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SWIFT FILLY DERBY CANDIDATE SOME OF CLEOPATRAS RACING LAST YEAR CONSID ¬ ERED IN CONNECTION WITH HER HIGHCLASS BREEDING GIVES HER A CHANCE IF IFSTARTED STARTED IN THE DERBY DERBYx x B y E X I L E EAs As a result of last years Saratoga racing I formed the opinion that Cleopatra was only just behind Constancy in point of racing merit in fact the daughter of Corcyra finished ahead of Commander Ross representative though behind Man o War in the running of the Hopeful Cleopatra beat Upset when in receipt of fifteen pounds for the Pelmont Park Champagne Stakes and ran second to Dr Clark beaten only a half length for the Nursery Handicap From this brief summary of Cleopatras twoyearold racing it may judged that she as a juvenile was possessed of considerable merit but these fillies are uncertain and I will defy anyone to even remotely guess what change either for better or for worse will come over any of them from two to three However should Cleopatra retain her juvenile form Sim must be accorded some sort of support for her breeding if for nothing else for the Kentucky Derby DerbyCorcyra Corcyra Cleopatras sire is of Bend Or descent by way of the three times champion sire Polymelus and his dam Pearmaiu a daughter of that extra good brood mare sire Persimmon and Pen mm in a mem ¬ ber of theKsa by Uncas branch of the Xo 1 family The most attractive feature of Cleopatras breed ¬ ing lies in the fact that her dam Galice is a daughter of that outandout success as a brood mare sire Gallinule St Cecilia Cleopatras granddam is three parts sister to the One Thousand Guineas winner Winifreda by St Serf and is a member of the Hybla Kettledrum branch of the Two True lUue family As a rule I do not fancy fillies for early spring racing but there is the Regret precedent to be got over and if given a race and fit and well Cleopatra even though she meets defeat in the Derby will be found cajiable of holding her own later in the year with all of the filly brigade Rona Yista 4 J J5ei Or i n niCyllene 9J f Vista 411 chestnut 1805 Arcadia j Isonomy 19 H iCyllene I Distant Shore 9 K Hampton 10 J I rd Clifden H I t Lady Lnugden 10 H Aftid ll Mriin m j Quiver J Toxophilite 3 R Z = i I I ghtofYoungMelbornc25 M St Simon 11 I Galopin 3 R ii r Persimmon st Angela 1115 bay 1893 jperditall j Hampton 10 K 1 Pearmaiu f j Hcrmionc 7 M Hagioscope 23 j Speculum SpeculumI I Sophia Sophiaj Xenemoosha j Galopin 1 Ksa 10 j Oxford Whisper j Stockwell Isoline Isolinei chestnut 1RS4 Xewminster i t Seclusion Skirmisher Daughter of Vertumna n J Galopin St Serf St Angela brown 1SS7 j Thormanby St Cecilia Woodbine bay ISJO r j Warlock I Queen of the Tyn I Adventurer Sweet Sound
