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J ■ , __ , COMMENT BY AN EXPERT ON THE ANCESTRAL LINES OF THREE PROSPECTIVE DERBY ELIGIBLES By De. M. M. LEACH , i | , I" Up to the present I hare neglected to turn out the pedigreos of those three high-class two-year-olds of last year, tallies, Bromo and Colonel Vennie. and it does not need more than a glance at their pedigrees to show that they are all exceptionally well bred and that their pedigrees are built on the most approved plan of mating. John Maddens Gillies presents a pedigree of unusual interest and though Gillies earlier efforts were not crowned with success, the son of Ogden showed line speed in the Futurity and afterwards won the rich Uelinont Park Homebred Stakes from Kidiim. with high-class opponents behind bim. Apparently Gillies had derived much benefit from his racing education and his victory in the Belmont Park race entitles bim to consideration as one of Ogden. Gillies sire. is. as I have before impressed upon my readers, of Matchem descent in the male line ami imbred to Bcllpet in the body of his pedigree, and the logical mate for him is. of course, a mare of Herod descent, and what is more this plan of mating works, sir Martin. Ogdens best to date, was out of Hanovers daughter. Lady Sterling: Star Jasmines grandam. Cataliua II.. was by Hanovers sire. Hindoo; Gillies is out of Golden Drop, by Hanovers son Hamburg, moreover, that good tilly. Lady Bedford, now a producer, is out of Ma-tanza. by Hanover, and J. W. Schorrs good little two-rear-old winner. Aunt Josie, is out of Colline, by the same sire. Gillies is not the first of Golden Drops produce to win races. In the autumn of 1911 the Australian buyer. Mr. Andrew Kobertson, of Melbourne, purchased a rather undersized bay filly by Planudes— Golden Drop and -hipped her south along with thirty others and in time the tilly grew and developed into a charming mare and won good races in the antipodes, under the name of I/ivclace and doubtless in time to corao Loretaee will produce a cup winner or something of the sort. Gillies, however, is quite the l»est of 1, olden Drops produce to date and. as the mare is now only fifteen years of age. tin re is plenty of time for her to produce something more of the same class. In addition to the grafting of the Matchem-Kclipse blood of Ogden lo Hie Herod of Golden Drop. Gillies pedigree discloses a splendid return of the Bend Or strain. Ogdens dam. Oriole, was a daughter of the Duke of Westminsters Derby winner ami Orme. sire of Gillies grandam. Ooutte dOr was :i gran, Is.. 11 of the famous chestnut and Orme brings in to tin- pedigree Ihe blood of Galopin and a dash ni MacaroBi in which blood Ogdea is deflri elll. Iloiltto dOrs dam. Patroness. W8S by Pellegrini. a brother, by The Palmer, to tUe Two Xhvusaud the best and most improving colts of the vear. Do not understand 1110 that Gillies victory in the Homebred Stakes makes him out to then have been the superior or even the equal of Bromo, which was conceding the winner no less than twenty pounds, but when these Ogden-Matehem-bred horses once commence to improve, there is no telling where they will stop, as witness Star Jasmine. The Homebred Stakes, motes the pity, marked Gillies last appearance for the year and all we really know about him is that he is one of the best bred ones of the band, that he fought out his finish in resolute style and. Judging from his pedigree, can be expected to make more than average improvement from two to three. Hire is Gillies pedigree: i Solon 2.5 J W. Australian. .7 M « 7 Bay 1874* "J r"ul- Uirdcatcher.E rbitrator True Heart j Musjid o ■ Mary Jane ■ Lord Gough. 12 ;iadiateur 5 ■ Hasty Girl Battaglia ■ " -•— ....... ■ Irritation ,.. .... C Oguen 1 j [x g „• r Trumps. „ 2 K I". J *••» 1 Patience ......... B ., ... I DiMicastcr r, Jstoekwell 81 rBendu,1 is77 1 M»riK, l" ■ I Oriole J I Kuige Rose Thormanby 4 II 5 Ch. 1SS7 ] /Ellen Home ■ N2 Cambuscau ....19 j Xewininster ....S E t leiiella The Arrow F. ufa La Favorite ., J2 - J -Mlonanpie i;t k m 5 Constance n 1-4 vj w - _ ,. Hindoo 24 i Virgil 20 n O -=■ r Hanover 1 o | Florence ... tt 5 Ch. 1SS3 . r Hamburg ...23 I Bourbon Belle ... J 1, Bon. Scotland.. 