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A. BELMONTS CH. C. 4. FAIR PLAY. BY HASTINGS— FAIRY GOLD. r * CRACK AMERICAN RACER DEFEATED IN GREAT JUBILEE HANDICAP YESTERDAY u 4. The BiaJ of the real stars of bul rears Ami :i 1 racing lo start in Knglaml was August Belmont Kair Play, in the .i. M»0 Great .lubilee Handicap, at K-mpton Park yesterday. Much was expected of him and lie was a well-backed horse, but his I9B panada proved too tnueli for him in the company he was in. and the race fell to the crack handicap horse. Elior. With NO pounds in the saddle. 1air Ilay running unplaced. Ijist year Lb u-1 .111 in nine races, of which he won the Tuili 1 Plate andCXMaahe Autitmu Plate at Sandowti Dark. Mail biiroiigh Stakes and Catwick Stakes at Gatwick. Kings Plate ar Windsor and the Scarbiottgh Slakes at Newmarket, ran sei-oiui to Norman III. in the Newmarket Free Handicap, and was unplaced la the St. I.eger and the rich Manchester Itoresabet Handicap, a capital racing record. A liigh-class American horse taken to England tniiht lie so affected by the change of climate. water am! genera] surroundings as to never he able to race in Bnglatid as he did in tlie land of his birth. The same is true of an English racer of proved worth if brought to this country. It 111. iv be that Fair Dluv wilt never he in Knglaml what lie was in this country an undeniably high class race horse. He was nut the best of his age. Colin and Celt held him safe, but with them out of the way he was as good as the best remaining. Of course, even though he was heavily weighted, it is disappointing that he did not at least finish in the tirst three, and lieller things will lie looked for from him later on. His record in tlii- country and his pedigree are as follows: Year. Age. Sts. 1st. 2d. M. Tnp. Won. HH -2 10 ;t B 2 2 Siii.::-, DHis : 10 4 .i 1 0 SMM Totals 20 7 S 3 2 ITM33
