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NOTABLE THOROUGHBRED BROODMARES The greatest of all the broodmares was Poca hontas says a London writer as not only did she throw Stockwell llarkaway Rataplan Ambrose Ayacanora Kniglit of Kars and others but an un ¬ usual number of winners iu succeeding generations are sprung from her The Duke of Portland once said that Mowerina would produce a race horse even if mated witli an Ayrshire bull Lord Falmouth might metaphorically have said the same of Queen Rertha and Mr Crawford of Devotion whilst Para ¬ digm Illuminuta and Quiver all produced great win ¬ ners Perdita II for King Edward almost rivalled Pocahontas and Phryue Alice Hawthorn and Rees wing had a great array as bad Queen Mary Blink Bonny died at an early age or what she would have been no one can say