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EPINARD PROGENY DOING WELL American breeders who have patronized Epinard are taking satisfaction in the per-fromances of this horses get both at home and abroad this season. Hygro is regarded by good judges as the best sprinter in the United States, while Rodosto, recent winner of the 200,000 franc Prix Herod at Le Tremblay, is a colt of the highest class. This race is run over a stiff seven furlongs course, the last furlong uphill. That Rodosto is from Ramondie, by Neil Gow, dam of the French classic winner Chateau Bous-caut, next dam La Rille, by Macdonald II., son of Bay Ronald and Myrtledine, by Bar-caldine, indicates that Epinard will get winners over a distance if crossed with mares bred in stout lines. Rodosto is engaged in many of the French and English classics, and it is said that his first start as a three year-old will be in the 2,000 Guineas. Another brilliant two-year-old by Epinard in France this season is the filly Coque de Noix, winner of the Prix Robert Papin of 100,000 francs. In this fixture Rodosto was second, so that Epinard came in for a double share of glory. Rodosto and Coque de Noix were successful in other stakes during the French season. The filly, like the colt, is bred in the stoutest lines on the female side, her breeding being much like that of Hot Weed, noted French stayer, and Bru-lette, who frightened all competition out of the Jockey Club Stakes recently, and galloped over the course in Lord Woolaving-tons colors. Owned by Baron Edouard de Rothschild, Coque de Noix should show to advantage in the filly classics next year in France.
