Romantic Career Of Great Poethlyn: Ugliness Causes Sale for Seven Guineas as Foal--Later Bought by Breeders Wife., Daily Racing Form, 1919-04-19

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ROMANTIC CAREER OF GREAT POETHLYN Ugliness Causes Sale for Seven Guineas as Foal Later Bought by Breeders Wife The classic Grand National one of Englands great races had an air of romance this year in the victory of the favorite Poethlyn according to Britisli exchanges reaching this country countryThe The horse was bred by Major Poel the husband of the presont owner but was such an ugly duckling as a foal that he was sent to Wrexham Market and there disposed of for 36 36Subsequently Subsequently he passed into the possession of a Shrewsbury publican and Goswell who then trained Major Peels horses saw him and advised Major Peel that he yould make a useful steeplechaser The najor and Mrs Peel accordingly went and saw the horse then a twoyearold and the lady bought him Xoc 200 being quite unaware that he was the horse her husband had bred and got rid of as useless Poetlilyn ran in several races at four years of age but failed in all At five he won three of the six races in which he competed and when Goswell joined the army in 191 lie was sent into Escotts charge at Lewes LewesIn In 1917 Poethlyn won two good steeplechases while last winter he won four including the sub ¬ stitute National at Gatwick and the Iincashire Handicap Steeplechase at Manchester ManchesterIn In all he has run in twentysix steeplechases and has come to grief only twice once as a fiveyear old and once as a six He has not known defeat for two years and has now rivaled the great feat of those brilliant jumpers Cloister Manifesto and Jerry M by winning the Grand National with 175 pounds on his back backSNOWSTORM SNOWSTORM GREETED THE CONTENDERS CONTENDERSJust Just as the horses came out to parade in the re ¬ cent race snow began to fall and as they were lining tin to start a terrific Snowstorm and cyclonic wind swept over the ground In less than a minute it was impossible to see across the ground and the horses were ordered back to the paddock where the jockeys dismounted and took shelter The storm abated as quickly as it came and ten minutes later the sun was shining again though the ground was white whiteA A good start was made and the twentythree runners wetv sent off Pollen Fargue and Poethlyn led over the first fence where they were joined by Loch Allen AllenNo No horse fell till the fifth fence Bjpechers Brook when Gharlbury came down but there were few falls and not for many years have so many horses completed the course courseRubinstein Rubinstein which was pulled up at the last open ditch died shortly afterward W Payne who rode the horse believes his mount hurt himself at Aelen tine Brook BrookPoethlyn Poethlyn was never out of the first four or five horses and though Ballyboggan was once leading for a few lengths it was only on sufferance Poethlyn virtually led the whole way and won as he pleased by eight lengths He was by no means dis ¬ tressed at the finish and looked as if he could go round again againIt It was a most popular victory and the shouts of delight began when the horse was two fences from home and continued all down the straight Three cheers were given at the weighing inclosure for Piggott who rode a cool masterly race and three cheers more were given for Poethlyn a worthy exemplar of Jerry M Had Poethlyn not won it is quite likely that Pollen his stable companion would have done so soPOETHLYN POETHLYN NOT FASHIONABLYBRED FASHIONABLYBREDThe The time of the race was 950 not the fastest in the history of the present course That honor is held by Ascetics Silver which won the 1900 Grand National in 934 934The The post betting on the first three horses was Poetlilyn 4 to 1 Ballyboggan 100 to 7 Pollen 100 to 7 7Ernest Ernest Piggott who rode Poethlyn scored his second Grand National success He rode Jcrrv M the 1912 winnVr winnVrPoethlyii Poethlyii is nine years old and well but not fash ¬ ionably bred as blood lines run nowadays Here is his pedigree f Aedette 5 f St Simon FlyDuchss j King Tom Adeline Plebeian j Joskin QEltzbeth I Parma Parmesan Archeress Stockwell f Rend Or Marigold Thormanby Ellen Horn j Sweetmeat Winder I Jocose mere Miss Agnes j Birdcatcliei I Agnes J Rosebery 5 Speculum 5 r Crow Ladylike I flower I LizzieI Lizzie Lindsay j Agility SctshCliief Galopin J Aedette I Queen of FlyDchess Hearts Queen of j Kof Tmps Diamonds 1 Full Cry i Thonnanby fllelp 1 Gertrude j Rataplan J Borealis Rosicrcian j Beadsman MEglentin I Pandore j Newminstei Caller Ou The English papers say that probably the biggest crowd which has ever assembled on a fenced race course saw Poethlyn win The entire course was thronged and the stands packed almost to the point of crushing the people


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