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THE PANTHER 1919 DERBY CHOICE Of the crack English twoyearolds of ten years Vigilant In The London Sportsman writes writesThe The Panther won the Autumn Stakes which made a good start for trainer Colling for Sir Alec Black though Basil Jarvis had him in charge until quite recently The Panther is a big horse taking after his sire Tracer and I full expect that his racing record will prove better than that of his yearling halfbrother by Royal Realm which was sold for 17100 to Lord Wilton WiltonIt It is well on the cards that when Sir Alec Black gave such a large sum for The Panther last year he bought the Derby winner of 1919 and there nre some good judges who think that The Panthers yearling halfbrother bought by Lord Wilton is the finer colt of the two In this I do not quite agree and The Panthers sire Tracery Is certainly a cut above Royal Realm the sire of the yearling but then The Panther is so manifestly good that it would be absurd to claim superiority over him for any yearling He is a somewhat lighterframed colt than he promised to be when Sir Alec Black bought him last year but he is a rare sort and he won the Autumn Stakes in the style of a smash ¬ ing good one at Newmarket
