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BLENDING THE CARDINAL LINES INSTANCES ATTESTING GREAT SUCCESS IN PRODUCING CELEBRATED RACE HORSES THROUGH COMMINGLING THE BLOOD OF ECLIPSE, HEROD AND MATCHEM By EXILEi Judging from previous contributions il is evident that race cour-c attainments are no prtide to brood marc success. On the other hand. I am more than ever convinced thai the best plan by which race bones, sires and n. o brood mares may be bred is by a blending of the tics of Hort!fi. Matehem and Eclipse. With your permission I now propose to present the i reeding, together with their lines if descent, of .inst a few of the best producing mare-. The initials II. If. E. denote the horses from which they are descended in the mule line. To begin with, there is Penelope, and Penelope, by the way, won quite a Dumber of race-: six as a three-year old. two at four, four at five and six a- a six year old. Penelope, 17!»S. ij Trumpator, M. Prunella, by Highflyer, II. Dam of Whalebone, Whisker, Wofol Web, all bj Waxy, E., ml Waltz, by Election, E. Almost all of the bes of the Eclipse horses, barring ihe Blacklocks, descend from Whalebone and Waxy. The Web branch of Penelope is best. • iiough S : Its is goo* . Trampoline, 1825, by Tramp. E.- W b, by Waxy, K. Dam of Glencoe, by Sultan, II. ]aught r of Cervantes, 1823, E. daughter of Golumpus, ¥.. Bred to Humphrey Clinker. M. produced Melbourne, and it is through Melbourne that all of our present-day Matehem i rses trace hack to the fount ainhead. It was, therefore, most fortunate that the double I lipsc mare and unnamed daughter of Cervantes should have been bred to the Matehem sire Humphr -y Clinker. Banter, 1826, by Master Henry. E. Boadkea, by Alexander. E. Dam of Touchstone, by Camel, E. Touchstone was therefore inbred to Eclipse, and sired Xewminster, dam of the Matehem mare Beeswing, and Orlando, dam the double Herod mare Vulture, by Langar, and n is to Orlando that Domino traces in the male line. Maria West. 1S27. by Marion, II. Ella "rump, by Citizen, which runs back to Godolphin Arabian, ancestor of Matehem. Maria West is the foundation of the best of all American rae-ing families, of which the sire Ben Brush is a member. Beeswing, 1833, by Dr. Syntax. M. daughter of Ardroasan, II. Mated with the Eclipse horse, Touchstone, Beeswing foaled Newminster, Nnnnykirk and Honeysuckle. Karbelle. lS:,t . by Saadbeck, E. Dirioletta, by Amadis, E. To Bay Middleton, EL, this in-I red Eclipse mare foaled one of the best race horses, sires and brood mare sires in turf history — 1 lying Dutchman. Alice C:uneal. 1830. by Sarpodon. E. Bowena. by Sumpter, H. Dam of Lexington, by Tinn 1 »n, II. Lexington in himself was a wonderful horse as a sire, race horse and sire of good brood mares, but his ;n;jle line has been swamped by the blood of obscurity. Re 1. 1836, by Glencoe, H. Galopade, by Catton, E.. dam of War Dance and all the Dance family. Pocahontas, 1S.T7. by Glencoe. H.— -Marpeasa, by Muley, E. Dam of Stockwell and Rataplan, by the Eclipse horse, The Baron, and Kins lorn, by Harkaway, E. Mai. hi Lynn, 1837, by Mulatto, E. Leila, by lilho da Put a. H. Dam of Voltigeur and his sister Volley, by Voltaire. E. Volley, by the Matehem sire, Melbourne, bred The Slave, dam of Lord Clifden. E. Alice Hawthorn, 183S. by Muley Moloch. E. — Rebecca, by Lottery. E. Dam of Thormanby, b Windhound, II. Jocose, IS 13. by Pantaloon, IL- Banter, by Master Henry, E. Dam of Macaroni, by Sweetmeat, H. Note the doubling of Herod strains in this the best brood mare sire of all. Queen Mary. 1843. by Gladiator, H. daughter of Plenipotentiary. E. Dam of Blink Bonny, by Melbourne. M., and Bonnie Scotland, E. Bonnie Scotland — the Matehem mare Ivy Leaf sired Bramble, I y which the line a earried on. Levity. 1 S J ." . by Trustee. E.