The Derby To Be Run In Morning

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 373, 6 June 1928, Page 12

The Derby To Be Run In Morning

LORD DERBY’S STRONG HAND

THE HISTORIC DERBY IS TO EE RUN AT EPSOM TODAY (OUR TIME). AND WHILE DOMINION SPORTSMEN ARE LOST IN THE LAND OF SLUMBER EARLY TO-MORROW MORNING, THE FAMOUS DOWNS WILL BE THE SCENE OF CONSIDERABLE EXCITEMENT. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE KING’S FILLY, SCUTTLE. TV AS' NOT ENTERED FOR THIS CLASSIC, ALTHOUGH SHE W T ILL CONTEST THE OAKS ON FRIDAY.

Included in the field to-day is Flamingo, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas a few weeks back, and fourth to him was Pharamond, who, together with Fairway (absent in that race) is expected to carry the colours of Lord Derby. Despite the fact that Flamingo won the Two Thousand, he is not the favourite for the mile and a-half classic. That honour a fortnight ago was possessed by Fairway, who had won the Newmarket Stakes, one and a-quarter miles, in which, he had started at a short price. This fact in itself lends

to the view that Lord Derby will be represented by Fairway in the Derby, although Pharamond may be allowed to run as the second string. A Huge Sweepstake Over £500,000 has been subscribed to the London Stock Exchange sweep on the Derby. This is double the amount subscribed last year. The list closed nearly a couple of months ago. When it was started in 1902 the sweep was worth only £IOO. The chief prizes will be £125.000, £60,000, £30,000 and £20,000. every other horse nominated (numbering 339) each £500; also, 91 consolation prizes. Charities will take £50,000. Lord Derby’s Fairway, who is favourite for the Derby, easily won the Newmarket Stakes. Lord Derby was speaking at a cotton company’s meeting at Manchester, when he was surprised by a burst of cheering. He then learned that Fairway had won. Will Black Watch Run? Some of the English critics have expressed themselves against the Derby prospects of Black Watch, the colt by Black Gauntlet from the Australian - bred mare Punka 111. (Cooltrim — Drowsy). However, Mr. V. Gilpin, who now relieves his father, Mr. P. P. Gilpin, of a lot of the work attached to the Clarehaven stables, is very hopeful he will prove something out of the ordinary. During the winter Black Watch did not grow mush, but a critic who saw him recently says he is splendidly proportioned, looks a real racehorse, and may be ideally suited to Epsom. He was not in the Two Thousand Guin-

eas, so liis trainer would be able to specially set him for the Derby. A Derby win by Black Watch might cause a reversal of present procedure. Instead of our breeders going to England for mares we might see some bought here for stud purposes in the Old Country. Latest advices from England state that Black Watch has not been doing too well. Flamingo’s Trainer Probably the most popular of English trainers is Jack Jarvis, the trainer of Flamingo. He is one of the 20

most interesting of turf characters. In fiction, trainers go about with a straw in their lips; in real life they disguise their profession was a gold-mounted umbrella (in England at any rate), and Jarvis is seldom without one, says a London critic on this trainer. He has been called lucky, but behind his geniality and capacity to get the most out of life, is a thoroughness in stable control from which more winners have been due to him than luck has provided. You never see him alone. When he is not being asked for his expert opinion about one thing or another he is fulfilling a social duty. Weighing about 7 stone when he rode Hackler’s Pride in the Cambridgeshire, he now could not pass the scales at nearly double the weight. Classic Winners When not worrying about racehorses he finds time to breed race greyhounds —he has even won a Waterloo Cup—breed and race pigeons, hunt and shoot, and he is a fair performer with the cue. Devoid of swank, but a strict master; in fact, intensely human. Has distinguished patrons, including Lord Rosebery, for whom he won the 1,000 i Guineas with Plack and 2,000 Guineas with Ellangown. and again • lust month with Flamingo. Prior to I this, perhaps Golden Myth brought : most grist to the Jarvis mill. Sir George Bullough is another in fluL ential person for whom Jarvis has ' turned out many a winner. Should have no further ambition, but had yet L to train a Derby winner. Would Flai mingo do it this year? Jarvis hopes