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EVOLUTION OF THE ENGLISH RACING

THOROUGHBREDS

CROSSES WITH BARBS AND ARABS

ROYALTY'S PROMINENT

PART

Sydney, December 16. WHAT a marvellous sport horse-racing must be to have ingrained itself so closely and pro- foundly into the fibre and spirit of human nature!

FOR MANY YEARS HORSES WERE BRED

PRIMARILY

FOR UTILITY PURPOSES—FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STANDARD OF HORSES FOR THE ARMY AND FOR SADDLE MOUNTS.

To-day this is not the case, though it is still true that the utility breeds (hunters, coaching types, saddle horses, Army re- mounts, etc.) benefit from concentration on the production of thoroughbreds.

While this is the case, it cannot

be claimed, even by those who EX-CADDIE

take no interest in horseracing,

that the breeding of bloodstock

serves no

purpose other than that TIES

of the Turf.

The racehorse is probably more popular to-day than ever before. The racehorse and the greyhound are both bred, in the first place, solely for racing purposes. It was a recognised fact years ago that

WITH

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Assistants Triumph At Wentworth

Mrs. F. H. Stokes, above, is like ly to turn out for St. Andrew's against Recreio to-night in the Mixed Doubles Badminton League.

in search of fame and fortune. He

SPORT

QUIZ

(By JIM DONALD)

Sydney, December 12. "American tennis girls, Doro- thy Bundy and Dorothy Work- man, are genuine blondes.” Fair dinkum.

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"Donald Budge is delightful to meet, on and off the court." Him budgeree good pfeller.

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** These bowlers are fond of their greens.

Negro boxer Tom Chester is so black that he is known as the "Ace of Coals."

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American pugilist, Lou Farber, has fought in more countries than Napoleon."

In golf a divot is a sod of grass, gone wrong.

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N. S. Wales police crew "copped"

Russia, in the days of the Czars, GUILDFORD ALLIANCE aid well in several big events, but, the senior eight at Henley.

COMPETITION

(By GEORGE GREENWOOD)

London, December 17.

overtaken by the slump, Smithers returned to England and once again became a caddie at the old club.

Having faith in himself and his game, Smithers competed in last

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That £7 bonus took the shine out of the Soccer stars.

Two assistants, H. G. Bowen, year's Open championship at Hoy- Michael Bingham, is gradually be- Wlake and for two rounds was in the coming more restrained in the driv- tied running. In the end he finished in ing department. He is a born short- in front of Charles game player and a beautiful putter 18-17th place, one the Whitcombe. For a working caddie-smooth and at the same time fear- less. Well-judged pitching on half-

used to annually supplement from the consolidated revenue a large amount for the improvement of the breed of horses for the Army. Eng- land had no necessity to do that, but obtained the same, or better, results in a better way.

MADE INDUSTRY POPULAR of the Berkshire club, and The King, for instance, bred and Smithers, of Sunningdale, raised horses and made the indus-for the Guildford Alliance try popular. The

the holes stroke competition on aspirants for popularity, from the West course at Wentworth, nobility to the coster, went in for ginia Water, yesterday. horse-racing. Thus, directly or in-had a 77, equàlling the scratch secured the directly, without any grants or aids score, but Bowen from the Government, they went on first prize by virtue of the better improving the breed of the English inward half-37 against 39. racehorse until it had no peer in the world.

whole of

So marked has become the su- periority of the English breed that people go to England from all parts of the world, as to the "Fountain Head,” to buy thorough- bred stock for the purpose of rais- ing, or maintaining, the standards -of their own.

Vir-this was an excellent achievement. Both BORN. SHORT-GAME PLAYER frozen ground was the feature of his

A.

Their success was particularly noteworthy in view of the fact that among the 100 competitors were three members of Britain's Ryder Cup team-A. Perry, Lacey and W. J. Cox. Perry and Cox, baffled by the antics of the ball on frozen grounds, finished round about the 80's, while Through several centuries Barbs Lacey, after some heavy explora- and Arabs were introduced into tion work in the woods, retired Britain. They were crossed with gracefully.

native stock- of extremely hardy Bowen has been with Lacey five character, and in this way the out-years, first at Selsdon Park and then standing horses of later years were at Berkshire. Aged 24, Bowen may largely developed.

be classed as one of the long hitters, but well-judged play on and round

LITTLE CHANCE

HIT A TREE

It is reasonable to suppose

that

In England in 1886 some pure- the greens was the hief factor in bred Arabs were imported and his success. raced, but for purposes of the Turf were not in the same class as the English thoroughbreds. The best his score would have been much bet- pure Arabian would have little chance against the typical English ter but for a mishap at the sixth, racehorse.

where he broke his niblick by hit- ting a tree. Being his favourite club, he felt the loss of it. The hole

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Yet a judicious admixture of Arab blood with English, over a period of several generations, did cost him 6, and another 6 came at have the effect of improving the the 7th where he hooked into local horses, imparting to the breed ditch.

of 40 to the turn, some of the best qualities inherent With a score in the imported animals,

Bowen played par golf on the home- In regard to the standard of Bri-ward half, the 12th being his best the green with

tish bloodstock it is significant that hole. He reach shots, and then

higher prices are paid in England two full wooden for thoroughbreds than in any other holed from 10 yards for an eagle 3. part of the world.

A product of Sunningdale, Smith-

Up to 15,000gns have been paid for ers, following a period during which Yearling Many lots of yearlings he earned a living carrying clubs for realise prices ranging from 5,000gns, members of the club, went to Canada to 10,000gns,

Smithers, under the guidance of play.

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