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TWO THOUSAND MOST IMPORTANT NOW. Many years have elapsed since then was any ante-post betting on the Two Thsisisnil Guineas, and even the Derby has in that respect waned iu interest, for the winter wagering ve-ar after vear ha- become smaller by degrees and beautifully h m. Tic- prospects in this connection for the cur-ri-nt ye-ar an, of course, nil. as the; Derby. Oaks and S;. Lager have all been abandoned, anil until entries are- invited for the- "substitute" the-re will be no Derby mi which to be-t. Thus the only "classics" which stand arc- the- Two Thousaiel and • ine Thousand Guineas, and in the circumstances it si ems advisable t» apeal at c-nce for entries for the New Derby and New Oaks, also the Sep-tember Stakes — assuming, of course, that the pre-eecle-nt of last s-ason will be followed. In bygone days it was generally accepted that with the Derby in view hotels were not always wound up to concert pitch for the big affairs at Newmarket, and many instances could be quoted of horses failing; in the --Giiine-as" that, with the extra months training, cam.- saceessfuBy through the more itn-portant ordeal at Bpoc m. At this time last year there v. as no thought of Interference With the Epsom program; indeed, it was almost at the eleventh hoar that a most unseceesary veto was put up-en tin- Derby. Now the situation is different, the "Blue Riband" is. tor the nonce, abandoned, and we are left with the- Thousands" alone wherewith to test our class heraea. We- may regard it as certain therefon thai pee* pective candidates will be hang ap to the mark when May .i coine-s round, bringing with it the c-on-eteai for the lu , Thousand Guineas. This race presents a complex problem even t- expert indges 01 two year -hi form, anei the consequent divergence e r eeiinion may lead ap to some aate pout betting, which will greatly increase public interest in the event. All the fashionable stables look M. being represented, and the King has Sit Dig! -tou, Genera] Probyn and Marconi to sohet from while at Kings,-!,.,-,. ., ,. ij Bey, Caaebie — which was recently .-nte-rc-d for the Grand Piizc- of Paris — and Clarissinnis. larehaven Lodge shelters Figaro an, 1 Argos, and hard by, at Stanley House, is Phalaris. which is credited with having wintered exceptionally well. Mr. J. B. Joe! has a Strang team made ap of Siriaa. Kings Jeket ami Stiver Star, bat Saxon having beea added te the- list is no longer eligible, aud Hesperus has gone- to America. Mr. Ilult.m has ;1 sound candidate in Athellng, -in,l there- are great possibilities about Mr. lames M.-mtun trained KwUBg Sit. a half- brotber to Bayardo ami Lemberg, by Cicero, which ran nimh better iu the- Dewhurst Plate than was generally supposed. Hen sre have- mate-rial f. r a Hue and Interesting nee, ami It ought not to lie -" by any holding back oa the part of owners now that then is no Derby t-. tempi them tu keen their MOM fresh. — London Sportsman.
