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j I ! ; , i j I •: i ■ : , i ; I ! j j , | , ■ I, t I I I i j ji ! | , j 1 j i j BONIFACES BEST RACING YEAR] ? CHIEF WINNER OF J. K. L. ROSS STABLE UNUSUALLY SUCCESSFUL DURING 1920— FUTURE IN THE STUD ASSURED At the eatart ef the IMS raciag seaaaa it was rreelj preateted thai J. K L Bees woaU be i » leading no. ne, winning owner for the third year la sacceaalea ami thai sir Barton would be the largest eoa-tributor to his total winnings for the year. However, neither predictiea nuae true. II. p. Whitmy Married off the premier honors, although the Boaa stable wna seare money kaa any aniilaaa year in its history. Put instead of Sir Hart-n lM.in it beat uiunei. BoaUaea turned out to be its chief ,„„„,, ■ gatherer. Boniface proved himself a whale of a n horae. ft-tftea with great speed, and neither heavy weights nor long distances had any terrors for bias. Xe sefl -put- were picked Ml Tnr him. He B»el t and defeated the best of them, gi.iug lata winter eaartera one of the fananat handicap beraea of the ■ •ye;,r. He won eleven out ef tweatj races m i.-lo. behmg aaplarea bat tiiree time . a ad added to the f, stable coffers the goodly sum ..f MT.5S3. it was also Beatfaeea beat year frees .very staaepetet, as a » glance at his record «ill reveal: [!:-■ v-" s- 1st. LIII. :ird. Vnp. Won. .; - s :! 1 S ;. I iv.-.tK lj 3 ., 1--" » n » :: I 17:,.;:, j _ t",mN " M S l« «• u s.,;:.:.u j Baatfaee is aa entire beree ami when bl* ractog day* are ever «ia make „,..fui addltlea to the r- Bee* breeding farm la Mar.vi.-aid oe in Canada, ia his asjraer m.iy select. Baeeeaa awaits bka there aa1 , [ Lxile points cut in the follnwing: Transvaal, in his racing days. «*a „.„ regarded a* oae of the beat of the aaae of Cmmando. but: t ; to Transvaal imi-t be awarded the palm aa a sire, for hta sons ond daughter, aeaf weU, arc s.oin.l and 1 | Ikeaael and courageous b, a degree, which la great be . part m...v attributed to the stoat strain* af bfa I Idaaa, Beyal Hose, through Hampton. King Tom. BterUag, Blair Albol and to her aseashenhlp of probably r the best Bbe line of them ail. that af Beeawiaa. braach of the No. 8. Daughters of Meddler, what of taeaal They are. lad 1. beyond arice. No fewer than Burty-twa aarf , Of a BeariblE forty-four are this seas,,,, the aaaa* ef forty -sis winners ef one hundred races, worth tell i the aggregate sii:,.i»oo. Verily, the aaaghtera of the road brood atare sire Meddler are areaaetlve af a J most abundant crop, ail of which gee* to prove, despite all aatatea t,» the eeatrary, that there |* still , , ! •■something in breeding. " P.y the way. for the lir-t and aeeoad. Boatfaee and Naturalist, for the Beta- I * ware, an boil, out of aaaghtera ..f Meddler. Other good brood mare strains are introduced into the pedigree af Boalface, by way af the Gatepte of his uranadaai Caiakara and GaJeaia, the sire af the dam- of Leasberg, Bayardo, Flying Fox, Dtegatee, Cap and BeHs, etc. and this success „f the daughters ,,f J tlalopin as bread mares I prefer to think due in great awaaara to the fact that his dam. Flying Duchess. . was a daaghter af the Derby winner aad Herod banc Plyteg Dutchman. Beatfaee is a aaeasaev af the Preeerve, by EasBiaa, braach of the No. i family, to which the Derby , i and Graad Pri winner spearmint atee beteaga, aad Spearastel hi