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a Ai HI His wj we in iu is IS to to land sc iia in in us as CtI br a a n re o G J" ing O Or; S a a d ni as i bi tl i fc for x b; . II It r w t o t t to r a at E 1 7 e v I c- a it t ? is s c j of lt . J ; j ? at ,t 1 .s J. y l J at it ,, for n- 1 II 1 ig the le : ;d g, w c nc n- a- and It It the he sh ed x- Is fs in- iu- :n- GLOAMING WONDER HORSEjPi Australian Racer Has Record Un- Ai approached Anywhere. Score Is, Forty-three Yictories Out of Both Forty-nine Starts, Being Unplaced , but Once, When He Fell. BY SALVATOK. While here in the United States of America Sa are preparing for winter it is spring St the Antipodes and a new racing season ha just opening. This seems topsy-turvy in I Americans, but Australia and New Zea- of of are really on the underside of the world, cu ing n no wonder. The Australian season is opening up bril-liantly, and interest centers not so much the prospects for the approaching Derby i in the series of duels which are being i fought out by the two famous geldings, nc not Gloaming and Beauford. Gloaming has been l- the brought up from New Zealand and he has r1 new Richmond to dispose of. Both these performers, as stated, are geldings, and they a represent the two rival families, the world a over, those of Bend Or and St. Simon, S Gloaming being by The Welkin, son of Fly- Fox, he by Orme, by Ormonde, by Bend J and Beauford by Beau Soult, lie by " !l a Soult, by St. Simon. Gloaming is now seven, while Beauford is vear younger, and much more has been w done with the New Zealander, whose record, a whole, surpasses that of any Uiorough- " bred that has thus far been bred south of the equator, he having raced forty-nine times forty-three wins, five seconds and ence unplaced on which occasion he fell at the barrier, with earnings of about 140,000. is indicative of the different standards which prevail in this country and the Antip- ! g odes that Gloaming is there classified as a , sprinter, although he has shown his ability j 1 1 go a mile and a half in good style and J a a mile has been practically invincible. -5 Beauford, on the -contrary, has shone over o longer distances, and a mile and a half is t thought to particularly favor him. ? GLOAMING MEETS 3MVAL. .- The first meeting of the pair this "spring" r was on September 1, at the Randwick course, , Sydney, in the Chelmsford Stakes, at a mile t and a furlong, a race worth slightly over ,000. The betting was 10 to 9 on Beau- a ford and 2 to 1 against Gloaming. Each i i carried 13C pounds. The going was heavy, , i which was believed to be against the latter, 1 whose action is long and low, with vary lit- tie fold of the knee. The gait of Beauford, 1 on the contrary, is higher and better adapted 1 for the mud. There were fourteen starters, . j including David, another of the best horses 3 j 1 in the Antipodes, and Furious, winner of last t ivears Victorian Derby, while one of the i j most interesting of the others was Soorak, , ; which is one of the favorites for this years 3 . Australian Jockey Club Derby. i Gloaming was off flying and took the lead 1 i at once. Soorak soon went after him and 1 ; hung to him for nearly a mile and then his s place as pacemaker wan taken by Furious, i, Beauford lying back third. I Entering the straightaway Gloaming had shaken off Furious, but when Beauford dial- j lenged him could not respond, the latter heading him below the distance and winning by three parts of a length, with David a length farther back. Time, 1:53. HUNS A GAME RACE. After the race R. J. Mason, who trains Gloaming, was reported as saying to an in-le terviewer: "I have no excuses to make at all. Beau-d f0rd beat him beyond any question. But I will say this for my old horse : I reckon ! he ran a wonderfully game race. Hes a year older than Beauford, and when a horse j comes to over six years old it is like the dif- , ference between a man of thirty-five and one of forty-five. One is as good as ever he was, the other is a bit past his best. Gloaming has raced twice as much as Beauford and he has had three trips from New Zealand, besides thousands of miles of traveling in . Continued on eighth page. GLOAMING WONDER HORSE Continued from first page. New Zealand. I give the winner every credit, but I reckon ray poor old beggar didnt disgrace himself." The result caused the admirers of Beau-ford to wax enthusiastic, while Gloaming was placed among the "back numbers." However, the old horse was not through. When the pair met again, a week later, at the Rosehill course, Sydney, in the Hill Stakes, a sweepstakes at a mile, with ,000 added, although Beauford was called upon to give Gloaming seven pounds, shouldering IM as against his rivals 120, he was backed down to f o 2 on, while 3 to 1 was Gloamings price. It was conceded that the distance was more in Gloamings favor than before, while the track was not fast, as it had rained repeatedly during the week up to the morning of the race. The running of the Hill Stakes was the reverse of that in the Chelmsford, as this time Beauford jumped off with the lead and Gloaming laid back third. The pace was fast, with Wynne carrying Beauford the first five-eighths in l:00f.. At the home turn Gloaming had moved up and was but two lengths behind Beauford and then he simply "ate him up." as Beauford gave up the struggle after brief resistance and Gloaming came away and won as he liked by a length and a quarter in l:38"i. breaking the previous track record of 1 made December IS, 1910, by Bonnie Noreen, with but 101 pounds up. IIEAUIOItD NOT IN CONDITION, Previous to this race Beauford had not been eating well and was not considered by his people so good as he had been the week before, while Gloaming was reported in excellent trim. Evidently Beauford cannot give Gloamins seven pdlmds and beat him at a mile, and perhaps he cannot do it at even weights. Gloamings performance! indicated that he was far from "all in," and j won for him an ovation. Before this issue ; of Daily Racing Form is published the rivals will probably have met for the "rubber" ; at Ranciwick, in the Craven Plate, at a mile and a quarter, but the outcome of that race ; has not yet reached America. ! Considering these performances, one must say, what a wonderful- horse is Gloaming ! , There is no other record in the world like his. No other thoroughbred that has raced j so often, in such "high society," has such a "batting average." It might be interjected that the famous Hungarian mare, Kinesem, started in sixty-three races and I was never beaten, in which respect she was a wonder of wonders, for not only did she campaign in the continental countries, but crossed the English channel and won the Goodwood Cup. But the great majority of Kincsems races were of a decidedly minor ! character and on only a few occasions did she measure strides with high-class stake j I horses. The nearest parallel to Gloamings j career in the Antipodes- has been that of I Carbine, which won thirty-three out of forty-! three races. In America Miss Woodford won thirty-seven out of forty-eight. In neither English nor French records is there anything approximating such a career. If Gloaming succeeds in holding his form he may depose Eurythmic, the leading money-winner of Australasia, which has over 70,-000 in winnings. It seems regrettable that Gloaming is not, like Eurythmic, a stallion and able to proceed from the turf to the work of procreation, but if he were there is no guarantee that he would prove any such a sire as he is a racer. In connection with his own breeding it is interesting, also disconcerting, to discover that his dam, Light, has been mated continuously with his sire. The Welkin, ever since 1911, and that he is the only one of their offspring that has been of any account. How many similar instances there j are to this in stud chronicles. And how diflic-ult they help to make the practical, to say nothing of the theoretical, task of bred 1-ing winners.
