The sun., 1903-01-11
ENGLISH SPORTING NEWS.
''Oid Blue' Chuciscs Henley stewards
-Bacon Beaten by Frenchman.

bacon Beaten BY Frenchman.
Just now English racing critics and thos
keen on form are busy curing out the chances
breeding and other probabilities Of the cracl
coming three year -olds. most Of which ar
Derby nominations. OF the colts. Flotsam
Rock Sand, Qseatorex and Rabelais have lon
since been assiened to q foremost place oil
their public performances as two-year-olds
However there are several others to be con
sdered and with these the sharps are work
Ing. endcavorins to unearth their real merit
OF this latter class. quite the incest colt u
Sermon, a son Of Friars Balsam and Lister
BY haribert Ser mon. who 10 y posthumou'
offsprin g-Friars Balsam having died II
l8Oo-showed, splendid dash and staying
powers In the New Stakes when he strodt
by Oreatorex lie had somewhat long lis
Of failures. but In the race for the Prendcr gas
Stake made the blue blooded Chauser lool
ike q selling platter. The horses 10 owned
by Sir Ernest Cassel. and there 10 just pos
sibilty that he may be Missing from the
Derby. but he Ia entered for the Two Thou.
sand Guineas Another grand thoroughbred
is Fariman He is out Of Belllnzoria. BY CALI
rule, and captured the four events In which
he appeared in decisive style.
A powerful and splendidly made Sanimal
is NJ ,rtinet. by Martagon. He has appeared
only twice, but though unsuccessful In smart
company. finished at such gait that he should
be reckoned In the foremost rank next sum
mer John Peel is the unaristrocratic coRno-
men OF right good Derby colt He was
bred BY Lord Clonmell ut Bishops Court.
and at one Of the Doncaster sales, afterward.
yas sold for 500 guincas. He shows great
siren 9Th. and with powerful action he may
exhibit something rare when the proper
time arrives.
OF the hlles there are three who stand out
They are Caravel Baroness
La Fleche and q Iintsssence. or this trio
the choice leans a bit toward the Baroness,
but the shrewd ones says she will have hard
time showing the way to the far-stridinR
CMavel. Caravel s by Pioneer. out Of a
Morganette mare and is TIE biggest oily ever
seen on the English turf She Is owned by
John Gubbins and has been kept more or less
In the d ark ns to her real form. QIintes-
sence " by ST. Frusquin. She won tie Bien-
nial at Ascot and In the first July meeting
beat Sermon for the Exeter New Stakes. In
like Carave and Baroness La fleche. Q Iintes-
sence has an unbeaten record.
Acefuli. the American Derby candidate
Is still being exercised along with the Hug
gins string at Heath House. Newmarket
Bailantrae. Pan Michael White webbs. Ham
era.ios II, 4innity. Ca, Bird and others of the
The more English rowing men rumtna ate on
the resolution passed BY the Henley stewards
the more diss,sted they grow; To the sur
Moss, whose son rowed In the Oxford boat
last year. has declared himself IN favor cf
barring. professionally coached foreisners
r. G.. Lehman, the noted amateur Goa h.
latest number OF sporting LVs -Old Blue :"
walks all over the stewards. in the following
40 the Henley regatta stewards have
pa ssed the resoIut'ol debarrins professiona
co,Shins FOR crew By sSmmoa Son'eSt fo1
no British crew would think OF bring coached
by professionals nowadays. We all know.
resolution Is simply a slap at foreign crews
Every race has its own customs. asa humor-
ist once said Of the Anthropophag,. and so
sa, forth fully in this column last Wednesday.
IL has loag been the custom Tor american
and Continental crews to employ professions!
Hobson;s Choice. The supply OF qualihed
amateur coaches was not nearly equal to the
demand But what about the immediate out
Firstly. Cornell University has decided
pot to come next year vile ~ from all one
,Ss rsys T mee,ea
Those responsible for this latest move. are
doubtless chucklinR over the success OF their
91on nnd Tss of h ~
but | did think 'we,bobs OF experience would
quickly tumble to the rdison d s,re OF this
One rowin man Of note slenced the room with
the sustained thunder Of his Cyclopean laugh
at the mere mention OF II last Saturday night.
a oaauo authority. agree With me that On
pSssns .h: rssolStiOn the Hen;y ;S steward;
the whole civilized world, The insidious ma.
ture Of the new rul. 10 20 palplhly demon.
ss."'fH; ar more y0Sa aissa..sd :H one tscomss A. !"
eis sIs"Hiil LIZ ysSy Rnsiish. and i Certainly
The up-to-dats position reads thus No
British crew is ever coached by professionals.
whereas the majority Of foreign crews are.
senET 20 ,ra most British scuiier. employ proies.
icrelsn ieSer 'S1Sa orsw. employ them. z. isci q
sppiS 70 sSaers should be glad 10 know S"
h a more glaTine case OF un- En- glish. unsports-
Or sTosy S. Sr as.
ns M body boiore Small wonder that the
,tmcs; Sisgust Is eyinsed Sy the majority as. py
.cSiIef. under the ban also, Would that. we
q ,nq note s"Ss the Outcome @ Of his % reaoietion
-The Henley stewards must pass i or for
cns T'Tsa . s' oSSset ff
,.'"s,sIsd 3 so,and. Il t must b. applied ali round
TO scullers as well as oarsmen. Otherwise.
he fact upon which have insisted all along
oreign oompetitors. WIN become all the more
manifest When passed, moreover. no " about
,ur ever increasing number OF amateur
Icullers? There are not dozen III that
iuly qualified amateur sculling coaches In
he majority OF our rising scullers vii have
% coach on their own. to adopt vulgarism.
III experienced oarsmen know what this
means: In short. 6y passing such totally
rule. the Henley stewards have
4 ought 70 be embodied in an up-to-date
arce. entitled Sentence First. Verdict After
rard Talk about Alice in Wonderland
foot race Of an international character
lam, on Dec. IS. The competitors were
'red Bacon. former long -distanoe cham
ZION OF England. and A., Charbonnel. the
french champion, who last summer de-
eated Len Hurst in the great French road
were q distance Of twelve miles
or ESQ a side, 4 big crowd gathered to see
he race and the betting was to on Bacon.
no gS.5 5..s-S shc~s fhe Frenchn
Isine shoes with rubber soles. There was
~, n1 Gs AND ys PnSe. % SSna sns fOnt s
light lead. which no kept all the way. On
he straight for ~. last mile the Frenchman
increased his lead slightly. eventually win
ing by thirty yards. The time was rather
lOr Stins hour 10 MINUTE. 20 :soo1ds
erland. there passed away recently Robert
efferson. one OF the most noted ooursers
q ENGLAND Nearly half q century ago he |
wned Judge, winner OF the Waterloo cup.
nd such wsl-k crack creeks o. the leash as