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UNBEATEN RACE HORSES OF ENGLAND. The October quarterly edition of the "Bloodstock Breeders Review" contains an interesting contribution by Dr. II. E. Piatt on "Unbeaten Race Horses." As far as horses that run on the i.ritisli turf are concerned Dr. Piatts researches have resulted in a list of fourteen unbeaten horses of note. They are Eclipse, Middleton, Bay Mid-dleton, Amato, Crucifix, Hero, Kincsem, Barcaldine, St. Simon, Ormonde, Suspender, Quintessence, Clieri-moya and The Tetrareh. To this list, which was no doubt compiled before the race for the September Stakes, may perhaps have to be added the name of Mr. Buchanans good colt, Hurry On, when his racing career is ended. Three of Dr. Piatts unbeaten ones only ran once, Middleton and Amato when they won the Derby, and Clierimoya when she won the Oaks. They could not, however, do more than win. Eclipse, on the other hand, had no fewer than twenty victories to his credit, although half of them were walkovers. Kincsem is included in the list by reason of her Goodwood Cup victory in 1878. Her record makes that of Eclipse look small, for she won no fewer than fifty-seven races, according to the well-known trainer, Joe Butters. Dr. Piatt recalls much of interest concerning the careers of St. Simon, Ormonde and Suspender. As to The Tetrareh so much lias been written from time to time about the "spotted" son of Roi Herode and his race-course career ended so recently that nothing is given about him except a list of his victories. London Sportsman.
