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ENGLISH RACING MATTERS Newbury Course Good June Meet ¬ ing How Tangiers Won r rLord Lord Derbys Great Seal JUiile JUiilesius sius Tragedy in Kenriet Plate Brown Prince Sought BY E E COUSSELH LONDON England June Hi The Newbury course in Berkshire has enjoyed a large measure of popu ¬ larity since it was established mainly through the efforts of John Porter about a dozen years ago It is just over fifty miles from London nnd the railway journey only takes an hour Newbnry is certainly one of tin best rae tracks in England and Porter is naturally intensely proud of the success of the venture ventureThe The race for the Newbury Summer Cup was most interesting At the mile Tangiers was lying third behind Kings Idler and Graiidcotirt Ill two more furlongs the latter was in front Tangiers chal ¬ lenged at the distance and going ahead did no more than was asked of him in winning by a neck Once Ilnlmo had taken Hie measure of Grandcourt he dropped his hand There is no doubt that Tangiers gave a most stylish perforniahc On this running his connections genuinely fancy him to beat Buclmn in the Ascot Gold Cup Cylgad for some years ap ¬ peared likely to be an indifferent success at the stud although one or two by him which could go met with mishap mishapCaptivatibn Captivatibn the stud success and Grandcourts sire was no use at all as a race horse He is how ¬ ever a wellbred horse by Cylleiie Charm a sister to Amiable winnr of the Oaks while the next dam was a halfsister to Gravity which produced that great stayer William the Third Captivation sired Captive Princess the leading filly in Ireland in 117 Grandcolirt however is easily tile best lie has got Captivation probably does not get the pick of the host mares in Ireland for I ncite as a result of Ids 1918 season there are only fifteen living foals from thirty maies of which twelve proved harren La Huppex herself proved barren to Louvols in 1919 1919LORD LORD DERBYS GOOD COLT COLTA A smart threeyearold to win at Newbury is Lord Derbys colt Great Seal which carried off the Royal Stakes of 5750 at one and onequarter miles This race after appearing to have no chance at all he won by three lengths beatilig Torelqre Kerasos Wiinasu Lord Thanet and others Great Seal run an amazing race He got away third and dropped back last but one coming in the straight Here he made up some ground ami then seemed hopelessly shut in on the rails DiVnogluie pulled him round to the outside of the field and coaxed him to make an effort He literally pounced down on Solo Bridge and Wimasu at the distance and drew away to win in a canter canterGreat Great Seal is a chestnut colt by that successful young sire Harry of Hereford He is one of his first offspring offspringThere There was a tragedy in the Kennet TwoYenrOld Plate The favorite 3IiIesius wqs left at the post Some of the sixteen runners gave trouble at tile start To escape any unwelcome attention 3IIlesIiiH was being walked in the other direction when the barrier was released He took ho part in the race At the official inquiry the starter admitted frankly he quite overlooked Milesius in giving his attention to troublesome horses 3IiIcsius is trained by Cotferilltiwho also has Leighton by Roi Herode Queen of the Earth He and 3Ionarch are regarded as the best young colts out this year 3Iilesius was reported much su ¬ perior to Leighton LeightonGreatorex Greatorex has been the greatest feire ever known in South Africa where he headed the sire list iseven times Last year his stoqk won 187 races worth 09410 which was more than twice the amount credited to any other sire at the Cape Of course 3Irs Rutterwiek is a member of the same immediate family as Melton St Sert and Ayrshire Unfortunately for her owner Nilghai in 1919 was barren to Clarissimus ClarissimusSir Sir Abe Bailey In whose colors Brown Prince won the Cambridgeshire and SoninLaw won the Cesarewitch is likely to dispose of his stud in Eng ¬ land owing to his great interests in South Africa demanding his whole attention He owns some of the nicest and best bred mares in England It is understood that these will shortly come in the market The position regarding the stallions has not yet been decided If Brown Prince is finally bought for the United States it may ease the situa ¬ tion as regards the sires American negotiations for Brown Prince have been on for some months Mnny of the mares are owned in partnership with Mr Donald Fraser
