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STAYING PROGENY OF ST. ALWYNE St. Alwyne, which is rising -- and was bought in England as a five-year-old for guineas, has a great record as a sir; of winners of important long and middle distance handicaps in Australia. Night Watch and Poitrel each won him a Melbourne Cup, and in the bitters other handicap victories are the Australian Jockey Tubs Summer Cup and Tattersalls Cup. Lady Medallist put the Caulfield dip to his credit; Muorilhi. Sydney Cup; St. Car-wyne. Metropolitan; Gladwyn, two Moonee Valley Cups; St. Vano, Dagot Handicap; Silverton dead heat for the Australian Jockey Club Prince of AVales Gold Cup; Swagger. Adelaide Hirthday Cup; Duke Alwyne. two Xcwcastle Cups, anil Sir Alwynton, Newcastle Cup. A Derby or St. Leger at Randwick or Flemington is not among St. Al-wynos wins, but that is not surprising, as his progeny are generally better at four years or over than younger. Poitrel was sent to Melbourne for ibe 1!18 St. Leger, and his owners hnd n side IW. of ?250 with Mr. "J. Haron" that he would Nvit Prince Viridis. However, nothing came of the wager, as owing to pronounced soreness Poitrel I bad to be brought back to Sydney without running I ill anything, and Prince "Viridis won the St. Leger. I
