Ignominious End of Mare Rhodora, Daily Racing Form, 1922-03-05

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j . . t t . . a . j ,. w IGNOMINIOUS END OF MARE RHODORA LONDON. England. March 4— Orbys half sister, , Rhodora. a lassie winner, barren and old. was destroyed • a day or two ago and her liody sent to tie* kennel of her owner. Donald Fraser. at StMftti Iagi.ell. Buckinghamshire, as food for his dogs, of t which he owns and breeds many. It was a aaaahef and hearlless end for a classic winner. Khodoi.i i won the One Thousand Guineas of 190S in Richard I Crokers blue and gold and was a fine filly during that year and in 1907, during which she won six ■ races, four in Ireland and the Ti iennial Stakes and I Oi.e Thousand Guineas in England. Her racing ■ prizes amounted to some 0,000 in the two years. • Othf was by Otme. she by St. Frnsquiu. Both were from the Ameruau mare Rhndn B., by Han-p - over, which Mr. Croker brought to Ireland. He bred I both Orhy and Rhodora anil owned Orhy when be won the Epsom Derby. Oiby was one of the snocess-I fill sires of Great Britain when he died and his sons and daughters are among our most notable race horses. Khodorn had been bred regularly without produce since 1911 and had been bred lo White B Magic every year except one. when she aecidemally produced to Orhy. Ithxlora waa a year younuer than Othy, being liorn in 190.1.


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