10 K _| Br. 1S95 "j Klla D h I I Iellowcraft JAustralian 11 M Lady Reel ■ Aerolite H I Golden Drop. 2 J Sfannie Gray iRnquirer B Bay 1901 1 Lizzie i B r Orme 11 Ormonde 10 jBend Or IB H Llly ARntb Bay 1SS9 , ,. LGoutte dOr .. J f Angelica JGalopin 3K Bay 1896 , „ . st- Angela E Pellegrmo 1 jn,e Palmer . . .5 E I Patroness Lady Audley II I Patronage JPhe Prime Min.27 M . IRigolbocho E E— Eclipse. II— Herod. M — „ Matchem. Mr. Jefferson Livingston may well havo cause to J congratulate himself on the outcome of his English 1 venture of 1913, for not only did a Derby winner r result, but in Colonel Vennie Mr. Liviugston owns i one of the best two-year-olds of last year, to say 1 nothing id such as Kleiiro and Polroma. Now that t Mr. Livingstons Englishmen have become thoroughly - acclimatized, 1 feel certain that there are e better things till in store and that the highest turf honors are well within reach of one or another r of the Livingston importations. I have had a good I deal of experience shipping horses from one country -■ to another and fully realize what this acclimatization - process really is. and how long it takes for a horse to become thoroughly accustomed to their r J 1 r i 1 t - e r I -■ - a r change of atmosphere and for this reason expect to see the Livingston young horses, as three-year- olds, make a vast amount of improvement on anv- thing :hey showed in their two-year-old days. At that Colonel Vennie. last back end. must be reckoned as only just behind first-class form, in fact in the running of the Walden Stakes. Colonel Vennie accomplished a truly remarkable performance. bein«-t awarded the verdict, after his saddle had slipped during the earlier part of the race. This form makes out Colonel Vennie to be quite the equal of elandria and superior to Puss in Boots which once beat the flying Dominant at Saratoga. Here is Colonel Vennies pedigree: r Bend Or 7 Doncaster 3 J Stockwell 3 E , ! Ch. 1S77 PJfc 1V7 I Marigold E fOrvieto 1 Derby _ Derby i Thormanby 4H Bay UH " Rouge Rose 7 Ellen Horne E ■ /Macaroni 14 Sweetmeat 21 II 1 Xapoli Br. ls io lJFoeaae H [ rPicton 7- SunslnnIerbT J Ihormanby 4H Sunshine ■ Sunbeam E ■ ■ - r Isonoinv 19 Sterling 12 i °J,for1 1- ■ I u- . I .. .... Bay 1873 ] Bay 1868 ]Vh,sper E ! B S L Hecuba ....... I Asn t ;ol1 c I v iioi, Bpu,, Stockwell :; E ; S3 dam of 4 1 Isoline E ; = " i Hector Hermit 5 ] Newuiinster ....SE . EJ 7 I l. Helen of Troy ... Ch. 1SC4 Seclusion H f 1 A j ,I,or,v 5 St. Albans 2E , 9 La E Uo „ , • g5 I IIclen«-- Teterrima E J rIIampton 10 !«■ Clifd.-u. . . .2 J Newniinster ....SF, ; g-S | Bay 1872 Bny 1890 Ihe Slave U O - ,Avrsliire S Goodwood Cup / St. Leger Kettledrum 3 E O K Bay issj ■ Lady I.angden ... Haricot ,. .E 2 DvrUy /-Galopin 3 Vedette 19 E V- Atalanta Ray 1S72 .Flying Duchess ...H L snj Shv Mis.ic.i Missie °1 - -i ? ,. . Oerby Thormanby 4 11 Feroma Voodbine E f KUwarlin . . . . . . .9 j Arbitrator 27 j True Heart"..."! .E Bay 1SM Bay lsTl !r ... . ,.. .. LiadttWttttJ St ■«•■*■»« Lctrer / I Hasty Ifistr i-ii-i Girl J Lord Gaugh ...12 E 1 ...-1 irritation E , laoaaaay 19 j Sterling 12 ■ t-Isola Bay 1875 | Isola Bella E / Ascot Cup Hermit SB C I-onely iAm.nyma E E — BeUpttB. II— Herod. M — Matchem. Guineas winner Pilgrimage, which failed Ihe Derby winner .leddah and the Oaks heroine Canterbury Pilgrim, and is the ancestress of Chaucer and Swyn-ford. Polligrino also brings in the Herod blood by way of his dam. Lady Audley, by Macaroni. Patronage, dam of Patroness, was by the Matchem horse Prime Minister, son of Melbourne, and Ianta-lonade. by Pantaloon and Patronage is also the dam of imported Patience, ancestress of those two remarkably good geldings, Stroinboli and Priscillian. PatTonage was