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EPSOM DERBY WINNERS IN IRELAND. There are now three Derby winners in Ireland — Sainfoin a. the Clogbran Stud. Spearmint at Major r Intels place, and Orby. Sainfoin may be said to , have entered the ranks of the veterans, but as I 1 have nioif- than once suggested, it is quite within 1 i In- bounds of possibility that, in the time he still 1 has let, to him. be it long or short, he will get 1 nolle • if not better r -on or daughter as good as. than. Koek Sand. There is no telling what the change Irani Newmarket to County Dublin will do loi lii i lie i- oungcr now than Diomed was when I he was taken |o America to do greater things than II he had done when in the lull bloom of youth and I vigor in his native land, s.i-.s London Sporting Lites s "Sp- il Commissioner." There is little doubt, in II fa.;, ih.it innnv a stallion would derive incalculable e I- in-lit il le- were given a cluing.- of seine and air: an.l ii i- surprising; that own. is of horses wlio fail ■ 1.. ma.e the headway expected of them do not rc-~, . , i i. Ininsplaiitiiiiou. One could name a few .. siallioii. now at tie- stud with Which this epei i in. ni ii. iuh i rarj well he tried. BpearaBM is. *t r eoiirs. . inerely on the threshold of his career at the si id. What destiny has in store for him. we shall I now in due course, but his owner ins every y le.ison to antieipate brilliant results. That l.i teller- in general have unbounded faith h in lb,- s.-n ..I Carbine ami Ala id of the Mint is amply , pro, ■ -.| by i In- la r thai his li-i Car the coming sea on liii.il at on.-.-, notwithstanding that a fee of f ■ _• ,i i ,,,, i- it guineas i was ih man. led. From tie liisn ,..,n,i of view, the only ll. ii, the amber" is ■ tin- j.f t that Spearmint cuiiuot be claimed as tt j is t | , :l a .1 ., - I is , i 1 . t .1 1 , c t 1 | ; 1 , I I | . home product. He was bred iu Yorkshire, and his sir.- is an importation from Australia. This, bow _ ever, is a detail. The nil -important eonsiihral ion n the one thai Spearmint is now in Inland and thai that country will lean the benefit and most of tin-glory of any triumphs that may be in store for him. ~ With regard to Orby. there seems to be some doubt :.s to whether his raeing days are over. Very n problhiy they are. for it very seldom happens that " hor;o recovers siirtii i.-ntly from a hrcakdown I n -h P as that which overtook him to be able to resume J active Ml Itn on the turf. In any ease, he will. Jj sooir-r or later, be one of the sultans at Mr. Cro- 7: kera stud on the outskirts of Dahlia. He, of course. •■ an Irish product, even though his sire was the 7 English Otine and his dam the American Rhoila I.. 1 Then, runiii. he enjoys the proud distinction of he- - 7 ing lhe only Irish trained horse which ever won oar »;: Derby. Opinions vary as to the true classification of Orby. The general tendency has been to belittle the vahn- r of his achievement at Kpsom. It is. of course, a 1 thousand pities that we have been deprived of an J opportunity of further gauging his abilities. No- v lwxly pays any heed to his defeat at Liverpool in July, because it was manifest that the form was hopel ssly untrue on that occasion: indeed, the p trouble that subsequently laid him aside was then in its incipient stage. That Orby was as fit as he ; ~ could possibly be made when he ran at Epsom is questionable. Had he undergone his preparation in 7 the bracing air of Ncwmarktt. or of the Berkshire j Downs, the chances are we should not have s« en j him tish the race in such a limp condition. Car 7 never. 1 should say. did a Derby winner look or j behave so like a tired horse as he did that day. I am quite satisfied in my own mind, however that he has in him the qualities of a great horse. His r| appearance in the paddock at Kpsom where I saw him for the first time convinced me that he had the J 1] cut of a classic horse and I returned to the stand fully prepared to witness his victory. When, therefore, hi goes to the stud, he is not likely to lack ~ patronage, apart from the mares his owner will male with 1 ini. I
