ENGLISH FORM.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 965, 3 September 1908, Page 6

ENGLISH FORM.

Three-year-old form has been difficult to follow in England this season, and seemingly every “classic” is likely to be won by a different horse. Norman 111. won the Two Thousand, and ran nowhere in the Derby, which, as well as the Oaks, was won by Signorinetta, who was subsequently beaten by White Eagle, one of the unplaced division in the Derby. Then, just as everybody was singing the latter’s praises as “the best of the year, he missed a place with 9.2 in the Sandown<Park Eclipse Stakes, won by Mr. J. B. Joel’s Persimmon colt Your Majesty, 8.13, with Santo Strato, 8.13, in second place. For this race Lesbia was favorite, with White Eagle next in demand while Your Majesty’s price was much larger. The going was so heavy that the mile and a quarter took 2min. 15 3-ssec. to cover, but that there was no semblance of a fluke in Your Majesty’s success was evidenced when, at Liverpool less than a week later, he carried 9.12 to White Eagle’ 9.8 in the St. George Stakes, 1 mile 3 furlongs, and outstayed the latter in the good time of 2min. 18 4-s’sec. Rhodora, 9.7, was one of the unplaced lot, and, it may be added, Your Majesty was favorite.