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BEAUFORD IS THE CHAMPION Oddly Bred Australian Gelding Displaces Gallant Eurythmic. Decisive Defeats for Old Leader in Randwick Autumn and Cumberland Stakes. . SYDNEY, N. S. W., Australia, April 21. Australia has another champion hon;o in the gelding Eeauford, Avhich has twice beaten Eurythmic and is younger and coming, while Eurythmic has failed as Poitrel faled before him. In the mile and a half 0,000 Autumn Stakes at Randwick last Saturday both Beauford and Sister Olive, the Melbourne Cup winner, beat Eurytkniie, and four days later both David and Furious also beat Eurythmic with ease in the ?12,000 Cumberland Plate, at two miles. In the Autumn Stakes the start was even, Eurythmic if anything being first to move. Beauford led past the stand a length from Emythmic, with Sister Olive, Salitros anJ David in that order, next. The same order prevailed out of the straight, but at the nine furlongs Beauford was a length and a half from Eurythmic, with Sister Olive a similar distance away, attended, after a gap, by Salitros and David. Beauford was two lengths from Eurythmio at the mile, the order of the others being the same. There was little alteration to the three-quarters, where Beauford inc reased his lead to three lengths from Eurythmic, with Sister Olive, Salitros and David in that order. Beauford was four lengths from Eurythmic at the half mile, while Sister Olive closed slightly on Eurythmie and David joined Salitros. There was little alteration to the three-eighths, where Beauford went farthf-r away, and he came into the straight nearly five lengths in front of Eurythmic, with Sister Olive handy. Beauford was untroubled in the run home and won by two lengths from Sister Olive, which defeated Eurythmic by three lengths. Then came DaAid and Salitros. Time, 2:32V4. BEAUFORD A CERTAIN STAYER. Until the Autumn Stakes there had been question as to Beaufords staying. But the race set all doubts at rest, and by the way he Avon it certainly looks as if any distance Avould be within his powers. Had the Autumn Stakes been two miles he would have beaten Eurythmic just as easily. He bothered the chestnut all the way for pace, and that horse hadnt a kick left to stall off that good little mare Sister Oive, Avhich finished really well and is as honest as the day. In the two-mile Cumberland Stakes Eurythmic was at 7 to 4 on in the betting and was again soundly beaten. From a good start passing the stand David was out three lengths from Eurythmic and Swift Shot, with Sister Olive a length from Furious. The pace improved at the mile, where David still had charge three lengths in advance cf Euryth- i mic and Swift Shot, with Furious a length j in front of Sister Olive. j Sister Olive was within a length of David at the half-mile; then came Eurythmic. Swift Shot and Furious. David turned for home half a length from Sister Olive and : Eurythmic was a similar distnee in front of Swift Shot. Furious improved her position approaching the distance, but David won by a length and a half, with half a head" between second and third. Sister Olive was five lengths away, fourth. Time, 3:3s1. Illness prevented A. Wood from riding for about three months, but he is quickly making up lost ground. He rode in the four weight-for-age races at the meeting and won the lot, two each on Beauford and David. The first money for the four races totaled ?35,000. FAR FROM CHAMPION IN L001TS. Beauford is the worst looking champion it has ever been a critics privilege to see. He has certainly built up a little recently, but is still the lanky, long-nocked individual whose only redeeming feature is his galloping ability. Beauford is much inbred to St. Simon. Old racing men say that he is much like that horse, allowing for his gelding lank-ines3. Beaufords pedigree Is unusual, as he has three infusions of St Simon in close removes, and that was another reason why it was reckoned he has too much of that blood, as usually Inbred horses go fast, but are not seen to advantage over a distance. However, Beauford is quite out of the ordinary in every way ; in fact, is a freak. Beaufords sire, Beau Soult, Avas a good galloper, and as a three-year-old won tlio Rosehill Guineas, beating that good horse, Radnor. Beau Soult is by Soult, son of St. Simon, from Our Lady, by Simmer, son o St Simon, from Lady Agnes, by Neckers-gat, from Pcradventure, by Adventurer. It will therefore be seen that he is closely inbred to the greatest of English sires. Beaufords dam, Blueford, is by that good sire of stayers, True Blue, from Isisford, by Simmer, son of St Simon, from Isis, by Goldsborough, from Iona, by The Barb. Truo Blue introduces the valuable Musket blood, and there is certainly no better cross than Musket on St. Simon. From the pedigree below it "will be seen that Beauford has an attractive pedigree, and it is simply a matter of opinion as to whether he has too much of the St. Simon blood. CHAMPIONS PECULIAR rERICREE. Beaufords extended lines aare as follows: fSt. Simon.... ffa,0.pln, w r - j I St. Angela g Soult -Beauhar- Sec Saw 2 fccJ I nais I Josephine S I fSt. Simon P . 3 J lour f Simmer I Dutch Oven g? H Lady..,1T , Neck rgute g J VLady Agnes. . I remdventuro tD"3 I r f Musket 1 " -3 fTrne J notchkiss I Petroleum Wp o I Rlue...lRoeof fSt. Lo-er S AValton iPlenrctto 1-1 r f St. Simon R w llBisford.J Simmer I Dutch Vn Goldbicugii IbIs I Iona Beauford was bred by his owner, W. H. Mackay, who, though identified with the turf for a number of years, had not had his colors carried for some considerable time until Beaufords rider donned the white, tartan cash, black cop, at Rosehill. "Kangaroo."
