The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-16

| and any suspicious as to her staying pow
ers were completely set at rest when she
cantered home for the st. Leger. How
good Delaunay is. he demonstrated in
the Cambridgeshire by proving himself
unquestionably superior to the good
French horse Caius. who was sent over.
as his friends believed to certain victory
Scepter. when really herself. was a great
mare. and at his best Zinfandel, in ap
pearance as In capacity. takes very high
rank. Animals like Ypsilanti. Hacker S
Pride Robert lie Diable Bachelors But
ton. Henry l and others would have won
good races at any period. There seems
little reasons. indeed TO joint in the cry
OF deterioration.
Vary With Seasons
Horses have always varied from sea-
son TO season-that Is to say. there have
been good and bad years. and the present
year olds. judging by their last sea-
crate at best. with the possible exception
OF Cicero on whom the hopes of England
seem almost entirely TO depend i'm what
promises to be an exciting international
Derby. Whether Cicero can beat the bet
ter of Mons. Blancs sons OF Flying Fox.
Jardy Or Val dor. there is no way of
ascertaining other than by the ordeal of
the race. Lord Rosebery's son of Cyllene
and Gas has done handsomely all that he
has ever been asked TO do, and the style
with which he went at Sandown with a
heavy weight on his back the last time
he was seen in public made much impress
sion on those who watched him. Jardy
and Val dor have likewise won all their
races in France. and when the former
came to New Market to take part in the
Middle Park plate many spectators must
have thought of Gladiateur and the like
lihood OF another Derby falling to a
French bred horse,
Acme of Excitement
Racing provides nothing more exciting
than struggle between two horses OF
good class. both of whom have run sew
eTal times without being beaten. One or
the other. has 10 succumb. except In the
improbable event of a dead heat, and the
question is which is the pair? Cicero
might advantageously be a couple of
inches higher-he stands 15-9h but
he is big enough IL he is good enough.
There Is always a chance that one or
more OF the year olds-3 year olds in the
season-may have made exceptional prog
ress during the winter, end it is very pos
Sible that before November is ended the
names OF PolSmelus. Rouge Croix
Thrush and Llangibby. Pamfiette -GalIan-
tine and Cherry Lass may be mentioned
with admiration.
of the . year olds only some of the
small and early ones have been tried.
ing is known about them shortly be-
fore Ascot or perhaps later-Ormonde did
not run till October. These early young
sters may hold-their own throughout the
season. as The Bard and Donovan did, and
as Vedas-all three winners of the
BrocklesbuTy stakes-would have done
idst season nad MS WaEWafd temper not
prevented him; but as a general rule .
year olds that win during the first two
months of the racing year are of very
little account in September or October.
Most stables shelter at least one pre-
sumable swan now that may turn out to
be the most ordinary of geese. Thus
Marsh has the kings Moran. John Porter
the duke of Westminster's Pipestrello and
the duke of Portland's Culzean. p Z
Gilpin has Mai Eustis Logor's Admiral
CTitchton, a half brother to Pretty Polly
George Lambton Lord Derby's Capitol
Victorious. half sister to the Derby win
neT Nolodyovski but il will be time to
chant the praises-of these and others when
1t is seen whether the judge will take
notice OF them or whether they escape
his observation"