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OMAHA RATED "MAGNIFICENT One Expert Considers Him a Better Candidate Than Reigh Count Was for Ascot Gold Cup. LONDON, England, June 11. Can Omaha follow in Tiberius footsteps and avenge the defeat of Alcazar in the Queens Plate and Ascot Gold Cup? Most of the critics here are speculating whether the American invader, the champion three-year-old last year in his native land, winner of the Kentucky. DerbyPreakness, Belmont Stakes and Arlington Classic, can duplicate the successes of Tiberius last season. When Omaha made a successful debut at Kempton Park recently he pleased the critics. The leading racing journal, Sporting Life, said: "Omaha looks the part." In the columns of the same racing althority Mey-rick Good wrote: "No horse saddled at Kempton Park on Saturday, May 9, attracted so much attention as the Kentucky Derby winner, Omaha. William Woodward sent the colt to this country in the hope of lifting the Gold Cup at Ascot. REIGH COUNTS SUPERIOR? "Omaha is a truly magnificent horse. I like him a deal more than ever I did Reigh Count, the last notable Cup challenger from the States, which captured the Coronation Cup at Epsom and ran second to Invershin for the Ascot trophy. In some respects Omaha resembles Epinard, but he has more limber, walks better, gets his hocks well under him in his slow paces and has greater length. "Some may describe Omaha as a little long behind the saddle, but this abnormal length gives him a space-devouring stride. He has a handsome head and his good-colored chestnut coat is spotted over his quarters with a number of black spots, which we describe as the birdcatcher spot. "Though his ribs are discernible, he carried a trifle more barrel than he will at Ascot time. If we are right in assuming that Omaha is backward, we must award him top marks for his display in winning the one mile and a half Victor Wild Stakes, his first start here. Gordon Richards, our premier jockey, had the game little Montrose nicely held up for one run after Lobau had had a cut at the American. Pat Beas-ley, the capable Irish horseman, had only to let out a reef on Omaha at the distance to beat Montrose a class handicapped and stake winner comfortably by a length and a half. The winner finished with perfectly I balanced action, and after the fashion of a I great horse and a thorough stayer. PLASSY TO BEAT IN ASCOT. "He will have to be all his friends claim for him at Ascot, where Lord Derbys four-year-old Plassy will prove a tougher trial than did Montrose at Kempton Park. Capt. Cecil Boyd-Rochfort thinks the American champion will be an infinitely better horse in a months time. The colt blew but little after the race. Pat Beasley said the horse gave him a grand ride." Though Omaha was nominated for the Coronation Gold Cup at Epsom when the entries closed last December, it was never the intention of his ownerrbreeder to send .him after this trophy. Omaha has other cup engagements this season, the Goodwood Cup, two miles five furlongs, to be run July 30; Doncaster Cup, two arid a quarter miles, to be run September 11; Jockey Club Cup, two and a quarter miles, to be run at Newmarket, October 29, and the Champion Stakes, one mile and a quarter, to be run at Newmarket, October 13.
