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GRANDLY CONTESTED RACE AT SANDOAVN Prince Palatine and Stedfast in a Tremendous Finish for the EOOCO Eclipse Stakes London Kng July 20 A vast assemblage at Sundown Turk yesterday enjoyed the pleasure of witnessing i race of the kind that furnishes food tor discussion for months afterwards This was xvlen the two crack fouryearolds of 101 Prince Palatine and Stedfast ranged alongside each other when altout a quarter of a mile from the end of the race for the 0000 Eclipse Stakes and racing head ind head to the winning line linished sit close to ¬ gether that the majority of the spectators proclaimed it a dead heat The judge saw it differently and gave the race to Prince Palatine by a matter of a few inches Quite as exbilerating as tlie tremendous exertions of the two noble am inals was the masterly exhibition of superb jockey ship on the part of ONeill on Prince Palatine and Malier on Stedfast StedfastStanding Standing as it does as one of the most fashion ¬ able functions of the season only line weather was wanted to make Kclipse day one of the most brilliant in its history but tlie bright conditions for which the Sundown meetings are almost proverbial were wanting and the sport was carried through to the accompaniment of drizzling rain The breakdown affected the attendance to some extent but the patronage of his majesty lent distinction to an occasion that will long be remembered in connec ¬ tion with the exciting finish for the tenthousand pounder between Prince Palatine and Stedfast StedfastThough Though doubts have at various times been ex ¬ pressed as to the utility or advisability of the ten thoiisandpounder and one or two of them it must be confessed had a comparatively short existence the Kelipse Stakes which set the example more than a quarter of a century ago holds its own bravely ami remains the central attraction of the chief of the meetings held at Sandown Park And it can he claimed that very few horses outside the first class have been the recipients of the valuable prize while it has offered occasion for many battles royal between thoroughbreds looming large in the public rye Last year saw the deadheat between popular rivals in Lcmberg and Neil Gow and yesterday the coming together of Stedfast Prince Palatine and Tagalie formed the most interesting feature of the weeks racing while the contest possessed a mildly international flavor from the presence in the lield of La Boheme II sent over from France to emulate the feat of Le Just Icier which took the spoils there in 1S05 1S05Prince Prince Palatine as usual began slowly yester ¬ day For a quarter of a mile or so he and King William were at the tailend of the field at which time Tagalie was making the pace from La Boaenie II John Ainendall and Stedfast It was a slow pace because the time occupied in covering tlie ten furlongs was 212 which was over four seconds more than Ard Patrick took when he won Tagalie continued in front until more than halfway round the bend She was then passed by Stedfast Ap ¬ parently Mahers idea was to get in front at that IKtint in order that he might secure the rails berth entering the straight He was however thwarted for the time being because Reiff persuaded Tagalie to put on a spurt and she was not more than half a length behind the favorite when they turned their htads towards the goal Before another furious had been covered Tagalie was hopelessly beaten so much so that Reiff mercifully eased her and per ¬ mitted her to canter up the hill at her leisure leisureFor For a few moments Stedfast was left in solitary state It looked as though he would for the rest of the journey have matters pretty much bis own way Nor did the outlook occasion much anxiety to his backers when presently Prince Palatine hard driven by ONeill took second place All the way round the bend Mr Pilklngtons horse had gradually drawn nearer to the leaders He had been given every opportunity of settling down to his work It will be remembered that when in the race for the Coronation Cup he started ten lengths behind the slowest beginner among bis opponents he was bustled along all the way up the hill and actually made up the lost ground in the first half mile He thus made his big effort at the beginning instead of at the end of the race and even so was beaten by less than a length Yesterday ONeill adopted the right tactics tacticsBut But witli only a half mile to go Prince Palatine had a lot to do At that stage ho must have been a length and a half or two lengths behind Stedfast The latter was progressing in comfortable fashion while the challenger was running at full pressure Gradually the gap between the two lessened At the distance Prince Palatine was not more than a half length behind but it still looked good odds on Stedfast for Maher had not yet moved on him It appeared as though the favorites jockey was under the impression that his horse had something in hand wherewith to settle his rival at the finish On