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CHANGES IN CAPACITY OF STALLIONS Coincident with Change of Country Cannot Alway? Bo Attributed to Change of Management. The curious changes in the capacity of stallions coincident with a change of country, cannot lie wholly ascribed to change of management, for in most countries .the principal breeding studs are well managed and yet we are left to s| ecnlute vainly on why Doncaster, after getting Bend Or. Muncaster and ether good ones in this country, should have done little or no good in Austria-Hungary when he reached there in the full prime of his career. It is equal ly rcinarkable that Silvio, having failed utterly iu Kugland to sire any decent winners, though mated with some of the late Lord Falmouths best mares, should have gone to the top of the winning sires list in France as the result of his first years service in that country. Racburn was of little account as a stallion in England, but in Austria-Hungary he lH-came one of their most successful sires. So. t-N . Prince Charlie, whoso best home-bred son was Prestonpans. never touched a success worthy of himself until he reached America, when in three years he established himself as right at the top of the tree, his chef docuvre being the immortal Salvator. It is true that his sun Loehiel was sired in Kiigland. but the dam. Nellie Moor, was expected to New Zealand and Loehiel was foaled there. For the benefit of our Irish friends. I niay add that Kendal never got anything like such K ] stock in Kiigland as he did in his early ami unpretentious davs in Ireland, notwithstanding the fact that he was Imught for the equivalent „[ 20.1X10 guineas to come to Kugland aud had full lists of first class mans at a fee commensurate with his price. He did Is-tter again, however, when, as an old horse, he went out to the Argentine. ||,, K„t Tredennis, no doubt, while he was in Kugland. but I am writing about race horses ami it will not he disputed that Oaltco .More, bred in Ireland, was im measurably the best or Kendals sons. ST. SIMON LINE OVERDONE. As time goes on. and the St. Simon line of fJalo-pin shows signs of being in some measure overdone. it becomes desirable to find other Calopin lines that might In- used with recreative effect. Then are few of them. Donovan, though his son. Matchbox, was a consistently good sire, does not seem likely to live on; nor does Halliard, though, through War-dance, his line is established iu France. There is. however, a horse that might do a lot of good if wcl* patronized. I allude to Sir I.old brother to Polar Star, which is by Pioneer son or Calopin. Now. Pioneer was a gissl race horse, and not only a son of Calopin. but out or the dam or Callinule. lien-, surely glit to Ih- a sire line; and it lias been well proved by Polar Star in South America. Sir Itold himself was a meritorious per former on the turf, but he was badly mismanaged when he first retired from giving, tor he was set to covering hair brods. and when in due t inn- people looked to the Stud Hook supplement returns r« r foals by him ami round none, they jumped to the conclusion that lie was unfruitful. This idea was encouraged by his being put in training again, when it is to his credit to add that be was once more a winner. John Coleman then secured him. having ascertained that the horse hail proved perfectly sure with the half-bred mans that were mated with him and is now giving him the tirst real chiilice i his lire. Sir P.old is a better looking individual than his brother. Polar Star. lie is as sound as a Is-ll. has lxuie. substance, ami quality or the best, and I can see no reason why he should not maintain his line or Calopin to a completely successrul issue. He stands at John Colemans stud. Kpsom. along with ialloping Simon. The only other Mot able stallion by Pioneer available to breeders in Kuglaml and Ireland is Pros-.s-ctor. which is not in the Stud Dook. but has already sired that good colt. Quarry man. — Loudon Sportsman.
