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Three of the Seasons Best Fillies Racing and Pedigrees of Constancy, Homely and Wedding Cake, All Sterling Youngsters, Discussed Expertly By EXILE It is indeed an almost hopeless task to accurately pound Lingfield .Park Autumn Stakes, and it was gauge the racing merits of this seasons two-year- only "by a head that Honeywcod got the better of old fillies. As a whole they seem to be distinctly him in the running of the Cambridgeshipe, Diadu- the inferior of the colts, but there is no telling menos. Maiden Erleigh and the St. Lcgcr winner what may happen next year; it Is next to impossible Black Jester finishing behind the pair. Dark Ronald, to even guess the improvement or retrogression of when thoroughly fit and well, was all kinds of a a filly from two to three years. race horse, winning as a four-year-old the big before Asct sprint, the Royal Hunt Cup. in which Sir Sir-iton-i had not lipn Ion" under wav Connmmdcr Ross made SkTtolZtnK flntauedomons the also rans by an easy two lengths, , and followed this up by defeating Hip mirriimo of rniufnni-v which whpn raoiiv for ti e toe in 3 Primer; the St. Leger winner Yur Majesty White "Wedding Siberia etc.. for - the one and one-halt miles a smashing victory in the Sninaway, Cake, je. Princess of Wales Stakes at Iowmnrket. Dark riorum md 1 TTnnn.lv f inUliim? -ill of -i lip-in ome hal -; oze" long sJ behind er. Next came "an un ..SVn ft,?,.?? jrVinnJu 1914 lesides he had that good colt Kinwfnl it tomtit tn rnnrcilp twentv iiounils to . Ambassador, UyttXAlo!10! uA Slang ?"ub r fcaicnnT uniiwl.v ti lrwr fur Tin iii-ikin" Hip linmp bend ckej l.luo btukes and i.oodwood tup, anil as a JtOi ncmnbUltJ hftcVeTciu the J Ke and Homely shot out on the inside. Constancy joU ot was unable to concede the weight and overcome her ?0rV""-J .?,h, nJl t,,V V, Con- tIie ,l,e w,s with Dark Ucnald i as n a n sire. J5a tv nlvintii-p Tn Hip riiiininir of the Honeful H Honnld. besides Dark Ronald, got that good French Vnw midD nlav ut to nressure dnrlnc the early s buf oyaVclPManTVar S ofnTlh? ST Hal ages ls 1robablj by w-iv way of Bay Ronald that the e Ilamp- r-ioTn" rp-illv liotron Tt is no 1okp beimr nut out of court"-vTth ""fla colt ton line will be handed on to posterity. Darkie, such scant ccremonv by as S o K I wTs fearful lest Constancy might dl,m Bay Konald. is by the Herod horse and son A bay of good size, quick and eager, is Constancy, i,iemit as lest instanced by Persimmon, La Fleche, and a well-bred one, too, tracing as she does, in the -pin; white Knight, St. Frusquin. Malster, etc., ever female line, to Beeswing and is a daughter of the SIens success. Excellenzas dam, Gulheyaz. is by Hampton horse, Ambassador. Not so long ago a jion,i Or and is half-sister to Ethelberts sire, breeder from out west wrote me asking my npinion Eothen, their dam being Sultana, by Oxford, of Ambassadors probable success as a stallion if .ui was from jt.sika, bv Beiram, half-sister to purchased for this country. My immediate response Flying Duchess, dam of Galopin. was that I considered Ambassador just the sort of simenus Daughter, dam of Constancy, is now in horse to succeed really well as a sire. His racing tIlu Claiborne Stud of A. B. Hancock, one of the merit, blood lines, and also the fact that few sires slircwilest and most enterprising of our breeders, of Hampton descent are to be found standing for wi,0 wen :nvake to recent British bloodstock condi- service in this country, all suggested this. Ameri- tions, made extensive purchases of mares in Eng- can stud masters for some reason have never shown allaf a,i i,6u- finds himself in a particularly sc- any particular partiality for horses of the Hampton t.re posjtion as one of the foremost breeders of line, the reason why I cannot tell, for Peep oDay this country. Simenas Daughter is a sister to the did big things as a sire. Eothen, despite his f;t. Leger seconds William Rufus and Henry the limited opportunities, sired Ethelbert and Requital. First; those two good sons of Melton, which are sons Star Ruby sired Africander, Cairngorm and others. 