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GREAT ENGLISH RACES TO COME It Is unfortunate that neither Grand Parade imr Galloper Light is in the St Leger but Lord Glani ly can bo represented by Dominion The Panther is supported by Cyghus but Manllardo Oberto and Ciccronnetta are taken put by the death of tlrir nominator Manton may be formidable with Buch ¬ an or Lord Basil but the King has only Pesaro and Viceroy to rely on most conspicuous of the re ¬ mainder beinff Britannia Knight of the Air Cliaud Rapidan Bayuda Mademoiselle Foch Polygnotus Sir Douglas Tangiers Stefan the Great and Mil ¬ ton It must be confessed that they do not come up to the accustomed standard for the last of the threeyearold classics In the meantime Goodwood should provide some interesting racing as Lord Basil Buchan Cygnus Silonyx Milton and Glan mcrin are engaged in the Sussex Stakes while Buchan Lord Basil Cygnus The Panther Polyg notus Sir Douglas Galloper Light and Milton will be found in the Gordon Stakes for which The Panther and Galloper Light arc both penalized fourteen pounds The fouryearolds In the Eclipse Stakes include nothing more formidable than Mont Saint Eloi Old Gold Best Born and Rossini Sommc Kiss and Treclare being out of training Buchan appears to be the best of the younger generation but I fear they will not stand comparison with such past wii ners as Bendigo Ayrshire Orme Isinglass St Frusquin Persimmon Flying Fox Diamond Jubilee Ard Patrick Val dOr Bayardo Lemberg Swyn ford Prince Palatine and Tracery Nor docs the Jockey Club Stakes promise much better Much more interesting will be the Champion Stakes at the second October meeting the race being void of penalties and allowances and here we have a rep ¬ resentative lot of threuyearohls including Buchan The Panther Grand Parade Polygnotus Stefan the Great and Galloper Light who may find them ¬ selves in opposition to such seniors as Prince Chi nuiy Air Raid Gainsborough Callauder Kins John Zinovia and By Jingo and the gallop across the flat should ilucldc the vexed question of su ¬ premacy among the yuung classic horses Vigilant iu Sportsman
