LIMERICK’S LAST

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 783, 2 October 1929, Page 12

LIMERICK’S LAST

A COT CASE AFTER THE HILL STAKES Although Limerick has galloped and j pulled up all right this week, it looked as if he was a hopeless case after the , Hill Stakes 11 days ago. Here is what j a Sydney writer put over the day after that race:— Veterinary rick’s future is not reassuring. The j popular weight-for-age perlormer broke down badly in the Hill Stakes at Rosehill yesterday, having injured the suspensory ligament in the ofifo releg, and is not likely to ever race again. A great performer, Dim crick's absence from the woightfor- ago races at Randwick , " ill iob them of a good, deal of interest. Broke Down Tho visitor having defeated Mollison at Warwick Farm, backers did not hesitate to pin their faith to Limerick in the Hill Stakes at Rosehill yesterday. He had a decided advantage over Mollison, and this influenced most sportsmen to support the New Zealander. ‘Ho is not in the .race,’ cried many, as Limerick was last half a mile from home. He .made an effort to improve his position at the top of the straight, but it was all in vain, as Limerick had apparently broken down. Hobbled Back Finishing an inglorious last, Limerick hobbled back to the weighing enclosure., lame in the forelegs, and slightly short behind. Acting on the advice of the stewards, the club’s veterinary surgeon. Air. J. F- AlcEaebran, inspected Limerick’s legs. Air. Roy Stewart also had a short chat with Trainer F. D. Jones. Limerick was decidedly lame as he walked to the hosing yard, where he was followed by a large crowd. Subsequently Limerick. trainer Jones, and Air. McEachran went to the rear of the horse stalls, where Limerick’s badges were taken off the forelegs. It was not long before the vet. announced that Limerick had badly injured the ligament, and that he was also lame in the near hind leg. Limerick was hurried off in a motor float to his stables at Randwick. May Go Home Trainer F. D. Jones was naturally disappointed at Limerick’s display, and mentioned that if he did not improve ho would be shipped back to New Zealand immediately. It is bad luck for the connections of Limerick, as tho Limond gelding looked like having a succesful time at the A.J.C. spring carnival. Trainer. Jones was looking forward to Limerick annexing the A.J.C. Spring Stakes oil Saturday week. He won it in 1927, and ran a dead heat with Winalot last year. With Limerick out of the way, it looks as if Alollison and Winalot ar© in for a good time at this spring carnival. Limerick has won £35,729 10s to date. He is second on the list of prizewinners, Gloaming having won £43,000. Gloaming won 57 races, and Limerick 272. GERMAN JOCKEYS as Sydney jockey J. Aiunro has decided to accept the offer of a retainer from Baron Oppenlieim to go to Germany to ride for that sportsman, it is interesting to note in a recent issue of the “Thoroughbred Record” the opinion of such an authority as Herr Becker concerning the prowess of the jockeys of his country. In the course of his breeding topics, which he contributes to that publication, he lias occasion to refer to the doings of horses in international contests. He writes:—“l have always held it is the low class of German jockeys more than anything else which proves so serious a handicap to German horses in international competition. Cognisant of this fact Baron Oppenlieim secured the services of Joe Childs, and it turned out that Oleander (the Baron’s libst performer of the season) proved himself in his hands a still better horse

. . . I accept the statement made by Childs that there are few horses in Europe which can beat Oleander. The weight of this statement should be seen in the face of the fact that after he had the won the Eclipse Stakes Childs proceeded by airplane to Berlin, and rode Oleander the following afternoon. He will be on the Prunus colt in his races in France and in England.”