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UNLUCKY PEARMAIN AND HER SONS It is not merely crushing but cruel luck that has deprived Lord Londonderry of tlie two brothers Corcyra and Polunietis within two mj.itlis of mm another. There is something almost uncanny about such a fatality, as both these good imrses met their end from fractured boiies which is not an accident of common occurrence. Their dam. Pear-main, seems to have been cursed with some sort of evil destiny, for another of her sons, Coup de Main, was killed by a boriib during one of the air raids in 1910, and the mare herself was taken 111 in 1918 and died. She was but thirteen yeais old at the time, and no more valuable matron figured in pages of the General Stud Book; in fact, sh: was the mare chosen by the Dowager M-irchioness of Londonderry under the will of the late Marq-iis It is quite possible that Polunietis would have developed into as good a horse as Corcyra, but as he had split a pastern last year this may have boon an indication that his bone was brittle, - that the Ascot disaster might in some measure bo accounted for. Anyhow, as lie then was, the los did rot compare with that of Corcyra, which was ccrtaiu.y one of the most valuable stallions in existence. His three-year-old daughter, Blue Dun, would be backed at a short price for the St. Leger were she engaged, anl his two-year.-old daughter Volcanic is beypnd question one of the best of her sex. if not the best. A horse that fills easily at 300 guineas is obviously worth a great deal of money; but it is not tlie financial aspect of. his loss that will trouble Lord Londonderry. He thought no end of Corcyra, as did his father and mother, ailU no expense was being spared to secure hiares to suit him. Quite recently Toque, sister to Tracer; was bought by Lord Londonderry, the first question being, AVill the suit Corcyra? I certainly thought that she would, but now there can never be a pnicr tical answer to the question, and the worst of It is that all the sons of Pearmain have been wiped out as well as the mare herself. Coup de Main was as good looking as any of them, and Wis expected to win a good race within a week or so of the time when he was killed. Lord Londonderry lias three daughters of Pearmain, two of them Pcmuce and Benevente, sisters to Corcyra and Polunietis. The other is AAynyard, by Swnyford. Benevente has a chestnut yearling filly by Rock Flint, but AVynyard was barren last year to Lem-berg, and Pomace was not bred in 1918. W. Allison ,iu London ;Sportsmuu.
