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ENGLISH DERBY CANDIDATES CANDIDATESHow How the Cracks Look on doming Out of Winter Quarters Neil Gows Temper Improves English turfites and the general public who are interested in the classic races have been busy of late trying to get a jvecp at the Derby candidate lit see how they fared during the winer months On account of the bad weather in England during February and early March it was pretty hard for the critics to get a good square look at the cracks but recently they have all l ccn seen in the open To go by their appearance the entire lot have done well by having grown and gathered muscle muscleJust Just now there are only about three in the public eye for tho big Epsom nice and they are Lord Bosebcrys Neil Gow Mr Fairies Lemberg and Major Loders Admiral ITawke Whisk Broom owned by Harry Payne Whitney is rated as good as the last named but he is not in the Derby so he is not reckoned in the present calculation Lord Bose Iverys colt is being prepared by Percy Peck and from what can gathered about the candidate it is inferred that he has tamed down considerably and shows a big improvement on his manners over last year During his twoyearold career he was almost unmanageable at the gate and whew he did not bolt he was slow in getting away That he has devel ¬ oped tho right way is stated statedlAinberg lAinberg has not grown as much as Aleck Taylor his trainer would wish but Bayardos halfbrother has put on muscle and shows great ower in the quarters and back Admiral Hawke is reK rted to have thickened in tho body and has grown into a really grandlooking racer The brother to Pretty Polly was paid to lie lacking in substance around the loins and he has filled so well lKhin I the sad ¬ dle that the fault is said to have disappeared alto ¬ gether How much the foremost bunch have gained in strength and pp ed will not be known until they are seen carrying silk and this will not occur before the Two Thousand Guineas and the One Thousand Guineas to be run at the Newmarket Spring meet ¬ ing in April AprilThe The following table shows the rating of twenty of the foremost colts and lillies according to the Free Handicap at Newmarket NewmarketNeil Neil Cow 120 San Antonio 112 112Lemherg Lemherg 12 Helot Ill IllAdmiral Admiral Hawkc 118 Sunshine 10i Bochester HOT Merrv Jack 109 109Charles Charles OMalley 115 Yellow Slave 100 100Greenliack Greenliack 115 Stolen Kiss 1O7 1O7Maid Maid of Corinth 114 Wildflowcr II 107 Tressaily 111 Amoro 107 107Sallie Sallie of Navarre eoltl 1 Apache 107 107Lonawand Lonawand 115 Top o the Morning 107 107According According to this table Neil Gow should win the Derby with Lemberg second and Admiral Hawke third with something like a couple of lengths sepa ¬ rating them but it is by no means certain that the race will result that way This trio were the best of the twoyearolds and in the majority of caws the l est of Hie twoyearolds retain their form to the tbreey earold season it is onlv reasonable that Neil Gow Lemberg and Admiral Hawkc should I i the public fancy at present For tho last four years the rule has not worked out so well and that is the cause of not a few being skeptical about matters this time timeIn In ItOrt the winner was Spearmint and as a twoyearold he was rated nowhere Yet he not only won in decisive fashion but he made the present record of 2i 5 for the course Orby the victor in 1007 was not in the same clrjss as a twoyearold with Galvani or Klieve Gallion but lie was good enough at the critical moment to land the big race from tlie pair Nohodv every heard a word aliont Signorinetta until she Hashed past the post In 1008 Tins time a year ago Bayardo was such a favorite that he killed all betting on the nice Nothing else was supposed to have the slightest chance yet he was unplaced in lK th the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby though of course he did great things later when he rounded into form formLemberg Lemberg is a halfbrother to Bayardo on the dams side and it is not impossible that he may be soft of hoof anil hard to train like Bnynrdo was last spring With regard to Neil Gow there are two important points to be considered one being his temper which is liable to break out at any moment The other is that on Chelandrv his 1ams side there have lieen some roarers and the strain is bv n moans desirable The only serious obieclion that can be raked up against Admiral Hawke is that he is suspect nl of not being the best sort of a stayer though there is nothing to warrant tlie asser ¬ tion lv oanso