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v $ I c s L. i. f , s v t to o f b f S p IRISH ELEGANCE AND THE STUD BOOK Irish Elegance bade farewell to the race course when he walked over for the Select Stakes at Newmarket: -His" list is already full for next season at ,000. In certain quarters there is a strong inclination to petition for his admission to tlie Stud Book. 1 sincerely trust, .however, that the Jockey Club and Messrs. Weathcrby will, in no circumstances, relax the present ruling for Stud Book eligibility. On occasions in the history of the race horse capable performers, have come- right to the front which were not in the. Stud Book. When there were no more than three or four hundred mares in that select volume our ancestors saw no cause to admit the first notable half-breed which came along. There is still less reason now, when the matrons in the Shid Book number 5,000 . 0.000. Individually, there is nothing against Irish Elegance being admitted. But once the door were opened it would be impossible to close it before far-reaeliiiig damage had lieen done to the purest breed of horses In the world-. The proposition that celebrated race horses should, from time to time, be admitted is unsound. The Stud Book, is . a record of ancestry, irrespective of performance. ManKats in .Sporting Chronicle.
