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LEVIATHAN BRED FOR SUCCESS DERBY PROSPECT HELD SUPERIOR TO JOHN P CRIERS CRIERSBECAUSE BECAUSE OF HIS HERMIT AND ST SIMON SIMONBLOOD BLOOD INHERITED BY HIS DAM By EXILE EXILEA A rarelybred one is Leviathan but the reason nt his long absence fnuu the race course I lo not pretend to know Only once hist year did Leviathan face the starter and this in the early days of June when he easily beat a speedy hand over the straight liveeighths course at Bclmont 1ark Whatever the cause of his last years disappearance from racing let us hope trainerJamcs low will have this well bred colt in the best possible lighting trim at Louisville LouisvilleOf Of the two John I Grier and Leviathan as judged on their breeding 1 tint fain to confess my preference is for the latter Leviathan is also a son of AVhisk Broom II of whose breeding I have already had something to say and his dam Greyhound a daughter of Voter which is rapidly making a big name for himself as a brood mare sire and this to be expected for is he not a descendant of Her ¬ mit in the male line his dam Mnvourneen a daughter of that good brood mare sire Bnrculdiue and he is a member of the Sunshine branch of the No 1 family Guesswork Not a bit of it From the first I have always said that there was no such thing as failure for daughters of Voter as brood mares maresGreyhound Greyhound though she started a couple of times as a twoyearold in England failed to score Not long Kince 1 ran out lists which appeared in Daily Itacing Form of the racing performances of a number of tins great producing mares and was forced to the conclusion that racing ability has no bearing whatever on a mares winner producing capabilities Greyhound despite her ill success in racing is in every way qualified from a breeding standpoint to produce the winner of a Kentucky Derby In addition to her being a daughter of the speedy Voter Greyhounds dam Swiftfoot is a daughter of St Simon himself and she herself a member of the famous Dance family from which so many of the best of the winners in times past have come As yet nothing much has come of the late Mr Marcus Dalys costly experi ¬ ment of mating Hamburgs dam Lady Kcvl with St Simon but some day and that no distant one in my opinion something of extra racing merit will crop up as a result of this union St Simon as per ¬ haps you are aware scored best when the Melbourne strain was found close up in his mates as is here the case for Lady Keels sire Kellowcraft was by Australian grandson of Melbourne and Voters dam Mavourneen by Iarcaldine is a member of the same identical line lineIn In dealing with the blood lines of John I Grier I called attention to the comparative failure of members of the Maggie 11 15 family as sires but I am convinced there is a key lo almost every breed ¬ ing lock if only the right combination can be found which in Leviathans case has perhaps this time been found in that the sire of his dam is the Hermit horse Voter and that she shows a double infusion of the blood of Melbourne ami also a dash of the blood of St Simon SimonMany Many highclass liorecs in the days that are gone have come from this Galopade family of which Leviathan is a member ami it would not in the least surprise mi if he satisfactorily comes through the training ordeal to see Leviathan Mr AVhitueys selection next Kentucky Derby day 3 Bonnie Scotland 10 K lien Brush MAV Ivy Leaf 5 M Broomstick lo M E EMAV MAV E Galliard 13 1 Galopin 3 K Mavis IS H Svlvibelle hyivaijcite J 1i 11 Or 1 K j st Editha li II Billet 2 J Voltigcur 1 K Kii Sir Dixon I Calcutta ii K bay 1SS5 Jaconet j Leamington 14 K 1 Maggie P B 4 M chuslnut 1501 Hindoo 1M j Virgil JO H Florence 1M II Salliu McClelland j jFriars Ited and ISltw j Alarm 15 K t Maggie B B 4 M Hermit 5 j Newjiiinstcr H K Kr Friars Balsam 1 j I Seclusion r ii chestnut 1885 Flower of Dorset j Breadalbane 10 E Voter 1 1chestnut Imperatrice i K K1S chestnut 1891 Barcaldine L3 j Solon 1S M Mavouriieen Ballyroe K Kla Gaydcne J Albert Victor la K Ki Flora Macdouald MacdoualdGalopin i K J tU 19 K Galopin 3 XMlt St Simon 11 j jbrown Flying Duchess DuchessSt 3 H Swiftfoot brown 1881 j St Angela j King Tom K Ku L Adeline u ii brown 1101 iFcllowcruft Australian 11 M I Aerolite ii iiE Mannie Gray E 13 11 Imported tNo family iinmbor