the races he did win last year he won galloping in good form and in Jt1ie races in which he met defeat he responded gamely when called upon uponAliont Aliont the merits of Lcmlxrg and Neil Gow there hiiK lieen some figuring The pair met only once last year and that was in the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster when Neil Gow carried off tho palm Admiral Hawke was second a length l ehind Lord Rosel cryfi volt and TomlMrg was half a length away in third place Tlie judges of form thought later that the running nt Doncaster was wrong and they jKiinted out Admiral Hawke as the true kev to the situation Prior to the meeting at Doncaster Lemhorg was coughing and it is given as the excuse for the defeat of Mr Fairies colt At any rate Lcmberg mid Admiral Ilawko met in the Middle Park Plate regarded as the twoyearold Derby wjihlt Lemlicrg won bv a length Whisk Broom dividing the pair Neil Gow was not entered in this race Danny Maher had the mount on Lemberg ami if is said that he could have won by a bigger margin bad he pleased The Middle Park Plate was the last seen of Lemberg but Admiral Hawko won two big races afterward and of all the young ¬ sters showed the most improvement toward the close of tho season seasonThe The ordinary follower of racing has perhaps a good line to go by In the fact that Danny Mahor had the choice of a mount between Lemberg and Neil Gow and lie bus selected the bitter He has riddon iKith colts and should certainly know which is the better one That Nell Gow i ossesses wonder fill sjwd there is no doubt for he showed it in the Imperial Produce Stakes at Kcmpton Park the first week in October Maher hnd the leg up on him but when the gate arose Noil Gow whipped around in the opposite direction but Mahor got hold of him and after hauling him all around the course got him going When the colt did give his mind to gallop he fairly flow over the ground and though he lost about fourteen lengths he caught Sunnlng dale to which he was giving seventeen pounds and beat him by a head at the post postIn In the National Breeders Foal Stakes at Sandown Park he gave another fine display for after losing li lot of ground at the start he made it up and won in a common canter bv over three lengths There is no race in England that Lord lloseliery is so much set upon winning as ITie Woodcote Stakes at Epsom so Neil Gow was sent to the post for the event He was in such a mood that he was left altogether and another important race in which he failed to get away was the Coventry Stakes at Ascot Of tho riders who have tried to manage Neil Gow Maher seemed to have done the best with him himTwo Two onnds l elow Admiral Hawkc comes Roches ¬ ter owned by Lord Durham and the colt is by Bock Sand the Derby winner of 1110 Those who are keen on the capabilities of the front brigade have come to rogard him as the real dark horse of tho classics Last year he was seen out only once and that was in tho Bous Memorial Stakes at the New ¬ market First October meeting He had Lemherg as an opponent and was in receipt of seven pounds from Mr Fairies colt Bochester got away poorly and began slowly but when he got fairly moving lie showed a grand turn xif sped and opened the eves of the crowd by running Lemherg to a neck in the homestretch Charles OMalley is rated a pound below Rochester though lit1 won four races in good company before be was defeated He is by Desmond out of GoodvTwofhoes and was nurehased by Mr Onnliffe for the express purpose of winning the iDorhy It was reported some time ago that Cunliffe and others had formed a pool of 00f 00 to buy a colt with a Derby nomination and thev picked out Charles OMilloy as the most likely youngster they could acquire acquireIf If Whisk Broom had the luck of having a Dorby nomination America would have a good chance at Ei y un for the son of Bnximstick was rated to be within eight pounds of Nell Gow and only live IMMinils short of Lemberg As the Yankee repre ¬ sentation now stands the Sallie of Navarre colt seenw to IM the best nnd ho is within thirteen jfoiimls of Neil Gow The best two races Avon it the Sallio of Navarre colt were tin Prendergast ShikiS which he won beating Charles OMalley by i length and a half and the Alingtim Plate in which lie beat a band of fifteen useful youngsters youngstersTo To go on public form the best of the fillies is Sir William Bass Maid of Corinth She is fashion ¬ ably bred being by Cyllonc out of Sceptre There is another good one in Stolen Kiss winner of eleven rice cut of fifteen but she is not engaged in any of the classics
