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IMPORTED STARS IN STUD DR LEACH WRITES INFORMING OF THE IN ¬ FLUENCE OF IMPORTED STALLIONS Accomplishments in America of Wieners of English EnglishDerby Derby St Lejer and Two Thousand Guineas GuineasBrought Brought Down from the Days of Diomcd By DU M M LEACH LEACHApparently Apparently the Woodstock breeders of Kentucky liavi at least awakened to some of their shortcom ¬ ings and have recently formed nu organization whoso acknowledged object is the purchase and im Mirliti Mirlitiiu iu of bloodstock from abroad and it is cer ¬ tain that the directors of this organization will not content themselves with the importation of an in ¬ ferior grade of stock For some time past except in a few isolated cases our breeders have been con ¬ tent to rub ahaig with what practically amounted to Hie otrscouriiigs of the European market and 1 ilia convinced that more real good will come from the importation of one good stallion than from a Held full of tbe other sort In pioneer days our oldtime American breeders and turfmen despite the dangers encountered from the stormy passage across the western ocean before the days of expeditious steam travel and at a time vben it freipientlv took immthu to make the trip stood ever ready unde ¬ terred by the obvious risk to purchase the best lojio bud abroad abroadThe The records show that an even dozen winners of the Derby eleven winners of the St Iegor and five winners of the Two Thousand Guineas have at one time or another been imported into North America Seven of these were foaled before the dawn of the nineteenth centuryDlomod century Dlomod the first winner of Englands greatest classic heads the list of Derby winner importations fallowed by Saitrrm John Hull Spread Eagle Sir Hurry Lapdog Priam George Frederick St Blaise Sc Gat iun Ormonde and Itock Sand the last two of which won the Two Thousand Guinea and St lcger as well The St Legcr winners comprise Phe ¬ nomenon Spadille Barefoot Ilowton Mango Mar grave Knight of St George Don Jon and Uayon dOr and the Two Tbousaiulwluue S are Uiddles i worth Ulencoe and Princ FVharlic FVharlicIt It may not be uninteresting to run through tlic winning performances of these big guns and other iniHortntloiis which have gained renown on the turf of England aud see what m ei Hiiro of success awaited them in the land of their adoption and to what ex ¬ tent their influence extends to the building up of our present day American bloodstock bloodstockStrange Strange as it may seem not one of the imported classic winners from Diomcd to St Jatien lias succeeded in establishing in tail male a line of Ids own It is too early yet to speculate on what fate lies in store for the male descendants of Ormonde r Hock Sand but if precedent Lo any guide their descendants will also fail to establish strong male lines of their own The main contributory causes to thi nonsuccess of the imported stallions in this particular are climatic influence and the introduc ¬ tion of impure or tainted stains stainsDomcd Domcd foaled in 1777 our first classic hero has perhaps acquitted himself as well as any and was a chestnut by Florizel son of Herod from a daughter of Siwctator and won the Derby then run at the distance of one mile Diomed was bred and owned by Sir diaries Bunbury and imiiorted by Colonel 1 loonies of Virginia when twentytwo years of age and was assuredly a horse of marvelous constitution ami vitality for he was not gathered to his fathers until the thirtyfirst milestone had been passed Di nnods best was the pure bred Sir Archy the an ¬ cestor of the renowned Lexington which ranked as AiuiiIcas premier sire for a number o seasons and left iHhind him any number of famous entire horses and prolific broodmares However the male line of Lexington outside a few outlying descendants of Joe Hooker and Norfolk in California is as dead an Hector Diomed besides winning the Derby appropriated the Claret Stakes Ills Majestys Plate and was altogether a race horse of more than ordinary luerit and must lie regarded despite his ta i In ro to establish a line of his own as one of the main factors in the building up of American blood Twelve months after the Importation of Domed Siiltram winner of Englands bine riband In 17S was brought over Saltram was twenty years of age at the time of his importation by William Light foot of Virginia then the great bloodstock nursery of the Inlted States Saltram a Jirown was a son of the famous Eclipse out of Virago by Snap and a iiicmbT of the same family which is responsible for the production of Persimmon Flying Fox and Dono ¬ van in recent years Despite bis excellence as a race horse und splendid pedigree Saltram left behind him no son to cjrry on bis line and is chiefly known to latterday breeders as the sire cf tlu dam of Timol iron ironJoint Joint Hull a chestnut foaled in 17S11 was the next to undertake the voyage The stud book however is chary of its information in regard to John ISull merely acknowledging his arrival and his name does not appear as the sire of anything of note noteSpread Spread Eagle soon followed A bay son of Volun ¬ teer by Eclipse and tracing to the Button Barb iiaiv Spread Eagle wasfoalod in 171I2 and was an ¬ other of Colonel I loonies importations Spread KiigleV fame as a sire rests with bis having got Mtibl of the Oaks ancestress of many notably Com ¬ mando one of our most famous race horses of mod ¬ em times Besides winning the Derby Spread Eagle wo i this Princes Stakes at Newmarket a Kings Plate