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RHODORAS QUALITY NOW UNQUESTIONED London Eng May 0 Before the One Thousand Guineas race which Rhodora won Mr Croker was asked how she was She wants pome sun on htr back said her owner In another months time she will be a different animal altogether Yes ¬ terday after Rhodora had won hard held Mr Croker assured me that she will be fourteen pounds better when she Is stripped for the Oaks OaksThat That she is morally certain to win the fillies race at Epsom If all goos well with her in thei meantime may be taken for granted Just before the entries for this years Derby closed Mr Croker was urged by his friend Mr Martin Fitzgerald to nominate Ilhodora but the advice was rejected because of the poor record made in the race by mares If the daughter of St Frusquin and Rhoda B had been an eligible candidate she would with ¬ out doubt have been installed as favorite immedi ¬ ately after the race Despite her backwardness she greatly impressed discerning critics who inspected her in the paddock before the race Bhodora strongly resembles the lieautiful Roquebrune dam of Bock Sand Good all over the most noticeable feature about her perhaps is the power behind the saddle What a wonderful broodmare Rhoda B is In succession she has thrown Orby Rhodora the splen ¬ did filly Alabama by Amerlcus the even better looking yearling colt Rattler by Lesterlin and a month ago a highly promising colt foal by Clon mel This scasoii she is going again to Clonmcl a son of Florizei II IIBhodora Bhodora is next engaged In the Oaks Her other engagements include the Gold Cup at Ascot but she Is not in either the Derby or St Leger
