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CUBAN DERBY WINNERS ANCESTRY HERRON A SON OF A TURNEYS FORMER GOOD CAM ¬ PAIGNER HORRON AND BRED ON LINES TO MAKE HIM A SUCCESSFUL SIRE IN CUBA WHEN DONE WITH RACING The result of the Cuban Derby won by the bay colt Ilerron must afford general satisfaction in that the son of Horron is the property of the Cuban sportsman Senor E Alvarez and the victory of a Cnban owned horse in so important a race must act as a great inducement to other Cuban gentlemen to interest th selves in the sport of racing and incidentally also in tiie breeding and development of the thorough ¬ bred horse horseAs As a twoyearold the Derby winner did not face the starter liacing for the lirst time in the colors of J 1 McCalTcrtv it Havana on February i Ilerron gave but little evidence of any great racing ability and was beaten out of a place by Orleans Girl and others Soon after this Ilerron again cut an ignomini ¬ ous figure behind Mess Kit in a threequarters dash on February lirst home beating Incie May over the live and onehalf furlongs course and followed this up by win ¬ ning another race on March Hi Ilerron was then sold for n substantial ligure including a Derby win ¬ ning contingency to his present owner and for him won the Preliminary Derby beating Mile Dazie by a neck Ilerron holds a liability in the Kentucky Derby and on account of his winter campaign will lack nothing on the score of condition conditionIlorron Ilorron sire of the Cuban Iinil achieved in his day many notable successes on the turf and is a well tut up horse strong and muscular by the Mere Hill sire McGcc dam Josie I by Top Gallant from Elsie P by Kingfisher ami a member of the Maggie B P line As will be sren from a glance at the back column of McGccs pedigree he is decidedly deficient in Herod and Matchem blood Is it any wonder then that he succeeds best when mated with mares which show the blood of Herod close up in their pedigrees Donerail by McGec won the Kentucky Derby in 191S and Donerails dam Algie M is by Hanover and another Derby winning son of McGoe is the ever green Exterminator whose dam Fair Empress is a daugh ¬ ter of Jim Gore son of Hindoo and iMith Hanover and Hindoo of GlcncoeIIerod descent In Horrons wise the Herod blood is brought in by way of his graddam FIsie It by Kingfisher son of Lexington LexingtonMizK MizK Tramot Ilerron is by the IVjrtlaTiTTTTne wiiini1 sTW Ayrshire and Maid of Lorn by Barealdine Xot a particularly attractive Imrse to look at Kilkerran is nevertheless a wellbred one and his daughters of value on account of his Hampton descent anil Parcaldinc infusion Only last winter Mr K C Arnold requested an opinion as to the possibilities of danhgters of Kilkerran as brood mares I assured him there was every reason to anticipate success for them in this particular on account of tin abovementioned Hampton and Itarcaldine combination combinationItrightlight Itrightlight third dam of Ilerron is also the dam of the Talbott Bros old standby John Itright and is half sister to Trophy dam of Wadsworth which did such good service when racing in the well known colors of the late James Murphy MurphyXo Xo doubt after his racing career is finished Ilerron will see active service as a sire in the island of Cuba and there is every reason to suppose as judged on his pedigree and performances that in this en ¬ deavor lie will also prove successful White Knight 11 Wenlock I White Heather Xewminsler I Ilemorsc I Seclusion I Vedette I Flying Duchess Sterling T Oxford Top Gallant s l Whisper bay 1SSI Sea Mark Adventurer I Seagull Prince IJoyal U j Kingfisher Princess Billet I Jaconet f Lord Clifden l 1 Lady Iingden Galopin t Feronia fi r iiinc Hauyroe f Princess Louise j Hermit Victoria Louise Victoria j Voltigeur Sir Dixou I Calcutta f bay 1SS1 j Ieamington Alaggie BB Virgil 1 Florence L Itright Light IS Jack Malone 7 Vesper Light
