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ONE DANGEROUS DERBY OUTSIDER STERLINGS TRAINING GALLOPS THIS SPRING HAV1 HAV1SHOWN SHOWN HIM TO BE GREATLY IMPROVED AND ANDPOSSESSED POSSESSED OF A CHANCE TO WIN WINKENTUCKYS KENTUCKYS BIG RACE Another Richmond in thiMiold for good reports are to hand of Ihe well being of Sterling yet another candidate for Kentucky Derby honors Sterling is a bay son of Ilorron and Verneida by Kilkerran It never rains but it pours Ilorron has already one Derby winner in Ilerron to his credit this season and he as is Sterling is out of a mare by Kilkerran Surely this cannot altogether be dm to coincidence and is more probably due to tlie Matchem leaven of Daicaldinc through Kilkerrans dam Maid of Lorn that is acceptable to the top heavy Eclipse sire Ilorrou IlorrouYes Yes indeed Ilorron is much inbred to Eclipse and besides the Matchem cross of Darcaldine through Kilkerran Sterlings next two dams are by The Commoner and Hindoo both of them descendants of the Herod Glencoe In fact Sterling presents a pedigree of almost perfect blend and his dam Aerneida bred to product something of extra merit when mated with an all Kclipse horse as is Ilorron Con ¬ stantly and continually I am told there is nothing in the blending of the blood plan of mating the only argument in its defense is that it works worksSterling Sterling last year won a couple of races and wound up the year by running a more than respectable fourth to Dresden Prince Pal and Alula in a mile race at Churchill Downs on November 1 Some time prior to this the son of Ilorron beat quite a good band over the threequarters course at Latonia but Sterling seems to have been rather a colt of moods some days he was a lot better than others and for this I cannot account Anyway he is bred in the right way to improve on anything he did as a two yearold and is a member of a most excellent racing family his dam Aerneida tracing in the female line to Lady Sarah by Aelocipede to which also trace the Derby winner George Frederick Albert Aiotor Elopement Littleton etc Indeed I cannot tell what fale holds in stun for Sterling Only this I do know that lie is bred on quite correct lines and that that double infusion of Hindoo by way of The Commoner and Catalpa must stand him in good stead and that his three shols of Melbourne through Algerine Solon and imixirtod Australian may help pull him through AVhite Knight Manoeuvre AVenlock I AVhite Heather Newmiuster Kemorse Seclusion Aedette I Flying Duchess Oxford Top Gallant S AVhisper Josie L I I Ibrown Sea Mark J Adventurer Sea Gull brown IflOI Kingfisher Prince Roy 1 Princess Dillet Jaconet Lord Clifden Uidy Uingden Galopin Kilkerran I I Feionia brown St Solon Darcaldine I Dallyroe Princess Louise LouiseAictoria j Hermit Aictoria I Ionise Victoria Hindoo The Commoner ilfi Dourbon Delle f chestnut IS1 j Algerine LTalpa Sveot Songstre bay ISIO Airgil Hindoo f I Florence Cnlphnrnia j Julius J Tlie Test
