazily throughout, and did not show the same dash as at Newmarket, but it was none the leea evident that he had tons in hand, though ready at any moment to stop if M. Cannon dropped his hands. I noticed this same characteristic, however, in. the finish' for the Two -Thousand. Guineas, when he was ready to Blow down the moment he was allowed to do so, in spite of the way in which he had been roused up and 'excited at the start." This is the fourth, year, that the

Duke of Westminster has won the Eclipse Stakes, Orbit having won in 3.888 and Orme in 1892 and 1893. M. Cannon rode Orme in the latter year and Flying Fox this year, whilst John Porter trained. the four winners named. The National Breeders' Produce Stakes, also run at Sandbwn Park, was won by the favourite, Democrat, by a neck from Forfarsbire. The latter began very badly, and it was only towards the close of the race that he got on anything like terms with his* field. He made up a lot of ground, but the good work he put dn came too late. Democrat was bred in 'America, got by Sensation from Equality, 3>y Rayon dOr from Quits, by Eclipse — Columbia, by Glencoe. The Liverpool meeting followed, and here on th« first day Vain (Duchess gave a further proof of her excellence flby winning the. Great Lancashire Breeders' Stakes, though with very little to spare. The Liverpool Chip was voted an open race, and so it turned out to be, an outsider in Easthorpe beating the favourite. Merman ran, but finished no nearer than fifth. The Goodwood meeting next came on. In the big field for the Stewards' Cup no fewer than eight were .•well backed, and then the public failed to find the winner, the upshot of a good race in ..■which Gold Medallist acted for New Zealand and Myakka represented America being a neck win for Northern Farmer, who started at ;20 to 1. The son of Laureate H and Smook •{Ffock, who showed some good form ac a fthree-year-old, was purchased by Mr Bottomfley for 2500gs on being sent up for sale at fche Newmarket December sales in 1897, but lie went through last season without earning "anything towards his purchase money. This year, however, he had, before his Goodwood Buccess, repeated a previous victory in the /Crawfurd Plate at Newmarket and won the JEpsorn Town Plate at the Summer meeting. ,T?he Richmond Stakes went to Winifreda, Idaughter of St. Simon and Melody, who is by ffynedale from Glee, by Adventurer. On the second day Merman won the Goodwood {Plate, two miles, under the fair weight of 8.0. "The Australian-bred horse stripped Well," sayß the Sportsman' p special, "but not 'quite so well as I have seen him; indeed, I ■¥eel mire he iB not at his very best, and he had 'certainly not been trained for the distance. Btill, the clean-limbed, hardy old "beast looked like business, and the course and the going jwere sure to suit him, while "Wood and he understand one another to a nicety." The Sussex Stakes was regarded as a certainty for Caiman, and though opposed by Harrow, who lias shown good form this season, odds were intrusted to the American-bred colt. Millennium, the other runner, was not seriously considered, and it was all the 25 to 1 offered against him. The three ran throughout in Ahe order their names figured in the betting, iut Caiman was never troubled, and won in a canter. The Goodwood Cup brought out only three runners, and two of these — kewliaven and Merman— were bred in Australia. Newhaven. made favourite, ran badly, and got beaten by the outsider. Merman, on the ether hand, shaped very -well, and won in good form and in pTetty fast time, the two mutes and a-half being done in smin 30sec. {Diamond Jubilee made another hole in his manners in the Prince of Wales's Stakes, and though he did not indulge in the -vagaries ;fhe displayed at the Newmarket First July, !he distinctly declined to do his best in the race. At one moment he had the advantage of Epsom Lad, but declined to keep it, and though Lord Rosebery's colt ran none too generously, he held on longer than the brother to Persimmon and won by half a length. The ■winner is by Ladas (son of Hampton) out of Disorder, by Bend Or — Kermesse, by Cremorne — Hazledean, by Cathedral.