J. MALCOLM FORBES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 20044, 6 September 1920, Page 3

J. MALCOLM FORBES.

SUCCESSFUL TROTTING SIRE. Every ;season brings with ifc great changes in the trotting world, and particularly in the personnel of its equine actors, , That horses come and go upoa tiio stage of affaire, much ajs do humans, is an expression oft repeated! Aew stars rise and old ones are eclipsed, Unile sonic twinkle for a moment and then drop as suddenly from the" skies as it they had never been ’ seen there, on the other hand, there remains, season after season, and year after year, those which may bo’likened-to the fixed stars ot the planetary system. Once yhey appear they remain, at times shining with increased brightness, at times, perhaps, a trifle. less brilliant—but always there. Of such a horse as J. Malcolm,Forbes one naturally thinks in similitudes, for it is difficult to approach him in anv other way, says the“Hbrs© Review.” *" ls ls because he defies comparisons With other horses, except in the most ineffectual way. Ho has broken—• Cot to say smashed-—all precedents so completely that In’s position is. in a one of isolation, if a very splendid l one—thgt of a fixed and blazing star. Jjast year-Forbes—as horsemen habitually call him—occupied a prominent place in the Christmas Review, this being accorded him , because of the fact that his, owner, Mr James R. Magowan, of Jit Sterling, Ky., had ji*t sold at auction, at the Old Glory sale, in MadiEon Square Garden. New York, a consignment of yearlings by him which had broken all previous records for average price received, so far as trottors of that age were concerned. This price was £263 per head, and previously in the New York market (the leading one of the world), £173 had been the top average of tho kind. (this Mr Magowan himself had scored with, bis Forbes yearlings of 1016; up to which time £l4l had been the figure. , was distinctly; an event for a consignment of trotting yearlings to average £263 under the. hammer—a truly notable thing, and horsemen felt that it might not be strange if, hawing been _ attained, the mark might, in sporting parlance, prove “ hard to shoot at/’ They pointed out that tliefForbes yearlings of J9lB were really an abnormal lot, mostly with standard records and, as a lot the fastesttested by the watch—ever offered for public sale. Such a thing might not Boon again be equalled, or might, like certain historic trotting prices of the past, stand for years. It would not bo strange. \ However, we-have just put another Old Glory—that of 1919—behind ns, and “ the Forbeses” have .again been submitted, to the test and have again emerged from it in triumph—in even greater triumph’ than before. For this time Mr Magowan’s yearlings Imre averaged no less than £351 per head! That is to say, they havo beaten the record that they established a, year ago by a margin of not less than £BB. In tho “Horse -Review Racing Guide.” rol. vii.. issued a year ago (and. unfortunately, it will be the last!) there ' appeared • an interesting table showing the yearling averages for the most important consignments sold in tho metropolitan market for a period of twenty years past. It included a. total of seventy- different lots, and analysis of it reveals that a large proportion, of these actually averaged less than tho gain • (£3B) that the. Forbeses registered this year over- last. Mr Magowan has tent three consign-ments-of Forbes yearlings to the Garden in the past four years, and the results havo been as follow: —• No. Top Price. Average. Nov., 1916 . 13 £BIO £172 Nov,, 1918 . 15 £llOO £263. Nov., 1919 . 11 £IOOO £351 As J. Malcolm Forbes is a horse without precedent, so has his whole career been. Mr Magowan, when he purchased him. was a young man of moderate means—just an unpretentious Kentucky farmer and breeder with’ a passion, for the trotters, who had been for some years raising them in a small' way. When ho paid £750 for the son of Bingen (2.6J) and Santos (then a. two-year-old with a cup record of just 2min 30s.ee) it represented what was to him an important investment, not merely in that be had secured for it tho colt of his dreams, hut equally on account of the money expended. HANDICAPS. METROPOLITAN TROTTING CLUB, NEW-ZEALAND TROTTING CUP. Th» following .. handicaps have been declared for the New Zealand Trotting Cup:— NEW ZEALAND CUP {in harness), of 2600 swvi. Claes, 4.53, Two? miles. Esora. J. Knight, b hj Author Dillon, by Harold Dillon—Authoress,, aged aer Messrs J. .Bryce and Cross Bros.’ br hj Matcblight, by Pour Chimes—King Harold mere, aged . ■ . . . 4= oc Mrs T. L. Mornson’a b hj Cello Sydney Wilkes, by Harold Dillon—Cremona Wilkes, rged . . 4 £6 c Mr AV. 11. Norton’s b m Trir Pointer, by Demonio— Bally Poislor, aged . asec Mr C. Charming'a hr g Agaihos, by O..V.M.—Ha, Ha mate, aged . . Gg«c Miss N. Gunn’s b g General- Link, by General Mac—lmperial wood.' aged . 6sec Mr I'. J. Torrie’s b hj John Dillon, by Harold Dillon—Tivid Carlo, agfcd . 7aec Mr S.’ G. Lemon’s bib g Sbcnvood, by Korrwood—Jessie .8., aged . . 7sett Messrs ' Flaming and Wooiton’a b g Dean Dillon, by Harold Dillon—lvy Dean, aged . . ; . . . . ; 6eo Mr M. J. Hannon's br g Albert Cling, by Young M’Kincey—Embrace, aged ....... . . Meisra lies and Young’s b g AVillie Lincoin, by Lord Elmo—Mary Lincoln, aged - - . 6seo Mr J. H-. Corrigan's b ,g Moneymaker, by Rothschild—Cocoauut, aged . 9 gcc Mr J. D. Parker's oh xa'Erin's Queen, by Hal Zolock —8.J.N., aged . .- 3sec Mr A. Finlayson's b hj Mintson, by Papamii—Mint, aged . . . <j sec Mr T. Roe's ?r m Steel Bell, hy Gold Belt—King George marc, aped , !j sec Mr F, H. Robson’s b m Beta.Peter, by J-.’etereta—Tot' Huon, aged . o s;c Mr J. H. liloyd’s b li Ha! Junior,-by Hal Zolock—Ngarairaa. 6yr» . . , 9>co Mr G. Booker's ch hj Oinako, by Harold Dillon—GrattancUo, aged . . 3 8ac AUSTRALIAN RACING. VICTORIA AMATEUR TURF CLUB, ' By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association MELBOURNE. September 4. At tho "Victoria Amateur Turf Club's meeting. tbs principal events resulted ag fed. lows; HEATERLIE HANDICAP, of £OO son. Ono mile apd a furlong, Mr U. Alusgravo's ch hj Scottish Knight, by "Wallace—Ceria, 4yrs ... 1 Mr S. H. bik in, Queen Comedy', by Comedy King—Pendant, syr» . •? Mr T. Sander’s oil hj Wi'diin, by Eurlorua —Lady 'Malster, tyrs . ,3 Won by hdf a length. Time—lnna So .face. MEMSIE STAKES, pf 1000 ton. Weightfor age, with penalties and allowance?. One mile and a furlong.’ Mr B. Leo Steers’?’'oh hj Enrytinnio, by Eudorus—Bob Chany. 4yrs . ,? Mr L. K. S. Mackhuion's hj m Bandurris, 'by I.inaere —Scrinetts. tyrs . . ■ , 2 Mr O’. Fcthar'g V, * Rcciprcntr. bv Charlemsgna, H.-Minju. Syr?, . ’ , .3 Won easily by Ihrse hnrf.bs/ Tims— Imm