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. , i | ; , ij j ] I I ; I 1 , | r ; i 1 SUCCESS IN RACING NO GUIDE] INHERITANCE OF PROVED GOOD BROOD MARE BLOOD ONLY INDEX POINTING TO PROBABLE FAME AS A BROOD MARE By EXILE Most grateful am I for the timely brood mare race course performance suggestion, and only hope the result of my research may be the source of as much enlightment to others as it is to me. My rinding is that ability to race frith distinction has not the slightest bearing on brood mare success, and ihe only thing that really does count in a brood mare is an abundance j of what may be termed "good brood marc blood,* such as that of Hanover, Macaroni, Young Melbourne. Hermit and the like. Rouge Rose, chestnut. 1865. by Thormanby — Ellen Home, by Redshank. Did not win; i tiam of the Derby winner Bend Or, and ancestress of The Tetrarchs sire, Roi Herode; Robert a ic Diable, etc. i Viridis. bay. 1864. by Marsyas— Maid of Palmyra, by Pyrrhus I. At two ran eight races; ■ won five, two Nurseries at Newmarket, the Danebury Nursery of £355, Champagne Stakes at the Bibury meeting; at three won one race, the Oatlands Plate at Newmarket, out of three : starts; at four did not win; dam of Springfield, winner of fifteen races out of seventeen starts. | ;:nd sire of Sainfoin and the dams of Sundridge and Colin. Regalia, chestnut, 1862. by Stockwtll The Gem, by Touchstone. Regalia is a member , of the Bruce Lowe outside family No. 17, but this did not prevent her from being a good race mare, as well as a good brood mare. At two ran once, did not win; at three ran eleven times, von seven races, including the Oaks and a Queens Plate at three miles, and the Caledonian Cup of three miles, ran second to Gladiateur for the St. Leger; at four ran in twelve races and won six of them, including a Queens Plate at Doncaster. two miles and five-eighths. Regalia is the dam of Verneuil, winner in four days of the Gold Vase at two miles. Ascot Gold Cup, wo and one-half miles, and the Alexandra Plate of three miles, all at Ascot, also of Zut, winner of the Poule dEssai. Prix Royal Oak, one mile and seven-eighths, etc. Rigolboche, chestnut. 1861. by Rataplan daughter of Gardham. At two ran four times, did not win; at three ran four times more without success; dam of that good horse, the Derby and Grand Prix winner Cremorne. Rigolboche also foaled Mabille. ancestress of Peter Pan, Von Tromp, The Tetrarch, Thrush, Pietermaritzburg. Clyde and Patronage, to which trace iriscillian and Stromboli. For all this, the dam of the Derby winner Cremorne, which is described as having "a common head, curiously set on a cweish neck." never won a race. Marigold, chestnut. 1860. by Teddington- sistrr to Singapore, by Ratan. At three ran in -ix races and won the Chesterfield Stakes at Chester; at four won four races out of seven, including the Stewards Cup. Goodwood, in a huge field of forty, starting thirty minutes late. after having been one hour and thirty minutes at the post ; but this did not prevent her from foaling the Derbv and Ascot Gold Cup winner Doncaster. Eastern Princess, chestnut. 1858. by Surplice Tomyris. by Sesostris. At two ran six limes without winning; at three two wins out of nine tries, two of her races being fifty-pound tots at Newmarket; at four ran fourteen times to gain her two successes; at five thirteen races and three wins, is the record of Eastern Princess, dam of the Prince of the T. Y. C, Prince Charlie and the Royal Hunt Cup winner Thuringian Prince. Whisper, bay, 1857. by Flatcatcher— Silence, by Melbourne. Did not win, but was dam of Sterling. Muskets dam. bay. 1857. by West Australian -Brown Bess, by Camel. Beat another West Australian filly in a match at Newmarket and won one other match, and became the ! dam of Musket. Seclusion, bav. 1857. bv Tadmor- Miss Sellon. by CoWl. At two won four out of six - i aces, once beating Madame Eglentine. afterward dam of Rosicrucian and The Palmer; at three could not win. though nine times sent; at four won two small races; dam of the Derby winner Hermit, Reticence, Fair Rosamond and Chanoinesse. to all of which many good winners • trace. The chestnut Hermit I reckon to be one of the greatest color controllers that have ever been known. Anytime Hermits name appears close to the surface in a pedigree the - chestnut shading is apt to make its appearance, and this is not so readily understood, because i.f the fact that both of Hermits parents were bay, as were all of his four grandparents, and I it is not until his third dam. Belle Dame, that the chestnut appears. Belle Dame was by the I chestnut Belshazzar, a member of the bay or brown line of Blacklock. The bay or brown [ line to Blacklock of Vedette. Galopin and St. Simon lives, but the chestnut of Belshazzar and i 1 John Scotts great Northerner Velocipede is dead. The color scheme is also something not yet t well understood; nevertheless, the chestnut Blacklocks failed, whereas the bay and brown are 3 still going strong. Flying Duchess, bay. 1853, by Flying Dutchman Barbelle. by Sandbeck. At two won one ? small race; at three won one £200 top and bottom seller, and is the dam of the Derby winner and sire of St: Simon. Galopin. Paradigm, brown. 1852. by Paragone Ellen Home, by Redshank. At two ran. but did not t win; dam of the Triple Crown winner Lord Lyon, his sister the One Thousand Guineas and St. Leger winner Achievement, and Paraffin, ancestress of Prince Palatine, Flair, Cicero. Neil Gow. I.-.das. etc. The Slave, bay. 1852, by Melbourne Volley, sister to Yoltigeur. by Voltaire. At two ran three times without -race—; dam of the St. Leger and Doncaster Stakes winner Lord Clifden. . .-ire of Hampton and Petrarch. SunHower. bay. 1847. by Bay Middleton Io. by Taurus. Did not win. yet she produced i 1 the St. Leger winner Sunbeam; Crocus, dam of Coltness. and is ancestress of many of the best, . such as Voter. Celt. Peep oDay. Laveno. Orvieto, Positano. Neapolis, Galeottia and Gay Cru-j sader. Queen Mary, first called Isabel de Fortibus, bay. 1843. Did not win. but one of the best t brood mares that ever lived; dam of Blink Bonny Derby and Oaks. Bonnie Scotland, Blink ! xilie and a number of other winners, and is probably ancestress of more really high-class s horses than any mare of her age in the Stud Book. Jocose, bay. 1843. by Pantaloon Touchstones dam. Banter, by Master Henry. At four j -v n one little £60 race and the Cleveland £120 Cop at Wolverhampton. Jocose foaled Maca-i " l tin. which only raced once as a two year-old and then managed to get beaten, by Automaton. . i ut as a three year-old won all of hi- starts, beating Lord Clifden for the Derby and winning r iiie Two Thousand, and wound up his racing career by beating the Oaks winner Queen Bertha * for the Doncaster Cup. Macaroni, as I see it. is the best of all brood mare sires, though his s. BOBS, as might have been expected from his being Herod both ways, did but little good as sires ; of race horses. Jocose also was dam of Flippant, which established a strong line in France, and j 1 i Violante, dam of Carnival and Lady Palmerston, by Melbourne, which is ance-tress of that t good Australian race horse and sire, band Flaneur. Mowenna. yell w bay, 1843, by Touchstone Emma, by lusker. Al four won a small I sweepstakes at Newmarket, beating only Peragone. sire of that good brood mare Paradigm. i. Mowenna was dam of the first winner of the Triple Crown, West Australian, which is described J is having a short oeek one of the best points, to my way of thinking, any horse can II nave. Mowenna is ancestress of Semolina, Raeburu and Donovan.
