THE KING'S LUCK

Otago Witness, Issue 2664, 5 April 1905, Page 50

THE KING'S LUCK

Fortune on ihe turf is varied, and the tact that then* is no royal road to success is emphasised by the rannsr fortune of his Majesty King Edward VII. In 1696— Persimmon's year— the Kins was close to the front with £26,819. In 1699 his horses ?n? nl y«'' stakes to the value of £2189, but in 1300. when Diamond Jubilee and Ambush II wore successful in winning the double— Derby ancJ Grand National.— ho won £29,3?5. The followino season £3105 was thf> total of three victories and the bottei- things which were hoped for la-»t year uid not arrive, though OhaUworth has won thrice. £1160 in all. anil sFou'd make a»u*oful four-year-old. Hi* Maie^y started the season with eight good-looking two-year-olds, of whom only one, Rosemai-'cet. not a Porsimmon or a Florizel. but a sou of Orion and Ko-e 'Madder, has succeeded in m inning raoes— the- City Plate at Manchesier. £176, and a Breeders' Stakes or £567 at Newmarket ; and he has been four func-, beaton, on thioc occasion- out of a place. Pop -haw (Pei,imffion-Vanc) has run <mio<\ ba<3!\- : Caiutono (Pcin'minoii — La Cai ..lino) ha-; al-o mn once, and finished a bad third in a field of fi\e to Pamfletf and ISgyP 1 - Perlum-oie- (Fo) - .mraun- T>\ e> fl) caiiiiot v.iv »ellic£ races. He \W.s -.old some

time at»o. as was Poht-oly (Persimmon — Courtly), who has descended to the lowest rank=.. La-=t time out ho finished a poor fifth to a winner that was sold after the race for 100 guineas. La Paix (Persimmon — Loadamia) has not run. nor has Cornflower (Persimmon — Wheatly), nor an unnamed daughter of Florizel II and Spyglass. Except the two last-mentioned, all the others were heavily engaged, and their forfeits liiust amount to a consicJerable sum, La Paix and Carsfcone having been in such, races as the Prince of Wale= Stakes, at Goodwood, q. sweeostake of 20(teov3 each subscription ; the Buckingham Stakes of SOOsovs each, half forfeit: the Boscawen of lOOsovs each. Three out of four of the two-year-olds have proved specially disappointing. Some good-looking yearlings, bred at Sandringham. will carry the royal colours this season, and it can only bs hoped) that they will make good amends for the failures of some of their predecessors.