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ENGLISH RACING NEWS AND GOSSIP Death of Trainer William Day The MahcrHiKBS Race Dates of Next Season London Eug September 1 The death occurred on Saturday August 29 of William Day the once famous trainer The deceased only a fortnight ago celebrated his eightyfifth birthday and was then the recipient of a great number of congratulations from sportsmen in all parts of the country countryTor Tor upward of a century the name of Day has always held a most prominent place In the affairs of the turf and mention of the veteran just de ¬ ceased recalls many stirring episodes of the palmy days of the sport He was contemporaneous with such exclusive aristocratic patrons of the turf as Lord George Bentinck the Duke of Grafton Lord Exeter Lord Jersey Colonel Anson Admiral Itous Lord Clifden Admiral Harcourt Sir J Hawley Lord Palmerston and Mr Merry Those were the days when the leading lights of the pigskin were Chappie Scott Sim Templemau Flatman Marlow J Mar son F Butler Aldcroft Wells Griuishaw French Maidment and the recently deceased Harry Cus iance ianceTwo Two of the greatest animals the deceased was first associated with were Crucilix trained by Days father Honest John as he was more familiarly called and Virago The lirstuanvd is credited with having won Lord George Beutluck no less a Bum than 5500000 and amongst the races which she won were the Two Thousand One Thousand and Oaks Virago achieved the great performance of winning the City and Suburban and Great Metro politau Stakes on the same afternoon It is inter ¬ esting to note that John Porter of Klngsclere re JIOWD was at that time a lad in the famous Dane ¬ bury establishment establishmentTo To very many of the present generation William Day was unknown indeed he had been almost for ¬ gotten by many who were his confreres more than forty years ago William Day was born as far back as August 0 1823 He rode Airy the winner of tue Brighton Stakes in 1S37 being then only fourteen years of age but it was in the year previ ¬ ous 1ST5G that he had his first winning mount That was at Stockbridge in the white scarlet sleeves and black cap of one Mr Sadler belonging to a Hampshire family whose name was almost as familiar to that county as that of the Days them ¬ selves Lord George Bentinck was in full sway at the period and Onr William as the deceased was often termed who could then go to scale at a few pounds above six stone rode most of the light ¬ weights for the Danebury Stable In 1S3S he steered Lord Georges Grey Momus the first and only grey horse to win the Ascot Cup Grey Momus that year ridden by John Day had won the Two Thousand Guineas and finished third to the famous Aniato and Ion for the Derby DerbyAt At the time of his death William Day was not only the oldest jockey but likewise the oldest trainer Perhaps by latterday racegoers he will be best remembered by his achievements with the American bred horse Foxhall which won the Grand Prix de Paris as well as the double event of the Cesare witch and Cambridgeshire in 1SS1 and in the fol ¬ lowing season carried off the Ascot Gold Cup But the late Mr William Day had achieved the dis ¬ tinction of training the winners of the two great autumn handicaps as far back as 1SGO In recent years the veteran had contributed freely to sport ¬ ing literature and several articles from his pen have at various times figured In print printMr Mr J II Keene on a visit to this country then patronized William Day and among the horses he sent him in Wiltshire was the famous Foxhall which revived memories of Mr Days already re ¬ corded double in the Cesarewitch and Cambridge shire Foxhall also won the Grand Prix de Paris and the Ascot Cup Subsequent to that horse how ¬ ever William Day had a few in training near Salisbury but he retired altogether about the be ¬ ginning of the nineties ninetiesThe The deceased left fonr sons Captain Day Dr Day of Twickenham William and Alfred the last mentioned being the present head of the Aruudel training establishment establishmentDeath Death has recently claimed several wellknown bookmakers and following on the demise of George CoojMr at Brighton John Nansen expired suddenly OH Saturday August 29 at Margate after an opera ¬ tion Deceased who was fiftyone years of age had not been in the best of health of late but was in the clubs as usual a few days ago agoLike Like the late George Cooper Nansen began at the very bottom of the ladder starting as a bookmaker outside at Harpenden and Kingsbury but gradually rose to be one of the best known men in Tattersalls and included amongst his clients many men promi ¬ nent in the turf world His body was cremated at Colliers Green The contest for the jockeyship lead between Matter and Higgs continues Higgs by reason of ofliis liis light weight will probably ride most and keep in front but the American is in his best form The Therecord record of the leading riders up to August 29 is as follows followsJockeys Jockeys Mts 1st 2d Hd Unp PC PCHiggs Higgs W 447 84 74 r S 2I1 1870 1870Maher Maher I 2S9 S12 43 37 127 2S37 2S37Wootton