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i 1 1 ■ ■ ■ AMERICAN -OWNED MARES IN ENGLAND. Highly Bred Purchases Left There to Foal and Be . Mated Again Before Coming Over. Writing to Daily Racing Form from London under date of February 28, Mr. K. B. Conssell. secretary of the Dritish Dloodstock Agency, conveys some interesting information in regard to broodmares purchased in behalf of American owners, but still in i Kngland. He says: "Several wdl bred young mares have recently . been purchased in Kngland by American breeders through the Dritish Dloodstock Agency, London. ••With one exception, however, they will not be going to your country for a few months, as they remain to foal and breed again before shipment. "The Hon. J. N. Camden has bought a good-looking . young mare named Double Dark. She was [ bred in 1912 and is by Dark Ronald second in the sire list in 1915 out of Dark Agnes dam of Doited I and Daulhan. winners of over 0,000 b.v Cyllene out of Agnes Court, which bred Merry Agnes, the , dam of the champion race horse Dommern. Double ; Dark, which is one of the best bred mares he ever bought for the United States, is due to foal to Matchmaker whose offspring have won 80,000 in stakes. She will be bred to the Derby winner. ; Lemberg, which won over .00,000. He is. of course, b.v Cyllene out of Galicia, dam of Bayardo. "Mr. Arthur D. Hancock of the Ellerslie Stud has also been making some purchases. For his account J Caere arrived the other day Lady Carnot, a good-looking three-year-old daughter of Radium winner „ of the Doncaster and Goodwood Cups out of Gravitation, sisti r ti the first-class race horse and sire. ; William the Third. The lasL named was one of the three stallions standing at a fee of -100 guineas in England in ID.".. He won the Ascot Cam, 7,880, and ran second in the Derby. His offspring include , Willonyx. Winkipop, Uoseland. King William, etc. • Such a finely bred filly is a great acquisition for the Virginia stud mentioned. Two mares Mr. Hancock leaves in Kngland for the time being. They . are Patricia IV., a fine young mare by Ard Datrick Derby winner and champion sire in Germany for | severnl years out of Princess latti. a half-sister to the unbeaten Patience, which won the Austrian and German Derbys and about 18,000. She is b.v Royal Hampton out of Dodagra. by Gnlopin out of Burgundy, sister to Cay Hermit, a wonderfully successful sire in Argentina, where he got the winners of over 28.000. "Patricia IV. on February 6 foaled a good bay filly b.v Adam Dede winner of the Cambridgeshire. She has been mated with Junior, which won the Manchester Cup. 2,508, with 114 pounds up, beating The Curragh: the Dibury Cup. arbor Handicap, one and three-quarters miles: Chesterfield Cup and many other races. Junior, for which an offer of 00,000 was refused, is b.v Symington son of Hampton out of Bey 11a, sister to Klectra. winner of the One Thousand Guineas. This is the same family as Snow Marten, l.langibby. Sirenia. Siberia and Hammerkop, all noted performers on the English turf. "Mr. Hancocks other mare is Princess Caprice, a well-made. low. wide mare on short legs, by Marco son of Barcaldlne. Her dam is Royal Mar riage. a half sister to Royal Flower and Royal Dine, th" winners of .8,930. She is b.v Dietermar-itzburg la sen of St. Simon I. which was the worlds champion sire in 1911. when he had the winners of over .20,000. The family of Princess Caprice includes such performers as Stirrup Clip won nine races. 8,725, and dam of Star, a winner of 0,000; Sweetheart aire of Clarehnven; Cupid. Cupbearer sire of I.oimwand: Druce Daris Oram! Prix; Wedding Dell New Stakes. Ascot; Kissing Cup New Stakes |. "Princesa Caprice is in foal to Greenback, which ran second in the Derby and won 9,105. He is by st. Irus. ;uin from Evergreen, by Dend Or. His first tu.. Mar-olds race in 1918 and several are reported exceptionally promising. After foaling. Princess Caprice will be bred to l.langibby winner of the Eclipse Stakes and 9,850. He is the sire of Lanius, which won 7,175 in Kngland last year. ■A newcomer in thoroughbred breeding circles i Mr. Willis Sliarpe Kilmer, who has shown great acumen in acquiring a finely bred daughter of Polymelns. This Is Bomagne, a winner, which is by the English champion sire of 1914 and 191." out of Malatesta dam of La Farina, winner of 3,300 and second to Snrduiiapalo in the Daris Grand Irix. by Isinglass, whose daughters since 1908 have bred in England the winners of 210 races and about 00,000. The next dam. Parisian, bred six winners, including St. Pierre, which won the Delgian Derby. She is by St. Simon out of Princess Katinka, by Macaroni. This is indeed wonderful breeding. Ro- magne, which is a handsome mare, has this sinsen bred a particularly good -looking buy filly foal to ! ! White Magic son of Sundridge and she has been bred to Bayardo, one of the greatest of English race horses and a winner of 22,980. He stands at a fee of 300 guineas. The purchase of such a grandly bn d young mare is an earnest tliat .Mr. Kilmer in-| tends to take a prominent position among owners and breeders in your country."
