SPORT OF KINGS OVERSEAS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 July 1939, Page 9

SPORT OF KINGS OVERSEAS

PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

At Kempton Park (England) recently there was sensational bidding for a two-year old selling race winner named Colwyn Bay (by Trigo), who. starting at 25 to 1, beat seven others. Keen competition after the race ended in Colwyn Bay being knocked down to Mr F. Deuchar at 1,350gn5. A week earlier Mr Deuchar gave 710gns for a two-year-old selling plate winner at Epsom. The value of the Kempton race was £384. and Colwyn Bay was entered to be. sold for £5O. The surplus, after some deductions, amounted to £1,300, and that was divided by the owner of the second horse and the club. As Mrs Corrigan gave I.lsogns for Colwyn Bay as a yearling, the race was anything but profitable for her. The price paid was the highest for anyselling race winner in England this year.

After heading the list of cross-coun-try jockeys in England for six successive seasons, G. Wilson was beaten this time by his brother-in-law, T. Rimell. The last day o± the National Hunt season was at Newport on May 30. Up to then they were level, with 58 winners each, but luck favoured Rimell. He started the final day with a walk-over, and won the other two races in which he rode. Wilson also had three mounts, but none won.

Guinea Gap, winner of the Ascot Royal Hunt Cup in 1936, has again been put into training. He was sold for GOOOgns to stand at Knockany Stud. Ireland, but as he proved as nearly as possible impotent, siring only two foals in two years, he was resold, and his present owner is hopeful he mayget something out of him as a racehorse. As Guinea Gap is eight years old, the odds are decidedly against a return to his earlier form.

France’s representative, Autonym, was disappointing in the Coronation Cup, 11 miles, at Epsom. Favourite at 2 to 1 in a field of six, he finished third, but was never really dangerous. Scottish Union (85 to 40) cantered home six lengths ahead of Bistolfi, who beat Autonym a head.

When Johnstown recently won the Withers. 1 mile, at Belmont Park (New York), in 1.35 4-5, he ran the second furlong in 10 4-5, which was stated to be the fastest furlong ever clocked by the official timer of the Jockey Club tracks.

Australia has not got any American stallions at the stud, but there is a New Zealander siring winners of races in the States. I refer to Tea Trader, by Tea Tray farom Epitaph, by Absurd from Eulogy.

Tea Trader won in New Zeaalnd at three years, and was bought at that age by Mr D. J. Davis (of Phar Lap fame) to race in America, where he was not a marked success.

Up to the beginning of June of this year Tea Trader had two winners of a race each, but they were minor events, their total value being £262.

A ban on the employment by bookmakers of persons to make bets for them will be enforced by the Australian Jockey Club with the new season. The committee met and reported: “It was decided that, as from August 1 bookmakers shall not be permitted to employ any person to make bets for them, but shall transact such business for themselves.” The move is a most definite step against “runners,” and leaves no excuse for the continuation of a nuisance that has become so bad in recent years . that it is a wonder that the problem has not been attacked before.

The recently defunct Tetratcma, a grey, was bred in 1917, being by The Tetrach from Scotch Gift, by Symington. He belonged to a grey sire line, and several of his progeny were of that colour. As a racehorse he was a sprinter par excellence, and in three years he amassed stakes totalling £21.778, including in his victories the Two Thousand Guineas, one mile. He transmitted his great brilliancy to many of his progeny when he went to the stud in 1921, and as a sire he was an immediate success. He was head of the sires' list in 1929 with winners of 35 races worth £53.026, and he was second in 1928 ,and 1930. with stakes aggregating £37,035 and £38.303 respectively. In all. his progeny from 1928 to 1938 won 324 rpces, valued at £266.782. the winners including Mr Jinks, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas and eight other races aggregating £25.153, and himself a successful sire. Myrobella, the best of her year. Royal Minstrel, Tiffin. Cross patch. Foray (head of the Free Han dicap), Tah'ir. Tamasha Gino, Thyestes. Fourth Hand and numerous others. He was owned by Major D. McCalmont. and his stud fee first was 300gns and later 400gns.