fast beceaalag a tower ef Btreagth aa I I a sire in that he is the sire of thi rears Ep-oiu Derby winner. Sptea Ko», and the dams ef the Graad . Prig winner. Comrade, and af the Oaks winner. My Dear. lakeeediag dees li-.t pay in kereeaaa* or anything r-,-. The evB effects of inbreeding to Pocahontas is. now making itself felt. There K no aaaht that inbreeding to Gateata and St. Simon has resulted ar will reaatl in iMi*atie*eJaa. n the ether hand, families which in the peat have n, t been noted for the • excellence ef their male members as sins arc new eeauag rapidly f, the front in rata particular, a-I witness the aaeeeaa of Hock Saad ami Treateasri* aa stres, aad these two asraaaer* ef the heretofore essentially running line of Devotion, by SteckWeU. The same tiling may he said ef the Pi name familv. of Boniface and Spearmint. Su far :ii I know. Spearauat is the tir-t really successful sire which eeaaea j ; i I of the Preserve family, bat now that the ball lias been set "a rollin." ii gee* withoet aayuki that i Others are sure to follow, and if aal] tor tlii- reaaaa Beatfaee ef Bee, in days to come, as ■ -u-,.. Be-j I sides, Boalface is a stardy, well knit stamp ef a horse and else the champion eaarpakfBlag member of ,| the fleet Domino line. I Much do I read nowadays af the "goal old-fashi,.neil. hard-bui torn, stojrlag American Id, od. but the one point, and a most vivid one. these writers en bloodstock topics overlook is thai the ae-eallea i Aaterieaa horse has so far failed, with the exception of the Beanie Scetlaada, te set up and thorongbb " establish any strong lines of their own. , Lexington yea had. but where i Lextegtoa fodaj ! Leamington y,,u had. but lamailagtoa is done; i also you had oloncoo. throng* Btaaee and liis son Ilanuver. but the shade* ef eveaiag, I fear, fast s steal .athwart the Hanover -.fc. . Immediate race course aaeeeaa is not the sofe aim in bene brccdinj;. j a l ook ahead ■ bit ere yea ateo tese Domino. No, no; s., leag aa that tried and true canipaigi.er Beatfaee a survives, for on account ef both his hardihood and breeding he must be of use as * progenitor. p His pedigree follow-: ■ , j ; n Ilimvar o C Alarm tr, r. B r Daasiae -• ; Btea j a ■ « brawa, is9i I Maaate Gray Itateaairer b H ommatiihi .11 J Lilzie t:. . a ]i -. I l Emma C Lurl.ne U U g 3 rt I II liieim i + Flood ii i, f I H i C.lendew |S vj ,„ 9E , Bayal Baaaatah.il Hampton u Lord Clifdea 2 S w, » i j IMhty I-angden 10 J; t, ,,v *** l ,sv, - *Prteee*s . JKing Tom :! l 0 •Beyal Rose... 1 Mrs. Lincoln nj; I- _ Beaudeserl s j sterling 12 k « l •Helle B-.se 1 Baa linll si: j* is Monte Boaa .... [ *■»« Mttter i i. , g | J IBaaea Bose a K J| 2 - I B.itlierhill P.lair Ath.,1 IO K U to or ,,. » r 8t r-itieii •""" u g ~ ■ I The Hove, ... i; Krinon a i: M §" Meddler ... 1 I bay, 18S1 f Bt, Kctttha j Kingley Vale IB •••" Ali" " i: « 1 UN f bay. „ S I ivtr.uch it. 5 !- "•« CMfdea l H . in 8 Baaybody 1 Laura M i: M " - | Sataawav J Macaroni H 11 [ % g [J | Queen Bertha 1 II ■„ VS C Vedette IP Ifaltjfner 2 V. a ciooin .alop.n • V g| jMpfc i.uilrW,iy ,,, K „ I "• 1ST- Dutchman ... :s II • . , . , , Flying Dachea* .. it* I. • lunkara . . 1 J Mereee . . : E a :l ■V. WM sctti.h Chief... 12 lb**** «*• "*« .... 4 E * i.n I Baker f«" Aaa IS E t, Fravolina rlando l.J E i, it I Apricot 1 B e. far •Imported. tNo family number. _