— Vandals, dam by Tranby. E. Levity foaled Lightsome and .Mildred, by Glencoe and Lexington respectively, and to both of these Herods and these two mares trace any number of the bes; horses foaled in the United Slate-. Maid of Masham, 1845, by Don John. E. ?di-. Lydia. by Belshazzar. E. Ancestress of any number of good horses, brood mares and sires, but success did not come unless the names of the Matehem sires Young Melbourne and his sons, brother to Starfford and Rapid Rhone, are found close at hand. Sunflower, 1847, by Bay Middleton, H. Io, by Taurus, E. Dam of the St. Leger winner Sunbeam, daughter of the Eclipse ore Chanticleer and ancc.-tress of many good ones. living Duchess, 1S" 3. by I lying Dutchman. II. Merope. by Voltaire, E. Dam of Galopin, the Blaeklock trump, by Vedette, E. Blink Bonny, 1854. by Melbourne M. — Queen Mary, by Gladiator, H. Blink Bonny foaled Blair At ho], by Stockwell. E. Seclusion. 1854. by Tadmor. IL— Miss Sellon. by Cowl, H. Dam of Hermit, by New-minster. I". The success of Hermit is due, as a brood mare sire, to the double Herod .of his dam and to the dam. Beeswing, of his sire being of Matehem descent. Aerolite, 1881, by Lexington. H. Florine. by Glencoe. H. Dam of Spendthrift and Fellow craft, both .- ns of Australian, M. Spendthrifts, M.. beat were Lamplighter, Kingston ..nd Hastings, all sons of Eclipse mares. Hastings, likewise, sired his best, Pair Play, from the Eclipse mar? Fairy Gold. Rouge Rose. 1865. by Thormanby, II. — Ellen Home, by Redshank, E. Dam of Bend Or, by Done aster, E. Maggie B. B., 1867. by Australian. M. — Madeline, by Boston, H. And back of this any quantity of Herod. Dam of the Derby winner Iroquois, and Jaconet, dam of Sir Dixon and Belviderc. Sir Dixon was the only really good sire which is a member of the Maggie B. B. family. I take this m part to be due to the outre blood of Boston, and in part also to the I - cess of Herod strains lower down in the p.edigree. Nevertheless, it is a great running and brood mare line. Lady Langden, 1868, by Kettledrum, E. Haricot, by Lanercost, E. Dam of the Derby winner Sir Bvys. by Favonius, IL. and Hampton, by Lord Clifden, E. Note the inbreeding to Kclipse in Hamptons pedigree, and Hampton one of the two really good sires which are inbred to Eclipse. Lola Bella. 1S68. by Stockwell. E. 1st line, by Ethelbert. E. Dam of Isonomy and Fernandez, by Sterling, E. Isonomy. like Hampton, is inbred to Eclipse, and these are the excep-.i-iiis which go to prove the blending rule. Devotii a. 1889, by Stockwell. E Akeatis, by Touchstone, E. Dam of Thebais and St. Marguerite, by Hermit, E. Before the arrival of Rock Sand no really good sire had come from the Devotion line, and it would also appear that Rock Sands best success is also as a i rood mate sue, and that his daughters are especially a! home when mated with the Matehem sire. Lair Play. Bourbon Belle. I860, by Bonnie Scotland, E. -Ella D.. by Vandal, II. Dam of Hanover. by Hindoo. II. Hanovers best, Hamburg, was u son of the Matehem mare Lady Reel, by lellowcraft. M. Lily Agnes, 1871. by Macaroni. II. —Polly Agnes, by The Cure, E. Dam of Ormonde, by Bend Or. L. Quiver, 1872. by Toxophilite, E. -daughter of Young Melbourne. M. Dam of La Fleche tttd Memoir, by St. Simon, E.. ami Maid Marian, by Hampton, E. Toxophilites dam, Leger-lemain, was by Pantaloon, II. . and St. Simon found in Quivers dam the Matehem strain. St. Simon succeeded best when Matehem was found close at hand. Per.-immon, his brothers and St. Frusquin show Matehem close up. BaDyroe, 1872. by BeUadrum, E.- Bon Accord, by Adventurer, E. Dam of the unbeaten Barealdine, by Solum. M.. and which saved the Melbourne line from passing out. Gem of Gems, 1873. by Strathconan, E. Poinsettia, by Young Melbourne, M. Dam of Le . ivy. by Atlantic, H. Le Saney saved the Thormanby line from disaster, and maybe the whole bloodstock fabric through The Tetrarefa as well. Jaconet, 1875. by Leamington, L. Maggie B. B.. by Australian, M. Dam of Sir Dixon and Belvidere, by Billet, L. Mannie Gray. 1874. by Enquirer, E. Lizzie G., by War Dance. II. Dam of Domino and Correction, by Hunyar, E. Domino, deficient in Matt hem. sired Commando, son of the Dare-!/n Matehem mare Emma C. Perdita IL. 1881, by Hamplon, K. Hermione, by Young Melbourne. M. Dam of Persimmon, Diamond Jubilee and Floriad II.. by Si. Simon. E The above are facts cull.-d from turf history and serve to demonstrate the advantage of Tie blend.
