The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-16

fell to the rear in the gallop home.
Another thing which Is contributing
to the puzzle OF the situation is the short
price offered against the American colt
Sir Martin. So far he is nntried on Eng
lish soil, and when he is pulled out for
The big classic he may be as big a sur
prise as Signorinstta, the 100 to i winner
Of last year. However. the Englishmen
are not taking chances this time on out
siders and Sir Martin may go to the post
q second favorite.
The Two Thousand Guineas was insti-
tuted 1o1 years ago. and then as to-day
It was run over the course at New
market-the Rowley Mile. This Rowley
Mile is the first mile Of what is known as
across the dat a straightaway of a
mile and q quarter in length and one
Of the grandest pieces Of racing turf In
the world. Were 1t necessary a hundred
horses could be started abreast and with
room to-spare. OF course the q has
always more or less of a bearing on the
Derby, for it yearly affords a chance
10 see the first airing Of the classic colts.
Yet it is remarkable in this long span
Of years that only twenty winners OF the
Guineas took the Derby.
Very little history OF the early con-
tests has been handed down, but the
Racing Calendar has 1t that five colts
and three fllies started, there being nc
conditions OF sex, in the initial fixture.
This was In 1909, and in 1914 the One Thou
sand vss inaugufsted. The first winner
was Wizard. by Black Sorcerer, owned
by a man named Wilson, who has often
boon referred to az the father OF the turf,
but without foundation. Second to the
Wizard was a horse named Cock Robin.
who belonged TO Sir John Shelley, who
won the race in 1919 with Antar. In third
place was an animal named~Fair Star,
owned by Sir Charles Bunbury Of Nomed.
Smolensko and Eleanor fame.
The Wizard was raced In light blue
trimmed with, black and black cap" and
no wss ridden by Cliff. the crack jockey
OF the time, Twelve classics in all
fell TO Cliff. including three Derbys.
an Oaks and ST. Leger, and he might
have won tho Derby on the Wizard but
for having to meet such a stickler as The
Pope. who had the then famous Tom
Goodison for a pilot. The Pope beat the
Guineas winner. by a neck and 1t is sinsu-
lar that only the merest details are OBJ
tainable about n Of the greatest
contests Of that time. Thornton, in bis,
description OF great racehorses, says
that Frank Buckle had the mount IN
Wizard at Epson, but this Is wrong. >
Whatever bearing the Two Thousand
had ON the Derby in its earlier years the
first animal to account for the double
event was Sir Charles Bunbury's Smol-
ensko in 1913, and in the first fifty years OF
the Guineas but -four other horses dupli-
Gated the feat Of Smolensko. These were
the Duke of RutIand's 'Cadland in 1923.
Lord Jerseys Bay Middleton in 1895,
Cotherrtune in is43 and West Australia in
Isss, the last mentioned being the first OF
the triple crown winners, and he, like
Cotherstone, belonged 10 a man named
Bowee. In the second stage Of the race.
that Is, in the last fifty years, there have
1893; Ladas. 1894; Ga!tee More, 1897: Flying
Fox. 1900; Diamond Jubilee. 1900; Rock
Sand, 1903. and at, Amant, 1904.
Such instances arc perhaps green in the
memory Of turfgoers, and FOR the matter
Of that so are some Of their predecessors,
like Macaroni. 1865: Gladiateur. 1855; Lord
Lyon. 1888: Pretender. 1889; Shotover,
| 1919, wv wv III
Common, 1891. The cases in the lOl
years where tho winner OF the Two Thou
sand has been second in the Derby are
surprisingly few. In the lst half besides
the Wizard already mentioned there wa
Reginals in 1921, who won the Guineas for
the Duke Of Grafton and got beaten at
Epsom by Gustavus. Lord Jerseys Rid
dfesworth won 40 easily over the Rowley
Mile that odds of q to 1 were bet on him
in the Derby, but he had to give way to
Lord Lowther's Spaniel. Then in is4s,
when Gully won the Derby with Pyrrhus
Sykes. It seems. was unlucky. as be lost .
lot Of ground at the start, and then in q
grand tusele he was not quite able to get
up and he lost by q mock. voltigusr came
in in 1855, and he pleased all Yorkshire by
defeadng the Guineas hero Pttsford, be-
longing 70 a.l 1;s Rii; a length:
connection with the race In 1880. for in
that year ! second Guiness winner named
| Wixard was bowled over by the famous
horse Thormanby, ridden by the late
Harry Constance. Two years later saw
tho Marquis. = clever hero At Newmarket.
and 70 . f.yorite At Epson, suoouhb
tac,,s. Nextin order-l8ot-saw the hopes
Of Lord 0laaGow dashed 10 the ground
at. Epson ny the. appearance OF Blair
Athoi. the highly bred son" Of. Stookweil
out Of Blink Benny, q Derby and Oaks
heroine. and he easily settled General
Peel. II 10 not out OF place here to men
ton Gang Forward, who won the Guineas
Of 1873, and In the Derby ran a dead heat
Tor SECOND place with the Kaiser. Bin
gulariy enough, tho winner wa Donoaster,
Who ran ..nplaced to the pair over the
Rowiey Mile.
The nsxt Guinsas winner TO run second
at EPSON was Peregrine In 1881, Thil
should Be Of exceptional interest to Amer.
loans. a. II was 1roquois year, and more 80
a. IL marked q reversal Of form. Pere.
grine waA leading in tho straight, bu,
Fred Archer on Iroquols swooped down on
the leader and amid q sosne OF excite
msnt not since equalled shot past him ant
gained the Blue Riband for America.
r. Webb had the mount OF Peresrtne, anc
1t was singular that these riders had I
similar tlt Again. In 1885. whom Melton
and Paradox fought II. out for both races
Archer won the 0uineAs With Paradox
but at Epsom was claimed by Lord Hat
inGs for Melton, and the KingsolArv peopl,
had to fall back on Webb Tor PSfadox
In the annals 81 the Guineaa and DERBY
there 10 no greater contest reooedsd, Anc
II viii be forever set down - Archer
top notch piece Of riding how be no
Melton homo In front, Of Paradox. ES,
pert optnion always favored the hitter b
b the better animal. the .oredit, for. Mel,