THE KIRKHAM COLTS.
" Asmodeus " writes as follow* co*»P ing the' Hon. 3i White's entries for m Derby :—• "The time is gradually drawing *s*& Mr James White to put into £<f*fi»s praiseworthy and enterprising **&&#f, to beard the British Hon in his dea*? attempting to win the Ep»wa Derby w» » horse ofhis own breed&g. As all UW are tolerably well aware, the eWMMg? is to be made with the brothers to «?£. brook and Acme, both ot which »»«*sj£ English time. - and will t£*JfS departure for England towards the m • next month. This wiU give them owrjjg to become acclimatised. At first flwgg it would seem as if a month or sw WP** later start would prove 00**'JS, cepteble to the two coJW, J»r would thus avoid the «oW. "JS easterly blasts which .t/wusaOrm Isles *»M»!**lS April. But, I presume, » feP"f& intended to give the. Kiridiaffl *» youngsters a taste of the tail ja& «._»- English winter in order to enabfc; more readily survive the Mweeedta&«"ff season of 1889-90. Perhaps from «*« K2 of view the idea is not a bad one. *-* it on gnod authority that neither ffggi nor Hales will play a part in the SSwE campaign. In the first pJaoe, w»Ji adverse to visiting England; ■"SPSgJ the Australian engagements 01 W Kirkham team are such thss * White could not very well «fg£, with their respective services a temporary k absence, so »f» *, responsibility ot training and rt***TJ col& for the English Derby upon somebody else. - It is thooga* «JJ the preparation of Mr White s ?<£*&, wonfd bTsuitably attended 4 tow«^^ placed in tbe hands o£ one •If&sETo) English trainers, but KL&ham does not favour the iMgr&tf desirous that the experiment <£¥■,"%> paielyAustralianaepoMibte. -brtpWg> matter of breedingand traintofc possible, riding. s'bese oe. JJ* 1 which Mr White intends to crusade on the English-turf.«"jk£iflf needless tosay,he has to?J&£%2£. t all Australians in Ms spirited vestas
Captain William a commander in the Chifis f*^^Zmi *kafamW&9g& hadljwaeeeenlattoiossoawtWA ...»
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Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7260, 21 January 1889, Page 2
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320THE KIRKHAM COLTS. Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7260, 21 January 1889, Page 2
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