SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 230, 22 September 1908, Page 4

SPORTING.

THE TUItF IX ENGLAND. DEFEAT UF THE KING'S (OLOUUS. London, July 31. Yesterday our King had the experience of losing the I'run-e of Wal-s' Slake- at Goodwood through a lit'le unhappy rcniissiic»s-ii was nn'uuhnppy episode for everyone concerned. Herbert Jones, King Edward's jockey, came back on Princess de Galles, looking a picture •of misery: liieliard Marsh, up in the trainers' stand, uttered something about the race being quite thrn.vn into 'the gutter; and the iiuperturliabilitv even of Lord .Marcus Jlcrcsford. the inanagT of the King'- horses, was lor once ups"t. Princesse de Galles had successively ir.,l riil of Buckwheat and Itlankiicy ll.', ami tumultuous cheers broke i.ut in anticipation of her victory. These cheers, no doubt, contributed to the liasco m pulling Jones into a false sense of security. There was no possible danger on-his left, lie knew that, and would there 'be this popular outburst if any lurked on his riyhl * So. tn quote the poet, he pursued the •■even tenor of his way" home. But suddenly the cheers weaken, and then stop altogether, a hush of a-'toiiisliinent fall- on the crowd, something dashes up betwe •], Princes* de (.albs and the rails, veils go up, "'Come on. Jones!"'and an instant later Lord llosebcrv's Attic !$:!•!. has linked the spoils on'l he'post. It is only fair .to say Attic Salt was badly drawn and also obstructed in the race,' Maher at oinc time sitting up with his toes thrust out in apparent helplessness, so that it is a reasonable inference the filly would have dusted ep the King's representative with a clear course. Still, as the race was run. Princess,, do dalles undoubtedly ought to have wiui. The King's iilly was always a strong favourite, and that, of course, caused the annoyance of her defeat lo be aeeentuateu.