SPORTING NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1683, 13 April 1886, Page 2

SPORTING NEWS.

TWO NOTABLE SHtHS. In the Derby of 1840 two bdrsei start* ed, whose progeny have made great names for themselves through the stdek on thia tide of the e<Jdator. The'v wen* The Libels sire df Traducer, and AlaraL dire of Panic. They fell foul of each other at the post and destroyed their chances of winning by a sensational ; battle. It seems that The Libel fat kicked by Alarm, at which horse he immediately rushed open-mouthed, Alarm beirtg driven over the chains, there being no rails at the starting post on Epsom Downs. in those days. Alarm was said to be the best horse Mr Grevilla ever owned, and the mishap was a sad blow to his hopes, which had risen high of winning that year's Derby, which fell • to Merry Monarch. How the descendants of these horses have won all the big races m Australia and New Zealand is now ajnatter of history, their sons Commotion and' Sir Modred beine acknowledged as the two finest specimens of th« thoroughbred ever foaled touth of th« line. Whether Panic was a better horse than Traducer at the siucl will always be a matter of opinion. My own idea is that there was not much either way to choose between them ; . the; both got grand stock.—- 41 Flaneur,'' m Wanganni Herald. '