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IRISH TRAINERS VISIT ENDS Captain Cecil Boyd-Rochfort Praises Widener and Hialeah Park. Jkloro Than Half of Horses .in His Care Owned By American Sportsmen Seminole Promising. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 16. When the Majestic sailed from New York recently she carried among her passengers the successful Irish trainer Capt. Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, who is returning to England after a brief holiday in this country. Capt. Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, who trains the horses that several of our leading sportsmen race in England, has for some years made it a habit of annually paying us a flying visit, and he has already made tentative plans to return next winter. While here he was the guest of the chairman of The New York Jockey Club, William Woodward, and paid a visit to the latters Belair Stud, Collington, Md., where he looked over the thoroughbred stock. He made no selections of the youngsters that the proprietor will send overseas this summer, with a view to being- raced in England next sea-. son. Trainer Boyd-Rochfort is content to rely on William Woodwards own judgment in this matter, especially as the owner-breeder has selected two winners of the important Newmarket Stakes and Prince of Wales Stakes at Ascot. The Irish visitor spent his last two weeks here as the guest of the president of the Westchester Racing Association and Miami Jockey Club, Joseph E. Widener, at his winter home, Palm Beach, Fla. He was charmed with his visit to the sunny South. Quite naturally, while in Florida, Captain Boyd-Rochfort visited the remodeled Hialeah Park at Miami, which he described as perfection even to the minutest detail. He added, "The patrons of American racing owe an everlasting debt of gratitude to Joseph E. Widener, who spares neither time nor money in providing the best that racing can give in ideal surroundings. I wish we had a sportsman who would do for us in England what Mr. Widener has done for American racing. The reconstructed Hialeah Park plant is the last word in race tracks and beauty. The racing I witnessed there was high class and keenly contested, while the attendances were large and enthusiastic." STABLE THIS SEASON. Questioned about the prospects of the extensive stable of horses he has in his care at Freemason Lodge, Nekmarket, for the coming season in England, trainer Boyd-Rochfort said: "I am looking forward to a successful season, and hope at least to equal my records of the past, if not surpass them. I have a choicely-bred, good-looking, healthy lot of material to work on, and, if fortune will only cast a benign smile on my efforts, I may achieve new records. "Of the forty-eight horses in my care more than half are owied by my wealthy American patrons. Fifteen belong to my oldest patron, Marshall Field, and they were all bred at his Irish stock farm in County West-meath. I am hoping that his good colt Jacopo, the champion juvenile of 1930, will stage a comeback and find his true form this season, as last year he was off color all season and caused us no end of worry. He is undoubtedly a good colt. "Of the older horses in my care the American-bred Sir Andrew, the four-year-old son of Sir Gallahad III., winner last season of the Newmarket Stakes and Prince of Wales Stakes at Ascot, and third in the St. Leger for his owner-breeder, William Woodward, should be a real candidate in the better class stakes and cup events this season. Pahokee, the 1931 Irish St. Leger second, a colt that was improving with each race last year, should continue to carry Joseph E. Wideners silks with distinction when not pitted against top class opposition. "I have no outstanding performer so far as my American patrons are concerned in my second season division, but I have two or three maidens, notably Mr. Wideners Seminole, a half-brother to the good race ! horses and more successful sire Blandford sire of the Derby winners Trigo and Blenheim, that may exceed my expectations. PROMISING TWO-YEAR-OLBS. "I have a splendid collection of well-bred, well-developed two-year-olds, including a half-sister to Jacopo, owned and bred by Mr. Field, who also has some nice colts by such fashionable sires as Hurry" On, Gay Crusader, Colorado and Sansoyino, to sport his silks. "The champion on looks in my juvenile string is the Kentucky-bred colt Flying Spear, a bay son of Sir Gallahad in. Filante. As his breeding suggests, he is owned by Mr. Wood, who also has two other American-bred colts and the filly Brown Betty, which I purchased for him at the Doncaster sales. "For John Hay Whitney I have two juveniles, both products of the Emerald Isle, one a half-brother to the smart race horse Flying Argosy, a bay colt by Achtoi, from Flying Fish, which was bred by his owner at the Middleton Park Stud, County West-meath. The other is a chestnut filly by Abbots Trace, from Tete-a-Tete, bred by Lord Furness at the Geitown Stud. Kildare, and purchased at the Doncaster sales. I have no two-year-olds for Mr. Widener this year." Last season Capt. Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, though his horses were off color for quite a time, saddled the winners of thirty-four acres, earning more than 00,000 in first money prizes. The horses belonging to American patrons in Boyd-Rochforts care at Newmarket are as follows: PROPERTY OF MARSHALL FIELD. Royal Pilgrim, ch. c, 4, by Swynford Princess du Quart. Jacopo, br. c, 4, by Sansovino Black Ray. Corn Belt, br. c, 4, by Son-in-Law Golden Corn. Marine Law, b. c, 3, by Son-in-Law Marissa. Tableau, b. f, 3, by Gainsborough Inscription. Unnamed chestnut filly, 3, by Phalaris Princess du Quart. Bay filly, 2, by Ethnarch Black Ray. Bay filly, 2, by Warden of the Marshes Merytaton. Bay filly. 2, by Sansovino Nancy Stair. Bay filly, 2, by Colorado Star Bright. Chestnut colt, 2, by Phalaris Princess du Quart. Bay colt, 2, by Gay Crusader Torlister. PROPERTY OF WILLIAM WOODWARD. Flange, b. g, 6, by Flamboyant Ballycumber. Sir Andrew, b. c, 4, by Sir Gallahad III. Gravitate. Praetor br. c, 4, by Phalaris Simons Shoes. Pinacho, b. or br. c, 2, by Pharos Mitylene. Flying Spear II., b. c, 2, by Sir Gallahad III. Filante. Battling Boy, b. c, 2, by Sir Gallahad III. Battle. Aquilus, br. c, 2, by Aga Khan Minerva. Brown Betty, br. f, 2, by Friar Marcus Garpal. PROPERTY OF J. E. WIDENER. Pahokee, br. c, 4, by Spion Kop Deocaun. Metapedia, b. g, 4, by Salmon Trout Rose-wyn. Seminole, br. g, 3, by Diligence Blanche. PROPERTY OF J. H. WHITNEY. Blue Dust, b. or br. f, 3, by Gainsborough Golden Araby. Bay colt, 2, by Achtoi Flying Fish. Chestnut filly, 2, by Abbots Trace Tete-a-Tete. Zahn showed speed from the starting stalls. Dorothy Hicks and Almadele went together the first three-eighths
