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ENGLISH RACING FEATURES Fierce Finish for Corn Sacks City and Suburban Handicap Sloans Blunder Cost His Ameri ¬ can Granddam Sibola the Epsom Oaks PY E E COUSSELL COUSSELLLONDON LONDON Kngland April 2 i There was a thrill ¬ ing finish for the City and Suburban Handicap at Epsom There was also a sad disappointment for King and people when His Majestys colt Aice roy ran so inglorioiisly H finished absolutely last Corn Sack the winner has a special inter ¬ est lo American breeders for his granddam Sibola all hough she raced in England was bred in New Jersey JerseyApart Apart from two dead heats over sixty years ago fiw if any of the races for the Ciiy has re ¬ sulted in such a desperate struggle for mastery The great crowd was quite unable to decide which of the three horses Corn Sack 103 pounds Square Measure 105 pounds or Furious 111 pounds had his head in front ac the critical moment Many expected a dead heat to be announced by tin judge who however gave the verdict to Corn Sack by u short head with a neck between second and third Furious was leading the field the greater part of the last mile but in the last two hundred yards Corn Sack and Square Measure closed with him The son of Huckwiicat slowly forged ahead but Square Measure made another great effort and with Furious coming again next to the rails tint spectators were thrilled by u magnificent nice The favorite Sir Herkeley 107 pounds weakened in tin1 last quarter of a mile and finished fourth Many jicoplo thought Furious was going the fastest at the finish finishCorn Corn Sack is a fouryearold bay gelding by Huckwheat CanvasHack by Gallinule He is th first unsexed horso to succeed in tin City anil Suburban since the popular Dean Swift won in 1MJ8 Indeed it is curious that in the seventy years history of the City it has been woaonly five times by geldings and of these Dean Swift won twice in 190i and 1 S Of the other thrcis The Grafter which won in 1900 was bred in Australia the great Parole wis successful in 1879 and the Englishbred Sabinius scored in 1870 Only six fillies have won the City CityIt It is also most remarkable how many winners of tlis mile and a quarter important spring handicap hrve eventually become firstclass stallions At the head of the list is the mighty Hcnd Or whose impost of 12fi pounds has only twice been exceeded Eery one of the following are as well known i American breeders as they rre in this country Bachelors Double White Easle Aeloeity which carried 128 pounds as a fiveyearold his death after one stud season was n great loss judging the stock he then sired Hobert Le Diablo sin of Wrack Hay Honald sire of Hayardo and Dark Honald Grey Leg Hoyal Hamilton Master Kil dare which also carried 128 pounds when he won he afterward sired Melton Derby winner and him ¬ self Hie sire of Sysonby Speculum Adventurer and Ethelbert There were also many winners which were lesser lights as stallions such as Mushroom CLili II Reminder and Huccaneer HuccaneerCORN CORN SACKS AMERICAN GRANDDAM GRANDDAMCorn Corn Sacks granddam is Sibola which was bred by the late Mr P Lorillard in 189ii and twice raced without success in his colors in England as a twoyearold In 1899 she was raced by Lord William Heresford for whom she won at Newmar ¬ ket the AVood Ditton Stakes the One Thousand Gui ¬ neas and the Three YearOld Free Handicap That season she won five races value S2900 Sin was beaten a head in the Oaks by Musa which hail finished third in the One Thousand Guineas Tod Sloan in his book describes Sil ola as a niceish sort tit mare but not high class Ho frankly confesses that it was due to 1113 own fault and temper that I lost the Oaks at Epsom I ought to have won on Sibola with a good margin in hand She was a 7 to 4 favorite Sloan got away badly from the start and states it was the worst race I ever rode in my life As a fouryearold Sibola was three times unplaced In the December sales she was sold for 9750 10 the late Major I oder oderSiboUi SiboUi is still alive in Ireland She has in train ¬ ing a twoyearold colt named AVa termini by Siearniint Corinna 3 her bay filly by Coriander ran second and third in 1919 On the whole Sibola has been rather a stud disappointment Her best produce was Haltinglass by Isinglass He vas a good stayer and won the Manchester No ¬ vember Handicap and has sired some winners in France Sibola is of course by The Sailor Prince Saluda a chestnut mare foaled in 1883 and sired b Mortemer Perfection by I eamington It is indeed a coincidence that Parole the first Amer ¬ icanbred winner of the Cit and Suburban Handi ¬ cap should have boon a brother to Perfection It is even more remarkable that Pharisee one of the other winners of the race which was bred in the United States should also descend from Per ixption a daughter of Perfection Pharisee after his racing career went to H cinm where he sired numerous winners This if course is the same family as AVntershed Cambridgeshire Sandla Prscola Henry Young Myrtle Harkness Acefnl and Diakka which won thirteen races and about 150000 in England EnglandThe The first race at Sandown on April 22 was won by a rare old warrior named Prcvoyant which was ridden as a charger in the war Prior to 1910 he had run in fortyeight races of which lit won five The son of Le Puritain was put l 8ck in training in 19 IS Up to date his record is Starts 03 wins 13 and placed in eight other1 races Stakes ivon 12810 He had won threo rices at Newmarket and three at Epsoui The pre rious day when expected to run well at Kpsom he signally failed Twiiitvfour hours later witnessed i remarkable change He was the forlorn outsider if ten runners at Stuidnwn nevertheless he ijon it the long odds of 20 to 1 to the jubilation of nany small backers to whom it is an article of faith to support PreToyaiit whenever he riina