0f simena, by St. Simon himself. Next comes but I cannot just now call to mind any really first- Flying Footstep, by the Derbv winner Doncaster, class racing soil or grandson of Hampton in his a iarti llcj- ,naret jt is true, which was barren, home land having been bought for use as a sire by slipped hpr foals or her offspring died for a the breeders of the United States. Dont tell me ,,mier of years, but which besides Simena bred the English refuse to sell the best of their horses. Walinsgate. sire of one of the best jumpers there Certainly, they will part with them if the price be over waSi jcrry jj. Atalanta, which follows is by forthcoming. The .Germans bagged Dark Ronald ;ai0pin, and bred the Two Thousand Guineas, Derby and Ills sire Bay Ronald was captured by the iln,i Eclipse Stakes winner Ayrshire, and Hermits French. However, as I understand it there is a f0Ili Melanion, which is well remembered when at clause in the will of the late Mr. A. W. Cox oarlogs. Tom Cannons place, near Stockhridge, whereby the horse Gay Crusader cannot be sold to just ilfter ue had " been sold to go to Italy for go out or England. A pot of money is asked for j-,,000 guineas. On down .the pedigree runs to Ambassador and I suppose the sum placed upon his peronia, dam of St. Serf, and by the Ascot Cup and brother, the Cambridgeshire winner. Brown Prince, Tjeruv winner and great brood mare sire Thormanbv, would be almost prohibitive. Wrack, too, has -which also sired Atlantic, sire of the French Le started his stud career in most auspicious fashion, sancy, one of the best sires ever in France, but for all this the bloodstock interests of this Tls tile family, besides Ayrshire and St. Serf, country would be well served by the importation of 0f Xewminsteri Nunnykirk, Slieve Gallion, Melton, a really first-class horse of Hampton descent. Perth and the Futurity winners Maskette, Sweep, Ambassador, Constancys sire, won the July Stakes Novelty and Pennant. Should . Constancy therefore Cam- win another she is worth whatever as a two-year-old, beating the subsequent never race bridgeshire winner, his then conqueror, Honeywood, Commander Ross paid for her as a brood mare, for and as a three-year-old was first home for the it is from such that the great winners, sires and Chippenham Stakes and also won the thousand- brood mares come. J Lord Clifden 2 E i ,r..mi Ulmt0n in fl j Wen 10 E f Bay Ronald ... 3- Dark Bonald 9 1 Blade Duchess ... gglmfa,......... K brown, 190o "1 Thurlo 2 Tibthorpe or Cremorne 2 II g Dirkie . . . - Vurona - E M " I Insignia J Iair Alhol 10 E r c - J 1 Decoration 9 M j ".. 1 tlj Galopin 3E Sig " - r"HautBrionr?r?l .-StSimon r -"""-- V 8t. Angela . .-rr. . . . . .11 E - .- . . . . Bonnie Lassie...... j Pro. to Strafford . 8 M 3 Excellenza ...31 1 Chieftains Daughter .... 1 S brown, 1S97 1 Bend Or 1 i Doncaster r, k I Gulbeyaz J onBe Rose 1 H g 1 Sultana j Oxford 12 E g g , . Besika 3 H I ... Lord Ronald ... 7 j Stockwell 3 E K . - f Master Kildarc.. 3J Edith 7 E g Z S. Silk 1,,UI Pudding 3 11 o -j O rMclton . S J , jdv Jo a E S . bay, 1S82 , Scottish Chief.. .12 j Ird of the Isles 4 E f I Violet Melrose ... J JIiss Ann 12 E Jfcs " L Violet ... ..... j Thormanby 4 II S rt 1 1 Woodbine S E -A r Galopin 3 j Vedette 19 E S r St. Simon 11 J I Flying Duchess 3 II St. Angela j King Tom 3 E S I Simena S J j Adeline 11 E inv 18! I Doncaster u j Stockwell 3 E Flying Footstep... 1 Marigold 5E j Atalanta j Galopin 3 E 1 Feronia, by Thormanby S E Imported. . Homelv n not inaptly named daughter or Sea King rue colors, battling his way to victory with all and Old Squaw, brought of r something or a sur- the odds against him. Persimmon was, you know, Price when, in receipt of twenty pounds, she beat and still is, a champion at a I points of the game, i-onsfincv and Mi-s Jemima for the Schuylerville and only in September did his daughter, the Oaks Si"it6"-i A chestnut of medium size is Homely; winner Keystone, become the dam of a St. Leger ql-icknf b-ick though deep of chest. She is the winner in Lord Derbys Swynford filly Keysoe. dnmrhter of the chestnut Persimmon horse Sea Sea Air, Sea