also a half-sister to Mabille, to which trace that good French race mare Clyde. The Tetrarch. Pietermaritzburjf. Sea King, Peter Fan. fairy Slipper and Bulse. Indeed, this is one ■ of the most flourishing branches of the Burton Barb 1 familv and one to which many of the best of our present day race horses beloug. Outside of Gillies racing merit, we cannot afford l trt overlook his value as a stallion, and it is satisfactory to know that Ogden will leave at least one ■ son behind in the United States which combines in his pedigree many of the best Unci of blood to be I found in either continent and one which will do much "wards keeping us well supplied with Matchem blood. Bromo. which greatlv distinguished himself by • winning the Grab Bag Handicap at Saratoga, and I thereby incurring ■ penalty f..r the. Futurity, which 1 mav or may not have p.st him the race, is a bay. , by the three-times champion sire. Broomstick, out of Leochares dam LeayOttara, by Woolsthorpe. Towards the latter end of the season Bromo seems to haTe contracted the unfortunate habit of running I second and is not apparently possessed of quite 1 sufficient dash to hold his own with Ihe best of them 1 over tWO-yoBr-Old courses, but it judged 011 the book ; alone. Hromos form can Inir.llv be lads out Inferior lo that of his slablein.ile. the Futurity winner. . Coutimied. vu second pasc C0MMENT BY AN EXPERT ON THE ANCESTRAL LINES OF THREE PROSPECTIVE DERBY ELIGIBLES. Continued Horn first page. Thunderer, for Bromo. conceding four pounds, was only beaten a head. Its a waste of time, however, making excuses for beaten horses and in the opinion of his skillful trainer. Thunderer is the better Of the pair. Just how this will work out. when the distance is Increased, remains to be seen. Many time, ere this, i have had occasion to call attention to th,. excellence of Broomstick as a site, indeed, the sou of Ben Brush stands out by himself as the best stallion now doing stud duty in the United states. For Broomstick is not only noted for the number of his winners, but also for their superior class and. judging from past results. BroouBstick is best suited by mares carrying plenty of Herod blood in their veins. In his first thirty-two anarterlngs Bromo traces eleven times to lie-rod, nineteen times to Eclipse and twice far re moved— -to Matcheni, these two Mutca.ni strains Coming in by way of Bramble and Brocket, sire of Margery Daw. dam of See Saw. Weotothorpe, sire of Leayoaarra, is of Blacklock desiuiit. as also is Galliard. sire of Broomsticks dam, Flf. The nick is a happy one and the paddock value of these daughters of Wootothorpe is at once obvious, especially so. as Light of other Hays. Wuolsthorpes dam. was by Balfe, grandson of Tl.oi inanl.y . Llgbl of Other Days, in addition, produced Curio, winner of a North Derby and Newmarket Stakes and. despite a wind intirmi tj . WoolS- thorpe could race t.. a pretty tane himself over short raarsea and became the sire of many licet racers when Standing for service at the Mclirathiana Stud. Balfe. though a member of the extreme outside family No. t:;, proved himself a most capable race horse, winning the Chesterfield S.akes and Hopeful as a twoyear-ohl. and finished -con. I to Craig Mil tor for the Si. Leger. American Ibro.l blood is introduced into the pedigree by I mis. son of Lexington, and Coral, by Glencoes best son. Vandal, and this is reinforced by Suspense, which was a daughter of See Saw and Lady MacHull. by Blair Athol. See Saw will always be Known to lame as the sire of Mazurka. dam of Cinderella, which foaled Peter Pan and fairy Slipper, dam of any number of winners, and gran. lam of Buls... The special branch of the Mo. 1 family from which Bromo is descended, has not. of late years at least, been productive of any classic winners, there is. however, little fault to be found with the pedigree except it be that there is a slight deficiency in Mstchem blood. Here is Bromoi pedigree: r Bramble 10 J R"nni" Sf,otlant1.10 gee. yand ;.11. £ 1!r" ls7r I i Australian 7 M Leaf Ivy -Ben Brush . . . .j y al I Bay llwer II 1!:l "" "l* landPandZ S I Reform 14 "* IjbMevftto 1 J Stolen Kisses ....E "* "" » * Broomstick .D. Al*. j g-n-, f f Bay tool I Klas,, Il * . i Vedette lit V ■ Calliard L°. Galeptn .Flying Dn.