The New York Spirit of the Times, has some very apposite remarks on Martini- Henry’s wonderful performances at the Y.E.C. Spring Meeting. It says :— “The Australians have produced some wonderful colts in recent years, notably Darebin and Commotion; but it is likely that Martini- Henry is one of the best colts in the world. He is truly a phenomenal colt, and we can hardly doubt that it pitted against the beat in England or America, he would prevail, as the merit of his performances is tremendous. He had his head pulled almost off in the Derby, yet he won in a canter, and in the Cup, three days later, with 1031 b., he romped away from such tried ones as Commotion, io the fast time of 3m. 30Js. There is no doubt about the time, as timing is reduced to quite as perfect a science in Australia as it is here, and the courses are accurately measured.” And on Musket, the sire of Martini-Henry, the same American authority observes :—“ We have referred at length, in another column, to the singular faculty pos sessed by the English in too hastily con demning their stallions and parting with them, as they did with Gladiator, The Em peror, and Faugh-a-Ballagh to the French ; Buccaneer to the Austrians; and Glencoe and Leamington to America. The success of Martini-Henry adds point to our state ment. His sire, Musket, was one of the best distance horses in England in 1870, 1871, and 1872, in which year he won the Alexandra Plate, three miles, with 1321 b., beating Albert Victor,Favonius, and Agility. But the English condemned him as a sire, as they had Leamington and Buccaneer, and sold him to Australia. But, before he quitted their shores, he left behind him Petronel, the property of our friend the Duke of Beaufort. Pptronel won the Two Thousand, and, as a four and five year old, the Epsom Stakes, Great Yorkshire Handi cap, and many Queen’s Plates. When Mr Bathgate returned to America, in 1881, he told us that Petronel was the only stayer in England. 