Kings dam, is a daughter of the great Kin" ind Old Snuaw bv the Frenchman Adam. Cup horse Isonoiny, sire also of Arcadia. Cyllenes sinpp her Sehuvlerville vietorv Homely has had dam. Apt nomenclature this, for Cyllene is a niVrtlipr l-o in the Tombov Handicap at Belmont mountain in Arcadia, the birtli place of the legcn- p-irk thi" time carryin" 117 pounds. Practically dary Mercury, and this the Rigolboche branch of the Hip liiililies choice she could finish no better than Burton Barb family, from which immediate branch third to Wedding Cake and Genna. come such equine celebrities as the Derby and L KiL of that magnificent Grand Prix winner Cremorne; that fine French i, chestnut son ou feea ivint is a .i tui.siuui. , Persimmon raco mare Clyde, Thrush, Peter Pan. Von Tromp, the baj ltrs minon, specimen of the equine race prlgcnilan Btromboll anatle terrjble Thc Tetrarclu winner of the Derby, bt. Leger, Ascot oold up, i .Homeiy js breu moreovor, on the unusually suc- etc, and one of the illustrious trinity by bt. oessfnl pian of unltiiig the Galopin and Bend Or Simon Perdita II., by Hampton. Breeders strains. In this way are bred the peerless Sceptre, of bloodstock abroad look askance on sons of Per- the triple crown winner Pommern, Zinfandel, etc. ",. wiiifh wear the chestnut livery, the non- Old Squaw. Homelys dam, is by that good chest- sire nut horse the Frenchman which is brother Adam, 2 .ppps? of tlr t fine race horse Zinfandel as a a I suppose, responsible for this. Sea to the undefeated Ajax, ami by Flying Fox-Amie. partly bear- 1 Ignite his chestnut coloring, is by Clamart, grandsons of one of the best race n-vpver oinc on right wetl as a sire in this land of his horses that ever lived-Flying Dutchman, o.inntinn -md now stands twenty-first on the win- The stakes winner Longshore, which follows, is i nil?. sire list Sea King is a halt-brother to the the dam of Applegate, Winged Foot, etc., by Long-b-iv Pieteniiaritzburg, son of St. Simon, which fellow Sea Shell, by King Ban, and so to Blanche pnrid such a signal success as a sire in his Ar- J., by tne Mutchem sire Australian, and the "Putin-i home Sea Prince, brother to Hoineiys next dam is Crucifix, sister to Saliua. dam of Sire liride one of our shipment aboard the Sucvic the renowned Salvator, and bv Lexington Light-oil the long voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne in some, by Glencne. and this the Crucifix branch i 191" A re-lly most beautiful horse is Sea Prince, of the Levity family, from which have come so : but"curscd with a temper most vile, a horse which many of the best. No matter what the future may cnuid hive won the Melbourne Cup had he only hold m store for Homely as a race mare, ilr. : so willed A few davs afterward, however, when Waterbury may rest assured that in Homely he lias ; ; iiipotn" with all the bad luck possible in the run- a filly which some day will earn distinction as a ning of the Williamstown Cup, proceeded to show his brood mare. , St. Simon 11 j Galopin 3 X?1.ctto -, 19 E I , 1SQ, f Flying Duchess 3 II 1 rersimmon ersimmon . . 7 i St. Angela J King Tom 3 E f Adeline 11 H : g I bay, 1S93 , Hampton 10 j Lord Clifden 2 E i I Perdita II J Lady Langden 10 E : i " - I Hermoine j Young Melbourne ....25 M I f 7 - La Belle Ilclene 7 E 1 Sterling b 12 j Oxford 12 E ; ln Isouomy T ...... 19 1 r 1 g Whisper 12 E : : . Sea ot.i jvii Air 2 i bay 1875 Isola Bella - i Stockwell 3 E . soline ln E Z chestnut. 1890 j Reverberation ...14 j ;jl"lerbolt 11 E h 3 : L Re-echo J , The Golden Horn 14 E ; - ! Mabille j Parmesan 7 II ; 1 - 1 Rigolboche 2 E o , rivimr FlJi"R Vnx ox .... 7 7 j I 0rlnc -11 -j "Ormonde 15 E J f W Ai,cllc4 u K 2 S Adam 2 I ! Vampire j ;ai0pin 3 K ; r cl-estnut, 1902 V , Clamart 3 j V.V.V.V.V.V.V J H r 3 S L Amle I Princess Catherine ... 3 E - I AIice i Wellingtonia 3 E , s . I Asta 2 E .longfellow ....20 j amiiiBton ...14 j Faugh-a-Ballagh 11 i: f " K 1 Daugh. Pantaloon ....14 11 I ; "S hm Xantura Brawners Eclipse ... 3 II I Imr lnu Shore fc.hore .a- 1- I . 