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; | [ 1 | INFLUENCE OF MELBOURNE BLOOD. Now that the Melbourne or Malehem i line is • oaee again firmly established in the male line, • breeders of thoroughbreds will read with particular r interest an article on "Melbourne and His Ancestors." " by Mr. Edward Moornonae. which appears in . tlie current issue of the ■Bloodstock Breeders Be view,." The article contains much Interesting 5 matter taken from contemporary chronicles relat " ing to the Melbourne family in the earlier part of last ceutury and various tables, one showing tin-classic ■ winners got by the famous sire of West r Australian which was the first horse to secure the triple crown. Nowaday- the Melbourne line J has a numerous band of good representatives at 1 the stud, inclusive of Marco and his sons. Maioo-vil. J Neil Gow, Beppo and Minder. Other good !J sons of Marco which is the chief of the three surviving sons of Barcaldine left to na in this coaatry have gone abroad in Mark Time and Malua. The Wolfs Crag branch of the Barcaldine line of Mel 1 bourne has also some useful stud representative* 1 in Manwolf. Dumbarton Castle, etc. Mr. Moorhouse. however, does not touch upon the fortunes of the ,. Melbourne family at tlie present day, that being be-yond the scope of the article, but he gives a really y admirable list of the mares got by tlie old hors-. . showing opposite to each mare her besr immediate e descendants. Among Melbournes daughters which li were highly successful stud matrons one finds Blink k Bonny idair of Blair Athol. etc.; The Bloomer r graadsm of Jeorge Frederick and Albert Victor; Canezou grnadam of the French classic hero. , Boiaidi: Go Ahead great grandam of Donovan. i. Seminola and Baeburn; Lady Alicia dam of the e great steeplechase site. Ascetic i: Marchioness, ancestress i- of many winners of great Australian n races: Queen of Beauty i great grandam of the e Oaks heroine, Gehelmniss; Secret igrandam of the e Two and One Thousand winner. Pilgrimage i: The e .Slave dam of Lord Clifden. which sired Hampton; : an unnamed man. known to the pedigree students s as sister to Singapore, which became the graadam ■ of Doneaster, and many others. Then did not, Mel- bournes -on. Young Melbourne, beget Henaioae, whose daughter, Perdlta II., produced a galaxy of ,f stars in PersUumoa, Diamond Jubilee and norlsel - II. V In truth, we have much for which to be ,p thankful to Melbourne, whether it be through his ls male or bis female descendants. I see, by the * way. no mention of Hermtone and bier descendants M in Mr. Moorhouses article, although he mentions IS that Minting. Ben Battle. Harvester and Peregrine e were all out of Young Melbourne mares. — "Vigilant in London Sportsman.
