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THE WINANS HORSES IN ENGLAND. A few years ago the American millionaire, Mr. Wiuaus, came over to England and created quite a sensation with his splendid teams of coach and saddle horses and trotters, and to a man so passionately fond of horses of every breed it was only natural that he should soon become the owner of some high-class thoroughbreds. In selecting a trainer he showed all the wisdom of his race, and he preferred the long, practical experience of a man like J. Cannon to the .smatteriug of knowledge "which the new school of trainers gain as they go along. It was very pleasing to, see such a. fine return to a lane of fortune as has been the case the last two years, and it is quite possible that but for the falling of Sir Martin in the Derby of 1909 the. most coveted race would have fallen to his share. In the Coronation Cup Sir .Martin beat a field of good horses, though "any idea of his being of the highest class was shattered when Bayardo quite outstrode him in the Ascot Gold Cup. Sir Martin is now getting over the curious skin disease which brought his career to an end after Ascot last year. Handicappers, however, take a somewhat harsh view of his merits, and though he is undoubtedly a smart horse up to a mile he may never be able to carry 120 pounds to victory in a big handicap. Miistapha could not win the City last year with 117 pounds or the Cambridgeshire with a similar weight, and a line through Bachelors Double and old Dean Swift seems to show that 122 pounds for Sir Martin should be the limit. Dalmatian cost -Mr. Winan.s a goodly sum in America last year, and was sent over to Cannons during the summer, lie is a dark , brown colt by Ethelbcrt. and as nearly as I can tell stands sixteen bands. lie is a little up on the leg, perhaps, but lias good length and quality. His action is not bad. but lie does not seem to have any power in his strokes, and the Americans think that why so many of their horses fail to reproduce their form is because of the different state of the going. Mr. Winans. I hear, finds that his trotters do not get anywhere near their time, and I do not for a moment think that Dalmatian will have the. slightest chance in any handicap at the weights allotted him, unless he nlieT.s vastly. The Spy, about which there is an absurd rumor that he is a good horse, has in reality never yet fjju eyen, and I found him ou Saturday morning walking and trotting about with The Valet alongside the Cambridge road. He is a very fine horse indeed, by Disguise, but almost a black, with two white hind - hoels. He is by no means lacking in quality, but like all big horses untrained to his ago he lias assumed a somewhat, coachy appearance, ami ho will take a lot of training. Goldbeater, which came over with him. Is of very different type, being a dark bay gelding by Adam, a little on the leg. and a little short, with a somewhat short neck, but he is a lolloping galloper, that might string up into something fairly useful. A moderate lot of two-year-olds last year was" bound tolestroy the crop of threq-ycar-olds. and It is to bohoped that the young oues will this season prove much better. There is an own brother to Sir Martin which should race and two other Americans by Prince of Melbourne and Hamburg. The English-bred ones are by Mintagon 2, AVolfs Crag. Fowling-piece, Missei Thrush, Mauvezin. En Garde and three by Yeles, oiie or two of which show some promise. Whatever they are, they will be made the most of, as there is no better trainer living today than Joe Cannon. "Warren Hill," In Sporting Life.
