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GOLDEN CORNS FAILURE How Marshall Reids Filly Was Beaten in tha One Thousand Guineas BY E E COUSSELTL LOr TDON England May 5 The One Thou ¬ sand Guineas is a race notorious for sur ¬ prises Bcttina which won last year started at 33 to 1 against and never won another race racePractically Practically all England expected Marshall Fields undefeated and brilliant filly Golden Corn to add to her laurels and in a field of twenty horses she was backed down to 7 to 4 In the paddock before the race one gained the impression that the classic fil ¬ lies as far as looks were concerned are of a higher standard than the colts I had for several days made up my mind that the race probably lay between Golden Corn Soubriquet and Silver Urn I happened to know that when the lastnamed filly failed hi her first race at Newbury and was beaten by Westmead her form absolutely mystified her trainer The week before Newmarket she won in good style the Esher Cup over the severe one mile and sixty yards at Sandown Park There was therefore in my mind no doubt about her staying the course at New ¬ market and the same applied to Soubriquet She was also successful at Sandown Thero was some doubt as to the stamina of Golden Corn yet there was not a newspaper in England which predicted that Silver Urn was likely to win the race raceGolden Golden Corn has grown into a magnificent mare She has great heart room powerful quarters and stands on faultless legs I thought she looked a trifle burly and as though a race might do her good Her own ¬ ers manager had every confidence in her Thirtysix hours prior to the decision of the race I was at Moulton Paddocks Naturally one did not disturb Golden Corn but as a result of inquiries I ascertained she was fit and the stable did not appear to doubt her ability to stay the One Thousand Guineas course courseGOLDEJf GOLDEJf CORN FAILED I3f FROXT FROXTFrom From a good start Golden Corn and Silver Urn dashed away in front Lord Durhams Tracery filly Indulgence and Mysia were in close attendance At fiveeighths Leighton Tor attempted to close with the leaders but soon had enough which was rather surpris ¬ ing as she gave such a good showing over a mile at Newbury behind Weathervane To this point Golden Corn had run with all her old brilliance brillianceMy My reading of the race is that Marshall Fields filly was beaten at six and onehalf furlongs and her weakness became apparent in another one hundred yards Silver Urn alongside Golden Corn was going well all the time and Donoghue on the favorite had no chance of easing her herIn In the last furlong Silver Urn drew away and won easily by a couple of lengths Dono ¬ ghue might have taken second place had ho pressed Golden Corn but in the last eighth Soubriquet passed her to gain second place Indulgence the biggest filly in the field fin ¬ ished fourth Mysia another nice looker by Bachelors Double and trained by Gilpin was fifth with Leighton Tor behind her
