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ST. SIMON MALE LINE HOLDS Desmond the Chief Simainer How Sons of Great Sires Hold Up by the Record BY E. E. COUSSELL. LONDON, England, July 27. For some years now it has been apparent that the most virile branch of the St. Simon male lino was that through Desmond. Up to July 20 there had been no change in the position. Desmonds reus arc easily at the head of the list, as the following record shows: Male Line Dam or Sire. Winners.-Raccs. Value. Sons, of Desmond, LAbcsse de .loiiarre 74 88 48,950 Sons of Persimmon, Perdit.r II. 30 30 77,350 Sons of St. Frusquin, Isabel... 29 44 45,033 Sons of William the Third, Gravity 17 20 22,205 Sons of Chaucer, Canterbury Pilgrim 9 12 19.9S0 Sons of Childwick, Plaisanterie 4 7 17,330 So far this year the winners by the sons of Desmond, as regards the :imcuut of stakes won. exceed the total amount won by the offsprings of all the other sons of St. Simon, at the stud with the exception of Persimmon. -Some years ago it began to appear that the St. Simon male line was to fail in the second generation. Desmond then came to the rescue in a remarkable manner, and naturally is likely to score further big successes through such good sires as Charles OMalley, Stor-noway, I-fmoiid, not to mention Hapsburg and Fairy King. English and Irish breeders have been swift to recognize these pertinent facts, with the result that most of the horses named have full subscriptions.
