THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 143, 12 March 1919, Page 9

THE TURF

V.A.T.C. MEETING FUTURITY. STAKES' AVON BY LUCKNOW. , • : (Eec. March 11,' 5.5 p.m.) Melbourne, March 11; The following race was run at-Caiilfleld TWENTY - SECOND FUTURITY . STAKES, of 3000 ■ sovs.'•'Weight for age. Seven furlongs. Messrs. Robinson and Clark's eh.' h. « Lucknow, by Minora— Amphora, oyrs. ..;..■..;..- 1 Mr. N. Falkiner's ch. g. Sir Ibex, by Ibex—The Loom, aged ..; -.< 2 Messrs. F. I. Body and H. S. Simp-. ' son's b. h. Greenstcad, 'by The . • Welkin—Tuning. Fork, 4yrs. 3 There wero fourteen starters, .'including Hymestra and Na'nna.. AVon by half a Time, Imin. 27Jsec—Press Assn. , fThe English owners,- Messrs. Robinson and Clark, won .their .third Caulfield Futurity .Stakes yesterday, when the imjiorted horse Lucknow scored.- Lucknow is a. well-bred 'animal, being by the Derby and Two Thousand Guineas winner jlinoru from Amphora, who is the dam of the grfat sire S'iindiri(lge- : (sire of, Sunstar and AVhite Star).. Amphora is also 'the dam of: the .broo<l niaro. Symbolism, -who was : purchased for 775 ens. at the.'Elderslie pale last month by Mr. T. H. Lowry. . Seeing that. .Lucknow 'xna ft maiden When he contested yesterday's race he would receive an allowance "of. 281b., this' would .o'educe. the 'Winner's weight.to 7st; lib. This allowance has .always been a grievance with Australian owners. If. is'true that Australian horses, are at a, bigdisadvantrtge with Englisli. ;,animals, seeing that if tho firstnahied -wins! a'race he is peiialise-'l.■ wherone' if: the latter wins n. race'in the 01d'C'ouri- : try he can still claim the allowance, providing, of coiin~'e, he has not won a race since his arrival in Australia. Threo, notable instances of the allowance anom-. lily wore Sir Foote's defeat of AA r nkpful in 1902, when he cauried Cst. lfflb. against the mnrc's 9st. 131b., Coiftedy King's wiii in 1910 with 6st. 7lb:, and Flash of Steel's success in 1915 with Gst. 131b. There i-« sure 1o U another outcry in connoction with Lucknow's win' yesterday. Tho second horse, Sir Ibex, has,always been considered to be a fair sort of a. npiinten , . His sire, who died last year, came into fame in ]!)03, when lio succeeded in Weating. Cruciform and Walreful at. weight frir ago in the Craven Plate. But'jqeke^hip'wassaid to have-won that race. Groenf.tead was th° ruling .favouritn fnr the racn T.'L-ii. thp hfi mail loft, but he cnnld only finish third. Amongst the "also fitarteds" were Hymestm. aiid Nanna. The time, Imin. 27-Jecp.. i.o li"lf a- sn'cond Rloiver than the record estahlfiihcil by Wedjro when he defeated Desert Gold by n neck, ln.st year... . ■ Lucknow's win will brint him into ■favour for the Newmnrkcr. Handieap,(for which'racp..-he will havo to carry Bst. 61b),-.but Futurity Stakes, winners have not..been vciry successful in ,: the' Newmarket Handicap. In 1!)02 Sir Foote won Ijoth events, and in 1901 Playaway won the Carcinoid event, but could-'only''finish third at Fleminjfon. It iras'l9o9 before a liorsp won tlm double attain fPnultlinel, and last-year-.Wedge, aftpr winning the Stakes, was third in the Newmarket. The other two placed horses in yesterday's, event will have "st. -lib, and Bst. 101b. respectively to cairry.]