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CONCERNING THE EPSOM OAKS FILLIES FILLIESWhatever Whatever lie the class of the Oaks fillies there cairTjc no doubt about the good looks of many of them nor yet of the fact thai Cirina stoodqut as the queen of the band She is 11 really eiquisjte filly with plenty of size and linunrlies on her that suggest the driving power of a greyhound or ia jinrc How she came to be beaten Is to me a blank mystery but Charlebelle which was fortunate enough to do the trick is a lengthy substantial filly quite racinglike save that she may be a trifle slack of loin She gave Charles OlMalley his first classic winner and it was just as welt tluU siic was reserved for today instead of going for tile Derby also The time 238 was comparatively bad The start was not a good one but Cinnaa defeat though only by a neck was past under ¬ standing Goodlooking fillies among the others were the shortcoupled wellbalanced Queen Jest the big rangy chestnut Lomelie the trulyshaped Reiiui do Neige the bloodlike Valve and the ex ¬ ceedingly serviceable Aeon by Torpoint which was among the sufferers in a bad start Cicerole too was well liked and Saffron has plenty of size and scope but her running behind Spion Kop at Kenin ton was nothing in her favor Miss Buchanan was in the paddock to see Lady rPcg ibut there was no encouragement to fancy this daughter of Aalens rAVhin Chat Nothing went better in tlie canter down than Shy Princess but impressions gained at this stage are commonly deceptive deceptiveThe The start as I have already said was a bad one three of the field being hopelessly left Cjnha and Charlebelle always Jield good ijlaccs and the former came down the hill and round the corner as if it was all over and so it seemed to be until well within the distance when Charlebelle put up a resolute challenge Again and again Uinna got the better of the struggle but a great effort on the part of Wlialley just did the trick for Charje belle in the last few strides It is never well to blame the jockey pf the second and I am the last to do so but Epsom is a curious course and only just a few jockeys do themselves full justice on It Carslake for example though firstrate elsewhere is no match for Donoghue at Epsom Roselet which finished an indifferent third is a rather plain daughter of Stornoway Rose of Ayrshire Her hocks arc away from her but except to look at that is no great fault She seems to stay well and will doubtless win a good race but the whole affair was triflingin comparison witli the Derby I still think that lima is a really firstclass filly and that she will beat the winner whenever they meet again It might even happen that Clnna has no mean chance against the colts in the autumn though todays result may seem strongly to controvert such an idea I am going mainly on the manifest class and quality of Cinna and her superb breeding The Special Commissioner in London Sportsman