they came Prince Palatine still gaining an inch or two with every stride When their beads were almost level fifty yards from home Malier set to work in grim earnest But those who expected to see Sted ¬ fast regain the lead were astonished to find that Prince Palatine fairly held him These were tense moments The two horses as if locked together pounded along to the winning post Two strides from the post they were dead level and after they bad passed the judge there was a silence that could be felt until No 2 was signalled Then we knew that Prince Palatine had avenged his defeat at Ep ¬ som and the magnificence of bis victory was ac ¬ knowledge with cheers loud and long longIt It was indeed a splendid performance on tbc part of the Tullybred horse Never has a more courage ¬ ous effort than bis been seen on a race course It was sheer pluck and persistence that enabled him to wear down Stedfast during that long and tiring run up the Sandown hill hillNo No sooner had tbe winners number bebn hoisted than the bookmakers raised a scare by offering to bet on a prospective objection Happily It was nothing more than a scare It would have been a thousand pities if the memory of so stirring a battle had been stained by a protest requiring the inter ¬ vention of the stewards Lord Derby took the de ¬ feat of his horse in the true sporting spirit and so all was well This is the first defeat Stedfast has suffered since ho finished second to Sunstar in the Derby last year He had in the meantime won twelve races That he is a good horse a very good horse cannot be questioned At the Earls Court Tournament last week the master of ceremonies declared that tho Duke of Marlborough had tilted well but that his opponent had tilted better So we may say that Stedfast yesterday ran a great horse but that Prince Palatine ran a better one Twas a matter of only two or three inches but they put 4307 into the pocket of Mr Pilking ton instead of into that of Lord Derby And in ¬ cidentally it may be pointed out that the chance of Chaucer heading the list of winning sires at the end of the season Is now materially lessened Had Stedfast won yesterday Cyllenos supremacy would have been seriously threatened threatenedWith With regard to Tagalie a word or two must suffice She was admittedly fit she was handled by the jockey who rode her to victory in the Derby and who adopted the tactics that proved so success ¬ ful at Epsom she was the first beaten We are therefore almost forced to one of two conclusions Either she was lucky to win tho Derby or she has quite lost the form she showed in that race We had better wait a little longer before deciding which of these alternatives is tbe true one oneIn In the Great Kingston Plate which followed tho running of the Eclipse Stakes II P Whitneys fast Improving twoyearold Harmonleon ran away from such highly fancied opponents as Thlstletou Aboy Contmued on second page GRANDLY CONTESTED RACE AT SANDOWN Continued from first page enr Marron dEau Phrosine and Almeria Bay With his record of four straight victories Thistle ton was an oddson favorite at 5 to 4 but after leading for three furlongs was passed and finally not even placed Ilarmonicon winning by a length and a half with another Americanbred candidate AA Raphaels AAatercress filly Cressington in sec ¬ ond AboyenrIn place two lengths before Aboyenr In reply to an inquiry at Newmarket as to whether Iximond would run for the St Leger his trainer R AVootton stated that Ix mond is picking up well and AAootton has not given up all hopes of winning the great race at Doncaster with him himQueen Queen Carbine the threeyearold daughter of the famous Sceptre that won a maiden plate at New ¬ market last Tuesday cost as a yearling 4SOO guineas or 24900 24900In In accordance with its policy of naming racing dates far in advance the Jockey Club has set March 2 1914 as the day for the opening of the fiat racing season of that year to begin as usual at Lincoln and come to an end November 28 at Manchester ManchesterPrincipal Principal winning owners who have increased their stable accounts in the past week are Messrs T Pilkington Lord Derby II P AVhitney L de Rothschild and 1 McCalmont Of these T Pilking ¬ ton has fared best the important success of Irince Palatine in the Eclipse Stakes giving him second place in amounts won but littlo behind the leader A Raphael Leopold de Rothschild advanced ma ¬ terially because of the victories of Day Comet in the Chesterfield Stakes and of Preferment in the Summer Handicap both at Newmarket Lord Derbys account was incorrectly stated last week at a greater sum than it really is The proper cor ¬ rection has been made and those owners whose horses have won for them 10000 or more aro the following followingAVinning AVinning Races Amount AmountOwner Owner HorseHis Horses Won AAon His Majesty the King 5 5AV 13705 AV Raphael 2 2T OlGOO T Pilkington I ILord il02r Lord Derby 11 11Sol 51055 Sol Joel 0 0J 42 SO J B Joel 38150 E Hulton 34500 II B Dtiryea 1 1Major 