GLOAMING-WONDER HORSE

Shannon News, 14 October 1924, Page 4

GLOAMING-WONDER HORSE

When he beat-JJavid, Ballymena and company at Raadwickom Saturday, Gloaming* set-, the -seal) on* an already brilliant career," says* the*' "Christchurch Sun,'! que subject for leading-opinions The .New* Zealand- champion* has deposed Eurythmic from the head of the list of stake-earners. The West Australian's figures are £36,891. That mark promised to stand for some time, the more - particularly as. it was known that Gloaming, who was: generally looked upon as the horse most likely to create a new mark, was not quite so sound as the proverbial bell. But, nursed and shrewdly placedi Gloaming has ; galloped; to the top-of. the ladder.

Years ■ ago it was. Carbine,; Musket's mightiest son, whose name was on every, race-goer's lips. Later, there were .other idols,- including that bonny mare; Desert Gold, But none of them canboastof such a record as Gloaming's. In 60 contests he has been but once out of a place, and that was ■owing to an accident at the barrier. It is an-achievement 1 which is without parallel in the history of the Turf. That the public loves a great horse ' is demonstrated by the receptions Gloaming, has received, especially, in Australia, even when the luck of the game has gone against him:. The Welkin gelding is not exactly an oilpainting,; but as a galloping, machine 'ih'e is something-of a masterpiece. That ; quality, plus his •■ courage and lack of; ostentation, has endeared him to all excepting, perhaps that class vwhich, devoid altogether of senregard'racehorses merely as a 'medium for gambling.-Gloaming's victory on Saturday obviously delighted the multitude. As we have, said, he •has,not enjoyed the best of fortune this-season, though his first defeat, by Heroic, was no fluke. His ; next encounter saw him, beaten, but not at all on his merits. In,the meantime, he still had Eurythmitfs figures >.. to overtake. In the Spring ■ Stakes, he was.- running out; of his? distance; nevertheless,.,assisted>by.the fact that the .pace was ,leisurely, in the i early stages*. Gloaming strode home a comfortable winner. He. has. thus the* ambition of '{his.owner,and his.trainer. It has to said-for' Mason that* in his way vhe. unexcelled-as - his famous .charge;- Mason-, as a mentor, is-in the iweight*for-age class, -and right~at the 'top. 1 '- Gloaming's l performance in set-iting-anew main is a triumph which he must. divide with his •. trainer. On this side'of the line,'at least, there, has been nothing, to equal the Gloamings Mason.; combination.. Each: "is a " master in his f own sphere;. ; Presently, no-doubts we-shall, see another thoroughbred-star blazing.-in the ; One is* already above the .horizon-—the, sensational^three-year-old, Heroic. Even.so; we predict that .it will/be• many.u long- day before I is equalled} let alone surpassed: