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YOUNG STARS AT GOODWOOD Sunstars Daughter Sundart Called Best Filly of Her Age in England Racing may not have been quite up to the mark, especially In the three-year-old department, but we have seen some fine two-year-olds, and I fancy there is a bright future for Sunblaze, which won the Richmond Stakes by superior stamlnn. He la n big-boned, sujiistantlal chestnut son of Sunstar Alnmouth, by Gailinule, her dam, Queen Fairy, by Oberon. This is the No. S family, nnd it should not be forgotten that Omeron was by Galopin Wheel of Fortune. Suilblaze was bred by Mr. MnntaScheff, and at. the .moment of writing I do not recall how or when Mr. Lionel Robinson became possessed of him, but doubtless-, it would, be at one of the numerous sales of Russian bloodstock, nnd there is no wonder that Mr. Mantnscheff should have bred a good oolt, for he certainly did not spare money In buying first-clnss. mares before the glorious V revolution, which has reduced Russia to primeval chaos. Apropos, I was asked from an official source the other day if it would be feasible to ship Aboyeur and Louviers from Constantinople to England, and what would be the rate of insurance. The thing can be done, though it is far from easy, but I mention the matter only to show that these horses, at any rate, are safe and in right hands. Mr. Zveguintzoff is, I understand, safe also, at Constantinople, nnd this is particularly good news, for he is a most genuine sportsman, and one of the best. How far he and his friends have salved any of their possessions from the rapacious Bolshevists I do not know, but they are not men to be knocked out easily of that I am certain. Sirrah, which ran a close second to Sunblnze, is a colt of high-class type, but nt present he does not stay so well, though ho showed, if anything, the better speed. Volcanic, which won the Lavant Stakes in commanding style, is a charming chestnut daughter of" that good sire Corcyra, and La Soufriere, bv Robert le Dinhle. Sir John Rbbiiisdii obtained 2,000 guineas for her at Doncaster last year. She and Blue Dun have raised Corcyra to the pinnncle of fashion. . A SIRE OF WINNERS. More and more does Sunstar assert himself week after week as a most extraordinarily consistent sire of winners, end his beautifully-bred two-year-old daughter Sundart is to my mind the best of her sex that we have seen this year. She well may he, as she is a daughter of such a mare as Baroness La Flechp dam of China, by Ladns La Fleche. Baroness La Fleche was herself a flyer, but not built on nearly such a substantial scale as this young daughter of hers. The only fault about China is that she does not stand true iu front. She turns her toes in, nnd her joints leave something to desire, but she "has great bone and rare action. Mons Meg used to turn her toes tin badly, but this did not prevent her winning the Gold Vase at Ascot and otherwise gaining distinction on the turf. So we hope that Sundart will train Into a great three-year-old. She has more power than China, and not less quality, unless, indeed, big feet give her a more plebeian appearance. She has a yearling sister, and Baroness La Fleche has Indeed repaid Sir Robert Jardine for his big outlay on her. Besides Chink and Sundart, her son Lord Archer has also won races this year. Evander, which won the Prince of Wales Stakes for the Duke of Porltand, looks like being good enough to tempt his Grace .to modify his intention of seriously curtailing his stud and stable. He is a lengthy, blood-like chestnut by that great stallion Polymelus Samara, a mare which the duke bought from the Compton stud. She is by Picton Orvetos best son Cassinia, by Carbine, her dam Scene by Springfield. Here is a wealth indeed of No. 1 blood, nnd two lines of it through Sunshine, for Orvletos dam was a daughter of Sunshine, to which also Scene traces. Then, too, the Carbine touch was rretty sure to nick with Polymelus, which comes of the same immediate maternal line as did Musket, the sire of Carbine indeed Musket and Quiver grandam of Polymelus, were all but brother and sister. Breeding of this son-; has already proved successful in Call o the Wild, by Polymelus Cooee, by Trentpn son of Musket. It would by no means surprise me, however, if some day we find Glorioso, which ran second 10 Evander, asserting superiority, but, like so many Swynfords, he wants a lot of time, and may be like his sire in not coming really to hand before, the autumn of next year. He is not so well bred on the dam side as Evander, being a soioof Assurance, by Count Schomberg Be Sure, by Sure-foot, her dam. Queen Bee, by Mnncaster. This, however, is a good winning family of the No. 2 line. W. Allison in Loudon Sportsman.
