SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 177, 17 July 1908, Page 4

SPORTING.

Writing about horses; that have run n the English Derby, the Sporting Life ays:—-"(Probably the biggest horse that ver won the Derby wfus Jeddah, though 'ld men s peak of the wonderful proporions of Plenipotentiary. . Nowadays uuossa horse stands lij hands or jnort ie is looked upon as small, and' sue! )erby winners as Airtato, Caractacus -nd Daniel O'fiourke would be lookei ipon as ponies. Macproni was 15.2 1 /, nd was considered a finely-grown am nal; but 'wants size' £s what would b aid of him nowadays. In our opinion 'or a Derby horae K'6 hands is quit )ig enough, and we have nothing t ■ay against the 15.31 of Volodyovsk v"e have always been uceustomed to loo! ipon Plenipotentiary, who won th Jcrby of 1834, as a gjant. Some of th. ild stagers regarded 'him as having beei he best horse that was ever foaled, am vhen, at Newmarket!, he ran his grea ace with (jlencoe, w"ho was first favour te for the Derby at the time, under th ielie£ that he was mot fit, Jim Robinsoi ried to cut him down. After makinj day as fast as he could go, lie lookei ound, and there, toi his disgust, to us is own language, ' was that great bu! ock cantering by my side/ On refer ing to Tattersall': j Pictorial Uallery -owever, we find ham described as onl; bout 15.2%. He ljras probably massiv' ather than high. Little Wonder wa tot 15 hands, nor was Daniel O'Kourki t was the same with the beautifully ctioned Attila. 'Jossack stood 15.2, ani 'otherstone, who* was one of the lies orscs that ever ran, was 15.2'/ 2 . Whei 'oronation, who was born in the Core ation year, pre eisely as Diamond ,lubi «■ was born i n the Diamond Jubilc ■l'iir, won the Derby, he was probabl; lie of the most magnificent animal bat up to thatt time had taken Derb; lonours, as he stood IB hands. 13a .liddleton, who -won in 1830, was 10.1 V mil was regarded as a giant. Amatr; vho was known as the Epsom ponv stood half an sucb over lo hands. Pyi rhus the First, winner in 184(1, wa 15.3. Surplice, who won in 1848. wa 10.1. He got 3iis size from Bay Middle ton. Those yreat rivals, tlie Fl.vin Dutchman and Voltigeur, were both 15/ and West Australian half an inch more ig.« ' —...