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ENGLISH SIRES AND THEIR PRICES Newmarket Yearling Sale Figures Applied to Stud Fees for Stallions It is of the greatest interest to note that a tail male line descendant of Herod in The Tetrarch heads UK list of winning sires in regard to the average price of their yearlings It is a great feather in the cap of the spotted wonder that his six yearlings sold at auction this year realized the best average of any sire the six fetching an average price of 14C5 That the stock of The Tetrarch should do so well is not at all surprising for his twoyearolds have done excellently this year his first crop When one looks at their aver ¬ age for six yearlings it is borne in on one that public breeders who patronize The Tetrarch have nothing to grumble at for his fee in 1917 was 15 0 and this leaves a fine profit on each of his yearlings sold at public auction An even letter profit was shown by the defunct Orby The fee of that sire for 191i was 495 and three of his get foaled last year realized the average price this season as yearlings of 14130 Even more profitable was the outcome as regards Spanish Prince whose covering fee was only 51 anil the only one of his yearlings sold at auction realized 10400 Another good average if only one of his yearlings was sold was that of Rattle Axe a July Stakes winner whose only yearling that was sold at auction rea ¬ lised 8810 Fourth according to the average stands Swyniord three of whose get realized 7800 Swynford however stood at 15 5 in 1910 Simi ¬ larly the only Sundridge that changed hands at auction fetched 7805 which shows a big profit even on his big fee So does 7800 for the only Hapsburg yearling sold for the sires fee was only 100 while at 245 Corcyra shows a substantial profit two of the yearlings by him averaging 7410 7410PROGENY PROGENY OF THE DEAD BAYARDO BAYARDONext Next in order comes the dead Itayardo l5l 5 four of whose yearlings averaged i900 apiece while a similar number of the get of Polynieltis also 1505 attained an average price of J 70 Then Chaucer 1085 in 1910 has also done well three of his yearlings having been sold this year at an average price of 0540 while two of the get of Lemberg lr IJT averaged i635 After this we come to a cheaper sire in Fariman two of whose get yielded an average of 6240 while the only yearling by JJlack Jester 500 fetched 5770 Sunstar stood at at 500 in 1910 and four of his youngsters averaged 5885 Yet another 1505 sire inclusive in 1916 was The Tetrarchs sire Roi Herode and even here breeders for sale have no reason to complain for eight yearlings aver ¬ aged 5040 per head This is better than the average shown by Prince Palatine which in 1916 stood at 2085 per mare and whose get or rather six of them fetched an average price of 4905 4905A A young stallion with a cap till average is Lo ¬ mond ten of whose yearlings have averaged 4775 a really good return when one considers that at the time he got them his fee was no more than 180 and he is evidently going to keep the line of his sire Desmond going Other sires whose average is due to a number of yearlings are Royal Realm with five sold at an average price of 4113 Thedennis sire of Bachelors Double with six yearlings averaging 3097 William the Third with five at an average price of 2953 Tracery with three at an average of 2496 Bridge of Earn with eight at an average of 2305 and Bachelors Double and Charles OMalley with seven yearlings apiece averaging respectively 2236 and 2007 As to the rest Cicero Santoi and Spearmint are each responsible for five yearlings sold at an average of from 2293 down to 1840 On the whole it would seem that breeders for sale who realize how the cat is jumping an likely to make a substantial profit by following the fashion London Sportsman
