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THE PANTHERS QUALITY IS GREAT GREATFavorite Favorite for tho Coming Epsom Derby Thought to Be a Certain Winner After the Two Thousand Guineas race an excel ¬ 1 lent judge of a horse Rolwrt S Sievier trainer of Royal Bucks former owner of Sceptre for which 1 he paid 51200 as a yearling and owner of the 1 Winning strainHe Post wrote of The Panther in this strain He is a brown full of power combined with the thoroughbred throughout He stands over a lot t of ground A rhythmically balanced neck carries a resolute head His shoulders are perfect his 1 forehand displaying strength while his lever power could not be doubted as he leisurely walked round the ring Behind the saddle he is a mountain and if he showed slight signs of foamsweat between i his thighs it was solely owing to his not having I been made finally fit The crowd guffawed s at the reserve of 40000 guineas placed upon The Panther when offered for sale Today The Panther I is worth twice the money and here we give them a chance to hiccough the guffaw being muffled into i silence At the time The Panther was offered we i stated that any rich man would IK well advised i to purchase him at his reserve or more and if we 1 had not 500 left after paying for him we should I be happy with the deal dealOf Of course The Panther becomes an automatic favorite for the Derby and providing all goes well witli him we do not expect to see him beaten in a classic race this year yearAt At last reports The Panther was at 7 to 4 in the Derby betting Lord Basil was G to 1 Buchan 10 to 1 McKinley 10 to 1 Paper Money 100 to 6 Stefan the Great 12 to 1 and Grand Parade 18 to 1 1The The race of W K Vanderbilts colt McKinley at the Longchamps Paris course May 8 was an excel ¬ lent one He started in the Prix de Guiche at one and onequarter miles with 12i pounds and OXeill up and won eased up by five lengths from Verdier and Usage He was sit odds of 1 to 10 The colt is now in Kugland and bar accidents a certain starter in the Derby Frank OXeill the American Jockey is to ride him in the Kuglish race raceThe The verdict of the English critics is that Stefan the Great which for some time ruled favorite for the Derby cannot stay and he has gone back to 12 to 1 The Panther is now the leader and is iltmked npon st lIer ertJilu jSvmneri rHe is t rbo ridden by J R Cooper who won with him in the Two Thousand Guineas nice
