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MAGPIE IN DIFFICULTY IN AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIASecond Second in the Two Thousand Guineas Not Flourish ¬ ing in His New Home HomeIn In running Gay Crusader to a head for the Two Thousand Guineas of the last year Major Astors colt Magpie showed himself to be but little inferior to that brilliant Triple Crown winner Subsequently Subsequentlyhe he was sold for a long price to go to Australia There a great career was anticipated for him himIn In the long run this hope may bo realized but he does not appear to have had a prosperous time this year At any rate the Sydney Referee of May 29 says saysWhen When Magpie so brilliantly carried off the weightforage race at Morphettville at the be ¬ ginning of the month and scored under such ex ¬ treme difficulties the other owners with good horses realized that the weightforage race at the Birth ¬ day Cup meeting was at the mercy of the Dark Ronald horse Therefore McCann cleared back to Melbourne with Whitefield and Godby made up his mind to tackle the City Handicap with Wedge with 113 pounds in lieu of waiting on the off chance f fluking Magpie in the Parkside Stakes The un ¬ expected however has happened happenedSoon Soon after the Adelaide Cup meeting was over Magpie was an absentee from the tracks and it was first thought that perhaps his trainer was giv ¬ ing him a few days rest However when he did appear he was coughing and has done practi ¬ cally no work for over a week At the same time however Bradfield must be congratulated upon hav ¬ ing so splendidly studied the interests of Messrs Clarke and Robinson He just gave Magpie suffi ¬ cient work to suggest that there was a chance of tin horse running with the result that other owners especially Godby with Wedge were half afraid to towait wait off for the Parkside Stakes for fear at the last moment Magpie might be produced As it is writing before the day it looks as though Magpie will drop out of the contest and Bradfield will rely upon Elsdon Magpie did not start and Els don won Ed Uefcree UefcreeIt It is not a serious cold which is troubling Mag ¬ pie but all the same it is sufficient to cause Brad field some uneasiness and of course lie will not take any risks with this highpriced Englishman It is to be hoped no serious developments arise front the complaint For instance it would bo ex trciiiely bad luck for Messrs Clarke nnd Robinson if this coughing hnmglit hack the suggested wind trouble which caused Magpie to be placed on the sale list iu England
