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TWO PROMISING EPSOM DERBY COLTS. writing, from Newmarket, February 84, the rem; lar Newmarket cor respondent of London Sportsman 1 said ol two colts which are expected to ti_ure prom iueutlv in ihe disposition of this rears Two Thou ■and Guineas, Derby and St. I.c-i. one ol the two being the American-bred Rock Flint: "While on I the Ken Ground jresterdas morning I was able to hare i good look at Lonvois, both before and after his gallop, for. in company with Bockmint sad I Quiekford. he had an exercise spin over a mile and I a half. Before bis gaUop and while he Was walk lag round in the Plantation, another trainer rode .ip i to me and said. Come in here and ! will show you :i Derby horse. 1 followed him Into the plantation, expecting be was going to show me one of his ,,« i but Instead of that be led im- up to where I.ouvois. Bockmint. and Quiekford were walking by them selves, and. pointing to Lonvois, said, "What do fou 1 think of him. l certainly bad a good look at him and although previously aware that he had laapro •■■! a lot in appearance since lasl year., 1 was now quite astounded, viewing him at close quarters, to nol ■ his marvellous improvement, it is no exaggeration , io «:, mat he ba improved slssosl beyond rccogui-ii ,n. Last season he was, to say the least ol It. a i bit deficient In middle, and some people 1 beard then , describe him as two ends without s middle, it l» not so now. though, for be has filled out and thick oned wonderfully, and. a his trainer remarked. : There is something to see behind the girth now. Indeed, there Is, and the only fault the trainer. who drew my attention to the colt, could lad with 1 him was that his coat was too mmaserlike at pre* ■ nt: inn. si his trainer remarked, that was no; because he bad coddled him up or kept him in a ton-wool throughout the whiter. Be has u-en mil in all weathers the same as other horses, sad hi-pi. s.-nt sleek condition onlj showt thai he is very well in himself. Seeing him gallop 1 could no tell , thai even Ms action has improved since iar year, so thai a- be now stands he appears ■ very promts ing candidate indeed for !a-~i, honors. ■ few days SgO I also bad a goad look at an other of our leading three-year-olds In Bock Flint, ami was surprised to find that be bad grown a lot during the winter. To see him In the string along side st. Melruan and The Iiet one would naturally think bim a little horse, but. standing up to his withers ss 1 did the other day, i was easy to see thai he was well up to fifteen bands three Inches, though, to look at from a distance, he certainly ; ii.es not seem it. Bock Flint i one of the Wire sad-whipcord sort that will sever look s big bor* but he is i.iiier than his sire was al his ace, and if 1 be is oal] as good bis owner ami trainer will I" 1 satisfied. The coll i-. I ma say, very forward In condition now, and Blackwell told that he was s getting bii ad for the Esber stakes at Kemp; m 1 Park on the opening daj of the coming racing - season."
