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J , . mmm son of great tracery BLENDINGS ffl fHlB ANCESTRAL VINES OF ATlIBI SUG GEMVi! 0 MS MAKING A SUCCESSFUL SIRE WEEN MS TIME 16 REflREffilfrAMfV By EXILE My purpbse in presenting the pedigree of that good handicappcr Alibi for study by breeders is to afford thosc who in-their"blooa"stock breeding operations breed to names and names alone ah opportunity of seeing tlie good that comes through a blcriding of the blood of Herod, Matcheni and Eclipse. Tr.iccryj sire of" Alibi, as a race liorSc" was quite first class. I myself witnessed his Derby race of 1012, when, fat as tlie ,prbverbial pig, he maiiaged to finish third to Tagalic aiid, as the horses raced past the judge, my fair neighbor, I fear, might have been rather upset by my exclamation: "By Gad, there goes tlie winficr of "tlie Lcgen." Tracery, of course, won tlie St. Legcr right enough, the news of which calife over tlie seas to me when "running the easting down" somewhere between the Cajle and: Australia. , I do not -pretend to kiidtv tlie cause of Alibis race course inactivity of last year or of his comparative idleness" as a flirc-year-old, for at tliift age the son of Tracery was only sent to tlie post tiirce; times, winningoii his last appearance- at Aqueduct on September 25, a mile maiden race, cantering, from tfic livc-year-old Past Master. Patience, we arc told, is a virtue; nay, more, it is an absolute necessity,, in the successful training of race horses, aiid :patieiicc is apparently a possession of the trainer of Alibi. Only a fdrtnight since, when lurying my unhuUI rspring- visit to "tile Nursdry Stud, Mrs. Kaiie was showing me tlie marcs with tlieir foals, among which was Amicitia, a good wiiiner herself, aiid darii, besides Aliiii, of winners in France and England. Amicitia, Which is by Hastings, greatly took my fancy, a keen, bright -looking marc, described in the Stud Book as bay, but I prefer to call her brown, tiie last of tlic Hustings on tile place, .aiid her flily ii really line diiughtbr of Hourless,- for which Amicitia is an admirable mate, .thus exhibiting the famous St. Sfmoh-Meluoifrhc blend, which has so frequently in the past been productive of something of exceptional racing mcrit. One of tlie best features of Alibis raciiig is that lie seems ever willing to give the best that is in him. Moreover, advices from tlie East make him out to be one of the lies t of the liandicappcrs now racing in -the vicinity of New York. As to Tracery, a lirst-class race horse himself, I cannot understand the Tvay warUhcss 61 his progeny in raciiig, eJcdcpt it lie inbreeding to Eclipse, and to this I must attribute the antics of Tlie Panther aiid others of his sons I have seen race. Intermarriage in the human race is the short cut to the lunatic asylum; why not inbreeding in "horses the cause of waywardness and-tlie exhibition of temper in racing? Tlie Panther aiid his "sire. Tracery, are noSv both of them safely in the Argentine, where I hope they may be afforded a chance Svith some ontbredmares of Herod aiid Mhtchcm descent. Mares bred away from Galdpiti, Hampldii, Isohomy, Bend Or aiid the rest, and then good results are certain to follow. The gray Herod Lc SUmaritain is there, I kiioSv, aiid his fillies must be acceptable, but the Argentine, so far as I know, is not well supplied witli horses of Matchcm descent. What it godsend some son of Fair Play would be to them! Fides, granddani of Alibi, could race to sonic purpose herself, and is half sister by The 111 Used to the Metropolitan winner aiid sire of Accountant, Filigrane, and this a really good raciiig branch of the No. 5 -family, which runs back through Filagree, by Sfockwcll, and a double infusion of tlie Herod strain is brought in by FiHeife, daughter of Kingfisher, son of Lexington, whose dam was Eltiiam Lass, by Kingston. Alibi, therefore, after his racing days are over, in that he is a member of the deservedly popular line of Kock Sand and possessed of an exceptionally well-balanced pedigree, should be of use as a sire. Sainfoin ,. 2 I . . 1 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 j- Rock- Sand 4 chestnut, .1887 Silnda ffif ty r bfow. jgwin :::::::::::::: 3 i slMon n o g- 1 Roquebrune J tbt? Angela 11 E 2 J St. Marguerite ... JHcrmit 5 E W Devotion 4 E g . Orme ;. 11 Ornibnde .10 JDend Or 1 E : . . bay, 1880 1 Wy AS"es 15 11 H Tcpiary ...19 j j Angelica JGalopiii 3 E 1 bay, 1901 1 tst- Angela 11 B I . .. . Wellingtoiiia .. 3 JUliattanooga 3 E Plaisanterie J Auricula 3 E i Poetess JTr.ocaiipro 2 B" J La Dorettc 9 E "S it J West Australian 7M Austrilinn AustraI,an tSpendthrift I lEinilia 11 E S - ,. .... , I f chestnut, 1876 "Lroul1- Aerolite . JLexinLtoii ..12 11 rf Hastings ...21 tlorine H -, f brown, 1893 J -j-- Blue Kuin--or --J Kiff.-JTo,iii ...... 3 E S. "" I Cinderella" Tomaliawk . .. 3 1 Mincemeat 311 11 1?SBro:;;;;;;;i6i I 1 m-: f m used ......is eudaibane ...io jtS-;;:;;;:; $ "a bd 1870 j Ellcrmire j Chanticleer 23 E viAeft 1 ttlI?s Ellerdale IS E bay; 1886 -King Fisher... 12 I Lexington .12 11 1 Fillctte J Eltiiam Lass 12 II "I Filagrce J Stock well 3 E Extasy 5 E Imported. No family number. l
