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] * H a of J J 3 4 I I : 1 t c s l t , • , , J j 1 1 1 1 1 • ! 1 ! : 1 I • • ; I 1 I : f - - ; — — * • GEORGE SMITH STRICTLY ENGLISH BRED AND DESCENDANT OF ENGLANDS MOST FAMOUS HORSES By Dr. M. M. LEACH +— 1 . * : The recent sale of the aptly-named two-year-old, George Smith, to the Amsterdam turfman, Mr. John Sanford reminds me that as yet I have not given the readers of Daily Racing Form the tabulated pedigree this most worthy son of Out of Reach and Consuelo II.. by Bradwardine. George Smith, which has won no less than nine races this year, was bred by Messrs. Chinn and For-syihe at their Fountainblue Stud. Mercey County, Kentucky, and years ago I predicted to Mr. Forsythe the success of Consu.-lo II. as a broodmare and that soiae flue day she would throw a winner of the highest class, and 1 think my prediction has been well borne out and I much doubt if we have seen a better colt than George Smith this year. Cp until the Saratoga meeling George Smith retained his unbeaten certificate, and his then owner, Mr. MeBride, had the fullest confidence in his colts ability to defeat all comers. Everyone knows that defeat awaited !eorge Smith at Saratoga and that the colt was subsequently defeated on two other occasions. Rumors were rife that something was radically wrong with the MeBride colt. These rumors, however, happilv proved to be unfounded and George Smith, in the Annapolis Stakes, when pitted against a previous stake winner in Slipshod and th.- t consistenet performer. King Xeptune, made veritable backs of his doughtv opponents to win eased up. The return to form of George Smith was most convincing and I :-m inclined to think Mr. Sanford has purchased what will ultimately turn out to be the best three-year-old ot 1! 16. Constantly I am having it dinned Into my ears that breeding race horses is a mere matter of chance. Haphazard lnatings are to be courted. Xoue can tell where a race horse is to spring from, however, vou can take it from me, and results I think will bear me out that the breeder who adheres to the balancing cf the blood lines and outcross plan of mating will meet with far better success than his fellow who goes . at things haphazard. The pedigree of ieorge Smith, to me at least, is of absorbing interest and one that In every respect bears out my contention that the surest plan by which race horses may be bred is to balance up the three lines of Herod. Matchom and Eclipse.. Fortunately enough George Smith has escaped the indignity of castration. This craze for castration of so rnanv of "our lies! bred colts, liefore they have had opportunity to display their true worth, is greatlv to lie decried. I take it that Priscillian was a better race horse than his sire. Hastings, and a bettor-bred •no liesides. Strouiboll. Fair Plays best son to date, has also been added to the list, as has Roamer. than , which there are few — Mr. Marsli notwithstanding — better bred horses in this country. I tell you it Is nothing short of criminal this indiscriminate gelding of these well-bred youngsters. Here is ieorge Smiths nedigree. the component parts of which dovetail into as perfect a mosaic as any I have come across in , many days, as iicrfectly balanced as that of Glenci.. and of merit exceeding that of Sir Dixon, into whese pedigree the outer blood is introduced by way of Boston, sire of his grandam, Maggie B. B. : J Galopin 3 J Vedette 19 E r St. Simon Ill Flying Duchess . . H «■ *•* In. ™ 3 frerBimmon3..7. . S | j Hampton 10 J Lord Olifden ...2E -Perdita II U* **a*ten ... E Out of Re.ich.2 J Hermoine J *ng Melbourne25 M f Br. lJOO. 1 t La Belle Helene . . E I I Sterling 12 j °*f?rd 12 £ S . I f Isouoniy 19 "j Whisper E tsil ISandlly Isola Bella j Stockwell 3E E £ Br. 1SS9. ■ Isoliue . E E m Doncnater 5 i St.ickwell 3 E g g l Saudlway Marigold E W «1 Clemence i New-minster ....8K © o tulogy r. g 3 v,,,- „„ W. Australian...? M g- r Barcaldine 23 ■ *°lon -° Darlings dam ... E f -CtfK " 8- Ballyroe 1 Soandd-:::22 1 LonteRos, ■ °* *»" "-1 -andi"» ■ I ,. Consuelo in II. . . l Monte Rosa J 1 E " Hedge Rose j Xeptunus ur- Br 1902 lJV"m I * Woodvine E The Rake l H Payrell ..7 H f Pepper and Salt.23 J I England s Beauty II I Miss Pepper ..1 | Oxford Mixture .. j The Duke 12 E Ch. 1896. J Irish Belle H j Hermit 3 J Xewminster ....S E Great Dame J "j seclusion H I Lady Paramount. . j Toxophilite 3E I Thrift E E— Eclipse. H— Herod. M— Matchem. Out of Reach, George Smiths sire, is a brown son of the late King Edwards first Derby winner. Per- sinimon. and Sandfly, .laughter of Isonouiy. Sandfly, by the way. is also the d.