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TH.E ENGISH VIEW OF RHODA B. Itlio.i i I! i mi ai the ciem-iirii Stn.l Coimt Dublin, was ui..i m s -ting Life." w • .me of III. mi - n ■■-.■- till in. mini ire* ol lllll.--. Sol "li V llid -In Ihlov, I Wo il:i-M,. while -iu llrbj anil Khodora ii.:l!.,| ,, sneee*sive vear*. I PU4 ..n.l l«OT»i hut all In i iirmlmi eiaiki win race I. ale. I iii the Culled State* In IMKi she wa* brought a- a yearling lo Kuglaml by Mr. Croker ind iiIhc .1 nndei the can ol tharle* Mortoi at u/antage wb re l Ciokei settled ilown t..r a time. Rhoila B -i wed iuett smart forni a- a Iwo-yeai old. si,, faced the atartei Bve time- thai *eaaoa. Ai the Vewnarkel Mecood Spring Meeting slie maile a aa -i.e ioi ilebul lij winiiiiiu ibe Kxning Plate I i • vv m. h she wa- hi- favorite A* it bat s. this i- th onlv rlctorj with whi.ii -he i- rredited. hut some uf her otltei ,„ formance* wen- unite gowl r -In ran aecond i - I lorlo Bubattiao for the N w Htakea at A-.ot and to Platonic twho beat her .. hen.li for the Ureal Kingston Two ITear Old Plat . aaudowu Iark. In the autumn ahe i-om|ieted for the Mbldle Park 1lalc and in the Eglhtgton Nui-eiv at Man. he-t i . bul ran unplaced n both eonteata. Presumablj be remained In training the nest season. ..r during nut of it, In cause she oiil imi go io iln -in, i until ivm Sin- lne...| in-Mi i. .ii ail. a L.i Iwn .■ II rdil daj mnl ran. then r«m i • • lt il In rav«a ol lie in ,. men I in ii. from Iln breeding standpoint, a ti 1 1 v i. a iln through lH*ing i .. •-• I as a i» i i. i ol.i. iim nvuuei ahe -■•- to tin- paddock aflci that age the in.nr aaccen*fu1 -he is likoh to prove a- .. broodmare. Of course, there have been maay notable exaui|i!es which contradict this theory: stili. phyxlo logically, it is probablj sound. II a ally bred like Bboda is. were to be imported from America toaaj it would. I snppoae, be im IMMwibie to secure her regiatratioa in the General Stud Book, because some of the lines in the pe.li gree do not trace to man- which are to be found iu the earlier volumes. The adoption of a hard ami fast rule of thi- character has it- drawback* as w.ll as iis advantages. So one. I suppose, will go i" the length of asserting that Bboda B. la ai worthy of inclusion in our Slini Book. The ntere fact thai her son. oihy. won the Perbj and be* danghl r, Kho.loia. the Hue Thousand lininena, i- prettj con elusive |.|o,if that an. "cold" straia there may be iii lier lineage has become entirely subordinated. In tail ma!, -he .s-s hack to that great horse Clencoe. the sire of Pocahontas. The arrival of Uleaeoc iu the Inile.l Stale- was an epo.li making event, for he exercised an enormous Influence on the American Iborouajhhred, And it was lii.k.v for lis thai be did not leave his native land before he had had a season at two at the stud. because it i- ditli.-ult to imagine the way matter* would have shaped tlnnis. Ives in England if there had Is-cu im Pocahontas. The line from Olencoe to Kin, da B. contains the names of Vandal. Virgil. Him loo and Hanover. The links In this chain are ■ iiorinoiisly strong. Hindoo and his -on Hanover were especially potent. Hindoo i- one of the great name- associated with 1 e tmcricaa turf. As a two-year-old be won -even ol the nine races in which be look part. In iln- others be ran see I and third. One of his -in- cesses as a juvenile was gained in the .1 ickcy Club stake-, run over a mile, and he covered the distance in 1:44. Ai Chicago he won Ihe Criterion Stake-, and covered the -i furlongs in 1:13, which const I tilled a record up to that time. As a three year-old Hindoo started in Iweutj races, ami won eighteen • •I tin in. His victories were gaimd over distances ranging from one to two miles. He did a mile and a half iii -.".ii and two miles n 3:32. The following year Hindoo won live of the sj races la which be participated, two of them over two mil.- and a quarter. ••Iln re was," says an American authority, "no questioning the statement that Hindoo was the In -t race horse Which had a|i|. ear.. 1 ill this country for more than a .h-eade. Il i- doiihlful if any horse in England could bare beaten him la the great rlassic .ii nts." Hindoo was M contemporary of the American Derby winner. Iroqaoi*. Then as to Hanover. I cannot. I think, do better than quote what Mi. Charles E. Trevathan has to saj about him in hi- hook, "The American Tin.-- Ollghlileil." "Alii Ihe ii,-.l|il.eal:lll.e of I. like Blackburn and Hindoo from the Inrf." he writes, ■ | I « k a long tini. to bring out another horse that wa so inm-h superior to hi- fellows a- to lie.ome in i way a national American horse. Tin-re were many ... what .Mm might .-all good horses, hut the wen not i in f beroe* Perhaps tin- lii-t on.- to come into public Worship alter tin linn of Hindoo wa- Hindoo* own -on. Hanover, foaled in l«K4. out ,,r Bour Lai Belle by Connie Scotland. Hi ver Was of th.t kind to almolntely dominate all racing animals of his daj and to bring man shekels to the coffers •W in i . "Ai the time of hi- rniiliing there wa* ronstaul dismission as t win tin; he was a aujierbtr race home i, • hi* di-lingui-h, .1 -ii. II ".i- arg 1 that the further tin Vamlal familj went in tin- matter of g.ii.-ialion- Iln I.. M,i- il got. mil lli.it thi- hor-e Hanover wa* a- much better than Hindoo a- Hindoo wa- greatei than Virgil. However, iln- old friemi* l | Hindoo still cling ;.• him a- Ihe more einin.nl ra.e ln.i-. a tbi two. .un! regard II ver merely n- tbe -; i.iilli.ui! ii "i i brilllanl sire. Hauovii t.ii;,.l tilt iw.. times ai iwo. three, four ami h. rear* old. winnim. Ihirtj two races. He wa- thii teen times sei-ond. three tin,- thinl. ami only twice unplaced ami In- total winuiugs ii in- foiu .1 activlt amountiil to sils.syo e n.-i on I came fnnu tin old rranbj mare through the sire lie. ,,t Vandal din-tly. but .i- dam. B -bon Belli h i ,,i |i- H , ,1 Bonnie Siiliinl wa- ..in ..r Ella 1. In Vandal." Placed in p,,--, --ion of these fads we need i„,t -top vci Ion- lo Inquire th siairre of llhoda B.s eiellime. II. I ,liln. Margelile. a- 1, Alg.iile- a grands I Australian, out ol Swi-el Songstress. by Itoncaster tail of Melodiou*. There was, eon sequently, a verj Uirge admixture of English Mood iii ihe reins of Raoda It. Whether .a not this aeeonnted f«sr her sue.,-- i- ., matt«-r al i which we need not wiarrj rcrj inmdi sin- ha- .li.-.l ■ ■ .1 lilcei I i II past n. i i.iine- . vi i I In Ii • - I. i I b a lie.i» . a.. In h i , kel srho always i ■■•!. a |«ide in showing in t Iu l -u i- l.i I . leu, :l 11 Ii I lav. ~, . I. h,-l Iln i . n:il, lime* • i iii! Special Coniiui mi" iu London spoiling Life
