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TWENTY LEADING SIRES OF 1920 ! FAIR PLAY THE PREMIER WITH A TOTAL ONLY ONCE EXCEEDED IN AMERICAN RACING — McGEE AND BROOMSTICK SECOND AND THIRD RESPECTIVELY It is plensinjr to note that the three great native families founded ill this country b.v Australian. Bonnie Scotland and Eclipse respectively are Saariakiag throngh their virile male line descendants. Aastraliaa was in the ascendant in IfCO, his great! giaadswa Fair Flay carryhag off the honors vested in tile leading -ire of a year He was not far away from the leadership in 1H1! and in 19L0 his redoubtable -on Mun a War. with some help from Mad Hatter and other efficient sous and daughters, swept him into the primacy with a total to his credit only ••■ exceeded in American raciag. This line of Melbourne.. which c-oines down threagfa West Australian. Australian. Spendthrift, Hastings, Fair Ilav to its peeseat culminating ghary in Man a War, has no place in Kurop.au breeding, and is uf extreme value as an e-x-clnslva American paeaesalea. MeOee had the extensive family of sixt.v -one ie-pres. Mtat ive-s in our raciag in 19l and their combined labor ea the track gave him aeeaad place la the- lisi uf twenty leadiag sire-. with Fxterminator his best money winner. Brooanatirk, thrice the premier hiaasetf. Baished an boaorable third, with Dr. Clark. Wildair. Nancy Lee, Leechares and Kuklux his winners nf 0,000 or more. I.n - stick. Swe-.p and Whisk F.iooin 11. are Bonnie Scotlands three in the- li-t of twenty. Sweep is fourth and the- dead celebrity star shoot tifth in the list. Sweeps best winner- beiag the crack two-year-old Leonardo II. and that line racer The Porter. Star Shoots are Sir Barton. War Mask, Btey Lag and Audacious. He plays a big part in our raciag and breeding and liis son Itiele is carrying on nobly in maintaining his family in prosperous existence. Within a few year- Sir Barton ahoald be defaag much in the- same line-. Ballot i- next to Star Shoot in standing and worthilj re pre seats Voter in the stallion li-t. Transvaal and Peter Fan are eighth and ninth respectively, Transvaal.- best beiag Moniface and Pit Jr., while Peter Fan is done honor by the- star two-year-ohl- Trv-ter aad lrndety. Transvaal. Peter Fan. Pelt, King James ,md Plaudit give Eclipse live descendants in the list of twenty leaders, a proportion attesting the strength of his line in our breeding and all coming through his graadaaa llimvar. The young English -ire Wrack aeeaM irmly established a- a proaoeeat .-11111 successful progenitor of good race horses aad in Careful, Blazes. Flue Wrack ami Knobble had four excellent specimens f what may be expected from him. Careful is an exceedingly fast tilly and a great credit to him. Whisk Broom II. se-ems to be following in the footsteps of his lire, Mroom-tic-k. and had two of the star three-year-akta of IBS cent in tin I.atonia Derby winner Tpset and the speedy John I, irie-r. the only horse- which made Man o War stretch himself out in a race in the eamrse of the year. Sea King nc. hi- ine!n-ion in tin- li-t to the victory of his son Pan! Jeme-s in the Kentucky Derby. Five sires in the twenty list of lillit — Trap Buck. Ormondale. Dick Welles, Sir John Johnson and Von Tromp- -fell out and their places were tlfken by Wrnc*7 Jolden Maxim. Whisk Broom II.. Marathon and Ivan the Te-rriblo. Foreign-bred sires of the list ate licOee, Star Bkoot, Wrack, Feep oDiy. Boa King and Marathon, a gain of two over l!»1!t. The twenty leaden of 1 :. I and the- money won in the- racing of the year by their progeny an- here presented: Sire. Fe-rformc-rs. Starts. Kacea Won. Won. Fair Flay L7 Mis T_* s 209.102 Mctioe IB !Mi: 131 1m.:D » Broomstick :« 483 St; 1 7! .C45 Sweep Is 771 99 Dil .653 Star Shoot -Ht 7I» 108 ir.l.41Mil 1 Ballol •" 7iii 122 133,200 1 J Fade -i7 s-it i:v_ 185.SS2 Transvaal S3 1l! s:t 12B.150 I Peter Fan it! lsr. .v. 123.7M i I Wrack L.S :ttil 45 117,52fl I elt 91 Bffl hg 116.680 J I QoMea Maxim :« 545 .hi 101.041 1 Peep eDay :« BOB 100 BO.OBO s, a King L 875 48 "tJ.Jin Dlambals 81 580 91 82.621 Whisk Broom II It; IBB :ti 81.776 King James 29 177 68 91. lbs Plaudit To . BBS 82 ss.7ir9 Marathon ls :«n; t;i s.,.osl Ivan the- Terrible 82 BBS M KS.412 Totals il M 7bit loss:; 1.71J BS.581.BO0 Here are- the twenty aevea indivielu.il roatribatora to Fair Plays imposing total, together with their records for the year showing the- part they played in bringing renown to their now famous daddy: Fair Play, ch. h. 1905, by Hastings — Fairy Gold, by Bend Or. Hots.-. Ag.-. St-. 1-t. Id. 80. Fnp. WoB. I Man 0 War -5 11 11 8 0 1100.140 .Mad Hatter I 38 9 :; 4 1 28.8841 ■ Sand- of Flea-tire 7 SB 7 7 9 11 14.S1H Flare t! 14 • 4 2 - 11. 1-.". Mile. Dazie 8 20 •; 5 :i •. N.705 Fair Orient 7 Is 7 4 1 S s.481 Tailor Maid 4 II .". 9 7 Id 6,405 Sporting Blood 15 4 I L t! 6.254 Jyntc-e 5 4 1 I 1 4.423 Lady Fair Flay 4 Ll 1 4 A 1 3.49» Frinceps S 8 :? L 1 I 8.204 Karloe-ker 4 17 1 J -J 12 1,850 Burplice 4 Ll l 8 I 10 1,575 Costly Colour- 1 B 1 1 1 5 1,405 Fluzey 4 10 1 8 5 4 1.188 Captain Tom I 8 1 0 it T 1.100 Playfellow 2 9 0 : 2 4 soo Playcaay 2 :t l 8 8 •_• 7 m» Eulogy 7 1 0 8 .! II 12 t 4U Tut iiabout 2 7 II 2 - I ."2."i Fair Florin 2 8 1 » 8 ."« lob Fuddle- 2 J 8 1 11 1 200 Se-ntry 8 1" 8 1 L 12 288 Duchess Lace 4 ." 8 8 2 :i 140 Bennington 2 1 B 1 8 108 Clare Boothe 4 10 8 8 1 9 KKI Mitchell May 4 7 8 8 1 0 BB Totals 27 848 72 .".", .",7 1W 8988,102
