Sir Victor Sassoon has had a remarkably good year in Home: side racing. In addition to his two superb victories with Exhibitionnist and a_most popular win at Royal Ascot news has been received that his colours have been carried triumphantly in Ireland. "A short time. ago the doughly Donoghue brought Sir Victor's colours first past the pace post with Phideas (Parosctmagery) in the Irish 'Two Thousand Guineas at Curragh, by a neck from Spot, Barred. Now Phidess, son of a famous sire, has captured the Irish "Derby. Sir Victor newcomer to success on the Irish turf, Tu 1935 Museum' (Phalaris or, Legatee-Imagery) won the Derby, the St Leger and the Two Thousand Guineas, one of the most complete conquests Erin, has ever known, lead, finishing the complete course most an hour ahead of Wah Lee (LAS. Hong). Ingomar (RD. Crofton and {et A.0. Whitehouse) was third" and Mignon (J. Hart and 7. B, Macauley) was the fourth and last boat to fish.
Viking, Rover and Ella gave up the struggle.
In past years, the Commodore's Cup. results set the handicap times for the Fair Cup and had these been used this year, some phenomenal handicaps would have been' seen, for the finish was so strung out that an average of half an hour or more was noted between the finishing times of the frst four yachts.
'The flat calm which descended on the fleet after they hod just turned the breakwater at Woosung proved the downfall of several of the fleet. and it was only those who took' the greatest precautions of remaining well up on the tide that were able to round Quarantine. To cap this misfortune, while the struggle was going on to round Quarantine buoy, there was the prospect of a beat down the Yangtse against the early flood, and by the time the 1ngards had got round, the flood was Yoaring in and the later ones had a heart-breaking struggle aacad for the second time despite the fact that the wind came up strongly in the afternoon.
Valkyra completed the course in 4 hrs, and 38min, and Wah Lee almost an hour later, with Ingomar still another half an hour behind, 0 times showed how badly the tide affected the later. boats.
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