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COMRADE BARGAIN YEARLING Gilpins English 50 Colt Wins Two Great French Races and 11,430. Comrade, the 50 yearling, has been a pretty fine racing tool in England and France this year. .Trainer P. P. Gilpin bought the black son of Bachelors Double and Sourabaya, by Spearmint, for that sum at the 1918 yearling sales, sold half of him for 0,000 to M. E. de Saint-Alary, the French sportsman, and on top of ,210 won as a two-year-old in 1919, Comrade has won 03,760. so far this season. He is probably the best three-year-old on the other side and would have won a great deal more had he been more extensively entered in the .futures when a yearling. But it was, as he then stood, considered to be a waste of money. Gilpin found the raw material and made a real race horse of the colt. Comrade has made two trips to France and won the Grand Prix of 0,090 and the Prix de lArc de Triomphe of 0,000. His two English races won "were worth ,670 more. Comrades four wins have been as follows: Stake. Dist. Place.. Wt. Value. Time. Paradise Plate, 1 l-4m., Dublin.. 120 ,170 2:11 Trial Stakes, 7 l-4f Ascot 113 3.500 1:32 Grand Prix, J 7-8m., Paris 128 06,000 3:16 P. Arc Triomphe, 1 l-2m., Paris.. 121 30,000 2:07 Total 03,760 F. Bullock, the Australian jockey, who has made his mark in England this season despite his bad error on Buchan in the Ascot Cup, has ridden Comrade in all his races. Comrades last French win was the Prix de lArc de Triomphe at Lonchamps, Paris, October 3. Here Is its summary: B. de Saint-Alarys Comrade, by Bachelors Double Sourabaya, 3, 121 Bullock 1 Chas. Lienarts Kings Cross, 6, 97 M. Alle- mand 2 A. Eknayans Pleurs, 3, 121 E. Bouillon 3 Francois Grumetzs Le Rapin, 4, 128 Barat... 0 Marquis de Martorells Nouvel An, 5, 133 Bartholomew 0 James Hennessys Tullamore, 4, 129 Jennings.. 0 Baron E. de Rothschilds Stearine, 4, 129 Sharpe 0 A. Eknayans Cid Canipeador, 3, 121 Stern.... O Joseph Tissots Eugene de Savoie, 3; 121 Prior O A. K. Macombers Battersea, 3. 121 ONeill ... 0 G. Wattinnes Embry, 3, 121 Bellhouse 0 Baron E. de Rothschilds Flowershop, 3, 118 Macgee 0 A. K. Macombers Meddlesome Maid, 3, 118 Garner .. 0 Won by a length; a head between second and third. Mutuel betting: 34.50 to 10 the winner.
