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INFLUENCE OF COMMANDOS BLOOD DOMINATING NOW, BUT IN NEED OF CAREFUL SELECTION OF ECLIPSE LINE MARES IN ORDER TO BE KEPT IN FLOURISHING CONDITION By EXILE I.exinsrton in the male lin" is a thing of the past. T.eaminet on has gone, and signs are that Glencoe is about to follow. Happily, however, the .-tar of Australia is just now in the a- indent, for what with I air Play a. id his BOB Man o War coming on there is little danger of the line being snowed under for some time yet to come. The question now comes up. What iocs fate hold in store for the line of the imported horse Kclipse The outstanding sire successes of members of this liii" are, of course, Domino and his son Commando, and the petti-• nf the latter is herewith presented. The form of Commando a a race horse, except to his immediate connections is hard to determine. Commando succumbed too early in the action for any correct estimate to be formed of his ability to race with success under heavy imposts over a long distance of ground, but Commandos success as a sire was immediate and convincing as the sire of Colin Celt Peter Pan. Superman. Peter Quince. Transvad and the sire Cltimu.-. and this al the more temarfcable when his short period of active service m taken into consideration. In every wav lie son of Domino and Emma C. must be reckoned a great succe-s a- a sir indeed In appearance Commando, to say the least of it. was not pivpo-e-.-,ng. Heavy shouldered .op-eared straight pasterns and the shortest horse from hip to hock I have ever seen and omniando. judged on looks dene, would not compare with many a one which has beentned a- a sire and found wanting, lh- success of Commando a.- a die was the strongest -ort of argument in favor of a blending of the blood of Herod. Matehem and Eclipse It is. to... by way of Commando that the Orlando line to Touchstone is handed on ioe Marsyas me to Orlando Deems to have .-pent itself in England, and the good times for the Wellingtons I lasreolet lines oi Orlando appear to be over in France, and if this special line is to be saved at all it must be by wav t C, mmandos ancestor Himyar Here is the manner of blending the blood in the makeup of Commando Domino is of Kclipse descent and Emma C. by the Matehem sire Darebin. Hood, Glengarry and Lexington five crosses are all of Herod descent, as are Gbneoe and Traducer. sire of Darehins dam I Members of the Dommo line are mere noted for their sped than they are for their ur-bne. endurance. This, however, can be remedied by careful selections when mating but the ereatest point of interest to horsemen in reference to Commando is whether or not there is the ability to carry on. to firmly set up ami establish in this country a free line to Orlando or is the •me treatment to be meted out to Commando as has been accorded Lexington i eamington and perhaps Cdencoe? Not ott2 of Commandos has sons as yet sired a colt good enough to keep things going, with one exception; no real stouthearted, 1 mg distance running capable tace horse, one really worth while, and one to which breeders could look with confidence to perpetuate the hne *P*** » Pf* mrasure due to recognized and admitted unsoundness How best, then, shall this detest be combated and overcome, as it must be overcome if the Domino line is to be saved rom exterminate? On account of his well-balanced pedigre-mares bred on almost any plan fit bom and grandsons of Commando. The one thing neces sary in selecting mates for Commando horses is soundness, and Still mere soundness The late Mr James RKeene. a most discerning horseman, well understood the value of the outcross and realized the imperfections as well as the perfections of the Dominos. Mr Keene therefore mated his Domino horses with the best bred imported mares to be had. and by so doing bred an Oaks winner, a winner of the Jockey Club Stakes and others. sUch as the unbeaten Conn Peter Pan Celt. Superman. Transvaal and Peter Quince. It ts. therefore, only reasonable to appose that equally good results would come from mating sound imported mares with Com mando hne horses. Mares of St. Simon descent, on account of their soundness, to be especially fitting. A number of the Commando appear horses are lacking in St Simon blood Mr eene also did not seem to incline much to the Isonomy strain; for this reason also sound Isonomy blood shoulrl give good returns when this blood is given to Commando horses Celm now that he is again acclimatized proof last gave year that he is coming to himself and may be relied to even higher still, and upon go Colin shows none of the blood of St Simon Bend Or or Hampton ,n his make-up. neither has he the Musket strain, and from mares one of these lines are indicated On the Kec-neland Farm ther. stands for service Luke Mc any ,.,;ke. a horse which though wel supplied with other strains shows a decided deficiency m"st ,m,on, Bend Or and Hampton blood Luke McLuke, however, is possessed of two Isonomy crosses, and to this much of his racing ability Was no doubt due, « well as to his Musket infus.on through Trenton. The Musket-St. Simon combination is of proven wort! in liSrana and . like procedure seems to be mo.cated m the ease of Luke McLuke, which would i be e certain eer to off score promptly St. Simon mares. There is but one thing to do u, the cas? of Commando horses and that, breed for soundness, for speed can be safely left to take care of dself. Good, flinty wire anTwh primarily •r- ionium Z SSJSTS SUm m , Alarm 17, *F.lii -e i J Orlando aj ... 1 Gaae " 1 iv. isi;o .... „ I Ilimy.-.r * i Waekwell f •M.ei " 3 say, 1875 ICoanteaa of Albemarle r, m S Bin 2 j T i»K"n 12 IsU,l, 40 2.4b *1 1 Mice inneal j. r "" . 1 I Hegii-i *Ainbasail ir jj = -• 1 t night ;, r i:i:.|..irer j *I* •aiuington ..14 J?,"*!i, B*"**" ■■■.....n S — I r.-innie Rray23 I "ni • ls" I 1 bjaj J Lexbagtoa . j.» 2 black, is.i ■I-z« •.........." v .._.. War I atice ,...2i-! vitten ,., O l h,ZXh ; 1 Keel -3 2" 1 Daughter of J Lecompte Z 3 • I with :,:hBj, r " "eer 2 j Melbourne 1 3 Unaapkrey Clinker R || S~ ... ,• ,, kay. 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