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V i •• . I THIS YEARS ENGLISH TWO-YEAR-OLDS. Which is the be-t of the current neaanal twn-j ear olds: Tin- interruption of the u-ual program. which necessitated th - abandonment of such public , l:;al- a- the WoodcOte Stakes, the OoveBtTJ and Sew Stake- and the National Breeders Produce , Stake- at Sanelown ha- made the problem one of 1 | unusual difficulty. Independent of seBing platers, I make out that the leading yavealle winners to date- are Kings Day, Comedienne. Lady Isabel, the ■ lilh by Radium out of Marchetta, Glass Back, tie-call " by St. Martin out of Heivia, Mercedes, ciie-i|iioi. " Flash of Steel, George Graves Hate Baehesor*! s i-tb— i. Principal tlrrl, Kiasale. Duggie, Laramie. • Tillywblm, Dulre Domum. the filly by Turbine : ut I • •l Jaqoette, Drym, canyon. Parana. Salandra, Jac-k i Annanilah-. Snow Fairy, the colt by Santry out of f Imbrosa. Farilady. Clapperbill. Star Hawk. Sharp I Frost, Loavlers aOf, All Bey. Barinck, the eolt by *" l.oinier- call of Mare. i. Iioi dKcosse-. the coir hy v I.Mynrdec cmii of Hani.- ,eitr. Alma. UadV Colin. Julia, . M,,,,,, ,,| ||ll Seas l I l.Vllilu-f Win-ell*. l-tTU-- r-| Pi.al.iri-. Co ne i. .ii,, ,.- Poplngaol, Bos. Llni nd i i tan Sw.-ll Ffanella. iSalamandra, the .-it by Wii li.im Ihr Third out of " -a, the fally by Perieles s out of Liku. Gilbert the FUbert, Fnmipxias Pride, , .1 I I s d A ] I I I I i j 1 l i " 1 | , l , ; i a t , I ■= r 6 i I - e: •- •- a ■ i- ill II ;- " ■*" Amphitryon, Money Moon. Clerical Error anil Double T Ditch. One wonders whether there is a real top- X sawyer la the lot. I am inclined to doubt it and shall be surprised if the Bflmry Club Stakes at Newmarket, the- Hopeful, the Clearwell. the Prea-dergast, the Middle Dark Plate, the Criterion, the M Moultoa, the Houghton and the Dewhurst Plate ihe not reveal some youngster- capable of beating anything thai has yet been -e-eii in public, for it seems hardly possible that We can have seen the full strength of Kingsclere Chattis Hill. Palace House, r, Clareliaven Lodge, Stanley House, Scfton Lodge. Whatcoiube. Moalton Paddocks. Lggirton House. Weyhill. Manton or Bussley Park, and I fancy tin re Is something better to he expected from Mr. J. Ii. Joels string. If 1 am wrong in my stirmi-e- I fear the outlook as regards the quality of next years classic horses is n«it. encouraging. Accepting matters as they stand. Clapperbill was one of the best of the youngsters, judged by the n style in which he heat a lot of two-year-olds in • April, and subsequently under a seven pound penalty P sauntered home in front of a large field for the Nor- " folk Plate at the Second Spring Meeting. Had he ° of not been able to race he would have sadly belied his * looks, far he is a fine, commanding colt, oonspicu-oils with white marks, by Thrush — Azores, and Mr. ■ Whitney was well advised to reinforo his racing stud in America, where he is sure to do well. ■ Whether his new owner will send him back to take • his chance in the Derby next year remains to be : seen, but I hope he will do so. Kings Day was " preceded by a tall private reputation before the . w Brocklesby stakes, but his victory was only achieved [ !l miller strenuous pressure, which may have got to ? on the bottom of htm, although there were excuses for . " his two following failures, and hence the long price , s available when, at the Beenml Spring Meeting, In j spite of a swerve, he easily accounted for the . . Breeders Stakes, but the son of Koi He-rode- is not ! iii the Derby. Flash of Steel, on the contrary, one . J of several nominated by Col. Hall Walker, is quite , j a fine filly, by Boyal Beams- Flaming Vixen, whose . first essay in the Brocklesby was a failure, but . J1 which since then, including a deael heat, has earned I ! brackets iu four races. Still eoamxlag my reinark-s to Derby "possibilities," Duggie. by Ne-il Gow— Ahla. * came out with a flourish of trumpets at the Newbury a April meeting, where he ran clear away from a . hii-ie- field lor the Bockhanipton Stakes, and if was a glint effort which gave him a neck victory over . the Turpitude colt when conceding five pounds at the . in Epsom Spring meeting. II,- did not escape punish- . meat oa that occasion, and may have resented it, • fen he figured Inconspicuously afterwards at New- s inarke-t anil, although iiivin;; weight away thin in , smart company, it would not surprise me to find 1 * that we have- a! read] seen the be-t of him. That t J Laramie- has inherited the speed of her sire. Orby. j was shown in a couple of preliminary victories, and j J if unplaced when odds were laid cm her for the ,. ■ WUbraham Plate at Newmarket she to some extent t redeemed In r character by running second later to Figaro and Hoi dKeOSse. but for all that I do not t ! anticipate that sin- will make up into a classic ,. mare-, and as far as the- fillies are concerned except t that she- will always find her mistress in litinell a. a I charming half-sister to Silver Tag by Polymerase, • This youngster is tleet ot foot and showed if when, i. i at the test time of asking, with odds of 5 t.e 2 laid • I i on her. -he- made hack- of Marconi and the rest in n j the Fulbourue Stakes. She -lib-,-puntly went amiss - ; and it will be interesting to see how -lie carries herself "- iu the Binary club stakes ar the Fifth Extra a meeting, when she will have- to go six furlongs ami d eeppose- some of the- best performers, for it seldom happens that two year obi- endowed with such trail - uiendous speed develop into stayers; hut that does ■s not necessarily mran thai sin- i not the beat •t youngster we have see-n out so far. Like Marcus. ■;. Los. Canyon. Salamandra and Duggie-. sin- will II have to e-arry a penalty of ten pounds ami a a "darkle" might easily be f id to beat them all. I. Fifinelia is not iu next years Derbj no- St. Leger, r. but was nominal! d for the One Thousand Guineas is and the Oaks, ami so el-os not e-ome within the io scope of this review. — Vigilant, in London ijports- -- man.
