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COYBEAU'S VICTORY.
CELEBRATED AT TATTERSAIXS
CLU8.
At the invitation o£ Mr. J. S. Ma.cne,
manager in South Australia ior T. 51.
Burke l?roprJe:ary, members o£ Tattersalle
Club assembled at noon on Monday at
the clubrooms, and celebrated the victoiy
jof ilr. T. M. Burke's Coj-beiiU in t]iv
V.R.C. Grand National Hurdle Kaee on
Saturday.
Tlie Acting Chairman (Mr. W. A. A.
West), in the absence of ilr. P. J. Flanna
gan, who is in Melbourne, in proposing the
nealth oi Mr. Burke, coupled with the
names of the trainer and jockey, (said i; was j
pk-afiing to find that important races were!
»-eing iron by good sportsmen. Mr. Burke
had done a great deal for racing in Aus
tralia, and he could safely.; 'say that hi
owned more racehorses than any other- man
in the Commonwealth. Mr. Burke had
been a regular buyer of j-ear!in£B, and ibis
year he bad acquired no fewer than M,
;wo of the most promising -of-ip/hich ha-!
been selected by his South Austijtlinn
managei- (Mr. J.'S- Maione), and xhey were
to race in this State, where they vrere ored. ?
Be was sure 3fr. Ala'one- Jr*o!d' previ:!'
upon Mr. Burke to bring some of his goou.
horses to Adelaide, and among them he
hoped would be one capable of., winning
Cattersalls Cup. Mr. Burke was not
satisfied merely with racing, but he tad
purchased in England, through Mr. C.
Edmunds (manager of Lord Roseberys
stud) a number, of racehorses— and pr:ccc
were high in England at present. A pieas
ing feature was that the purchases in
cluded a number of brood mares, anil two
of them had been sent to Manfred at Kich
lnond Park and Bold and Bad at the Mor
phettvilie Stud. That a;l went to «uow
that Mr. Burke was going to be helpfui to
the sport in South Australia. Co;.-bean
was the cheapest horse Mr. Burk* hau pur
^htaaA .as hp enst onlv 35 suincas. and he
himself had selected him. ? After Mr.
Burke's unfortunate experience with Bom
bard, the favorite, it was p';eas:Eg to knanr
that he had a second string :o his how
capable of carrying off the big event. Mr.
Burke had made another selection, au-'.
taken from them their beloved secretary,
and he ventured to say that he would make
more money out of Mr. Maicne than he
would out of Coybeau. (Laughter and ap
Mr. J. Richardson responded on behalf
of Mr. Malone, who is in the countT.
Coybeau, he said, had been selected by ilr.
Burke as like'.v to make a jumjwr, and the
choice showed' the owner had sound judg
ment. Prior to Saturday, Coybeau had
won two hurdle races for Mr. Burke, who,
if he were present, wou'.d desire to pay a
tribute to the trainer, and to the jockey,
for the part they payed in Saturday's
success. (Applause.)
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