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FICKLENESS IN HORSE BREEDING BREEDINGMen Men connected with horses are supposed to bo astute but as a matter of fact so fac as bloodstock goes they have no more discretion than women who are crazed about the latest fashion Year by year we see some fresh Idol upraised while those of the almost immediate past are apt to be for ¬ gotten Thus at the moment every one is think ¬ ing of Prince Palatine only and the horse deserves all the beat thoughts that can be bestowed on him but the trouble is that fiightincss of instant favor tends to pass other good horses into oblivion Only last year the cry was nil for Sundridge and premi ¬ ums were given to secure nominations to him This year just because he has not had a Derby winner two years running he is not thought nearly so well of The epidemic in Mortons stable has had much to do with the fortunes of Sundridge in this matter but surely a horse that has already sired a firstclass Derby winner is better worth con ¬ sideration than an untried sire sireNevertheless Nevertheless the public taste will not have it so and there arc people anxious to psrt with Sund ¬ ridge nominations at 2000 who would gladly give 2500 for a nomination to Prince Palatine They may be right iu this particular instance but at least it remains to bo proved and there are in ¬ numerable other instances ivhere the rush of latest fashion causes people to forget what has just gonu before London Sportsman
