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POITREL GREAT RACE HORSE Australias Cup Hero Retires From Turf With Bowed Tendon Had Won 134400 in Four Years Melbourne Cup Under 140 140Pounds Pounds Supreme Deed SYDNEY N S W Australia April 20 Aus ¬ tralian race courses have seen the last of that great horse Poitrel Up to the commencement of last week he was doing all that could be wished and never looked in better condition His owners and trainer were confident he would settle Euryth mics pretensions at all distances and were look ¬ ing forward to his deposing Carbine as Australias greatest stake winner On Tuesday of last week however one of his shoulders appeared to bother him slightly and though he worked nicely on Thurs ¬ day morning it was evident the ame afternoon that the trouble was serious It was certain on Friday that he would he unable to run for the Autumn Stakes and though on Saturday his trainer II J Robinson stated there was just a possibil ¬ ity that he might be able to run on Wednesday he was not hopeful and with the tendon of his off foreleg slightly bowed the Messrs Moses definitely decided on Monday that lie would not again be raced 1 should not like to see him walk off the course lame said Mr W Moses MosesPoitrels Poitrels deeds are too fresh in racegoers minds to need recapitulation Falling to sell him for 1500 as a yearling the Messrs Moses decided to have him trained and though he was unsuccessful in his three starts at two years he won three of the six races in which he competed the following season One of these tho Australian Jockey Club Summer up he got ou protest Chantemerle which beat him being disqualified At four years he won four weightforage races but ran disappointingly In the Metropolitan for which consequent on his defeat defeatI I greatlyI of Desert Gold in the SpringStakes he was greatly I fancied fanciedRacegoers Racegoers have short memories and while it would be impossible to detract from the merit of Euiythmics great performance last Monday many have already forgotten tliat lust year after being nearly Jast at the seven furlongs and also meet ¬ ing with interference nearing the turn Poitrel 133 pounds gave another great horse Kennaquhair 131 pounds fully eight lengths start commencing the last two furlongs of the Sydney Cup and ran him to a neck in the Australian record time of 322 322Another Another remarkable finishing effort was in the Melbourne Cup in which with 140 pounds lie was fairly far back at the home turn He came down the straight in gallant style and though commencing the last furlong it seemed almost impossible for him to wipe out the gap dividing him from Erasmus he accomplshed it Furthermore one of the horses he passed in the run home was Eurythmic I do not think the latter was quite as good then as no V but while we arc worshipping the new star it would i be unadvisable to forget any of Poitrcls great deeds Poitrcl has started in thirtyseven races his plat ¬ ings and earnings being as follows followsThreeyearold Threeyearold races st ke Course Pos Value ValueMembers Members Handicap Randwick 3 150 Sydney 150Sydney Handicap Randwick 1 1095 1095Summer Summer Cup Randwick 1 5110 5110Tattersalls Tattersalls Cup Randwick 1 54JO 54JOT T ° tal 12403 12403Fouryearold Fouryearold races Stake Course Pos Value Spring ValueSpring Stakes Randwick 1 S G 015 Autumn 015Autumn Stakes Randwick 1 7 fi65 fi65Cumberland Cumberland Stakes Randwick 1 7375 A 7375A J C Plate Randwick 1 7470 Total v 2S45u 2S45uFiveyearold Fiveyearold races Stake Course Pos Value Early ValueEarly Slakes Randwick 3 S 403 Spring 403Spring Stakes Randwick 1 7550 Randwick 7550Randwick Plate Randwick 1 5535 Rosehill 5535Rosehill Handicap Roschill 1 1430 Autumn 1430Autumn Stakes 1 Randwick 1 7575 Sydney 7575Sydney Cup Randwick 2 5 000 000Cumberland Cumberland Stakes Randwick 1 715 A 715A J C Plate Randwick 1 2845 2845Totl1 Totl1 37003 37003Sixyearold Sixyearold races Stake Course Pos Value Spnng ValueSpnng Stakes Randwick 1 5 80 80Crown Crown Plate Randwick 1 3000 Randwick 3000Randwick Plate Randwick 1 7370 Melbourne 7370Melbourne Stakes Flemington 3 730 730Melbourne Melbourne Cup Flemington 1 36510 36510Fisher Fisher Plate Randwick 2 1 iiOO Rawsou Stakes Rosehill l 907 907r r 55877Grand 1 IT 55877 Grand total 134400 134400Ibead Ibead heats L i = Kangaroo
