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TRIPLE CROWN WINNERS SCARCE. Eleven vears have passed since last a three-year-old colt carried off the Two Thousand, the Derby, and the St. Leger, or, in other words, the triple crown " In all only ten horses have succeeded 111 accomplishing the treble. Vest Australian, iu 1and3, wis the pioneer, followed in the sixties by ladi-ateur and Lord Lvon. Twenty years then passed, before Ormonde enrolled himself winner of the triple crown 1SS0, but in the nineties no fewer than four horses did the trick in Common, Isinglass, Giltee More, and Flying Fox, while in 1900 Diamond Jubilee and three years later Rock Sand made themselves famous in similar fashion. Ibis year, l-.ither curiously, several of the leading two-vear-olds of last season are not engaged in all the "three races. Imprimis. The Tetrarch and Parhelion are only in the Two Thousand and Derby. Corcyra is in the Two Thousand and St. Leger, hnt not m the great Epsom classic. Then Aldford and Ambassador are onlv in the Derby and St. Leger, which applies also to Carancho and Dan Kussel. Land of Song, again, is in the same boat as Corcyra. being only in the first and last of the colts classics, whereas the only classic open to Iloneywood is the Derby. The most promising of the British-bred colts in all the three races include Black Jester. By George, Carrickfergus, Courageous which split a pastern last summer. Evansdale, Flying Orb, Ilapsburg, Kcnnymore. Kheri, Lancelot, Lanius, Laracor, Longtown, St. Cyr, St. Spasa, Sergoi, Soulouque, Stomowav, Ted Smith, and White Boy. Turning to the fillies, sutlice It to remark that Torchlight, Lancaster Lady, and First Spear figure in the One Thousand Guineas, Oaks and Leger. while Glorvina and Mini are in the same races and also the Derby. ."Vigilant" in London Sportsman.
