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jf 1 j News From Ireland Mrs. Sloane, Six Pence Gain Favor -By TIM A. VIGORS Dublin Correspondent, Daily Racing Form DUBLIN, Ireland, Aug. 18. Prendergast has done it again. For the past three years this training wizard has sent out the win- ner of Irelands most coveted two-year-old race, the "Fifteen Hundred." When A. L. Hawkins charming filly, Sixpence, recently sprinted away to a three length victory over 13 of the best two-year-olds which have ever contested the race, Prendergasts remarkable record increased to a four-timer. One weighing room wag was heard to suggest that the title of the race should be changed from "The Phoenix Plate" to "The Prendergast Plate." The way things are going the trophy will be out of place when it leaves Rossmore Lodge. Consolation honors go to Mrs. E. J. King-, owner and breeder of Sandona and Irish Slipper, second and fifth past the post, respectively. Both of these speedy youngsters are by Mrs. Kings own stallion, His Slipper, who is having a most successful season. Hardly a meeting goes past without a winner by this grandson of Hyperion. Sixpence is now firmly established as the fastest five-furlong filly in the country, for she was giving weight to all her opponents of both sexes in this race. She is by Ballyogan, a son of the speed sire, Fair Trial, out of Damians, a Panorama mare who has already bred three winners including Bally-dam, a useful winner in the USA. This pedigree is supercharged with speed. A week previously, the Prendergast stable had sent out the winner of the valuable Leopardstown Produce Stakes and, not content with -his, supplied the runner-up as well. First past the post was Senator J. T. Magees Mrs. Dale, an easy moving, strong-ended daughter of Impeccable, another grandson of Hyperion. Our guess is that Moonlight Express, who trailed the filly home, will reverse placings later in the season. This son of Blue Train was making his racecourse debut and if looks and action count for anything, he is a champion in the making. We are looking forward to a meeting between this long-striding colt and Mr. Terence Grays Zarathustra, another classy looking colt, who has pulverized opposition in his last three races. Leaving " out Ray Bells The Pie King, who, by his victories over the top English-trained two-year-olds at Ascot and Goodwood, has strong claims to being the best two-year-old in Europe. Moonlight Express and Zarathustra are potentially the two best first-season colts in the country. Zarathustra is trained by Michael Hurley, who has all the McVey horses under this charge. Jimmy McVey is well known at Saratoga and a consignment of his Woodpark Stud yearlings are sold every year. Brigadier "Eddy" Boylan, chief executive of the Irish Turf Club, tells us that applications from five owners have been received to enter horses in the Washington, D. C. International. Horses named are Chamier, Thirteen of Diamonds, Novarullah, Ardent Lover and Sunny Sreak. It now rests with the Laurel executive to issue invitations to as many of these horses as they choose. If numbers are limited, we expect the final selection will be made from Chamier, Thirteen of Diamonds and Ardent Lover, for on the book these three have the beating of Novarullah and Sunny Streak, although were Novarullah to reproduce his two-year-old form there are few horses in Europe who could keep him in sight. Chamier won the Irish Derby on the disqualification of Premonition, but, being a particularly long-striding colt might not be best suited by the sharp Laurel track. Ardent Lover, owned by McVey, ran into trouble of one form or another in all his early races this year, but when he was allowed to gallop on in front in the Ulster Derby he turned the tables on Irish Derby runner-up, Clonleason, in no uncertain manner. Thirteen of Diamonds, a member of the Prendergast-Hawkins team, won the Irish Derby in a canter last year and has always been one of his trainers favorites. He recently failed by a head to give away lumps of lead to useful English opposition at Goodwood. Sunny Streak, a consistent Continued on Page Forty-Three Vigors Reports News From Emerald Island Continued from Page Two performer, has just missed top class honors all season. If response from other European countries is as keen as that from Ireland, the 1953 running of Laurels International Js going to be quite a race. We would, however, recommend the Laurel executive to step up last years coordination of .traveling arrangements from this side. Confusion reigned sublime for several days last fall. A recent American visitor to the Emerald Isle was a leading lady of the American turf, Mrs. Dodge Sloane. We had the pleasure of conducting her on a lightning tour of some of the principal stud farms and, if Mrs. Sloane enjoyed our company half as much as we enjoyed hers, then a rattling good time was had by all. It did not take us long to discover that we were in the company not only of a very charming lady, but of an expert judge of horseflesh, and we therefore welcomed Mrs. Sloanes enthusiasm over Palestine, whom we have always considered as one of the best-looking stallions in Europe. Ushered into Royal Chargers box at the National Stud, the mistress of Brookmeade took one look and then turned to us with amazement in her eyes and asked the one question to which Irishmen find it difficult to give a plausible answer, "Why did you let him go?" To pass-from the mature curve of Royal Charger to the still race horse like lines of Tulyar is inevitably something of an ante climax, but we have little doubt that if our visitor had been offered the chance of taking one or the other back to her stud farm, she would have found it hard to choose Tulyars racing record in preference to Royal Chargers appearance and proven stud value. We believe that of all the horses Mrs. Sloane saw during her two days in Ireland the one which she would most like to have consigned to Brookmeade was the bay filly foal by Prince Chevalier out of the 1,000 Guineas and Oaks winner, Masake, which she was shown by Nesbit Waddington at the Aga Khans stud. We were inclined to agree with her choice. Blarney: Other recent trans-Atlantic visitors to these shores included Neil McCarthy, Maurice King and Raymond Guest. . . . We enjoyed a day round the country with the latter, who stood in Royal Chargers box and just looked and looked and looked before coming out of his trance with the verdict that, "Hes just about as good a looking stallion as I have ever seen." . . . He also admired Michael Collins two stallions, The Cobbler and Solaway. . . . McCarthy bought Michael Collins two stallions, The Cobber and Solonaway. McCarthy bought a very well-bred filly named Finn Calma, by Fair Trial out of Valiant, by Bahram, out of Trustful . . . King took a real liking to the progeny of Mrs. E. J. Kings stallion, His Slipper. . . . Both Chamier and Sixpence are out of Panorama mares. . . . There is a scarcity of this fast Orby blood in America.
