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St Gatien i J Rotherhill or The R Meddler 1 J Jbay St Editha f Rockton bay 1S90 Busybody j Petrarch I Spinaway f bay 1897 i Prince Charlie j Blair Atliol Brown Princess Eastern Princess Nannie Black BlackClifford j Virgil I f Nannie Butler 1ramlle J Bonnie Scotland Clifford 4 j Ivy Leaf brow 1S9 ° j I Kingfisher Adrintha 14 4J Duchess Lady Blessington bay 1901 i Jim Gore I Aranza II J Jj j Aranza j Bonnie Scotland I Arizona j Wisdom White Knight 12 j sir HB ° I Manoevre f chestnut 1SD5 j wiiltelock j Wenlock I White Heather I Hermit Newminster Seclusion 1 Remorse j Vedette Vex 1 Flying Duchess Loved One 1 1brown 1 Buccaneer Margery Daw brown 1SS3 pilgrimage The Earl or The P Tinkle 3 3brown Lady Audrey brown 1904 I Bend Or Sounding Brass J Kendal 1 Windermere Sally Brass Musket Little Nell Imported tNo family number GRANITES FINE SON BABY GRAND RACING PROWESS SUGGESTS GRANITE MAY REVIVE AND ANDCARRY CARRY ON THE MALE LINE Of MEDDLER IN THE THEBREEDING BREEDING INDUSTRY OF THIS COUNTRY By EXILE EXILEThe The purchase of Baby Grand by tlint keen sportsman Commander Ross is of cspocial Interest to me because of Jiaving suggested tlie acquisition on account of lier breeding of bis dam McGees bay daughter Babe Granite sire of Baby Grand is more or less of a beginner as a sire and as I remember him when racing was a haid wearandtear sturdy looking horse one which gave you the impression of constitution and virility The Algeria Stakes winner Rockton sire of Granite is by Meddler but these Meddlers have not as yet met with any pronounced success as sires and it is to be hoped therefore that at last a worthy representative of this the St Gatien line to Stockwell lias come to light Granite traces in the female line to Zone by The Cure and this the Bertha by Rubens branch of the No 14 sire family the family of Hinpia the Derby winner St Amant and Darebiii DarebiiiMcGee McGee sire of Babe is as I see it bred on lines that indicate success for his daughters as brood mares for his dam Remorse is a daughter of that extra good brood mare sire Hermit and his granddam Vex was a sister to Galopin Hermit as doubtless you know sired the dams of Star Shoot Peter Tan Von Tromp Beldame Watercress Gallinnle Amphion Myrco Roquebreune Rock Sand Tredennis St Damien and a number of others Vex was by Vedette and her lain Flying Duchess by that truly mag ¬ nificent race horse and sire of the Herod persuasion Flying Dutchman The Dutchman was sent from England to France where he became an even more pronounced success as a sire and his line carries on by way of Dollar and others and many of the French winners these days which runs back in the male line to Lord Eglingtous Derby winner of 49 49Babes Babes breeding appealed to me not only from the fact that she is a daughter of McGee but even more so because of her dam Tinkle being by Loved One also Herod sire of Doris dam of the Derby winner Sunstar and his half sister the Oaks winner Princess Dorrie DorrieLoved Loved One is by the Cambridgeshire and Royal Hunt Cup winner See Saw Herod and son of the One and Two Thousand Guineas winner Pilgrimage which foaled the Derby winner Jeddnh and the Oaks winner Canterbury Pilgrim dam of Chaucer and Swynford Into Babes pedigree is introduced by way p4ljergranddain Sounding Brass thej faraou cB iul4 Iacaronicoidblnati6nf up of Ormonde and Martagon by way of Kendal and the stout Musket strain comes in through Sally Brass and Little Nell which follows is a daughter of Blair Atliol son of Stockwell and Blink Bonny by Melbourne Be pleased to note also the doubling in Babes pedigree of Macaroni through Lady Audley and Windermere and this alone makes assurance doubly sure for Babe as a brood mare Additional Herod is also shown through Buccaneer and Hermits dam Seclusion Is it any wonder then that Babe should prove herself capable of producing good winners and I sincerely hope that Baby Grand may add many more victories to his score and that Babe herself in days to come may live to mother others equally as good
