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BUNK SONHY-WDtNER OP THE DERBY ANS
OAKS, 18S7
v Blink Bonny is h dark bay maro. I Sh 2A- in high, with
a white streak down . her face, and a white circle round
the coronet of the near fore font. Her hack and ribs
arc, perhaps, tho best points, ubonther; they arc extra-
ordinarily good. Sho is very deep in htr brisket, and
measures 5ft 4in in girth. Her fore-hand is particularly
neat; ber head being beautifully set un a tapering neck,
.with a Ano sloping shoulder. , lier appearance in walk-
ing gives ono an idea of vulgarity, owing to ber fumy
little ragged bit of a tail, and a rather slovenly gait ¡
but "her hocks are capital, and the moment she is in her
quick paces thc idea Is turned into admiration. She in
ono of tho finest goers over seen; she has a remarkably
fine temper, and is so light-hearted that if she misses a
day's wuik she is flt to jump ,;ut of her skin the next
morning.
Blink Binny was bred by her present owner and
^trainer, Mr W. I'Anson, of Spring Cottage, Malton,
Yorkshire. She ¡9 by Melbourne out of Queen Mary
by Gladiator, her dam.by Plenipotentiary out of Myrrha
by Whalobono; and is own s!st,.'r to Blooming Heather,
who ran «ccoiid fur the Oaks in 1855.
PjvnrouuAKOEs-Blink Bonny started eleven times as
a two-year old, and won eight.' Sho first .appeared in
public at the York Spring Meeting, where on tho 22nd of
April sho was third to Magnifier and Nougat, who ran a
dead heat for the Zetland Stakes, half a milo. On the
6th of May she was beaten by Lambourn in the Mostyn
Stakes at Chester, three quarters of a mile; an objection
was made against the Mist two in this race by Mr I'An-
son for crossing, but it wa« overruled. On thc 14 th of
May she achieved her maiden victory by winning tho
Sapling Stakes at Manchester. On the 4th of J une ¡-lie
won the Bishop Burton Stales at Beverley, and thc
Tyro Stakes nt Newcastle on the 2-Rb; on the 11th of
Jn:y she won the Grunt lancashire Produce .Stakes ot
Liverpool; and on the31st tile Bentinck Memorial Stakes
at Goodwood. On Wednesday, at York August Meet-
ing, she was beaten by Lady Hawthorn in tho Convivial
Stakes, but redeemed ber lost laurels on Friday by de
feating Skirmisher, M.B, and fosr others, for tho
Giroeraek. She nho won the Filly Stakes at Doncaster
on tho Ißth September, »nd a'sweepstakes of 10 sovs
each on the Thursday nt the same meeting, beating
Adamas and Skirmisher, to each of whom ¡-he ga vt-libs.
She only appeared >nce this year before going to Epsom,
and was defeated for the One Thousand Guineas Stnkoa
at Newmarket on the 30th of April, by Imperieuse. On
Wednesday. May 27tb, she won tho DBIIBY, and on the
following Friday wun the OAKS ; tt feat heretofore accom-
plished once, and once only-by Sir C. Buubury's Eleanor
in 1801. Her yearling half brother, Balnamoon, is not
engaged in either Derby or St Leger.- The Field.
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