-m of Midge, which foaled that line race horse, Luke Mcl.uke. The second dam, Sandiway, was by the Derby and Ascot Gold Cup winner, Doncasfer, and then comes Clemence. grandain of the mighty Carbine, by Xewminster. Next Eulogy, by Euclid, son of Einilius. followed by Martha I.yun. famous as the dam of Voltigeur and his sis- :er. Volley, by Mulatto. Reads like poetry, as the master of McGrathiaua used to put it. but every rose lias its thorn and the thorn in this case is the absence of Herod and Matchem blood. Persimmon, Isonomy. lHi, caster. Xewminster. Euclid and Mulatto, every one of them, is of Eclipse descent in tail male. Only a ■hwt while back I prominent breeder, in discussing the merits of Out of Reach as a stallion, observed that i: was strange that lie could only gvt good winners out of one mare. However, to any one who realizes the aiue of balancing up the blood lines, there is nothing strange in this. Out of Reach is topheavy Eclipse and must, to obtain the Ik-si results, be bred to mares whose pedigrees are liberally supplied with Herod :md Matchem blood, and Mr. James Butler, who bought the horse at Mr. Forsythes dispersal sale, will be well advised to bear this In mind. Should Mr. Butler elect to breed Out of Reach to mares carrying the l.l.H.d of Barc-ildine. Australian, Young Melbourne, Clencoc, Wild Dayrell. Buccaneer, Fisherman or Macar- oiii. I will guarantee that the results will be most gratifying, out if the plan of returning the Eclipse strain is followed it is only courting disaster. Xo horse which is standing for service in the United States embraces in his pedigree the names of so many famous horses as does tint of Reach. Persimmon, St. Simon, Calopin. King Tom. Isonouiy. Sterling. Stcckwoll, Doncaster. Teddington, Xewminster, Touchstone, all of the absolutely best bred Eclipse horses 1 their day and time and it ouly needs the Matchem leaven and Herod strain to ensure for Hit of Reach a stud career equal to the Iw-st. Consuelo II., lain of George Smith, is a winning daughter of Bradwardine, son of Barcaldine, and. of course, of Matchem desceut, and as Consuelo II. is now only thirteen years of age. she. in the ordinary c uirse of events, should be good for a half dozen more foals. Every one of Consuelo II. s offspring which are old enough to race have earned for themselves winning brackets. That lovely mare. Theresa Gill, uu- f. rtunately succumbed to ::n attack of pneumonia, but there is the fine, big mare. I.a Patrle, to keep the line going and I.a Patrie is as certain as anything well can be to develop into a broodmare of the best .lass. Bradwardine was. in bis day. a good winner botb on the flat and over obstacles and is a son of that famous broodmare sire, Barcaldine out of Monte Bos*, by the St. I.eger winner, Craig Millar, and a member of the strongest sire line of all the Beeswing branch of the Xo. 9 family. Miss Pepper, the second dam. is a daughter of the Herod horse. Pepper and Salt, son of The Rake and Oxford Mixture, by The Duke, from Irish Belle, by Kingston. Tie- combination of St. Simon and The Rake has before this resulted in the production of more than one good race horse, notably William III., whose giandam was a daughter of The Rake. To complete the excellence of the pedigree, the third dam is found to lie by Hermit, which the c.v-. traordinary Mr. Marsli. of the Xew Ycrk Telegraph, writes down as a stud failure. The fact of the mat-. tor is the Hermit strain is well nigh indispensable. Gallinulcs dam. Mor.rhen, was by Hermit. St. Mar- grcrite. grandam of Rock Sand, was another daughter of Mr. Chaplins famous horse. Bella Donna. Bel-1 dames dam. was another, as is Cinderella, dain of Fairy Slipper and Peter Pan. Really the excellence of these daughters of Hermit deserves a special article. Xext in order comes an minamed daughter of Toxo-. rhilitc. famous as the sire of Musket and Quiver, dam of those grand race mares Memoir and La Fleche ::nd ancestress of Englands champion sire. Polymelus. Thrift, by Stockwell, was the dam of the good race horse. Tristan, and Thrift also was the dam of Pursebearer. which, during his short stnd life in this country, got the lopcared Insightly. afterwards the :im of thai fine race horse. King James. Braxey. the next dam. was a good winner of fifteen races, and iheu conies the immortal Queen Mary, thus introducing to the pedigree the third cross of Mr. I. Ansons famous niaie. Hampton, of course, is a grandson, as is Blair Athol, Craig Millars sire. Everyone knows the extreme value of the Queen Mary blood. In every country :u which racing is car- 1 in! on descendants of this wonderful mare have been returned the winners of the best races Poseidon a !»erbv winner and hero of a Melbourne Cup and one of the best they ever had down under, comes of this -elf same T.raxey branch of the Queen Mary family, as does La Roche, winner of the Oaks and Manchester Cup. The famous half brothers, Lemberg and I.ayardo. and their close kinsman. Aleppo, winner of the Ascot GaM Cup, also trace to Queen Mary, and I eu hardly imagine a better balanced or more attractive j .-digree than that nossessed by George Smith, and now that the colt has been purchased bv Mr. Sanford Il is more than probable that he. wh. u the titm coniPs. will be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate Irs worth as a sire, and I wish to go on record as predicting a successful stud career for the black son of Out of Reach and Consuelo II.