and 450 sovereigns at York YorkSir Sir Harry foaled in 17i1 came along in 1S04 and Ppears from the records to bave been quite In the front rank as a race burse winning the Claret Stakes a fouryearold two good races at Newmarket a iir biter and at six won Id guineas at hcadquar crs i21 sovereigns at Ascot and a Kings Plate at Winchester Sir Harrys name appears as tbe sire of Lady of the Lake a member of a prolific branch f the No 2 family and as the sire of Haxalls Moses ancestors of Aerolite by Lexington Lexingtonjultc jultc an interval was permitted to elapse lie fore Iipiiog put In an appearance in 1S ° 5 nine year iter be had won the Derby for Lord Egreniout Hpdog was Imported by that justly famous tnrf an Mr James Jackson of Florence Ala Mr Jacksons first classic winner does not appear to ivo accomplished much in this country but his Mine figures as the sire of X V ancestress of linswiiig in England EnglandPriam Priam the bay hero of Epsom Downs in 1S0 nine next and was bred and raced during bis earlier ti f career by William Chiffney brother if I am 3iJ mistaken to the celebrated jockey Sam Chiff L M Priam was imported by those enterprising turf PSI the Messrs Merrltt of Virginia and was decidedly one of the grandest race horses over im P rted Priam did not race as a twoyearold hut n a threeyearold won the Kiddlesworth Stakes lid the Column Stakes at Newmarket then receiv ¬ ing forfeit In two stakes after which he won the IVrliy from Little Hod Hover and li1t sovereigns at Axcof Shortly afterwards Priam the favorite sue ciiiiiliiil to ibi 11 tit I chance lrmingliim in be SI L gir impiirled Emancipation finishing third The St Ieger that year was run on Tuesday and Prhiui came out the following Thursday and beat Kotreiver n match As a fouryearold Priam was sold to Lord Chesterfield after having won the Craven and Port Stakes at Newmarket and in his new owners colors beat Lucetta a match with the odds of 7 to 4 laid on him Priams next success came in the Goodwood Cup in which he defeated Flenr ile Lis Sovereigns dam and wouud up his fouryearold racing career by conceding Augustus sixteen pounds and beatiug him across the flat A year later Priam won a Kings Plate at Newmarket again defeating Lucetta won the tvio and one half mile Eclipse Foot Stakes from imported Sarpedon won the Goodwood Cup for a second time aud was then beaten by Camerine aud paid forfeit to Eman ¬ cipation Priam was a son of the Derby winner Emillus and was out of Cressida own sister to Eleanor the lirst and one of the few fillies which have ever won the Derby W th such sterling per ¬ formances and splendid jxsligree to back him up there was every reason to suppose that Priam would establish a male line of his own but he proved to be essentially i filly getter The horse before ids exportation in 18IJ7 had made some successful stud seasons in the land of his birth leaving be ¬ hind him no less than three Winers of The Oaks in Miss Letty Wcatherblts dam Industry dam of The Oaks winner Lady Evelyn and ancestress of a whole tribe of race homes besides and Crucifix dam of Lord George Bentincks Derby winner Sur ¬ plice and ancestress of Messrs Miller aud Bishops good stallion iniorted Adam Priam also got An ¬ nette dam of Agnes ancestress of ail the famous horses which come from the No 10 line In this country Priam Is best known to fame as the sire of Margaret Wood dam of Wado Hamptons Star Davis and ancestries of Ballet Parachnto and all tin liotod race horses which come from this the strongest of all American families familiesFifty Fifty vears almost had come and gone ere another Derby winner was safely landed on the shores of North America Our friends the Canadians broke the long spell of inaction and purchased tbe heavy shouldered George Frederick in his old age from the French but If the horse accomplished anything of note I am not aware of it In 1SSG Mr Bel inoat the elder purchased St Blaise tbe chest ¬ nut Derby winner of 1S8S a son of Hermit and Fusee by Marsyas I shall always consider St Blaise as one of the luckiest winners of the Derby He was certainly one of fortunes favorites and bis defeat of Galliard Is inexplicable and Galliards de ¬ feat is iHipnlarly supposed to bave caused Lord Fal moiiths retirement from the turf Shortly after his Derby success St Blaise was dispatched to France to take liis part In the Grand Prix for which lie was beaten a short head by Frontin and on his return to England St Blalse could only get third to Ladislas and Ossian for the Ascot Derby St Itlaise was a member of tbe outside No 21 family and was the first Derby winner coming from this line since made famous by the deeds of St Frusquiu Omnium II Matchmaker Matchbox Our UissIe and Your Ma ¬ jesty St Blalso raced in the nami of Lord Aling ton and was one of the many classic winners trained by the veteran John Porter at his Hampshire estab ¬ lishment Kiugsclerc famous alike for its horses and its roses The Kingselero gallops though some ¬ what inaccessible are splendid A twomile walk brings you to the top of the Hampshire downs From thcrp a magnificent view of the surrounding country is beheld but tlio master band is no longer at the helm and the glories of Kintjsolere arc faded along with its roses St Plaise stood after his ar ¬ rival in the United States for many years as pre ¬ mier stallion at Mr Belmonts Nursery Stud near I xington Ivy and achieved much success as tbe sire of Potomac St Florian Ixi Tosca and 1ritne of Monaco ami on the death of Mr Bclmont was Continued on second page
