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S F« fa M M jn in ia i:l j: «, tli the c] w ni ft| H i,: tf .fai m js is H m tl a a w » a at n no k J ■ J J ■ | ■ „ ■ I » ■ J J ■ ■ . " in | in ■ . ■ , " y ■ t I ,1 ., , J ,1 . » • . ; .. 1 ,. l „ Z , ,r h i" l SOME NEWMARKET RACING FEATURES Feminine Owners Have a Good Chance to Win All the Classics of This Year. Commenting on Newmarket racing of the day following the running « f the Two Thousand Guineas. May 2, W. Allison said in London Sportsman or May 3: "It is well on the cards that in this, the year which Votes for Women has been translated into fact, the event will lie signaliz.d by ladies winning all the classic races, for if Lady James Douglas seems to hold the Derby and September Stakes fairly safe with Gainsborough, Dowager Lady Londonderry has an equally good chance for the One Thousand Guineas ::nd Oaks with Bencvcnte. It is true that Benevente is nominated bv Lord Londonderry, but he is only the lessee of her. his mother being the owner. It will soon, however, lie decided if the ladies an- to have it all their own way in the manner suggested, Benevente will be called on to do her part tomorrow and it remains to be seen whether she equal to the task of debating the t vst of the Manton fillies, which I take to be My Bear. The Manton stable is once more in such gnat form that we mav lie sure Benevente will lie taking on harder task than was set her at the last meeting, when she had Thermogene to lioat and he had a somewhat fictitious reputition. 1 herniog. nc started 33 to 1 for the Two Thousand Guineas and made sort of show in the race, for which the Ixst fancied of the four Manton candidates were Gainsborough and Blink and some fortunate iieople backed them both each way. I believe Mr. Tatter-sall was among these lucky ones. However. Benevente could do no more than win in a canter at the Craven meeting and she is sure to start favorite tomorrow and render a good account of herself. Of that we may rest assured. "People are now arguing as to the relative merits of Gainsborough and Gay Crusader, but this surelv is a little premature. Of the two colts have always slightly preferred the three year-old, but he has much to do yet before he takes rank with Gay Crusader. All we can say is that he won his Two Thousand Guineas more easily than Gav Crusadir did his and beat what I take to lie a better runner-up than Magpie, viz.. Somme Kiss. whose mime by some accident changed to Gains- borough in a line of mine in this mornings issue, which I alluded to the probability of Somme Kiss holding all the rest of yesterdays opposition safe later races. Gainsborough is a somewhat stronger and more sturdy colt than Gay Crusader, though not so obviously built on the lilies of a racing machine. Some indeed may think Gainsboroiit;!i in-I .lined to be punchy and wanting in Haae, but I dont think we want to see a lietter made one, of the old-fashioned sort. He stands fully 15.3. with ample bone and power. Some day he should make an invaluable stallion and the Trenton backing lo his wealth of Galopiu blood will ensure the stamin.i and constitution of his stock as well as of him self. A BEAUTIFUL FILLY. "Today we have seen Yankee Pro win the first race from moderate opponents, but the second race has brought out something far Utter worth seeing aiuf Stoney Ford, the winner, is a beautiful, lengthy filly by Swynford— Gneiss, which might liave been a serious danger to the best of the One Thousand Guineas runners had she been entered. She is in the Oaks, however, and will take her own part in it if she goes on as well as she is now doing. She has been dressed at some time on the curb- place of her near lock, but is quite clean ther w. She is the property of Mrs. Arthur James, so that here, too. the precedence remains with the ladies, even though Stoney Ford should ln-at Benevente when thev meet. Stoney Ford is by no means at her best as yet and Mr. Lambton has left plenty to work on "in training her for the Oaks. 1 he field todav was not a remarkable one, but it takes a "ood* three-vear-old filly to win a handicap at this time of tin- year over the Rowley mile, "In a big field for the Newmarket 1 wo ear-Old Plate Silonyx justified his favoritism and got home by a head from the Hellene colt, with Wilson beaten i neck onlv for third place. The winner is a strong backed chestnut son of Willonyx, with three white legs and he certainly ran his race out gamelj . Willonyx is beginning to come by his own and there A are other good ones by him coming on. Mr. Bur-tons Beggar Prince, by Prince Palatine— St. » g « . who was unplaced in tiiis race, is a colt of great the »e promise and so is Splendid Spur, another son ©I t, Prince Palatine— Lady Jess. Madame Yartpatia The Card was said by some people to be even better than Pourboire. but he certainly did ii"t run up to this reputation. The March Stakes isereaed to me to lie something in the nature of a gift for tliat splendid filly Zinovia. but for some reason few seem to have selected her. Rivershore was the only conceivable danger and he made a game »" " fifty yards, but ».« 1 ■ catch her in the last never stirred on her until half way up the hill and then he only shook her up to go out and win, which she had apparently done when the late effort of Rivershore necessitated another slight i all on the filly, which won easily, though only n ■ neck. She is certainly a rare sort and Nb l-" » recalled that Mimi was much like her. -There is no certainty that she is not the best of her tar and owners of the favorites may be thankful she is not entered for the One Thousand Guineas tomorrow. She was bred at the Sledmere Stnil. as was Somme Kiss, which ran second for the Iwo thousand Guineas, so that this famous establishment is being kept well in the limelight, though all "* two-year-olds are in America."
