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MANCHESTER CUP DETAILS- North Walthamj Victory in English Stake No . Surprise Colt Was a Bargain Yearling. SPECIAL COTUtESP OKDENCB. LONDON, England, Juns 17. North Walt- ham, in winning the Manchester Cup, fulfilled a prediction which had been public property i for two or threo weeks before the race. The Cup, of course, Is a handicap run over : ono and one-half miles. Its value to the -: "winner was 3,000. North "Waltham only won by "the skin of his teeth," for in a desperate finish he beat by a neck Kings Idler, which was conceding: sis pounds. The : other runners included Flamboyant, Pole- : march, Milenko, Copyright and Hunt Law. Among them were winners of the St. Lieger, : Doncaster Cup, Cambridgeshire and Nortli- : umberland Plate, so it wa3 a representative : field. North "Walthams record was not so im- : prcssive as many of those he defeated. lie had, however, shown his ability to stay. He Is a rather ungainly and to some extent : "unattractive, lop-eared, bay colt Everyone at Manchester was convinced that had Pole-march put any real effort into hi3 task he would have won the race. At the home turn ; he was leading, but from that point ho dropped back until ho finished absolutely last He is sadly spoiling his reputation. North "Waltham belongs to James "White, who is a native of the Manchester district, so the victory of his horse was particularly appropriate. "With Donoghue in the saddle lie was supported all over the country and was a sound favorite at 3 to 1. Mr. White purchased North Waltham from trainer Cot-trill about two months ago. The last-named bought the colt from Mrs. M1II3, widow of the late 15. Mills, "who had purchased North Waltham as a yearling at auction for 25. Cottrill, of course, still trains the horse for OLr, White. 50JITII WAITHAMS P.15i!JJDISG. North Waltham is by Junior, which won the Manchester Cup and was a notable exception to most of the offspring of his sire, Symington, which sired a lot of sprinters. The dam Is Attic Salt She was bred by Xord Hosftbery and la the first foal of Mon-tem, a handsome mare, which Avon the New Stakes at Ascot and the July Stakes at Newmarlait. Attic Salt was a disappointment at the stail, so the late Lord Rosebery bold her at the December sales, 1916. "V. Zvequlntzoff, tjnerxy to the then Czar of Hussia, bought her. She had been bred to Junior, and North Waltham made hi3 appearance the next spring. Somo twelve months later, owing to the Russian chaos, the mare and the young yearling were sold by auction at Tattersairs in London. Attic Salt brought 75. The foal was a great bargain, the my.ro was a bad one, because the next season she produced dead twins to Will onyx and since 191S has been persistently barren. Montem is by Ladas. Attic Salt is by Sir "Ylsto, which won the Derby and St Lcger. Montanas dam was tho brilliant mare Ker-messe, which as a two-year-old ran in six first-class races and was only beaten once, when at Goodwood she dead-heated for second place with St Marguerite. Kermesse won the New Stakes, July Stakes, Champagne Stakes and the Middle Park Plate. As a three-year-old sho was badly amiss and could not run until October, when at Newmarket she readily defeated tho Derby winner over a mile. The next day she won a race over two miles, less forty-two yards. Like many brilliant race mares Kermesso did not achieve much fame at the stud. Sho was. however, granddam of Epsom Lad, which won tho Eclipse Stakes and other good races for Lord Woolavington, about twenty years ago.