0 Quiz 20 H I brown, 1SS , King-Ban 3 j King Tom 3 E 1 1 Sea Shell J J Atlantis 3 11 I j Blanche J Australian ...11 M I i 1 Crucifix 12 H 1 t "Imported. ii .l J" t,. ... . t Wedding Cake, though none too sound In front. J last appearance at Saratoga on account of her r 3 is n shapely brown daughter of Rock View and previous good race against Homely, Contrary, etc., . Jack Atkins sister Latoua, by Sain. I am free I 1 to confess I expected better things of her on her I Continued on seventh page. Three of the Seasons Best Fillies Continued from first page. in the Schuylerville and her second to Contrary in Jack Atkin. son of Barney Schreibers Sain, dam the Spinaway, hut she died right out at the end Emperor of Norfolks daughter El Salado. Never when racing against Peace Pennant and Padriac. condemn the Herod. Matchem and Eclipse plan of Wedding Cake made amends, however, finding the mating until you have made yourself at least state of the going possibly more to her liking in passably familiar witli the subject, and by so doing the Tom Boy Handicap at Belmont Park, finishing convince yourself of the efficacy of and the good ahead of Germa, Homely and Miss Jemima. results that follow this plan of mating. AVedding AVedding Cake is a daughter of the Rock Sand Cake is of Eclipse descent. the dam of horse Rock View, now standing for service at Clai- her sire, Rock Aiew, of Matchem descent; an- bomo. Rock Aiew, a good winner and a good other Matchem cross is introduced by way of Sains stayer in his racing davs, is already the sire of dam. The Task, daughter of Barcaldine, and Herod four winning two-year-olds this year In Ralco, blood there is in abundance, coming in by way of Star Aiew, Catania and Wedding Cake. Deeply Macaroni, Lexington, Glencoe. Thormanby and Arir- interested am I in the welfare of Rock Aiew as gil. Many and frequent as have been the winners a sire, for my opinion was sought on his purchase which trace to Trumnetta. there are but few from Mr. Belmont as to his chances of success as really good horses which belong to the special a sire. Needless to say, my estimate of Rock branch of the No. 20 family which bears her name. Views capabilities us a sire was decidedly favdr- and this, I suppose, in great measure is due to the able. All of thess Rock Sand horses are doing free introduction of obscure strains of blood. There well. There is Rochester in England going strong, are none so blind as those who cannot see. AVhy Aulcain is the sire of Thunderclap and others, this incessant bray concerning the good, old-fash- Trap Rock of Lucullite; Tracery, no matter The ioned, hard bottom staying American blood? You Panther, so far the only delinquent. Rock Aiews have none, bar the Maria West line and the blood dam, Golden Aiew, is a sister to Man o AVars of Hanover. Be proud of what you have accom- sire Fair Play, by Hastings, dam that truly good plislied in the development of the Maria AVest brood mare Fairy Gold, by Bend Or. AAedding family and of Hanover, the latter a line which, by Cakes dam, Latona, is a sister to that hustler your neglect, you stand in great danger of losing. Springfield 12 i St. Albans 2 E Sainfoin 2 Viridis 12 E rRock Sand. 4 f Sanda AArenlock 4 E brown, 1900 . a"di1.1 E I . i Galopin 3 E , Ql- St. Simon 11 " 5 LRoqucbrune 4 -j st Angcia n K , r j St. Marguerite . . . ctm,t 5 f i alevotion 4 E a . tSnendthrifr tandPenutiirut i Australian 11 M S g fllastings 21 tAcrolite II " K Golden View 9 Cinderella u,lin or Tomahawk 3 E s s 1 chestnut. 1900 , Sr-tev::::::::::::? e V.Fairy Gold .... 9 j ucna ur 1 Rouge Rose 1 II O . Dame Masham . . . a,l-ard ?. s J I Pauline 9 E I St. Simon 11 iGalopin. .3.JJ h j" - -: - y.-A r;, : ::fSt. Serf S I St. Angela :...11E a Saifi7 3 ! Feronia S Thormanby 4 H B f , ": AVoodbine 8 E I brown, 1894. 1 Barcaldine 23 i Solo" 23 M g I I The Task 3 I Ballyroe 23 E S I C Satchcl aaicuci -j Galopin 3 E L g - Quiver 3 B 5 m . . . -tVnrfnlk Norfolk i Lexington 12 II .5 r-Hhnperorof tNovice H . j Malcolm E hl i-i 0,1.1 balaa on 20- 31anjn ,f 1 Maggie Mitchell 4 E bay, 18Jo r S Gilroy 4 II Grinsteaa unnsleau jo x Atalanta II 20 1 sister to Kuric 12 E Blossom i Arirgil 20 II i Blunder 20 II Imported. fNo family-number.
