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f J i a t a i r j c E , f j i i j 1 1 : i . I I j A. B. HANCOCK YEARLINGS 1 Justifiably Proud of Five Young- sters He Recently Imported From England. BY T. B. CROMWELL. LEXINGTON, Ky., October 31. The five j1 yearlings that Arthur B. HancocK nought in j1 England at the Doncaster September sales c were brought from New York by Johnny j Miller and turned over to Bay Paul, who now is in charge of them at "Jack" Bakers stable a at the Kentucky Association course, where the writer, upon Mr. Hancocks invitation c and with him, had the pleasure of seeing them. y Mr. Hancock is justifiably proud of these r youngsters because tney are of splendid individuality and good breeding, such as to . reflect much credit for his judgment in so- lecting and because they arrived in good 1 condition, except that the Parakeet colt was I showing some temperature and had the as- 1 sistance of Dr. Edward Hagyard, who stated 1 that the colt is out of danger of any dis- A dressing complication. It is doubtful if there is in this country and that is taking in a lot of territory, hav- ing in mind the many that passed under j ! the hammer at Saratoga for good prices a better colt than is the son of Friar Marcus 1 and Paloma, by Cyllene. He is a strongly. made bay with black points and without a hair of white about him. He is the picture of sturdiness and vigor, correctly made as to proportions, with a true way of walking, 1 and altogether carriage and action and manner that betokens more than ordinary in- j : telligence and courage. In a word, he im- presses one that he will race fast and far and become a worthy stock horse. 1 RUED IX IltELAXD. This colt was bred in County Dublin, Ire- 1 land, by A. N. Reynolds. His sire, Friar Marcus, is by Cicero, son of Cyllene, from 1 Prim Nun, by Persimmon, and his dam, Paloma, as stated above, is by Cyllene; the second dam being Clay Pigeon, dam of four j I winners, by Common. The next four dams j j Flyaway, by Galopin; Rookery, by Hampton; j Hippodrome, by Oxford, and Hippodamia. by ! ; Pelion were winners and produced from j j three to eleven winners each. This colt, line i j bred to Bend Or, carries three crosses of i j Doncaster, three of Isonomy, three of Hamp- j ton, two of Galopin and two of Hermit in j the first five crosses. Friar Marcus was the unbeaten winner of five races as a two-year-old. His first runners were in 1921 as two-year-olds, when he had six winners of nine races, and to the middle of August this year he had out nine winners of eleven races, since which time Maurdina, by him, has won the Buckingham Stakes of 14,000 and another of his get, a colt owned by Marshall Field, won the Clearwell Stakes and was disqualified. The veteran Bay Paul said of this colt: ! ; "I think this is as good a yearling as I have j ! ever seen and I trained both Hindoo and i Miss Woodford." He knew nothing of his i pedigree when he made this comment. He j did not know that the colts dam was a winner and that he is half-brother to the winners Reflection and Palomides. RELATIVE OF CLEOPATRA. A nicely-made, good-boned, strong colt, with lots of room to carry his dinner; good head, neck, back, shoulder, quarters, legs and feet, is the chestnut colt by Corcyra sire of Cleopatra, so well and favorably known over here, from Santois Sweetheart, by Santoi; she from Sweet Kisses a winner and dam of Halo Shaw, Love Note and other winners, by Best Man, sire of Stolen Kiss, a winner of 5,000 in stakes and dam of Somme Kiss; next dam Strathbrock, she from Poinsettia, daughter of Lady Hawthorn, sister to Thormanby. In the respect that he is by a son of Cyllene, from a daughter Continued on third page. A. B. HANCOCK YEARLINGS Continued from first page. of Persimmon. Corcyra is bred like Friar Marcus. In this colt there is a doubling of the blood of Hagioscope, son of Speculum. There is a cross each of Bend Or and St. Simon and three of Hampton. The bay colt by Volta, from Parakeet dam of the winner French Furze, by Greenback son of St. Frusouin and livergreen, by Bend Or, is a splendid individual also. Volta was a stake winner and is sire of Hie good horse Franklin, that bas been winning stakes in Spain and England this year. Volta is by Valens of the bouse of Bend Or, from a granddaughter of Donovan, through which be gets a double infusion of the blood of Galopin. Parakeets dam is Polmyhia, by Polymclus, from Itoyal Applause, by Royal Hampton, she from Claque, the stake-winning dam of the good cup horse Fugelman, sire of Furore, winner of the Ceaarewitch and the Irish Derby. The chestnut filly by White Eagle son of Gallinule and Merry Gal, by Galopin, from Oris, by Orby; she from Aroon, by Fncle Mac son of Hagioscope, next dam "Wedding Eve, by Bhidorroch, a useful AVinner over all distances from two to seven years old, he being by Joskin, sire of Plebeian, sire of the dams of St. Frusquin. Matchmaker and Matchbox. She brings back to America the blood of Hanover sire of Bhoda B., the dam of Orby, in combination Avith the blood of Isonomy two infusions, Hermit, Galopin two infusions and Bend Or. The fifth member of the band is "Whimsical, a brown lilly, by Black Jester, from Easteiii Beauty, by Valens; next dam Mira-monde, by Desmond, from Admiration, by Saraband. Admiration was the dam of Pretty Polly and six other winners of over 4260,000 in stakes. Pretty Polly Avon the One Thousand Guineas, the Oaks and the St. L,eger. This filly is lino bred to Bend Or and has a cross of Melton, Hampton, St. Simon and Hermit. She is more lightly made than any of the others, but has great depth in the region of the heart and is an ideal type for breeding purposes.
