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COLINS UNLUCKY SON GENTLE SHEPHERD. When Phil Chiun was looking for bargains in horseflesh in England several months back, it is quite possible he would have made a ten strike if lie hud houglit the Colin colt Gentle Shepherd, which ho could undoubtedly have secured for a moderate sum. Hred as lie is and valued as his lineage is in this countrv he might have become au invaluable stallion here. white in England he is not likely to have much tf a chance. He was sold at auction late last month at Newmarket and only brought .75. He never raced, but undoubtedly was of extruordi-narv promise, as witness the following from "The Special Commissioner" in London .Sportsman of October 24: "Gentle Shepherd is an unknown quantity from a public point or view, but Itobinson once told me; Unit this was the best yearling he ever had in his stable, Craganour not excepted. Most unfortunately, in the spring of his two-year-old season the colt got rid of his boy at exercise and galloped some miles across country, cutting himtelf so badly that it wus found impossible to train him again, though bv a process of hope against hope, the attempt was persevered in until quite recently. Colin, the sire of Gentle Shepherd, won 80,000 and was never beaten. Moreover, when lie was practically broken down. Sam Darling tried him to give Jack Snipe fourteen pounds and an easy beating over six furlongs. Yesterling. the dam of Gentle Shepherd, is also the dam of Sterling Halm. Ouadl Haifa winner of the French Two Thousand Guineas. FUtaway and Dianiantee. It was because he knew that Ouadl Haifa was standing at Cobham that Hohinsou was good enough to let me know of the extraordinary premise of this half-brother of his."
