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1 • • • I • ENGLISH COMMENT ON OUR BREEDING. The advertisements of American stallions are of considerable interest, and I see that the highest fee asked for the services of any of them is 390 I " 9 I guineas for Ballot, which we have seen in this country -and a grand horse he is. Ballot stands u the late Mr. Ilaggins Klmen.iorf Stud, and he is of pure Knglish pedigree, being by Voter out of Cento, by Lowland Chief out of Merry Dance, by Poncaster, her dam Highland Fling dam of Saraband i. by Scottish Chief. Another horse highly thought of in the Staes is Luke M.Luke. by Fltimus son of Commando and Running Stream I out of Midge, by Trenton, her dam Sandfly, by Isonomy opt of Sandiway. A g I Judge who knows all about Luke Mcl.uke assures mo that be is one of the best that lias ever been seen in America. His sire. Fltimus. comes of tlie same family as Ballot and is at Mr. Price .McKinueys stud near Lexington, that gentleman having Secured all the best stallions and broodmares with which tin- late Mr. J. R. Keen* scored such extraordinary success. Luke McLnkes fee is 00 40 guineas 1 and he stands at th" Keeneland Stud. Lexington. At the Claborne Farm. Paris. Ky.. Wrack has commenced his stud career, and this beautiful little horse should do wonders with American mares, for l.a. las long ago proved the aptitude of Paratlin blood to ■ refine coarser elements when he got Costly Lady out of a Foxhall mare, and Costly I.a.lv was the lust .1 all his daughters Wrack is one of tin- truest made • horses it is possible to imagine and there could not be a sounder one. His f.c is only 50 i.iii guineas I. Another English bre.l one is Imported S.a King, by Persimmon oat of Sea Air dam of Pietcriuaritaburg by Isonomy out of Re-echo, by Reverberation. He stands at Hamburg Place, Lexington. Ky., fee 1111 20 guineas 1. An interesting pedigree is that of C Lad. which is located at the Melbourne Farm. Lexington. Ky.. f. nly 9 W guineas.. He w:s a great winner during four seasons and is by Peep , oDay out of Coy Maid, by Kingston out of Bonnie Gal dam of Disguise II. . by Qatopin out if B n- nie Doon. Peea ..Day. which was imported as a foal at the foot of his dam. is by Ayrshire- -Sundown, by Spring-field out of Sunshine. Sundown and her colt were -•■nt out to Mr. James R. Keene in the same ship 1 with Bonnie Jul. That consignment of mares to Mr. J. R. Keene - • twenty-three years ago made a vast differ ence to the American bloodstock of todav. It was on the -anie ship that the filly-foal by Aniphion I out of Atala. afterwards .ailed Harpsichord, went out with her dam. and with the then maiden Bonnie, Gui, which was destined to produce Disguise • to 0 1 e . . s 1 s •. 1, y t I • • a II s v . n Ii 1 I 1 II. . with which Harpsichord was mated, and their produce was that magnificent sprinter, Harmodi- eon. which is now back in the land of his birth. and he should in due time make a splendid stal- lion. Disguise II. is still alive, and flourishing at Mr. McKinueys stud, and it is a pity that some other Aniphion mares are not available for him. Amphora, by the way. sails for America tomorrow on board the Minnehaha, but she is to be mated with Sea King, and who shall say that this is wrong, for Flash of Steel is by a Persimmon horse out of an Aniphion mare, and this illy would have made a tremenduis price had she come up for sale on that eventful Friday at Newmarket, when she and all the rest of Col. Hall Walkers lots were with- drawn at the eleventh hour? Two or three people, so far as 1 can gather, had unlimited commissions to buy her. I know 1 had. for one. and no; liking such a job I cabled to ask for a limit. The reply was "Your own discretion." In the circumstances, I was just as well pleased that the tillv was not offered, for discretion as to bloodstock value is a quality that differs widely in different people, some of whom might think Flash of Steel too small to make more than .".0: guineas, whereas I verily believe that she would have been run up to 5.000 guineas. ""The Special Commissioner" in London Sportsman.
