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ENGLISH LIKE CAP AND BEIXS A critical review of the English Derby and Oaks appears in The Field and is interesting to Americans It is as follows Volodyovski without being in the top class is a good deal in front of the average Derby winner in point of merit meritDue Due credit is given to Cap and Bells for her easy victory in the Oaks in the following para That Cap and Bells II is a good fllly no oae who saw her win the Oaks can doubt for a moment She literally played with her field in tke last half mile and it was raally a good thing for the Aida party that the One Thousand winner was unable to run Aida is no doubt a jood maro but judged through BtBrigida ahe would have had no chance with the American fllly who won with about fourteen pounds in hand Nothing by the way need be said concerning The Oaks but we may observe tiiat in regard to looks the field compared well with that which contested the Derby This in soint of fact is very often the case but it does not follow that the fillies are as good as the delta thonfeh it frequently happens that an Qajre field inclndei very few threecornered or iaaUymade horses while a few such must al ¬ ways be found when five and twantj threeyear old eoltB are brought together togetherK0 K0 p and Bell II is a T ry beautiful filly mntiBTHV elegant and fall of quality 8hia also exceedingly symmetrical and very clean limbed She carries no great amount of sub ¬ stance but is racinglike all over and we think has more quality than American race horses in this country unices it be Kings Courier who is a colt and therefore not very easy to compare with Mr Keenes filly Like Olympian the Oaks winner is by Domino but her dam was the im ¬ ported BenmyChree by Galopin out of Ulster Queen by Uncas her dam Pirate Queen by Buccaneer Domino is in direct line from Touchstone through Himyar Alarm Eclipse imported into America and Orlando and his Dominos dam was by a Leamington horse out of a mare named Lizzie G whose pedigree we are unable to follow in all its removes He Domino is however greatly inbred to the American horse Lexington who is in direct line from the Byerly Turk Noonday II the stable companion of Cap and Bells II is also by Domino but is built on different linos to the Oaks winner being nearer the ground and a heavier mado fllly She has too bigger quar ¬ ters and eho certainly passed muster as one of the best looking in the fleld
