Show AMERICANS WIl I INOT NOT English Thinks Amer American American ican Horses Are Due to Meet Defeats New Nes York Feb 18 The American thoroughbreds which went abroad last fall faU to win some of the coming English turf classics are doomed to defeat The unbeaten Colin CoHn and the peerless Ballot BanoL the stouthearted Fair FuJi FairPlay FairPlay Play and the Derby eligible Sir Mar Martin Martin Martin tin a look in n the im impression impression one gets in a talk taik with C A Mills the English who is In Inthe inthe Inthe the country for a short stay Mr Ir Mills Is a friend of King Edward is well known to the big men on the turf and has at various times imes been racing representative abroad of Messes Lorillard Keene K ene and Whitney In con conversation conversation Mr Mills intimated very strongly that a victory for CoHn Colin Bal Bai Ballot Ballot Bailot lot or the rest of the horses hore on their first starts abroad wilt surprise al an Europe To use Mills own lt will be a R tall accomplish accomplishment ment If any of them win at the first asking Mr Mills say this disparaging disparagingly ly but rather for the reason that the horses are not likely to be properly acclimatized He explained that some horses come to hand easily and early arly and others do not notile He said It was only natural to Include the American horses particularly Sir Martin among the later The Madden bred colt was sent over oer at a bad time tune long after the shipment of the Keene and Belmont representatives As to making the American horses top weight in the first of the English h stakes the great Jubilee on May 8 and forcing them to give weight to Llan Lian gurn gum and Your Majesty two of or the i best horses in England Mr Ir Mills said I the English n lih handIcapper could do nothing else els You see said sad the Englishman your horses came over to us with reputations of being the best thorough thoroughbreds thoroughbreds thoroughbreds on this side of the Atlantic They accordingly are unknown Quantities to tous tous tous us They have hae beaten everything here and we over oer there dont know but that your horses taken as a a whole are bet better better better ter than ours Your Y ur Colin Cohn and Priscil lian han are unbeaten and I 1 understand that Ballot was las practically invincible In the handicap division the English horse handi handicapped capped at the same weight as Priscil lian han or lr fourth below Ballot Is 15 accord accordIng accordIng according Ing to Mills the best of the English stake winners He ran third In the I Derby and thereafter was undefeated winning many rich stakes among am ng then the Prince Edward Ed ward handicap ana and the champion stakes He Is owned by byA byA byA A Barclay B Walker J t L Joels Your Majesty Majest ranks next to He Hewon H won won the St Leger and was sas the big biggest biggest biggest gest money winner of last season Talking of Derby candidates tes Mr Mills says Bayardo owned by Paine Faine Cox Is the natural favorite He has hat hasa hata a lot of cn victories as a ald aid and barring accidents Is expected ted to continue his unbeaten career as a Just as our our own Colin Cohn did I |