San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-02

few days before the race, to be
trained at Singleton, where Leigh
had taken his headquarters. Epinard
started hot favorite, at z to 2, in
field Of fourteen. On sufferance,
the four-year-old Linby slightly led
from Epinard for three furlongs.
The "Frenchman" then went to the
front and, without being called upon
to exert himself, won in a canter by
two lengths from Jarvie (a three
year-old receiving fourteen pounds).
This smashing victory was received
by the onloOkers with true British
sportsmanship and the King sent for
Mr.. Pierre Wertheimer to congratu-
late him, a token of Royal sympa-
thy very rarely bestowed except to
Derby winners.
From England Epinard was sent
to Deauville, but the state of the
track, after q spell of very hot wealth
er, was such that Leigh advised Mr..
Wertheimer not to run him at the
meeting, and took his horse back TO
Maisons-L affitte.
Famous Newmarket Run.
Not for long though. The weights
of the Cambridgeshire. the most i'm
portant handicap in England. to be
run on 1900 m. at Newmarket. on
October 81, were hardly out that both
Mr.. Pierre Wertheimer and his train
er, in spite of the tremendous burden
allotted Epinard % st. y decided to
take up the gauntlet. And early in
September, leaving the remainder of
his horses in the care of his friend
the American trainer, Wallace Davis.
Eugen Leigh, with q small string of
horses, once more emigrated to Eng
land, staying first at Singleton, and
later on at Newmarket, meaning to
give to his charge thorough pr.rnr-
alton. Backed with the. utmost. con-
fidence both by French and English
,sportsmen, Epinard, in the pink of
condition, started hot favorite, at
3 to !, in a field of % which in
cluded a lot Of first-class performers,
such as Pharos, second to Papyrus
in the Derby, now in receipt of nine
pounds from Epinard. Re-Echo. the
winner Of the race in 1922, etc. Soon
after the start, Epinnrd had such
lead as to enable him to cross the
track from the right 10 the stand
side. this being considered by many
rs the best part of the course. One
after the other, all challengers fell
back, hopelessly beaten. first Jarvie,
then Pharos and finally Dumas lin
receipt of 81 pounds. Only one OPP
poncnt was left with fighting chance.
Verdict, a very good filly, winner
of six of her eight races, handicap
ped is pounds lower than Epinard
1t was only in the last twenty yards
that. thanks to a magnificent piece
of riding of her jockey. NJ. Beary.
she just managed to get up to win
by a neck. Tongues, of course, be-
gan to wag directly after the race
was over and all sporting writers
have since had go at explaining
show it happened" Opinions natural
ly widely differed but it is worth
notice that all English writers, in
spite of their quite natural citation at
Verdict's victory, never failed TO de-
scribe Epinard's defeat as GLORIOUS
To Run at Belmont Park.
Nineteen hundred twenty-four is to
be the last season of Epinard on the
turf, but it will not in the least be
his less busy one.
Both Mr.. Pierre Wertheimer and
Leigh have shown that they believe
in a bold policy and Epinard's pro-
gram for the present is framed on
the broadcast lines. The stable will
have to choose between ten or so en-
gagements in England and Mr.. Wer-
theimer intends TO let his horse run
once or twice in France, where the
racing public is longing to see its
idol again. On top of that, in the
second half of the present year. the
present intention Of the stable is to
sail to the United States, there to
give the American champions
chance of proving their smartness.
Mr.. Wertheimer has always been very
partial to America. country where
his business is doing splendidly and
where he always met with the most
cordial reception. He believes IN
American training and in American
jockeyship and his horse, as shown
above, has got plenty of American
blood.
The races scheduled for America
will be of the greatest international
sports interest. That they are TO be
friendly was a foregone conclusion
from the moment when Mr.. Werthei-
mer appeared here last winter with
the sporting mototo-"Let the best
horse win"