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. J, ■ J1. ■ " ;" f " " " ■ ° JJ g u J ■ K ° ■ r: ■ Q1 n ! ■• CHAMPION OF ALL ENGLISH SIRES. St. Simon and Stockwell stand out as far the liest sires England has produced, and the former has ind -ed proved himself a wonderful stallion, his produce having secured 88.888,888 in the United Kingdom. This, of course, as regards money value, beats the record of Stockwell or any other stallion, but the 412 living sons and daughters b gotten by The Barons celebrated son numbered 228 winners, they securing 1,152 races of some sort betwein th.-in 1 and ,784,705 in stakes. In fa, or of StockwelJ. too, it ought to lie mentioned that he died when only twenty-om- as the result of a very curious accident, which 1 spoke of in tease columns a lew . weeks since. Most people know that the son of Galapin was never beaten on the race course, but though not competing on the turf after his three-year-old days, he did not go to the stud until five years old. and his first batch of foals, fifteen in 1 number, appeared in 1887. He had altogether in England up till the end of 1907. 425 living foals, consisting of 220 colts and 2o5 fillies. Of these. 309 have appeared upon a race course and 178 won races. St. Simons greatest champions are La Fleche, 76,015; Persimmon. 73,530: St. Frus quin. 64,000: Diamond Jubilee, 45,925; Sig-norina. 14,505: Memoir. 6,506: Semolina. 2,-880; Amiable. 2,410: Darley Dale, 2,050 and 1 Rabelais. 0.220. — Horse and Hound.
