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Auckland Star, Issue 123, 24 May 1919, Page 18

The Panther, winner of the Two! Thousand Guineas last week, is by Tracery from Countess Zia, and he was one of the beet of last season's English 2-year-olds. Writing in the "Sportsman"' at the beginning of the year, "Vigilant" said:—The Panther is unquestionably a : very nice horee that may be included in the category of "good big 'uns," and if he goes on all right there must be room for more than average improvement during the winter, while Manser may be relied on to do him justice. The "colt inherits much of the character of hie sire, Tracery, but I shall want to see him do more than he has yet accomplished before admitting him to be of the same high class. Still, it fe something in his favour that he had a light season last year, having run only three times, twice successful, and once when cleverly beaten on his debut by Paper Money. His last performance "was his best when he beat Bayuda cleverly by three-parts of a length, with Galloper Light, from whom he wae receiving ioib, beaten nearly three length-