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ANTECEDENTS OF KING THRUS BIG ROSS COLT BRED TO DO ANYTHING IN RACING RACINGBUT BUT PROBABLY REQUIRES TIME TO RIPEN INTO INTOCONDITION CONDITION TO SHOW AT HIS BEST By EX I LE LEOn On account of his meritorious performance on the opening day of the Hivro de Grace meeting it inaj yet he decided to send King Thrush to Kentucky for participation in the Derby However this niiy lie is prohihle the original program of keeping liiin for he lreikiiess will he adhered to iud in this nice ii will tike Mil unusually licet one to take his number down downKing King Thrush as a twoyearold was liy no means overdone in the way of racing for he onlv tool part in six races winning one of them a liveeighths dash beating with all ease a fair hand at Aque ¬ duct King Thrush ran four times without success at Saratoga where he finished third to Miss Jemim for the Flash Stakes on the opening day and third again to Golden Itroom and Wildair for the Sara tog Special and made his last appearance for the year on August 27 when he made no show behind Grays sinn in the running of the Adirondack Handicap King Thrush was then wisely put by for the season t alTord him a chance to develop his massive frame for King Thrush is a big one a colt of truly Matter horn proportions 1 from the manner in which he covered the Ljlurel course last week with those giant giantspacedevouring spacedevouring strides of his I am convinced he has come on during the winter months as much as anj horse in training for he just loafed a mile better than 1 Hit and from an onlookers point of view did nil at any time seelu to be out of a canter Xow here is a point Had King Thrush of Goliath frame beei subjected to the forcing tactics now so mm It in vogue and gifted as he is with sparkling speed lie mnsi have gone crook somewhere These big ones will not stand hammering as twoyearolds and if only foi this reason it would be well if American racing authorities could be brought to see the necessity of giv ¬ ing more and better races for the thr yearold and over division For as matters now stand speei speeialone alone is being developed to the neglect of stamina and weight carrying ability abilityThrush Thrush sire of King Thrush w s himself a brilliant race horse winning sixteen races beating mani of tin best horses of his time under heavy imposts and is by Missel Thrush which was incapacitate throiigliju jdj jdjij ij fronj racing and jisjv Ormedam that good lilly Throstle which defeated Ladas for tin St Lcger and Throstle is half sister by Petrarch to Common and Coldlinch Chemistry dam of Thrush is by the Two Thousand Guineas winner Charibert son of Thormanby oj the Herod line and a member of the Kigolhochc branch of the Kinton Iarb mare family Kigolboche i tlu dam of Cremorne and Mabille and to the latter trace such as The Tetrarcli Piclermaritzhiirg Von Tromp Peter Pan that good French Jllly Clyde and many other tirst raters For my part even thongli he is the sire of the Alexandra Plate winner lackdaw anil several other good winners 1 am just a litth bit disappointed in Thrush as a sire for 1 have always considered him to be one of the bestbred horses standing for service abroad abroadSilent Silent Queen dam of King Thrush though she had a couple of tries as a twoyearold failed tn dtaili recognition from the judge This however as the brood mare lists published in Daily Racing Form not long since prove has but little bearing on her winnerproducing qualities In breeding to a mare you breed to the blood and nothing more true wns ever said in relation to horse breeding Silent Queen is an exceptionally wellbred daughter of that fast horse Forfarshire which although he has not been a pronounced success as a sire of race horses his daughters on account of his St Simon Hampton and Hermit infusions are certainly of value as brood mares Prccding backed by speed is what is nec ¬ essary for the brood mare and Silent Queen is sister to those fast ones Praxted and Mcrcutio all of which are sous of Sillabub by St Serf and St Serfs dam Ferouia is by Thormanby giving a return of this strain to the Thormanby of Charibert Margarine which follows is a daughter of the St leger and Ascot Cup winner Petrarch PetrarchOutcrossing Outcrossing is ever a winner ami Silent Queen wifh her double shot of St Simon through St KHz abetli and St Serf is an admirable outcross for Thrush in whose makeup no SI Simon is to be found More on account of his stature than anything 1 do not expect to see King Thrush really at his best until we all once again assemble for participation in the great racing carnival at Saratoga but in the mean ¬ time it will take the best of the easterners to beat him Item Or Hlv Agnes Missel bay ISSit Angelica 5 ialopiu I St Thrush 1 Angela bay 1 7 ivtrarch Lord Clifden I Throstle J I Laura JI I Thistle j Scottish Chief r I I The Flower of Safety 5 Melbourne or WindhV Charibert 1 Thormanby I Alice Hawthorn I chestnut 1S7I 2 I Ortrudo iSannterer Queen liertha i Speculum Ladylike Reverberation J i Mabille H = Lord ClifdcH O J IJoyal Llampti 7 Lady Laugden f i ay iss King Tom 4 Forfiirshire I I Mrs Lincoln f chestnut 1S 7 j Calopin St Simon 1 I I St IClizabeth St Angela J rncas Flnada 8rW i Jalopin St Serf St Angela f 1W j j Thormanbv Woodbine b or br 1S 7 Petrarch 0 Lord Clifden ClifdenI I Laura I Margerimj The Duke Margarita Tasmania Imported