30525 Major E Loder 25045 J Prat 1 1II 24750 II I AVhitney 11 11J 24400 J Buchanan 0 0L 22S7J L de Rothschild 9 9R 21S77 R Mills 7 7C 21715 C B Ismsiy 1SGG5 E Casscl G GF IS 110 F 1 Pine 15 15II 17015 II M Ilartigan 9 9L 15950 L Brassey 2 14125 1 Mcialinont 2 2P P Nclke r E Schiir 5 5A A Belmont 1 1Duke Duke of Devonshire 2 2L L Neumann 4 4JI JI P Nickalls 1 1AV AV Hall Walker Of the horses credited witli having won 10000 or more only one Prince Palatine has won in the past week Prince Palatines success serving to place him at tho head of affairs well in advance of the previous leader Tugalie The list of such horses and tlieir records to date are areRaces Races Amount AmountHorse Horse Col Sex Age and Pedigree AAon AAon Prince Palatine b c 4 by Persimmon Lady Liglitfcot 2 01 025 025Tagalie Tagalie gr f 3 by Cyllene Tagale 2 50000 Sweeper II ch c 3 bv Broomstick Ravello II 1 30525 30525Stedfast Stedfast ch c 4 by Chaucer Be Sure 4 20932 Mirska b f 3 by St Frusqniii Musa 1 24750 Lance Chest b g 3 by Spearmint Chestnut Sunday 2 2Sliogun Sliogun Ill c 2 bv Santoi Kendnl KendnlBelle Belle 4 4Polkerris Polkerris b or br f 3 by Polymolus Knotikorri 1 1Cylgad Cylgad b c 3 by Cyllene Gadliy 2 2Jackdaw Jackdaw b c 4 by Thrush Snkuntala 4 Craganonr b 2 by Desmond Acn Acneratlon eratlon II 2 2Chili Chili II ch c 4 by Ayrshire Chelys 3 Bachelors Hope ch c 4 by Trcdeunis Lady Bawn 1 1Ralxjlals Long Set b b 5 5Perdue Ralxjlals Ballc Perdue 3 Donnitliorno br c 3 bv Chaucer Hettie Sorrel Preferment b f 3 by Aelocity Simony Tracery br 3 by Rock Sand To ¬ piary 1 1Lycaon Lycaon b c 4 by Cyllene La Vierge 2 Bonnie Bard b f 2 by Missel Thrush Aortex 3 3Eton Eton Boy br c 4 by Littleton Fel Felsted sted 1 1Catmint Catmint b c 3 by Spearmint Red RedLily Lily 1 1Jingling Jingling Geordle ch c 3 by Santry Merangue 3 3Rathlea Rathlea br h 7 bv St Monans Sylvia 1 So useful a load bus F AAoolton obtained of Malier in the list of winning jockeys and so sure is he accidents excluded to bo cither first or second at tho close of thn racing season that ho can well afford the American horseman an ad van t ago ii an occasional weeks riding and during that just passed through Matter comes out best on points The difference in tho scores of lite pair is now reduced to sixteen in favor of AAootton and the relative progress of the two popular horsemen will continue an interesting topic unless OIK of thorn should get an extravagant distance in front Third place is still just held by Foy but as there are four rivals close at his heels be may lose it any week though ho is riding so well that he will prove hard of dislodgineut For the moment Whalley is his nearest attendant and then follow Trigg Clark and AVhoatloy in tho order named At present the rec ¬ ords of our most successful riders are Jockey Mts 1st 2d 3d Unp PC Wootton F FMalior 243 OS 47 20 102 279s Malior I 191 12 37 27 78 25 SO Foy C 250 1 24 20 101 1500 150025C AVhalley A 25C 7 35 27 5G 1445 Tricg C 343 j 32 38 230 107S Clark J 214 C 15 22 141 1082 AAheatley E 210 30 27 23 130 1425 Piper E 214 27 15 20 152 3201 Saxby AV 110 24 24 12 50 2181 Higgs W 151 22 10 19 113 1329 Martin J II 170 22 31 1C 307 1250 Robbing H 195 21 IS 29 127 1070 Rickaby F 189 20 25 10 12S 1O5S Winter F 183 19 28 21 115 1038 Donoghuo S 184 19 22 15 128 1032 Griggs Walter 147 IS 10 19 194 1221 Changes in the positions of the sires of progeny progenycredited credited with having won 17500 or more are not notnumerous numerous but in Persimmons case at least decid ¬ edly important that horse now being advanced to tosecond second place through the prowess of his son Prince PrincePalatine Palatine The stallion record now reads as follows Sire Foaled Pedigree Winrs Races Won WonCyllene Cyllene 1895 by Bona Vista Arcadia by Isouoiny C 12 92015 92015Persimmon Persimmon 1893 dead by St 07000St Simon Perdito II by Hampton 3 4 07000 St Frusquin 1893 by St Simon 54303Chaucer Isabel by Plebeian 13 13i 54303 Chaucer 1900 by St Simon Canterbury Pilgrim by Tristan G 11 40982 40982Broomstick Broomstick 101 by Ben Brush Elf by Galliard 5 5 395S5 395S5Spearmint Spearmint 1903 by Carbine Maid of the Mint by Minting 4 5 37785 37785Desmond Desmond 1893 by St Simon LAbbesse de Jouarrc by Trap pist 15 19 35455 35455Polymelus Polymelus 1902 by Cyllene Maid Marian by Hampton 4 G 29495 29495Thrush Thrush 1902 by Missel Thrush Chemistry by Charibert S 17 25850 25850Tredennis Tredennis 1898 by Kendal St StMarguerite Marguerite by Hermit 5 12 24445 24445Eager Eager 1894 dead by Enthusiast EnthusiastGreeba Greeba by Melton 10 12 21375 21375Santoi Santoi 1897 by Queens Birth ¬ day Merry Wife by Merry Hampton 2 G 20837 20837Rock Rock Sand 1900 by Sainfoin Roquebrune by St Simon 3 3 20825 20825Erla Erla Mor 1901 by Desmond Weeping Ash by Ashplant 10 14 20342 20342Santrv Santrv 1901 by Gallinule E P by Necromancer 9 15 20150 20150Soliman Soliman MS02 dead by St Simon Alibecb by Hermit S IS 19725 19725Ayrshire Ayrshire 1885 dead by Hamp ton Atalantn by Galopin G 9 18055
