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• • JERRY M. OUT OF GRAND NATIONAL. The next day following the publication of weirs allotted the horse* engaged la the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase it was announced that the top weight. JefTJ M . had been declared out. Under tin-conditions of the race this Inn! the effect of ratable, the weights ,,n the other horses to the extent of fourteen pounds additional t . their original Impost* Tluis the American candidate Hlghbridge must no— carry 198 pounds instead of 154. Of the reason for the withdrawal of ierrj M. and some i«.im In in-career London Sporting Lite of February 1 said: •We are informed b Messrs. Weatherby that .b-rr.v M. wa« last evening scratched out of all 11: gagements. including the Grand National. ••The s,,n ,1 Walmsgate lias tinned ■roarer- t.i such an extent that a veterinary examlnatioa yestei ,la.v revealed the fact that it would be useless to go .•11 training him fm hi- engagement*, and accord inglv he will not run again in public "The following is ■ eopy of the retertnary mr geons certificate •• l was requested by sir Charles Aasheton-Smith to examine Jerry M. wiili regard to his wind today. sir charbs having in en Inforaaed hj Mr. Gore that 1 he h..i sis oitiiniity had increased. I find that tbe unsoundness, which was slight lasi year, has ji, creased considerably, and Jerry M. is now a ba I roam r. I consider it impossible for him to run with success again. 1 Signed I George 11. Williams. M. i: C. v. s.. January 31. 1913. ••Jerry M.. a bav gelding, ten years old. by Walmsgate out Of a mate by Luminary -Quinine, was bred bj Mrs. Kate Hartigan. a fanner in .1 small way in County Limerick. Ireland. The latter sold him to John Widget, who. after the bane had 1 won a few race* lor him in his native conatry, transferred him to his present owner. Sir Charles _as_ ton-Smith, for. m has been tated, 1,900 guineas. "Jetty M.s name will always be associated with 1 his triumphs over the Liverpool Steeplechase coins... as not only was he successful in every lace but one in which he competed there, but by winning :!i Grand National ill 1912, when, carrying 17." poaud*. he rivaled the teats of Cloister and Manifesto. His only defeat on tin- Aintree track was in the Grand National of 1919, ami that was one whhi covered him With glory, as he bore 17.7 pounds Into second place, ami was eaaesd bag the winner. Jen kinstown. thirty pounds. ••His minor successes at Liverpool were in tic-Stanley Steeplechase and Becber Steeplechase ill i PMIS. and the Valentine Steeplechase in 1998 ••It will i.e w.ii within recollection that Jerry M. was entered lor the Grand National of 1999, together with three stable companions in Cackler, • Holy War and Kough Pup. and that Ma owner struck all four out shortly after the publication of 1 tile Imposts, Hi,, reason given being thai Sir Charles s Aaaheton Smith considered it was unjust to ask v ■acta a young horse as Many was then to cany top weight the first time of running over the Grand , National coarse. Jerry M. was ;lls entered for one , big ste,.pl,c|iasc in 1911, but unsoundness prevented him from running. In P.tlO he won the Grand Steeplechase de Paris at Anti-nil •■The weight he had been allotted in this years Grand National the acceptances for which are due Bext Wednesday was ITS pounds, and the prospect J fit" seeing him attempt 10 lieat record by carrying ! , such an inmost to victory in the Bine Riband of Steeplecbasing was ix-ing looked forward to with the liveliest, interest in sporting circles. The weights will now. of course, go up considerably, while the race becomes a very open affair indeed. Sir C. Assheton Smith can still be represented j in tbe contest by Flaxseed, a brother to the Ill-fated Cackbr. and by Covertcoat. another son of f Hackler, for which he gave 1,160 guineas at the e Dahlia sales in 1911."
