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HIGH-PRICED FAILURES OF THIS YEAR. Last year thirty Ive yearlings were sold under the hammer at price i varying between 3.400 guineas and « re. guineas, and only ii.- of these bare won a race, v. idle tiii lien have yel to see i race ooiir-o. This seems a poor return foe the money in- -1 - ,1 . inn ii must im.i he i rgottea thai racing lias i.een eut down lo narrow limits flii— year, and although no taterfereuce ha- taken place in Ireland. -pnii has, as far a- Kbgl ad i con«-erned, been con lined to Newmarket since May 22. Curiously enough, il n.is on thai day the cull hv I.ayardo Dame iOr, whieh o-i Sip William .Hike :;. hnt guineas, wen his i.nij race, rhi., the Speedy Plate, bul he has run ell en other occasions. S.tltaiie. by S miugton Altair, was bred hv Sir Maurice Fits-Gerald and -ed |,.r l.imhi guineas to Mr. A. K. Barton, who let him ;..• for 105 guineas at the :e-eeni break up of hi- stud. Mr. Goldblll was the tncky purchaser, and. having j i i; «■. I » i j a Belling race with him within a fortnight, retained possession at 4.ii guineas, in vien of seadiag ban to Australia, where he Is sure to i.-aiize a good 1ioiit. Earlock, Lv 1-arhi Moi -Sisterlike, j- a wtnaei that realized 1.300 guineas at the Instance of the Duke of We-i minster, while .Lok Annandale, bj Valena v rated SOU guineas, brought oil a coup for tax Viestnte de Fontarce when ho w n the Sandovi c Stud Produce Stakes, and the colt bj Leaviera Marca 780 guineas, has won for Mr. i ir timer Singer. on the other hand. Naasovian 3,400 ■ guineas, half-brother to Craganour, bj William the Third venerati n II.: Grandtwrougb 2,100 guineas, l.y Desmond -Easter Lily. Polydamon 1,800 guin eiisi hv Polymelia Danila; Harrow Hill 1,550 guineas, by He-mend- Geiinotte; the filly 1.400 £ HIP •!•■: 1;. Wllilllt til [••■■■::_ :■].-. !|i:-,-u the olt 1,300 guineas by Spearmint Skyscraper; the colt 1,200 guineas by gantry— Golden Dawn; Bayard 1,000 guineas by Bayardo Elisabeth M.; Royal Ar.adia tl.onn guineas, by Bol Herode dam by Cylleae out of Thimble; the colt 1,000 i guineas l . Chaucer Tiber: lie- lllly 820 guineas bj Marco Var i: ih.e cult 900 guineas by Karl i liar -Serena ta; Starlight Bay 870 guineas, by Bayardo Star or tin Sea; Pageant is-jn guineas, bj Beppo Lady I vnosure; Amantbe ,sj.n guineas. by Amadts -Beaker; and the colt 810 guineas by Si Prusquin Belle Poule are all maidens, mostly, it musl be added, with few opportunities. To these must I*.- added noii muni r so far in Roderic 2,700 i guineas bj Desmond Dodragh; Lady Cicero 2.000 1 guineas, bj Cie.ro si. Claire II. : the till.. 2,000 guineas i half-sister to Mushroom, bj John »*-Haunt Quick; Lady Tetrarch 1,900 guineas, by Bol Herod, Nicola; the lllly 1.300 guineas *ij William He- Third Gallimaufry; the filly 1,250 , guineas bj St. Denis Atlanta; the colt 1,200 guineasi lo I icero Queen Margneril ; Flo Desmond 1.200 guineasi, bj Desmond Flighty Flo: Pear-mint tl.-oti guineas, by Spearmint — Enone; line Chiffon 1,000 guineas, by Marco — Chiffon ; 1 1 1 - -colt 88g guineas lij I aria Moi Lady Dainty: Isle . of Sky 1820 guineas, by Symington—Cream o the . Sky; the colt 800 guineas bj St. Frusquin ilicla; and Come Quieklj iTii guineas, by Bachelors Double . ill Return. For aught 1 know, s.iii. -■: tin ibove may be out id training, even dead. but. looking oh tin- more cheerful side, there may be seme among them only awaiting the opportunity to distinguish themselves. "Vigilant" in London Sportsman.
