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SILVER DART IS WELL LIKED ABROAD Irish Writer Declares Daughter of Flying Hackle Is One of the Best Developed in Ireland In connection with the resumption of steeplechas ing in England an Irish writer lias written the fol ¬ lowing article on Silver Dart recently imported from Ireland and which cut considerable figure in her four starts in the east last fall fallThe The success of the smart Irishbred chaser Silver Dart in two big steeplechases in America lias not come as a surprise to Irish sportsmen for the daughter of the defunct Flying Hackle was one of the best in training in the Emerald Isle prior to her purchase on behalf of AA A Prime PrimeI I see it stated that the price paid for her was 3000 and she was cheap at the money In pre ¬ war days she would I fancy have realized much more but in these times with the cost of freight and insurance so high foreign buyers have not been paying such big money as they did when these rates were normal normalSilver Silver Dart should prove valuable for the stud when her chasing days come to an end for she is bred much on the same lines as Hornet the dam of Hornets Beauty and other winners winnersHornet Hornet was by Hackler dam Madge by Heart of Oak her dam Magic by Ascetic and Silver Dart was sired by Flying Hackle by Hackler dam Lady Silver by Ascetic AsceticI I see that some of the horses sent out to the United States and Canada by the Irish Bloodstock Agency to the Canadian owner II U A West have changed hands u batch of seven having been bought from Mr AVest by J Lumsden of Ottawa Those that the latter gentleman now owns are Mancha a chestnut colt two by Galloping Simon Frusquin Belle K of K a chestnut colt two by Glasgerion Mrs K chestnut yearling colt by His Majesty Uumda chestnut yearling colt by His Majesty Iceloon bay yearling colt by His Majesty Nectary bay yearling filly by II is Majesty Crazy Jane and a chestnut yearling filly by His Majesty Billings Kate KateSeveral Several of these wen bred by Mr Parkinson at the Maddeiistown Stud near the Curragh The two yearold K of K is halfstater to Shyness which ran up a batch of fifteen successes in America and the yearling dam Iceloou should pay his way for his dam produced Little Icicle winner of six races and his granddam Iceberg foaled Aeno Dovekie Frozen Leagues and Ballyhaunis winners of thirty four races