Wootton F 382 09 C9 r9 185 1800 1800Madden Madden 0 330 f4 45 43 194 1007 1007Trigg Trigg C 397 48 44 44 201 1209 1209Saxby Saxby W 242 40 35 31 130 1900 1900Griggs Griggs William 344 40 48 45 205 1337 1337Halsey Halsey W 321 45 43 44 189 1401 1401Uandall Uandall H 203 38 59 33 153 1441 1441Dillon Dillon B 193 34 1 20 108 1701 1701Jones Jones II 175 27 3 22 103 1542 1542Martin Martin J H 253 20 3 32 107 1007 1007McCall McCall G 140 24 2 21 79 1043 1043Itingstead Itingstead C 1S3 24 27 24 10S 1311 1311Wheatley Wheatley K 117 23 12 12 70 1982 1982Griggs Griggs Walter I 223 23 IS 24 IfiS 1031 1031Jones Jones C 144 21 23 14 SO 1405 1405Crisp Crisp H 157 20 10 IS 103 12SO Vedanta which achieved his maiden success in the Lennox Plate at Hurst Park on Saturday is a dark bay brother to the Derby winner Volodyovski being by Florlzcl II out of the now defunct La Heine by Itosicrucian He was bred and is owned y Lady Metis being foaled March 29 1905 1905A A filly which looks like developing into a firstclass stayer is Siberia a wellshaped powerful daughter of St Simon and Sirenia winner of the Kempton Jubilee by Gallinule Bred by her owner Mr L Neumann the winner of the Yorkshire Oaks was foaled on iMarch C 1905 Sireuia is proving a valu ¬ able broodmare as the three of her produce that have run so far include two good winners Siberia nnd Elcctra while the first of her foals Scylla by Eager also showed useful form as a twoyearold though she never won a race raceA A sweet highly promising lilly having more scope and liberty than her sister Lesbia had at the same age Is Vivid the easy winner of the Prince of Wales Stakes on Tuesday She was bred by Sir Daniel Cooper from his very successful mare Glare whose produce up to the present include such good performers as Lesbia Flair Vivid and Lady Light foot The daughter of St Frnsquin was foaled on AKril 19 1900 1900Uousay Uousay whose task in the Great Ebor on Wednes ¬ day was not a very formidable one has done good service for Captain Laing who bred him from his useful mare Proposition dam of Rainproof by Irisniv tThls son of the defunct Bay Ronald whose Htock has been doing exceedingly well this season was foaled on April 15 1904 1904As As the season advances we begin to sec which are the real stayers among the twoyearolds and which the mere sprinters Among the former may one thinks be classed Blankncy II which showed un ¬ doubted stamina when securing the Gimcrack Stakes for his owner and breeder Mr Walter Raphael He is a bay son of Flying Fox and tho Frenchbred Tagale bjr Le Saucy out of The Other Eye by Common and was foaled on February 21 1900 There is an interesting rumor current at New ¬ market to the effect that the great mare Pretty Polly may accompany Hammcrkop when he returns to Clarehaven to be trained again Pretty Polly was thought to be in foal to Spearmint Instances of horses that have done duty at the stud returning to racing are frequent recent examples being pro ¬ vided in Americns and Melayr but it is not often that mares are sent from the paddock to be trained again A few seasons back however W Elsey the Banmber trainer won quite a number of races with a mare called Xenie which had had a foal prior to resuming racing and at fourteen years of age this daughter of Xenophon won the Solway Plate at Carlisle subsequently again quitting the turf for the paddock and last year she had a twoyear old running called Galamene English racing is a fixed orderly and systematic institution Details are attended to long in advance Already the dates for all meetings of 1909 have been allotted and made public By this owners are in a position 1o map out their racing campaigns with precision and absolute foreknowledge foreknowledgeThe The English flat racing season began this year at Lincoln March 23 Next year March 22 will be the opening day The Epsom Derby of 190 was run June 3 The Derby of J909 is set for May 2C The Two Thousand Guineas will be run April 28 and the St Leger September 8 In all dates for 139 meet ¬ ings have been granted running from one day to four days of racing beginning with the Lincoln meeting and terminating with the Manchester No ¬ vember meeting Dates of some of the principal meetings are as follows Course Days DaysLincoln Lincoln 3 3Liverpool Liverpool 3 Newbury 2 2Derby Derby 2 2Nottingham Nottingham Leicester Kempton Park 1 Newcastle 2 Newmarket 3 3Derby Derby 2 2Saudown Saudown 2 2Newmarket Newmarket 4 4Chester Chester 3 3Kempton Kempton Park 2 Newmarket 3 Haydock Park 2 2York York 2 2Epsom Epsom 4 Manchester 4 4Brighton Brighton 4 4Lingfield Lingfield 2 2Lewes Lewes 2 2Ascot Ascot 4 4Newburr Newburr 2 Newcastle 3 Newmarket 4 Course Days DaysLingfield Lingfield L LNewmarket Newmarket 3 Sandown 2 Liverpool 3 Goodwood 4 Brighton 3 3Lewes Lewes 2 2Kempton Kempton Park 2 2Stockton Stockton 3 3Hurst Hurst Park 2 2York York 3 3Derby Derby 3 3Doncaster Doncaster 4 4Ayr Ayr Manchester 2 2Newbury Newbury 2 2Newmarket Newmarket 4 Nottingham 4 Kerapton Park 2 Newmarket 4 Newcastle P PSandown Sandown Newmarket 4 Newbury 2 2Liverpool Liverpool 4 4Derby Derby 3 3Manchester Manchester 3
