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VARZYS ROYAL HUNT GUP Result of Ascot Stake a Great Shock to Racing Public Winner Was Lightly Considered. SPECIAL. CORRESPONDENCE. LONDON, England, June 17. The victory of Varzy in the Royal Hunt Cup was almost as staggering as Illuminators twelve months ago. The iciness of its reception was in keeping with a bitterly cold day, more fit for the Grand National. Varzy, on his form at AVolvcrhampton, ten days prior to Ascot, did not appear to possess a thousand to one chance of winning the Royal Hunt Cup. He turned the form upside down. Varzy was well away from the start at Ascot. Five hundred yards from the post the favorite, Crubonmore, just had his head in front of the leader, but could not keep up the pressure. In the last fifty yards Stratford raced alongside Varzy, but the latter put out a little bit extra and was a 20 to j winner by a short head. I wrote at the time Varzy was a bit unlucky when he finished third to The Yellow Dwarf and Monarch in the Victoria Cup at Hurst Park. On that running he was the best handicapped horse in the Hunt Cup. Still, people could not forget his terrible display at Wolverhampton. Varzy. however, was not winning out of his turn. It is just a year since he had his head in front at Windsor, which is "nest door" to Avot. In the Hunt Cup Varzy carried ninety-eight pounds ; he was receiving weight from ten of the other nineteen competitors. Leighton, which finished sixth, was at the top of the handicap, with 120 pounds. INDIAN OWNS STItATFOltD. Stratford belongs to the Indian owner San-gidas Jesiram ; it was his first runner in this country, and had the horse been successful it would have been quite a remarkable achievement. Varzy was bred by his owner, F. Grctton. who is a nephew of the gentleman who owned Isonomy. lie is the fifth foal of 1 Maritza, by William the Third. This mae was also bred by Mr. Gretton. Varzy himself is a medium-sized light flesh chestnut colt, with a big blase face ; a little white on the near hind heel ; he has lop cars. He is just the type of horse to do well in India. One hardly imagined j him good enough to win such a valuable j and important handicap as the Royal Hunt Cup. This year the race was worth 1,000 to the winner. Varzy comes of a rather obscure line and is the first important winner of hi3 female line for close upon ninety years, which takes us back to Slane, a good class race horse and sire. Many of his daughters bred good performers, but not a few of his stock were lacking in speed and unsound in wind. Another branch of this line gave us Gouver-nant, which about twenty years ago was a big winner in France. He afterward went to Austria, where he proved a successful stallion. The second dam of Varzy is Marmarica, by Bend Or and Marmot, by Senanus, a fast two-year-old. Lilyveil winner of the Sydney Cup and other long-distance races in Australia is related to Marmot. He, however, was sired by Martagon, from which he inherited his stamina.
