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PEINCE PALATINE WINNING FAVOR. Kefcrring to what I wrote for Wednesdays issue on tin- marked improvement of Prince Palatines foal record for this year. I am glad to learn that Sir K. Jardinea Forest Lassie- has foaled a colt to Prince Palatine, which the ■Imbjioimi considers the best tlie-y have ever had. Forest Lassie is a beautifully bred mare, being by Isinglass out of Baroness La Fleche-. by Ladas out of La Pleche; and fe-w people nowadays have in mind how brilliant Bareness La Fleche really was when she only-just failed to beat Kock Sand at asset, and Martiii. who rode- her. blamed himself entirely for her defeat. "Hell never beat her again." said he, as soon as he dismounted. Unfortunately Baroness La Fleche went to pie-ces after teat race, but she is of inestimable value in a pedigree-, and her daughter, by Isinglass, is perfectly equipped both for speed and stamina. The mating of Forest Lassie- with Prince Palatine is interesting, for she is an Isinglas* mare, and he- is out of one. Then we have St. Simon through Persimmon and La Fleche. with more Jalopin. through Atalanta. paternal graadam of Glare. There is also Hampton. through Perdit* II. . Ayrshire- and Ladas. and perhaps, best of all inbre-i-ding to Paraffins daughter, Footlight and Illuminata. through Glare and Ladas. If all goes well with this Prince Palatine colt foal lie should be- a champion, for he has tin- same taproot as Musket, with a wealth of stamina anil -peed in the other quarte-rs of his pedigree. I referred tiie other day to the mating of Floatage by The- Baft out of Miss Lena Hill, bv Pioneer with Cornstalk as combining tin- late Sir Daniel Coopers famous daughters of Footlight. Glare and Float. 1 am glad to learn that Floatage foaled an exceptionally line bay filly last night, and nothing iu bloodstock breeding can well be- store certain than that this filly, if she lives and thrives, will be a good winner. She is the first foal of her dam. The- Baft by Orine out of Float will chiefly be remembered for tin- terrific pace which he set in I.e-rrills Cambridgeshire. He-started a hot favorite for that race and. though he was a three-year-old carrying los pounds, P. W Day thought he could not be beaten. that was the race so 1 iir with fate for SI inn. who finished second on Co.iomau. Ike Baft was supposed to have turned it up. but my view of it was that he went the first five or six furlongs at a pace- which could not possibly be maintained to the end of nine furlongs. I mentioned recently that the twenty-one year*! tease of Cobaam expires at tin- end of this year, aad in this connection it is proposed to have- a elis perssl sate of the stallion, broodmares, foals and yearlings in July, the- actual date- to be fixed falter. Mr. Buchanan will also offer a number of lots 011 the same occasion, ami I have no doubt other bree-el-ers will be- glad of the opportunity, I make this earl.x announcement so that friends in tin- tar away countries may get the information in plenty of time-. ••The- Special Commissioner" in London Sportsman.
