New-York tribune., 1918-09-22
Lady Douglas
ToBeQueenof Of
England's Turf
Great Colt, Cainsborouoh
Lands Her First Amone
Winning Owners

" '' England, Sept. q
With the end of the racing ss...
sight here, those who make a bus;. -"
Of statistics have begun to svnr.
the probable leaders of the d;sa..'
departments of the turf. Alwav, Az
most important. the winning ow,~t
comes in for extra attention. a,->a
pecially more so this year, as the .on
notcher is going to be woman
Lady James Douglas is cer.s;.
head the list whea the flag fails ~
the last spin, as she has at nre.o..
more than $4,000 to her credit VIII
rosy possibility of $4,000 moro =
couple of big races to come. A. a.
has more than double that Of her ma.
est opponent. it is unlikely that al,
will be headed, so that for the s,,.
time In the history of English racin,
woman will wear the crown Of ~.
sport of kings"
Lady Douglas stands good char.,
of adding TO her total in the Sen.on
! Der meeting here, and in the Houpb.on
meeting, which takes place in Octoba,
This year the September Cup takes N,
place of the ST. Leger. and on accom-,
of the war it will be worth only ahou,
$4,000.
At the present moment there is no,h
ing one sees likely to trouble the great
colt Gainsborough. which won the Two
Thousand Guineas, the Derby and the
Newmarket Gold Cup for Lady Dong.
las, and colt regarded by some Of
the keenest critics as the best rare.
horse since the days of Isinglass. and
not a few dub the son of Bayardo A,
another Isinglass. A few days ago Il
was announced that the Jockey Club
Stakes this year VIII be worth s26oOO
to the winner, and the race will be the
big thing of the Houghton meeting.
Speed Is Unaffected
Perhaps no thoroughbred Of recent
years has come in for such number
of ill-timed reports about his condition
as has Gainsborough, the latest being
that he was suffering from thorough,
pins, which are said to nave wonder.
fully affected his speed and to have
put him practically out of the running
for the September Cup and the Jockey
Club Stakes. How the canard started
nobody could tell. Not even Alec Tay-
lor, his trainer, could trace the origin
of the yarn, for yarn it now appears
to be.
After Gainsborough won the Derby
rumor fluttered about that he was a
non-stayer. as the then approaching
Gold Cup would show. The Gold Cup
came off and emphatically demonstrated
that Gainshorough was all sorts OF
slayer, and not alone that, but he gave
a display at the finish the likes OF
which has not been seen in the last
quarter of a century.
The distance was two miles and
twentyfour Yards and Gainsborough
had matters all his own way and was
casing up toward the wire when all Of
a sudden Foy, on Planet. put in we'll
timed and wellbaianced challengs,
Childs, the jockey on GainsborougA,
was nearly caught mapping, but when
he saw his danger he called on the colt
with vigorous shake-up, and Just in
three strides Gainsborough got up
steam and shot past the post a winner
1t is only great race- that could &C.
complish such feat, and the quibbler
were still for the time being
Irish Racing Outlook
Evidently our Irish friends across
the Channel have no feeling Of pessi-
mlsm in regard TO future racing in the
Green Isle, and it is curious com
mtntary on the present situation that
the Irish Derby for next year will be
worth $40 600 and the Irish Oaks sl5.-
600. Formerly these events were only
o: trumpery value. but racing is going
ahead in ireland as il has never gone
before, and yet the authorities in Eng
land are placing all sorts of restrc-
ucns on the sport under the trans
parent excuse of wartime eNlgencies,
but apparently anxious TO stamp it ou,
altogether.
Any drastically severe measures i'm
POSED on racing in ireland wculd be
serious, if not disastrous, and would
be stoutly opposed, because horse
breeding and agriculture. which are
closely allied, Will in future represent
the essence of that country's pros
perity.
At the moment Ireland is land Of
plenty. if not exactly of peace ine1seN
Few who visit it would imagine tasl
there is a grim and ghastly war beng
bitterly fought out on the Western
front of Europe. Verify, we are LIVING
in strange times. While there is no
lack of racing in Ireland, the pas
month i'll England was compleu
blank, condition entirely dlferh.
from the custom of former years. nov
we shall have 10 possess our sous
till the Newmarket third extra thIs
month, fixture which is but a poor
substitute for the historical 'Lese'
Week" of the old days.