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HASTINGS AS A NOTABLE WINNING SIRE. Huge Sum Won by His Progeny Since His First Year of Their Entry in Racing, In the year 1S53 English racing was graced by a mighty three year old. His name was West Australian. That year he won the Two Thousand Guineas, Epsom Derby and Doncaster St. Lager and thereby became the first winner of the Triple Crown. A son of his was imported in 1N5K by A. Keene Richards of Lexington. Ky. This colt raced with considerable distinction under the name Millington and was bought by 11. A. Alexander, who changed his name to Australian and placed him in the stud at Woodburn. There he founded ■ great family still potent in our racing and breeding. He s-nt into racing such famous asrirs as Followers ft, Bpragbok, Spendthrift, Abd-F.l-Kader. WUdkBe, Ratberford, Badea Badea, llelmbold. Maggie B. H. darn of Ireqaois, Attila. Parfalotta dam of Falsetto and a host of other brilliant racers. His son Spendthrift was a grand racer and in his turn 1 ame a .feat sire. One of his progeny was Bsstlaf . which entered horse heaven a few days back. Hastings, like his daddy, was a capital race horse and when his racing days were ever, became one of the fereasest sires of the Catted States. The first of his progeny came to tin-races in ISM aad that year he had out eighteea winners of 848.888, a pretty good send off for any young sire. Pram that time on he has always figured importantly in the Amcrlcaa Stallion list. Betag premier sire in 1902 and 190V In money won by his progeny he leads all our present day stal lions. In that distinction his account is not h.ii-riaded, far be has many representatives now ac lively eagaged la racing and more are to come. It will I." several years before the complete story of the earnings of his host of sons and daughters caa be footed up. In the meantime, up to the end of IMC, they had won tlie huge aggregate shown below : Hastings, br. h, 1893. by Spendthrift-Cinderella. Year. Winners. Amount. 1901 IS $ 41. 90S BMS -9 111,898 1903 21 S2.S32 1PM 30 9S.773 1905 27 Mi. 273 HUM. 28 7f .s70 1907 33 106,120 MM M 154. on 1S0B 20 1 1.800 1910 27 50.287 1911 oi 31.045 1912 20 4P.B8B 1813 :« S0.287 1914 24 40,229 1915 M 55. sol ISM 42 07.397 Totals 470 ,147,793 ;
