RINGMASTER.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 414, 26 October 1889, Page 3

RINGMASTER.

Those behind Ringmaster must have lost heavily by his defeat in the Great Ebor Handicap at York, when he carried 7st 131b into second place to King JMonmouth, Bst 121b. The winner, who is owned by Mr J, Lowther, started first favourite at 5 to 2, but Ringmaster was next fancied at 100 to 30, and was heavily backed at evens for a place. Peeler was third in public estimation, and it is worth mentioning that they finished in that ordor in the places, •• The King " winning in a canttfr, and running the mile* and a-half in 2min 42sec. He is by Voltigeur'a grandson, King I/jd, out of Miss Somerset, by King of Trumps {son of Velocipede) from Effio Deans, by Blair Athol. " Pendragon " says of liingmastoj.'s running in the race :—: — Barrett looked quite «• big man on him, and. it soemed sheer impudence tooxpeet him to raca with a great 'fine horse such as King Monmouth. With that monarch out of the way the stake would have gone to the galloway. I grant that it may noc have been a vory grand performance to be second, with 131b the best of the weight?, to a very clever winner at a mile and a half, ! but we must not forgtt the vast disparity in 6ize between the pair. Neither should wo let slip out of mind considerations to which I alluded some months ago. There is no doubt whatever tHaton his own courses in Australia there were plenty of horses who could ha\o eclipsed King Monmouth's performance. When writing earlier on the statement that Ringmaster was accounted a mere third rater down under, I did not pass several possibilities. Maybe he has improved greatly since he was exported. Again, hordes that could give him a stone and a beating out there, might not be his equals after getting here. The voyage and change of clitYiate, which, perchance, have bettered the one hor*c, may act just as strongly the other way in othen. Let us put all that out of thought, and assume that the'R ; ngmaster who fought on so gallantly as to make G. Barrett declare that he is one of the gamesb of the gamo is about the same animal Here as in Australia, and would take the same place with regard to his countrymen if they were racing here. Accept that situation, and, goodness gracious, where shall we be with our handicaps if a regular Australian invasion is mode on our turf? I say//, but the show the Australian third-rater has made in the old country wilt practically cut out " if." Wo are pretty- sure now to have a campaign of the better-class colonial thoroughbreds, who have only io run up to their form to upset the Home stables most disastrously. • '- . .1