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AUSTRALIAN RACING NOW PROSPEROUS Seme Remarkable Statistical and Baaing Features of the Meeting at Randwick Last Month arderMH111011 0 l1 r Prosperity if thls VL ar is l larked feature of the sport si not f only in r WM t if ranee and Austral but even Vern any 4 tV rt Wni Lvcry wsly c1 le Britten of the Australian Jockey Clubs autumn meetiii To ToH b KIrt thecompeitors thecompeitorsu H u ded mir tfn0 Autrllil tJ tJKIrt Hicks there was an u tte antte lance m ot approximately 225IMKI f r the four ays fourays and the totalizator turnover was 1439547 igjinst 1439547igjinst the previous best of 1371751 That was last waslast spring when the attendance for the whole reeling wholereeling ran to about 221000 There is no pleasure pleasurepVvBI pVvBI iV0 tllc J wlck paddock on a bu abu day and I 110t suppose the Leger reserve was wasF wassterrMondS IM l ° tllB Vllme extt F sterrMondS ster Monday v Racing was poixilnrthai never more poixilnr thai at present and at Kandwiek a progressive i I nZt Illunt y has been well rewarded Jhe MI best horses are attracted and the public apprecwtes sport of a hhjh stanlard In New Suith Wnles the Australian Jockey Club stands for all hat is g0Hi 1 it ls o t control of the rport will never Le subjected J u uFAVORITES tj serious interference FAVORITES DO FAIRLY The winners included nine first favorites five o these being in handicaps As a rule nine suc ressive favorites in twentyfour races would be u losing percentage for the bookmakers but as the lest betting race of the lot tne Doiitastcr Handi ¬ cap went to a 33tol chame Sydney Damsel and arspite and Hyades started at outside prices for their respective races I loubt whether many were actual losers on the four days Their luck was m when Chrysolans niissed the Uoncaster llandieap If the griy Iiad pulied off that race the iil prices of three or four horses would have been cramped and despite his St Leger defeat it is hard to say what figure Artilleryman would have tdiched Kyen as it was his short price of 5 to 1 vas surprising After his defeat bv Millieme he was more entitled to be at 20 to 1 than the shorter figure Hie faet that 14 to 1 the double of Chryso lnis and Artilleryman 10 to 1 would have been riisheil was taken a week bLfore the commence ¬ ment of the meeting makes one smile Still I suppose backers will come ai some combination nearly as short for the next Kpsom and Metropol ¬ itan itanTHE THE AVEIGHTFORAGE HORSES HORSESAfter After the Uosehill meeting it was practically certain that Poitrel ntl Keniiitihair were the only older horses that would have to be considered in tho longer weightforage races This idea was cor ¬ rect and despite Kennaiitihairs Sydney Cup win even the most enthusiastic of his admirers must row admit he is not the etilal of Poitrel The hitler at distances ranging from a mile and a half to three miles has beaten him every time they have met at weight for age Nor is it disparaging to Keiinniiuhair to say that luck was on his side when il receipt of four pounds he squeezed home ahead of Poitrel in the Sydney Cup CupXo Xo doubt the opinions will le derisively received by supporters of oldtime champions but I do liit believe Australia ever had a better fiveyear old longdistance horse than Poitrel Nowadays there is no loitering in handicaps and a horse has to be a genuine stayer to win at two miles Poitrel with 135 pounds was beaten a neck in 322 1 seconds faster than the previous Australian best i rillerymans in the last Melbourne Cup letting biek to weighlforageraces Poitrel has started in Ciglt and won them all His record is now thir luii wins a second and two thirds for prize money totaling 7873750 7873750Keiinaquliair Keiinaquliair in addition to being downed by Poitrel was fairly beaten for beeond place by Mil Heine in the Cumberland Stakes lie led most of the way but as the pace was so slow that the first mile took 152 he diil not take much out of him ¬ self by so doing Kcimaojihair is an undeniably fTod horse but he does not possess quite the bril ¬ liant speed of Poitrel and certainly does not stay Letter than the latter Of the other older horses iothing that ran at the meeting approached the ulass of these two at long distances
