LATE SPORTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17537, 14 May 1925, Page 8

LATE SPORTING.

ENGLISH RACING. N EW .M AKKET ST AK ES. By Telegraph- Press Association -Copyright Australian anrl X.Z. Cable Association. CON PON. May PL A! tl-1© Newmarket f-Vc*nd Spring meeting: th© following was the result of NEWMARKET STAKES, of .10 e.vs cash, with 1000 sovft added: second horse 100 sovs and third horse 50 soys from the stake. For three-year-olds. One mil© and a quarter. CROSSBOW. Lord Astor’s 1> <\ hr Gay Crusader—Popinjay. Ost . 1 ZIONIST, R.H. Aga Khans b c, by EL CACTqVe, sir G. Zuliotijfh's br c, by Tracery—lndiecita, T-t - 3 Won by three lengths. The result of the Newmarket Stakes will doubtless ha Ye the effect of enlarging the field of discussion on the .Derby, which will b© decided in a fortnigh t. Tbe three colts who filled the places are all engaged at Epsom, and (heir prospects cannot be overlooked. Th© winner. Cross Bow. started only twice as a two-year-old, failing to gain a Place on either occasion. His owner had Saucy Sue and Miss Gadabout to worthily represent him in juvenile races last season, and there was an opinion in some quarters that. A. Taylor would produce Cross Bow- in greatly improved form f©r his three-year-old engagements. Cross Bow is bred on the most, fashionable lines. His sire. Gay Crusader, who won the War .Derby in 1917, is a son of Bayardo, while his dam. Popinjay, is by St Frusquin from Cholandry, who must rank as the most All over the world her name keeps recurring in winning pedigrees, and tn England this season Lord Astor has had t hree of her represents ti ves racing well in classis events, as Saucy Sue. tho winner of the One Thousand Guineas, ar.d Miss Gadabout, second in the same race, both trace to this wonderful mare. There are more unlikely things than a Derby win for Cross Bow following on this Newmarket Stakes ly popular, in view of the exasperating experiences he has had in filling second places in the great Epsom race. Zionist, who ran second at to Cross Bow in ih© Newmarket Stakes, was one of the best of last season's two-year-olds. After winning three times ne would up by running fourih at Hurst Park, luit excuses were made for his defeat, and he has all along been regarded as a likely Derby proposition. The fact mint, gives him a special interest for ?\’ew Zealanders. El Cacique, who was only one minor race last season, but apparently he has improved. He is by go was a great loss to the English breeding industry.