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SIRE ATHELING H A GIANT GIANTThe The twoyearolds of G W Wingfields Englishbred stallion Atheling II are the sensation of the early 1D22 juvenile racing To date eight of his sons and daughters have won and several of the youngsters are con ¬ sidered to be above the ordinary ordinaryAtheling Atheling II is a son of Desmond the most successful St Simon horse at service in Great Britain and Ireland and Wood Daisy by Cyllene He won the Hopeful Stakes and Dewhurst Plate in Great Britain as a twoyearold beating Canyon and Kwang Su in the latter As a three and fouryear old Atheling II showed fine longdistance running ability on many occasions Mr Wingfield imported Atheling II with the idea of racing him but changed his mind after the arrival of the horse in Nevada Atheling II is a giant nearly seventeen hands tall but perfectly proportioned and balanced
