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STAYERS DESCENDED FROM ROARERS. If roaring is hereditary, as was aaeerted in isoi by the prominent breeders and owners who objected to the return of Ormonde, it is indeed Btrange that the taint has not disclosed itself in his descendants. Melbourne and Macaroni were roarers, but the nctOtnt-day line of Melbourne, via West Australian. Banna, Barcaldlne and Marco, has given us not roarers, but. on the other hand, such e eeUent stayers as I.eppu. Mark Time and others of less note, together with brilliant horses at from a mile to a mile and a quarter or thereabouts, bj Neil Gear, htarcortt, Baneorkes, Makes, etc. Bhni larly the Wolfs Crag branch of Barcaldlne has prodaced good Stayers la Karakoul. War Wolf and Bellivor for. while htanwetf, Catty Crag. Dumbarton Castle. Liaaere now a successful sire i:i Australia are only a few of the ether sons o| Wohs Crag that have been prominent winners. Then, as to If unreal, mares by him have been of iiM-iimabl rahee. Bet* Kendal and Ormonde were out of daughters of htacaroal out of mares of the Agues family.— Ixnidon Sportsmuu.