-h. a . . . EJ J LK.f ,tny,ss" *«» JEsss1 ,4S -1 eh. ihflfl d- J " *stM " F. 1 Bend or g,~ IflylvabeOe .._ 1 | Rouge Rose 11 2M n" Um m t Kingley Vale ..sll *• . ,. . Voltaire 12 F. rTiblhorpe 1G I V oltigeur ,f. - | Martha Lynn ....« , , „| Bay iv.4 ,.,., , The Care CE q | Wootothorpe .2! I Little Agnes j Miss Ignes I « 1!;,v ,SSS _ Plaudit "..U 6 | lihtofO I •■Mf ,f « „ Bohemia . . ■ I Leayauora 1 . 1 , K "Bay- p. Ml ft Thunderbolt .. .11 F. Br. 1002 j 1 Duty K Lexington 12 | "£*•■ ;••*• 5 L *■ „ Bay 1ST0 J Coral i andal 12 II Suspension ... Cairngorm H Baj189 L I tee Saw 0 I Buccaneer ,4 II Suspense ■ | Margery Daw . . . M Bay lss;; | , .U. Ma.,,„a i p,i:lir Athd ...10 E l Tragc.lv B E— Lclipse. II— Herod. M— Matcheni. [ . . r 1 , j t -, f . I At first glance it might appear that Colonel Ven-I Uiea pedigree is tophoaxy J.clipse. This, however. is hardly the ease, for in the first thirty-two piarterings the name of that great Herod stallion Thormanby appears no less than three times. Hermit comes in twice and both Hermits dam and grandam were daughters of Herod stallions. and still more Herod is brought in by way of Macaroni, sire of Napoli. orvietos dam: Bribery, dam of St. Albans, and Queen Mary, maternal an-, ...stress of Hampton. Iieton. Colonel Veunies sire, was a race horse of n small repute in bis home land and won the Dewhurst Plate in his salad days, and is by Orvieto Hecuba, by Isonomy. Hecuba also produced Hector, which won a good race at Ascot in the summer of 1812 and afterwards ran second to Tracery for the St. Leger. Picton is descended from the same branch of the No. 7 family from which came Persimmon, Ftortoel and Diamond Jubilee. Orvieto was another good race horse and was a brother to I.aveno and Mr. Ilaggins Rapallo and half brother to Ncapolis. which was sent to tie Argentine, there to become famous as a sire, and to Pouza. dam of that great Australian sire, Posi-f tano. This Bend Or-Rcltpse line is a thorough oat-cross for the Hampton-Eclipse line- of Colonel Ven- nils dam. Shy Missie. Ayrshire. Shy Missies sire, is famous for the excellence of his daughters as broodmares. Glare foaled that extremely-good filly Flair, winner of the One Thousand and favorite for the Derby until she went wrong behind, and subsequently sold for the princely sum of 5,000. Oas produced the Derby winner Cicero: Airs and Braces won the Oaks, and foaled .lardy: Batiaa-trae. a Cambridgeshire winner, foaled for Mr. Clarence Mackay the Stewards "up winner Mediant: Okuste is the dam of the evergreen Oeiiimol. and Ladv Ayr produced that smart lilly Lady Savoy. This ability of Ayreshirea to sire great broodmares may be attributed, in the main, to the Flying Dutchman of Galopin, sire of bis dam Ala-lanta. and to Thormauby, sire of his grandam. Feronia. So far all of Colonel Venules male ancestors arc or Eclipse descent, but relief is bj sight and a Matehem crass is now introduced by way of his grandam, Usdowney, a daughter of Ogdens sir,-. the St. Leger winner kiluarlin. The extreme value of this Matcheni cross, at this particular point, cannot well be overestimated, the pedigree would otherwise be top heavy lclipse. for we get .1 double dose of Isonomy. an out and out F.clip e. tin. I but little Herod blood is found back of the Oaks winner Lonely. Kilwarlin. however, has balanced tilings up to a nicety and Colonel Venule musl lie regarded as one of the best bred colts which raced on Metropolitan tracks last year and. if all locs well, is morally certain to improve 011 anything he shewed as a two year-old: also, in time to c me, judging from the Malster precedent, to develop into a successful stallion.
