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|l | S o I I a [iof ; I ° i h I | I Ji 3 I ! r 1 n , i; is, j I f" B j j Q I n - ; u - c S h It i • j r e e -- [ ] a d r s j « y i c- j ! c f !" r I A I i I :" J j ■ , ! j j l" d ! j I_! j J ! i ™ j a a , . j id : II i o- I t- : 0. id : on ,n i al , n_ | e , , I ! ; to to si-; ■ e- rm b- nt y. io, | I c-, ! j the he the he in in j . I I his 11S i Se | be- e-, Bt-; at at I I is ; ysi j le-j se. : en it it next ,xt the he n. race sold ,1 in_ j ;y-i in- •BEWARE OF SOUTH AMERICANS Shangay Lily, Newcastle Handicap Winner, Had Brilliant Record. Other Horses Now in This Country Which Defeated McGrath Mare in Their Native Land. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 20.— Had Dela- ware Park patrons known the full history a mare named Shangay Lily, she might have paid 2 to 1 or 9 to 5 in winning the Newcastle Handicap at Delaware Park, rather than 2.55 to . Even though the mares background was, and probably still pretty much a mystery to the rank and file of racegoers, she was something of an overlay in the stake at the track near Wil- mingtcn. Her fourth on the preceding Sat- urday to Challephen, Rex Flag: and Masked General in the Brandwine Handicap, and her victory at Belmont Park on May 26 over Pixey Dell, Rust and others, should have recommended her for the Newcastle. How-. ever, all that is water over the dam and, anyway, it is the mares background — her record in racing before she appeared in the States — which is important. In 1937 Shangay Lily, a brown daughter of Sin Sabor and Sweet Cyra, by Coreyra, raced in Chile, where she was bred. She was one of the very best horses of the year, finishing out of the money only twice in eleven starts. She won only three races, but she was second in five others, third in one and fourth in another. Because of the paucity of details in Chilean racing records, it is difficult to compute the mares earn-J~ ings in 1937. However, one of her victorious efforts netted her owner 0,000. WON TWICE. The majority of her outings, if not all of them, were in stakes races. She won twice at 2.000 metros. or meters a meter is 3.28 feet and at 1,900 metros, she was second at 1,800 metros up to 3.000 metros. Which gives one a good idea of her ability to travel a route. And she can carry weight. Never in 1937 was she assigned less than 56 kilos a kilo is equivalent to 2.2046 pounds and she carried up to 61 kilos. Shangay Lily, which races for W. V. Mc-,n Grath and which is .trained by Joe L. Rob-n~ erts, enrne to the United States in 1938. She started four times last year, finishing sec-n ond in one outing and running unplaced in the others, earning ,050. From the looks of things, the outlander needed that quar-n_ tet of races and five this year up to May 26, when she scored at Belmont Park, to find herself. From May 26 through her New-e- castle triumph, she has been a veritable "ball of fire." And there is no reason to believe that she will not go on beating or holding her own against the best of her sex in training. Indeed, it is not beyond the realm of probability that she really is the best thoroughbred of her sex in training. Shangay Lilys recent return to her top form might constitute a warning to Ameri-!W can racegoers to keep a sharp eye on a couple of horses with which she ran in Chile. On one occasion down there, she beat those horses, but on other occasions they beat her. One of the trio in question raced in Chile as Adam Dux and Adam Lux and the other races as Palais Royal. The third horse is named Taxi Girl. The latter has retained her original name and is the property of D. Guerra. The other two are racing under new names — Adam Dux. alias Adam Lux, now is Brown Bomb and Palais Royal now is Brown King. LINE ON OTHERS. None of the trio has shown in the States what is known to be, taking a line on them through Shangay Lily, their best form. Brown King Palais Royal is reputed to have been the best horse in Chile in 1937 and 1938. In 1937 he was beaten only once. In that event, at 2,600 metros, Chiste fin-ce ished first and Shangay Lily second. Adam Dux. alias Adam Lux Brown Bomb won the 1937 race in which Shangay Lily fin-[u. ished out of the money. Taxi Girl and Shangay Lilv took turns whipping each other in 1937. Brown Bomb and Brown King are now the property of Joe W. Brown, of New Orleans, and are trained by J. B. Theall. It is said that Brown had to pay 0,000 to land Palais Royal Brown King in New York. Among Browns other importations is Brown Prince III., winner of the hurdle race at Aqueduct 5:00; 1:00 on Tuesday. This six-year-old bay son of Campanazo and Sinfonia raced in Chile as Ix. Racing secretaries and handicappers have learned, since the rather recent importations of South American horses began, t. | | to regard the outlanders with a wary eye. 113 13 j I j They have been particularly careful since 109 H one handicapper and secretary found such a 113 13 I j horse entered in a maiden race, but learned 113 M I jupon more or less inadvertent perusal of a 113 U | foreign record book, that the horse had won 113 13 j six races abroad. The owner and trainer ex-| plained that they construed the rules to jmean a horse is a maiden in this country 103 Q3 | until he wins here. Their erroneous inter-K 106 pretation of the rules was quickly corrected. 106 Of. ■■■■
