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H0RNETand BEAUTY AND SWEEPER II. Concerning lliree horses successful in valuable slake races at the recent Ascot meeting. Vigilant ■ays in .London Sportsman: "Hornets Beauty is V. II. S. very hot stuff and the more we see of him so much the more are we convinced of his sterling merit. How Sir William Cooke became possessed of him I do not know, but presumably he l« ught him from his breeder, M. Dawson. Re that as it may. be picked up a rare bargain when he acquired the good looking son of Tredcnnis a very successful sire and Hornet, the only regret being that the hone is ■ gelding. His last* may, I think. be .oeoimtcd his best performance, for I doubt if any other animal of his age could have "slammed" such Speedy animals as |ooa Mask, St. Anton and Mineheail. to say nothing of the two year olds Alope. Saniele and the colt by Thrush out of Rock Egg. in such style as he did in the Fern Hill Stakes sprint. His speed is terrific, and from the way in which he won the Trial Stakes Tuesday there is no valid reason for supposing that he cannot stay as well. What a horse he would have been in the old days to plant for the Cambridgeshire with the moral certainty of winuing a fortune at the risk of a minimum outlay. He has never been beaten, and has won eleven races off the reel, which is pretty good going for a gelding. On Tuesday we saw a tying two-year old in Lady Americus. bred in Ireland, though got by an American horse in Americus. On Wednesday we saw another in Sweeper II.. which was hardly extended to beat Mr. Neumanns Jaeger and Lord Derbys Corncob, both backed for pounds. shillings and pence, for the Fifty-ninth Triennial Stakes. The property of H. B. Duryea. Sweeper II. must be added to the already long list of winners this season bred in C. S. A., but. curious to add. he came over here from France, and although no relation can evidently go nearly as fast as the Meddler tilly. Mediant, which waltzed away with the Stewards Cup in 1009. He is a fine colt, by Broomstick out of Ravallo II., and is well engaged in this country, among other liabilities this year being the July Slakes and Chesterfield Stakes at Newmarket, the Richmond Stakes at Goodwood, the Middle Park Plate, and Dewhurst Plate, while next season he finds a place in each the Chester Vase, the Two Thousand Guineas, the Derby, the St. James Palace Stakes at Ascot, the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood and the Doncaster St. Leger.
