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AN ARDENT PARTISAN OF TROUTBECK English Breeder Says He Is Much More Qualified for Success as a Sire Than Prince Palatine SAN FRANCISCO Cal May 10 Interesting views on English horses and English racing were expressed today by Christen Cliristenson propri ¬ etor of the Little Margrave Stud Essex who is here on a visit to his brother Major Sven Christen sen The English breeder and owner is well known to Americans as the former owner of the stallion Trout luck which Is now domicihd at Glen Helen Stud in Kentucky Trout bock winner of the Doneaster St Leger and other important races was sold last fall by Mr Cliristenson to Edward Cebrian of Sai Francisco shortly after the sale of the Ladas horse by the Duke of AVestminstcr to the master of Little Margrave MargraveMr Mr Cliristenson has seen all the great races of England run for many years but is not grieving over his absence from the tight little islt at the height of the season this year He says there are a poor hand of threeyearolds out and that any of half a dozen mediocre thoroughbreds may win the Epsom Derby and the St Loger LogerTetratema Tetratema cannot be considered a really high class threeyearold said Mr Cliristenson as he is simply a sprinter I would not want to try to pick tin winner of the Derby but in my opin ¬ ion the gray son of The Tetrarch will not win The Tetrarch probably could not stay and it looks n though his son is UK same kind of a horse I would be much surprised if he runs a success ¬ ful race June 1 in the mile and a half of the Derby DerbyThe The visiting horseman saw Tetratema beaten by Silvern in the Greeiiliam Stakes but says that defeat should not be weighed heavily against the gray The going was extremely trying on account of recent rains and Tetratema had difficulty in striding freely At the end it was the impression of Mr Cliristenson and other experts that the gray was running faster than Silvern And then The Tetrarchs son won the Two Thousand Guineas April 2K showing him he was at himself in that big event whatever may have been his condition in the earlier race Poth the Greeiiham Stakes and the Two Thousand Guineas re mile races Mr Cliristenson was in New York when the Two Thousand was run lie said the hill at Epsom probably would stop Tetratema TetratemaVIEW VIEW OF TROUTBECK AS A SIRE SIREThe The English horseman holds some heterodox opin ¬ ions that he is not averse to voicing He says for example that Troiitbeck is a better sire than Prince Palatine the Persimmon horse that was orce sold for the immense sum of 200000 and only recently has been purchased by the SimmsOliver confederacy for the United States Perhaps a bit swayed by the circumstance that he is the former owner of the son of Uidas and Kydal Mount Mr Cliristenson enthuses more in a discussion of the merits of Trotitbeck than on any other subject AVith only limited opportunities Troiitbeck has sired horses that have won in England Italy Scan ¬ dinavian countries and in the United States and according to his eulogist some of the winners at least are of higher class than anything Prince Palatine has to show Troiitbeck is best known in this country as the sire of the good jumper The Prook Mr Cliristenson ays Troiitbccks blood lines could not be improved that he was a ster ¬ ling race horse as was shown by his nine wins out of ten starts as a threeyearold and victories when older and that he is a remarkably sure foal getter getterWhile While in New York the lisitor took a run down to Itelmont Park to see the horses in training at that course lie was much impressed by some in thf S C Hildreth string esptcially Purchase Tin only criticism he had to make was the general observation that American horsts as a rule do not have sufficient lion Tim defect however he believes will be remedied by the application of scientific breeding principles such have been fol ¬ lowed in England for many years yearsThe The greatest horses in the yorld should be bred right hen near San Francisco said Mr Christcnsoii as you have everything essential in the production of the fine type of animal called the thoroughbred Equable climate soil feed water and all the other requirements for breeding im raising horses of size bone and substance fit to meet the best on the race course are here at your door All you have to do is to avail your ¬ selves of the golden opportunity
