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MOM: ABOUT ENGLISH TWO-YEAR-OLDS. Another season has ended at Newmarket, with the exception of the December Sales, and in the meanly time the position of the two-year-olds will be much discussed. All the best of them have retired into winter quarters, and no argument may be convincing enough to settle the question as to which of the juveniles is likely to make the best three-year-old, though in a great majority of years that falls to the hit of the best two-year-old. It required a great deal to turn the late .Matthew Dawson, and many others of our best old trainers, from their solid lelief in that rule. Size, they would tell you, had nothing to do with it, and among the best three-year-olds bred by the successful Lord Falmouth were the miniature wonders Busybody, Wheel, of Fortune, and Spinaway, whilst many of our best Derby winners have been somewhat below the medium. Of late years we appear to have quite returned to the era of the Parmesans and Newmiusters, and it is very curious how size. like, good and bad vintages, run in cycles. Between Fnvoniiis in 1S71 and Ard Patrick in 1002 we had some fine big horses indeed such as Doncaste. iieorge Frederick, Galopin, St. Uatien, Harvester, Ormonde, Common, Sir Hugo. Isinglass, Ladas, Persimmon, Oaltee More, Jeddah, Flying Fox, Diamond Jubilee, and Ard Patrick. Then followed the smaller tribe, .composed of Rock Sand, St. Amant, tlctfro, Milium, Lemberg, Sunstar, and Craganour, with Ilapsburg only beaten by a French horse this year. Humor is not favorable to the future of Roselanri. and, strictly on the running since July, when all two -year-olds should be well matured and pretty Well at their best, there are not so many pounds between eight or nine of them. The otlicial handieapper iu the Free Handicap placed Friar Marcus at 120 pounds, Uoselaud 125 pounds, King Irlain and Torioisk 12:: pounds, Uedfern 122 pounds, Iommerii. Let Fly, and Glaze colt 120 pounds, Siintire US pounds. Buskin 114 pounds. Costello KIS pounds, Archelaus, 107 pounds, Joyous " Card, 1015 pounds, and Sammarco 102 pounds. We introduce the latter merely as a link between some ot those almve lilm. He ran in two races last week, first with Archelaus, Tournament, and Cattistock. mid on Friday in the Free Handicap. Archelaus, by beating him four lengths, would therefore be entitled to go up to 114 pounds at least, for though t lint race was only over five furlongs, we must not take it for granted that Archelaus cannot stay. Then through Sammarco Buskin would have to go up above Costello. though I am inclined to doubt the truth of that Free Handicap running, on the grounds that it was the second effort of both Costello and Sanimarco during the week, and though Costello won his race with great ease he had to gallop the Rowley Mile with top weight, and that severe course must take something out of any two-year-old. Sammarco bad also got off moderately, which fact, with his previous beating, entitles him surely to some allowance. The going was much heavier owing to heavy rain throughout the greater part of the night. -and Buskin has the strength for Jul Ill work. 1 thought he looked one of the lest-t mined horses stripped during the week, and he would be a remarkably fine horse except for being a little upright and a little heavy in the shoulder. It was through Buskin, Laiuplngh, and Sammarco Mint 1 guaged the chance of Friar Marcus for the 31 iridic I ark Plate, and though Wootton may have tried Torioisk. greatly the superior of Buskin ori hard ground, it is quite likely the estimate would prove Incorrect, with the ground as it was on Friday. In Torloisks last race he easily beat Cattistock at three pounds, but the latter was unplaced to Archelaus, Sanimarco. and Tournament, triig to give tifteen pounds. In previous races Torloii easily gave Sanimarco fifteen -Kiuuds, but at our Inly meetings Siintire, Policastro. and Archelaus beat him at even weights, and later at Liverpool .Siintire was not fancied when the tables were turned