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H. A. BUCK TALKS ABOUT ENGLISH HORSES. H. A. Buck, publisher of the Racing . Calendar; for the Jockey Club, has returned from a trip to England. He saw considerable racing in that country. He says Sleive Galllon is regarded as the best of the two-year-olds In that country and that it appears to be the general belief that he will make a great three-year-old. Mr. Buck says the English experts now agree that Spearmint is. a great horse, having been convinced .by his victory in the Grand Prix at Paris that his triumph in the Derby at Epsom was no fluke. He is a big, rugged fellow, with plenty of speed and unconquerable courage. He is compared favorably by excellent judges of three-year-old form with the best of recent Derby winners. The English were reluctant to admit the greatness of Spearmftit, Mr. Buck avers, because . of a national prejudice against horses of Australian pedigree. Spearmint had to fight his way into their esteem. The death of James R. Keenes great Sysonby is regretted almost as much in England as it is in this country. Mr. Buck heard numerous expressions of sympathy for Mr. Keene. Sysonby is believed on the other; side to have been the most accomplished racer of his time . without reference to national boundaries. The English believe that: if he had lived he would have raced in Great Britain. Sysonbys development of championship form in America was rather surprising to the: English, because Melton, his sire, although a. stallion of faultless breeding and a superb racehorse withal, was never popular with them. Sysonbys brilliant achievements in 1905, however, sent Meltons stock sky high and created a. great demand for his progeny.
