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1" "1" TELEGRAPHIC FORM. The horses which seem best in Wednesdays races are: Tijuana, Mex., December 5. 1 Signorette, Matches, Ella B. 2 1nlma, Shriner, Soon. 3 Engraver, Aimee Leslie, John Spohn. 4 Mabel Dnlwober, Redland, Veldt. 5 Meruurium, Inquieta, Sir Dyke. 0 QUICK, Zetetie, Capt. Druse. L. Wing. Juarez Park Juarez, Mex., December 5. 1 Freeman, Colic, Dr. Kendall. 2 Grays Favorite, Goggety, Little Birdie. 3 SALLIE ODAY, La Belle Brocade, Wild Bear. 4 Pluto, Edna F., Kestrel. 5 Blarney. Tempy Duncan. Meljen. 0 Husky Lad, Type, W. W. Clark. P. Clark. Oriental Park Havana, Cuba, December 5. 1 Cherry Seed, Juaquin. Plquette. 2 Parlor Boy, Lord Wells, Toison dOr. 3 T. J. LILLIS, Yorkville. Liberator. 4 Kazan, Muzanti, Nino Muchacho. 5 Ediuond Adams, Capital! Bravo, Heartbeat. 0 Alhena, Ambrose, Royal Tea. ENGLISH COMMENT ON OUR STALLIONS. The chief test of a stallions merit lies in the performance not only of his three -year olds, but ! of his juvenile performers, and from the lattPr point of view Star Shoot, Ogden and Ballot must be regarded as the most successful sires of the season in the United States. To the end of last month Star Shoot had sired no fewer than twenty-five winners of sixty-five races; Ogden was responsible for eighteen winners of forty races, and Ballots young stock, or, rather, nineteen of them, had secured a total of thirty-eight. It redounds to the credit of our island-bred stock that both Star Shoot and Ogden were bred in the United Kingdom, although Ogden was actually foaled in the States, his dam. Oriole, having been sent out there after being mated with Kilwarlin. It is curious that Star Shoot should year after year take a high place lie has been first on several occasions among the leading stallions Ik the States, whereas his half-brother, Telescope, which was likewise a successful race horse, begot nothing of special note at the stud with the exception of Caste gelding and the steeplechaser, Deerstalker. Telescope, however, was a tail-male descendant of the decaying Beadsman line, whereas Star Shoot is a son of Isinglass, one of the greatest sons of Isonomy the Sterling, or Oxford, line of Birdcatcher. This is the male line of Eclipse, but so, too, was that of Telescope. The latter, however, was too much inbred to Eclipse to do good his Herod blood being feminine, unless mated with mares exceptionally strong in Herod and Matchem blood, whereas Star Shoots sire had in his make-up a plentiful supply of both these necessary strains of blood. Through his sire, Isonomy, for instance. Isinglass took in Melbourne Matchem through Sterlings grandam. Silence, and Herod blood through My Dear, while Isola Bella dam of Isonomy brought in Pocahontas Herod to nick with My Dear. Then there was more Pocahontas in Isinglass dam, and further Herod blood through The Dutchmans Daughter, in addition to a good line of Melbourne Matchem through The Slave, the paternal grandam of Deadlocks sire, AVenlock. Turning to Ogden, the fact that he is a tail-male descendant of Melbourne via Solon no doubt made him an acceptable mate for American-bred broodmares, such as Lady Sterling, from which he got Sir Martin. The dam of the last-named was a tail-male descendant of Glencoe Herod, and Sir Martin should do well at the stud here with inbred Eclipse mares. As to Ballot, he was an excellent race horse, both in the United States and here, and as a five-year-old in this country he gave ten pounds and a beating to the three-year-old Valens in the Select Stakes. It is interesting to note that Ballot is by Voter, which was by Friars Balsam, the latter a son of Hermit, whose male line in this country is almost extinct, although doing Avell in the United States. It is on the cards that a more recent importation into the United States, in the shape of Short Grass, may in due course develop into a stallion of the first order, the more particularly as the Bend Or male line, of which lie is a member, has topped the winning list in England for the last three years by aid of Polymelus. Mr. Sol Joels champion goes back to Bend Or via Cyllene and Bona Vista, whereas Short Grass, which has proved himself a top-sawyer in handicaps in the United States, carrying the colors of Mr. E. lierz, is a degree nearer to Bend Or, being by the 1SS0 Derby winners son, Laveno. There is no doubt that Laveno was a magnificently-bred horse, for lie was by Bend Or 1 out of Napoli 1, and both his sire and dam were grand-children of Thormanby. What in-breeding to Thormanby means we have seen in quite recent years in the case of The Tetrarch, which but for his habit of striking into himself when galloping would doubtless have shown himself as far in front of his peers at three years of age as he had done in the course of his brilliant juvenile career. On his dams side Short Grass, which won the 1,000 sovereigns London Cup and other good races here, was equally well bred, for his dam, Outburst, whose first foal he is, was got by Enthusiast son of Sterling and conqueror of Donovan in the Two Thousand Guineas, out of Sunburst, by Hack-ler out of Solstice, by Solon. Rather curiously, Outburst was likewise the first foal of her dam, which goes back in the female line to The Deformed, by Burgundy or narkaway out of Welfare, by Priam. As everyone knows, Priam was one of the earlier Derby winners that was sent to the United States. This was before his daughters, Mi: Letty, Industry and Crucifix had won the Oaks three years out of four. It might be urged that Priam was chiefly remarkable for his good ullies, but lie got many winners in the United States, and I only mention that he figures at the foot of Short Grass pedigree for the information of breeders out there. The fact remains that Short Grass is a really good-looking, big horse, and his sire, Laveno, before him. showed himself to be a horse of high class by winning the Jockey Club Stakes. In addition to being a brother to that good race horse and sire, Orvieto, Laveno was brotlier-in-blood to such other good sires as Ormonde. Bona Vista and Martagon. "Vigilant" iu London Sportsman of November 21.