at a difference of five pounds. Torioisk is a lengthy and somewhat leggy colt, with great room for improvement, but live furlongs is hb course, and he is by Gallinule, whose stock has not done well in his latter days. The otlicial handieapper does not accept the de-t feat of King Priam by Pomuicru as correct, or the remarkable ease with which the latter defeated him at Keuiptou would more than account for the eisht pounds between them. It may. however, be said that Charles Peck expected Pommern to win I through a remarkable gallop with such old horses as Maiden Krlegh, Iloneywood, and Bugler Boy, and also at an earlier period of the year witii Poor Boy. Pommern is a good-looking horse that had come on more between Goodwood and Kempton than could have been imagined, and it is not surprising when one hears what he could do with the horses I have mentioned, that King Priam was quite outpaced with his big weight. At the same time wo did not see King Priam at his best, for; he should have beaten Follow Up more than a head, nuri it is probable that, haviug grown into .fiich a big, strong colt, he required more work than it : TIPPECANOE THE CHIEF MONEY WINNER FOR THE BROOKDALE STABLE In 1913 Messrs. Dynu5Ktmc1uid in England through an agent three American-levf55:eac-6lis which ba.d belonged to the. late Charles Kolier. Two of these, the Uncle colts Bendel find. Double Bass, did not prove paying investments, bJt their deficiencies were more than atoned for the capital racing of the third member of the trio. This vvas the Haggin-bred colt. Tippecanoe, which proved quite .the star of the Dyraent stable and in, taking among his victories the valuable Dominion Handicap at Fort Erie defeated such good ones -is Great Britain, Kleburne, Barnegat, Clubs, Sandbar. Dr. Samuel and Donerail, and ran its mile and a quarter In such fast time a3 2:04. In all, he won more than half of the stables total for the year and as a fast and staying ypuug horse should prove equal to achieving further triumphs next year. Next to Tippecanoe the filly Lady "Curzon was the stables best winner and heifcelf achieved more than a respectable measure of success. The record of the stable for the year is: Horse. Col. and Sex. A. Pedigree. 1st. 2d. 3d. Won. Tippecanoe ich. c. " By Goldfinch Tcngese , 5 2 1 $ S.4i.i Lady Curzon b. f. 2 By Plaudit The Belle of Mayfair ..4 3 1 3.3G0 Moss Fox br. C. 3 By Red 1ox II. Bella Hamburg 1 2 1,785 Crystiawoga ch. g. 4 By Tongorder Grandma II 2 1 0 1,775 Bendel , ch. e. 3 By Uncle Bremen . - 0 11 150 Double Bass b. c. 3 By Uncle Double Six 0 0 1 75 Rockspring ch. g. 15 By Martimas Sprlngwells 0 O 1 50 John Thompson ch. c. 2 By Tongorder Baroness Pepper 0 0 0 Beau Cheval ch. c. 3 By Tongorder Depends 0 0 0 Totals 9 ...14 S 7 5,000 i was safe to give him on the hard ground. Sunfire is a game little horse aiiri a fine- stayer, though as the Middle Park Plate shows; he is considerably inferior to Friar Marcus, Redfern, and Let Fly, which in my humble opinion, are the best two-year-olds of the year, with Pommern a possible rival. It lias been already stated that Marsh bad not wound Friar Marcus up thoroughly tight for the .Middle Park Plate, and If the ground had not been so hard he would have giveu him two or three more good gallops. That being so. lie may be seven pounds better than Redfern when wound up completely. Then we have had another marvelous battle between Redfern and Let Fly, which leaves them exactly the same animal over six . and seven furlongs at Goodwood, Doncastor, and Newmarket. This should be sufficient to refute! all arguments that Redfern had gone off a little, and he never ran better than against his old opponent Let Fly on Friday. A good many I know were of opinion that the latter was a little inclined to shirk at a severe finish, and that five furlongs was his besf course, but the fact that he wou the third great battle over seven furlongs removes all doubt, and lie appears to me likely to improve more than Redfern during the winter months. "Warren Hill" iu London Sporting Life.
