The New York herald., 1922-04-02
AUSTRALIANS NEW
RACING CHAMPION
Eurythmic, a Public Idol, Has
Won More Money Than the
Great Cup Horse, Carbine.

After HAVING held the record more
than thirty years as the largest winner
In the history OF the Australian turf,
the great Carpine lost his laurels few
weeks ago. By winning one of the rich
stake races at sydney. Eurythmic
brought his total up to sl56.3s5. or
$4,000 more than Carbine earned In his
thirty-five winning races Eurythmic
has started in thlrty-flve races, twenty
eight OF which he has won.
The new champion OF the Antipodes
" reported to be as much OF a public
idol as Carbine ever was or as Man
o'war became in his short career on the
American turf He has twice failed in
Australia's most famous race, the Mel
bourne Cup. yet the discriminating pub.
lie, remembering his crushing burden of
145 pounds over the two-mile course,
still cheer him as a hero whenever he
appears. He is now five years old. AS a
four-year-o last season he earned $685.
900 and won twelve races. three of
which were at two miles and six at a
mile and a half-more distance races
than all the horses in America won in
1921.
Eurythmic was bred by fve-year-
old boy, according to the Australian
Stud Book. but the record is an illus
tration of the absurd racing rule which
lists as the breeder anybody whose prop
erty horse is when foaled In this case
William Thompson bred the mare Bob
Cherry to Eudorus and then gave her to
HIS little grandson, Noel, aged five. The
horse Is now owned by Z. Lee Steere.
chairman OF the West Australian Turf
Club. The sire of Eurythmic was an inn
ported English horse by Forfarshire. son
of the EPSON Derby winner Merry
Hampton. In the maternal line Euryth-
mic traces back to the imported English
mare Actress by Stockwell.
Until Poltrel broke down and was re-
tired to the stud last year Eurythmic
had formidable rival in the horse that
the Sydney Referee has called ''the
greatest two-miler Australia ever saw
His victory in the Melbourne Cup In
1920 ranked with the best performances
Of Carbine himself. Carrying 140
pounds he unfinished Eurythmic Gao
pounds). Erasmus COS pounds) and
Comedy Queen (s3 pounds) in impress
sive style. while his time for the dis
tance-3 :25--was by far the best on
record with equal weight up. few
days after the cup race Poltrel and
Eurythmic met at mile and half
at weight for age. Unofficial timers
caught their last half mile in 0:47
Eurythmic won by three parts OF a
length.
Poitrel is the second winner OF the
Melbourne Cup got by imported St
A1wyne, son of st. Frusquin and Lady
Alwyne, dam of the Oaks winner Airs
and Graces. that is in turn the dam OF
Jardy. The great stayer's dam. Poin-
ard, a poor performer. was by i'm.
ported Metal. son of Sterling, and
traced back to mare called Whizgig,
said TO have been imported from Eng
land in 1926.
Racing in Australia is apparently at
the food tide OF prosperity. about
$4.500, 900 having been distributed In
stakes last season. The prizes for
horses OF the better class are among the
most liberal in the world. or 100000
distributed by one association no less
than $500, 900 was added money, so that
only 100000 came out of the owners OF
race horses. At another meeting s36.-
900 Is now added to the Sydney Derby,
as compared with $3.50 in the same
race twenty years ago.