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AN ENGLISH OPINION OF VANITIE. In connection with the Liiicolnfield Handicap, which is this years substitute for the Lincoln -shire. "Vigilant" said in a recent edition of London Sportsman: "We- have always regarded V.-in-itie. an American -bred colt by Ogden. as a smart sprinter only, but it does not necessarily follow that he cannot be trained to get a mile-. His speed is undeniable, but he- has his peculiarities, and at times appears to hang fire. As a matter of fact, he- is as game as a pebble but not quick off the mark, and if busth-el to commence with begins to sprawl about. On the- cither hand, if he is allowed to get fairly balanced he will make line headway, and it wis principally Whalleys patience in this connection that enabled him to beat such sprinters as Torloisk, Flying Orb. Cic-eromar .-ind Patrick in the Chesterfield Course stakes, though it must not be- forgotten that lie- was receiving a stone from the- first, while Patrick and Cieeromar both reversed the running in tin- Flying Stakes. It would be- a pouul*r vie-tory for Mr. Winans were Vaaitie to win. and would at the same time revive- pleasant Carholinc memories of his quondam stable companion. Mercutio.
