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TWO HIGH-CLASS ENGLISH COLTS. "As Mr. A. F. Bassett is fond of seeing his pretty colors sported at headquarters, it is probable that Sir, Archibald will make a first appearance in the fwo Thousand Cuineas." says Augur in London Sporting Life. "It was at Newmarket that the bngthy brown son of Desmond and Arc Light first gave race-goers a taste of his excellence by squandering a huge field for a maiden two-year-old race, though it was not till he had won the New StaKes at Ascot in a canter that the majority of race goers reckoned him as worthy to lie included in the firs class. The way he smashed up the opposition, which included Orphah and Norman III., for the Chesterfield Stakes at the Second July Meeting, stauqied him more than useful, and I have reason to know that Norman III. was. greatly fancied that day. 1 think none the worse of Sir Archibald for his failure to present twenty-four pounds ;o Ardentrive on the Kempton Park straight five furlongs, as the lilly had been so well tried that her veteran trainer. James Ryan, quite scouted the id. .i ol any horse of her age giving her anything like twenty-four pounds just then* Sir Arcihbalds 198 pounds was a cruel burden when pitted against such a smart filly as Mr. Houldsworths under 112 pounds only, and it Is to l o feared the colts game effort to hold her in check left its mark, as was seen when he failed to beat Rushcutter at Don-caster September. However, with a winters rest the son of Desmond may come out again in quite his beat form, when his undeniable speed should stand him in good stead on the Rowley Mile. "Since Sir Charles Nugent is said to consider the Derby course an unsuitable one for Prospector, long strding son of Pioneer will probably be trained for the Two Thousand Ouineas. as the slraight-awav Kowley Mile gallop should suit him well. With three months to elapse, we shall doubtless beac now the colt shapes in his gallops before that race though, of course, he may never lie the same brilliant racer he was prior to the fever which attack, ■ ! him at Newbury in the summer and which almost cost him bis life. A strong constitution ,n.l c;,r--ful treatment, however, pulled him through, and after a sojourn at Bournemouth Prospector again joined the Cranbornc team, being indulged in plenty of walking and trotting exercise. Mist rac-ing folk are disposed to reckon Prospector the best of his year, not so much on account of what he beat in his races, as the manner in which he did it. esp. chilly at Ascot, where his Coventry Stakes victory was his beat performance. That he is a g.inc on,, few who watched him at Newbury will deny, for after appearing hopelessly beaten. he came again — ill as he must have been — and only sulTe.-.-d defeat by a length. Nor must it lie forgotten that Prospector was shouldering Lit; jiounds iu that race, which is some pounds more that any two-year-old should be called upon to carry. His conqueror. Olympus, had only 121 pounds in the saddle and more than once during the season this eolt of Lord Koseberys proved hs usefulness. Thus, at Doncaster S. ptemher. but for a stumble close home, many people aver that he. and not Kushcntter. would have secured the Rous Plate, iu which Olympus carried only five pounds less than Sir Archibald." 1
