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JOHNSONS ENGLISH MARE American Owner and Breeder Ac ¬ quires Homily Which Is Now on Way to This Country SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE CORRESPONDENCELONDON LONDON England March C Frederick Johnson has just bought in England thi wellbred young mare Homily As a two yearold she won two good races beating big fields and was second twice This was her only season in training trainingHomily Homily was foaled in 1JIS and is by St Martin Rhetoric which is a full sister to Cicero Rhetoric did not win but bred several winners including Iolitian which was a firstclass horse in India where he won the Cooch Behar Cup and ran second in the Viceroys Cup CupRhetoric Rhetoric however is better known in England as the dam of Porus by Brown Prince Porus last season won the Lan ¬ cashire Breeders Produce Stakes of 10000 at Liverpool and ran second to the flying Cos in the Stud Produce Stakes at New ¬ market It is of course for the purpose of mating Homily with Brown Prince in the endeavor to breed something as good as or better than Porus that Mr Johnson has bought this animal She is in foal to Young Pegasus St Martin is full brother to Quin ¬ tessence She won the One Thousand Guin ¬ eas and was unbeaten She is the dam of Paragon II IIHomily Homily comes of the same immediate family as Ladas Chelandry and Neil Gow She was safely shipped March G on the steamship Irishman IrishmanOn On the same steamer is Mythical an old gelding by Myram Lady Superior Last season over jumps he wen the Berkshire Hurdle Handicap of 1000 at Newbury the Croydon Hurdle Handicap of 750 over two miles at Gatwick He also was placed in a large number of races including the Welsh Grand National Steeplechase of 5000 at three miles and a half at Cardiff last April The purchase of Mythical has not been an ¬ nounced nouncedNote Note The Atlantic Transport Company reports that the steamship Irishman will deck Saturday
