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SILVERN BEATS TETRATEMA AT A MILE MILEMajor Major McCalmonts Tetratema the unbeaten English champion twoyearold met his first de ¬ feat at the Xewbury course April Sir Kdward Hultons colt Silvern by Polymelus Silver Fowl defeated him for the 1893 Greenham Stakes tit a straight mile by a half length in 14S and in bad going Silvern had 120 pounds up and Stephen Doiioghne Tctratema 130 pounds and ridden by Carslake was headed at the threequarters and came again at the finish lint could not get up He was at 1 to in the betting with Silvern at 7 to 1 Attilius was third three lengths away awayKing King George and the royal family saw the race which drew an immense crowd crowdTetratema Tetratema was much admired in the paddock but not more so than Silvern which has grown into u lovely horse and 1ms the distinction of being a brother to Fifinella which won the Derby and Oaks of 1UG Hoth were bred by Sir Kdward liulton who is a newspaper man manThe The two colts Tctratema and Silvern had the finish to themselves in the race and Tetratema may not have finished any too gamely when beaten a half length by Silvern SilvernIn In the Ixjndon clubs after the race Tetratemas odds for the Epsom Derby declined to 5X to 1 Prince Galahad is now i close second choice for the English classic at C to 1 1Of Of the condition of Tetratema before the Green ham Stakes race Vigilant of the Sportsman wrote Tetratema stripped unite forward in con ¬ dition He is a sober colt with rare action Per ¬ haps a trifle long in his back and with a big bang tail he does not fill my eye at any rate aw a classic winner A blemished back tendon of his near fore leg is the result of a staking accident in his yearling days He was somewhat fitter than Silvern and on todays running at the weights they must be about the same hor e but Silvern will more than confirm the form over any lonser dis ¬ tance Tetratema had a clear course and every op ¬ portunity to win if he could It may In well to write that the state of the going was unsuitable for him and he once or twice changed his legs but when he fairly got into his stride pnssing the stands lie quickly reduced the lead Silvern had earlier established establishedThe The Special Commissioner does not think that the gray is a stayer or a Derby horse and his reason for the nonstaying thought is The Devon ¬ shire Lass family which the late Mr Smith of Whimple exploited never produced a stayer and that WHS my main reason for disbelieving in Tetra ¬ tema for this years classics
