A POPULAR APPOINTMENT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2672, 31 May 1905, Page 51

A POPULAR APPOINTMENT.

The appDifffcicent of the well-known •fcrainier-owiter Mr Barry Goodman — who has l>eem .on© of the leading lasdners of New Zealand for over 30 years, and who in 2us .day -was a crack horseman, besides having aui Australian requisition as an equine xnentor — as -trainer to Mr St. John Buckley's iiopes at Ostmaru has. given general satisfaction, in sporting circles, and it goes •without saying tliat any horse which is saddled by him fox a race will go to the post as M aad .well as anyone in the colonies could anake it. Mr Goodman lias turned out winners galore-, ox &U sorts and conditions of races— leppers and sprinters, 'Selassie" performers, two-year-«ldsj and in iaixning <mt journey horses m eondrfion to ga their journey he. has few equals' unS aio superiors. The preparation of iWo-ve*r-oids and journey Tiorses are the two 'things which «o to prove a trainers capabilities. Two-year olds and' cup horses are scarcer Chan utility horses, but we have xegiments .©I trainers who can successfully ixandb iihe latter class, but many cases can be quoted where otherwise capable trainers "have failed to turn out cup, winners and successful two-year-olds, even when they had the material iv iihe stables. Mr Goodman lias been particularly successful with youngsters, and although never a wealthy xnan, wh.o -could buy a batch of youngsters and make some by breaking others, he managed to win the Welcome Stakes in three successive years with Apropos, Silvermark., and Somneil, besides capturing many other juvenile races with Day Dream, winuei -of the D.J.C. Champagne Stakes and- several other two-year-old races; First Lord, -winner of the Middle Park Plate; and -several otliers. Somneil was the only two-year-old capable of stretching Carbine's neck during the turf career of the worldfamous son of Musket in New Zealand. Somneil made a winning debut in the Broekenhurst Stakes, and followed that up by a win in the Welcome Stakes, a miss in the Juvenile Plate, won the D.J.C. Criterion Stakes, was beaten half a length in the C.J-C Champagne Stakes by Carbine, and on the second day the pair again met in the Challenge Stakes at a difference of 21b in lavour of the Hammock colt, who •was; defeated after a great race by the mighty son -of Musket and Mersey. Other, crack turned out by Goodman -were Sir Modred. Enroclydon, Casket, and many others of lesser note. Mr Goodman also- turned out many crack horsemen, such as «C. Rudings, T. Buddioomb, D. Price, C. Parfeer, J. Loughlin (now -one of the leading fielders), and others. He is one of the -old school of trainers, but has probably made as great a study of the business as any xrther trainer. All the latest books, by the best authorities, are in Goodman's possession; and he may be said to be an up-to-date man with a veteran's experience. He takes over a stable of good, healthylooking, andj with the -exception of the youngsters, ivh.o all look backward and, in one or two cases, light in condition, they arc fairly useful horses It is to be hoped that a reasonable amount of luck will attend bis efforts, ami the engagement prove of mutual satisfaction to owner and trainer.