The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-20
ENGLISH SPORTING NEWS.
Ard Patrick Not to Race Again-Rock Sand
Has Rheumatism.

Ho0 HneumetlSm.
| Ard Patrick, the Derby winner OF 1902,
| will not be seen In public again. His re-
markable victory over Sceptre and Rock Sand
, In the Eclipse Staket in July Is to be permitted
| to end his racing career. and the colt will
F, probably 60 TO the stud forthwith Shortly
| before Ard Patrick ran at Sandown Park
in July he was sold to Count Lehndor1 for
10000 guiness. with the condition that the
| horse WAS to be permitted to fulfil his weights
| for -age engagements before proceeding for
! Germany. He won the Eclipse stakes, and
would probably have won the remaining
! two races had he run In them. these being
, the Jockey Club stakes Of 10000 soverelgns.
| to be decided at Newmarket and the Cham
pion stakes OF 1000 sovereigns. added to y
! sweepstake Of 50 sovereigns each. to be run
| at the second October meeting. The net
! value OF these events to the winner last year
! was . little over 1900 sovereigns. and 1t Is
! Of Ard Patrick. has received recompense
Ard Patrick. who is by 81. FloIian out OF
credlting his owner with 2s.8l8 sovereigns.
OF this sum he won 1895 sovereigns az two
! year-old. 7.s4O as a three-year-old and 1910
! sovereigns the present season.
amounts won by other noted English horses
during their racing careers car Isinglass.
st. Frusquin, 81, 800; Ormonde. 2s.2s5; Ga1tee.
More, a7,ols; Velasquez. 2s,sss. and Ladas.
According to S 3 ramor. ~ Rock Sand. winner
| destined for long career on the turf. When
market ono Of the critics noticed that
rs.ped along until he limbsTsd up.
seemed to move as we'll as ever. but ap-
Very little can be done for racers suffer
IN the current issue Of Sporting Sketches
the papers racing critic has the following
to say on American trainers and their
sss ssG q hsf out m2Sr
x ha PFesib S Shd Chef aies in
horses eharo cter before they attempt TO do
S1 KSen ss Day eus they ape pc
detail is small enough for them to neglect.
An American trainer can. md often does.
ss not ~ tsse WITCH sTe
nervous Or fainthearted often improve
appreciably under his tactful treatment.
professors who. having a restless and ex-
ccitabe mare. hing IN her, box an ingenious
arran cement Of small bells. whose tinklins.
and gradually calm her down.
Music" he explained. !. supposed to
soothe The savage breast s 81 i nay e,y also tran
rate. 1t Is my duty to make the experiment"
The last quoted statement represents in
effect one OF the setLets Of such raners
ments They are not pleased to jog along in
the familiar groove because i suited n.., their
grandfather and the old cha p !eft little money
ahead, and II horse cannot be trained to
win race In one way. they try another. or
Of giving pp the nobe
animal as incorrigible until he has won
race Of some sort does, not enter their heads
~. er he a Is prsctsqlIy Worth e' '"" "o
1T 10 while dealing with all points Of detail
that the smart imported gen,t!em men who
n n"rtc ,9,0 hs 70 oher morning notire2
on the training ground that one 60, Of them has
a tTos.. Without being pulled up. two or three
hundred yn saFd Walked he about h'E dn s Rss1 h
they are allowed to pick mt the grass. They
enjoy that indulgence very much: it-like
those sweetiy tinSilGg ,b 5sshslps TO calm
They do not fear that they are going to be,
or have been. gnlloped when there is bit OF
The most important athletic event in the
British Isles recently was the Gaelic hl'tic
Championships OF Ireland. They. were held
at Jones road. Dublin. and the winners were
Putting ns;pound shot-,D l,orgsn. , Banter
40 feet Z inches running high Jump c. Leahy
chsrieve. feet AZ inches: running long Jump
s,As se' nshss es5STGs
feet s inches; 10. pound hammeE-T r: klely, III
feet Z Inches: i2O.yard hurdle-T. r: Kelly 10 ~
seconds: i00yard dash--J. c. Hcaly, Longford
10 SIS seconds: three standing Jumps. J Bresni
| han Dublin 81 feet II inches 40 yard rum H. b.
| Porter, Kilkenny. 54A-S seconds 2:0yard nun
| Il c. HeAly. "a 10 seconds: one mile rum
| Hyman. Knocklong, 4 minutes Ts-i seconds
$50 yard rum. Culhane, INSTRUMENTATION.
! minutes is seconds: rsng and striking hurting
| bpl,-R O'Kcefc, Pallasgreen 23t feet inches
football place kickE. Doyle Dublin, ga fec,
| II inches.
| A feature Of the English cricket season
which Ia now pra ctically ended, has been thu
number OF drawn and abandoned matches
The finances Of some Of the country clubs
are IN perilous condition 1t seems. and only
large private subscriptions will enable them
to continue on the list. The surprise OF
the season has been the defeat Of Yorkshire
for the championship. but the honorg are
evenly divided between Sussex and the
northern county. The most interesting
feature OF the season was the batting OF c. b
Fry. He made an average Of over so for tho
season and these figures would have been
| Increased had IL been a batting season
X, II Spooner will not be one Of the tea
of crcketers to visit Australia. He has mott.
| Ned tho NJ. G. G. that his business enga 60
! i rn~nta ara too oreuainR.