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GLOAMING AND DESERT GOLD Two Great Australian Racing Figures Have Finished Their Careers. Gloaming, the Australian middle distance champion is probably done for. His recent breeding infirmity caused his retirement, though he may again.btxed ,pr- sjnrinracUhis; fJrstip Treflrr-aaslkGWamiiig- wotTat "Syaneyl Rosehill, and was second to Poitrel at Randwick. Since then he has won. five races in succession. His record up to January 1 in Australia and New-Zealand was eighteen wins and 5,400. Gloaming seemed unbeatable under- reasonable weight nt all distances from a half mile to one and one-half miles, and always showed amazing bits of speed; quarters in 22 seconds, halves in 47and and miles around 1:38. The gelding, by The Welkin-Light, cost his owner, G. D. Greenwood, ,150 as a yearling, and has earned all his glory in two years. Gloaming is now five years old as Australian ages ran. They are calculated from July 1. The second notable Australasian thoroughbred to go into retirement is W. G. Lowrys great mare Desert Gold, which is to be retired and become a brood mare. She was the indisputable champion in her day, winning thirty races and 17,245 in four seasons up to July 1, 1919. But this season Desert Gold, which is seven years old, by All Black Aurarius, has run jadily behind horses with which she once played in a racing way, and in three races was only third once for 25. She will be long remembered by racing folks in Australia and New Zealand.
