SOME WINNERS 



Ben Ruadh 



Ben Ruadh, son of William Rufus and Ben Doran, 

 is another who was bred at Hardwicke. He took some 

 time after coming out at Birmingham in February 191 1 

 as a four-year-old to make his way to the front, though 

 he finished second at Ludlow, an indifferent second, 

 however, beaten twenty-five lengths by Red Plume. 

 He was backed at 7 to i for the National Hunt Juvenile 

 Steeplechase, won by Mr. W. H. Tyrrwhitt Drake's 

 Asteroid, by Dieudonne, and was at any rate one of the 

 half dozen to complete the course. At Ludlow in April 

 he was second in a field of nine to that good jumper 

 Cross Question, Mr. Bibby's Fork Hill also running, 

 but Ben Ruadh was preferred and started at 8 to i, the 

 other not mentioned in the betting. Ben Ruadh won a 

 Maiden Steeplechase at Blackpool in September and a 

 similar event on the same course a fortnight later. What 

 was thought of him is shown by the fact that at Sandown 

 he was almost favourite, starting at 5 to 2, for a race 

 which was won by Domino, backed at 9 to 4. As a 

 five-year-old it is rather curious that he led off by win- 

 ning at Manchester on the second day of the season, the 

 2nd January, and after some unsuccessful attempts won 

 on the last afternoon but one of the season, when he 

 beat the much-belauded Rathnally a couple of lengths, 

 the scene of this exploit being Blackpool, a course which 

 evidently suited him well. One of his six-year-old 



