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GERMAN BREEDING FIGURES Astonishing Increases in Both Racing and Its Prizes Dark Ronald Leads Sires for the theThird Third Year Jest Leaves LeavesTrio Trio of Good Colts BY E E COUSSELL COUSSELLLONDON LONDON England April 2 Recent figures in Detitscher Sport tho lending Gorman racing paper contained a great deal ot Information about German racing during and since the war The de ¬ tails were quite new and are Interesting to breed ¬ ers all over the world worldHere Here are the particulars relating to racing on the flat in Germany during the last eight years yearsStakes Stakes Year Races Run Marks 1913 898 4412485 1914 r 20 2380630 1915 24i 1068515 1010 560 3835150 1917 013 4825949 1918 481 0760220 1919 495 7200585 1920 903 19830510 19830510In In jumping races the figures for 1913 and 1919 1919were were as follows followsStakes Stakes Year Races Marks 1913 1524 3791410 1919 835 14324605 14324605Naturally Naturally when regarding the figures for last season one has to bear in mind the great depre ¬ ciation in the value of the mark A statement has recently been made that the value of the mark in Germany at date is about onesixth of its prewar value At that valuation the 19830510 marks dis ¬ tributed in 1920 assume a different appearance but all the same would compare not unfavorably with the 4400000 marks given in prize money in 1913 It will be noticed that the number of actual races was sixtyfive higher than in 1913 The vast dif ¬ ference in the number of hurdle races and steeple ¬ chases between 1913 and 1919 is easily understood because army officers were always strong if not in ¬ deed the chief supporters of such races They an ¬ nually bought many scores of moderate thorough ¬ breds chiefly geldings in England before the war warAmerican American breeders will be greatly interested in the statistics relating to the stallions in Germany because Dark Ronald for the third year in suc ¬ cession is at the head of the list Dark Ronald is of course the sire of Brown Prince and Ambas ¬ sador sire of Constancy Dark Ronald was the joint property of Sir A Bailey and Mr Donald Frascr who sold him to Germany for 90000 at the end of the 1913 stud season Here are his figures for the last three years Stakes 1918 709840 marks 1919 848200 marks 1920 2243900 marks marksIt It may be mentioned that Brown Prince was foaled the year after his sire went to Germany GermanyThe The following are the details of the leading German stallions in 1920 1920Per Per Stakes j Sires formauces Races Marks Dark Ronald by Bay Ronald 40 Fervor by Galtee More 32 SO 1837518 1837518Nuage Nuage y Simonian 30 03 1279213 1279213Lycaon Lycaon by Cyllene 45 47 890550 890550Pels Pels by Hannibal 31 44 849105 849105Cains Cains by Reverend 24 35 009808 009808St St Maclou by St Simon 28 23 511915 511915Malua Malua by Marco 22 2S 493050 493050Nuage Nuage and Cains were bred in France The former was the leading sire in Germany in 1915 1910 and 1917 Fervor and Fels are halfbrothers from Desmonds sister Festa Mr Donald Fraser also had Lycaon at the stud He is a halfbrother to White Magic MagicIn In the leading twelve flat race winners on the German turf in 1920 there were six of the offspring of Dark Ronald His son Herold who won the Derby was the greatest winner of the season Hi took seven races worth 487750 marks marksMALUA MALUA LEADS GERMAN JUMPING STALLIONS STALLIONSFor For the third time in the last four seasons the Bnglishbred Malua was at the head of the list of the sires of junipers The leaders were werePer Per Stakes StakesSires Sires formances Races Marks MarksMalua Malua by Marco 21 37 028950 028950Gulliver Gulliver II by Hannibal 24 29 579090 579090Calveley Calveley by St Serf 23 35 503790 503790Dark Dark Ronald by Bay Ronald 15 27 497955 497955Maluas Maluas figures in 1918 were 628950 marks in 1919 443820 marks and in 1917 130855 marks Cal ¬ veley who was third in 1920 had a remarkable run of success between 1907 and 1914 for he headed the list eight seasons in succession lie finished second on the list in 1915 One of the big winners of Jumping races in Germany last season was Eichwald 6 by Troutbeck He won five races and stakes value of 122420 marks finishing fourth in the list Eichwald by the way also won two flat races worth 40370 marks The leading win ¬ ner was Artilleriefeur a sixyearold by Mountain Apple a son of Persimmon who proved practi ¬ cally sterile at the stud in Great Britain Appar ¬ ently he has made no improvement on the con ¬ tinent for in a list of over 200 winners lie has only tho representative to which reference has been made Sir Jus Buchanan more than ten years ago entertained hopes of winning the Derby with Mountain Apple a good looking colt but he had a soft strain and could only finish fourth When sold to Germany in 1912 he cost 9250 an Irish breeder having previously given 4650 for him in 1909 1909The The famous mare Jest which died a few days ago left a handsome yearling chestnut colt by The Tetrarch He is probably Mr J B Joels best of his age and may compensate for his mothers loss lossAs As a brood mare Jest did not meet with any success until her mating with Polymelus which resulted in Humorist who was one of the last seasons best twoyearolds winning throe races in five outings and being placed second in the otjier otjierIn In the first race Humorist defeated Highlander for the Woodcote Stakes at Epsom and after being beaten by Lenora in the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster won the Buckenham Stakes and Clearwell Stakes at Newmarket In his last race he ran up against the brilliant Monarch in the Middle Park Plate but was only beaten by a neck with Pole march the Gimcrack Stakes winner one and a half lengths away and Lenora unplaced unplacedJ J B Joel has a twoyearold filly by Pom mern Jest in training with C Morton at Wantage and the youngster is engaged in many important races next year yearJest Jest when eleven years old was retired to the stud after two successful seasons in 1912 and 1913 when she won 62750 in stakes for J B Joel JoelOn On her first outing as a twoyearold she was beaten by Lord Roseberys Prue and Lord Derbys Light Brigade for the Hurst Park Foal Plate and Hultons Waiontha in the Autumn Breeders Foal Plate at Manchester Jests next two races how ¬ ever were successes for she easily beat the Duke of Westminsters Streamlet for the Bretby Stakes at Newmarket and afterward scored a great vic ¬ tory over Light Brigade Karenza and others in ¬ cluding an eventual Derby winner in Aboyeur for the Free Handicap also at Newmarket NewmarketJest Jest only ran four times as a threeyearold but she carried off the One Thousand Guineas and Oaks in brilliant style After her victory in the first of these classics which was gained in a bumping finish with the Duke of Devonshires Taslett she was objected to by Wheatley the rider of Taslett but tho stewards saw no reason to interfere with the judges verdict of a head in favor of Jest JestThe The victory of Jest for the Oaks in which race she beat lt peche Arda and niiur other runner was her last for she was beaten in her only other two races the Coronation Stakes at Ascot won by Prue and the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood in WUKU race se was beatpu by Arda
