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. ; 1 1 1 LEADING SIRE IN IRELAND Flying Orbs Progeny Win Twenty-three - Races and 9,050 During Year 1923. The stallion to do best so far as Irish racing alone is concerned is flying Orb, nine , of whose progeny won twenty-three races, worth 7,810, across the St. Georges Channel during the past season. His chief win- , ners were Vesington Star and ODempsey, I which between them secured nearly " 0,000 J I of this total. Vesington Star, a bay colt out ,t j of Saxham Lass, by Saxham, that was foaled 1 i on May 13, was the best youngster seen out lt j in Ireland during the past season, and the S .four races he won. worth 3,261 V, materially, helped to place his owner and breeder, Mr. C. T. Wallis, second on the list of winning owners; but I understand that he has sold ; the colt to Signor Cesare Ranucci, a great supporter of racing on the continent, the price paid being about 10,000. Philip Behan. who trained Vesington Star and also had under Ins charge Winkfields Pride and other good horses, considers this youngster the best horse he ever trained. Mr. Wallis is surpassed as a winning owner only by Mr. W. Raphael, owner of Waygood, winner of the Irish Derby. J. J. Parkinson has been ex- traordinarily successful in training winners, securing the record number of 131 races, worth 12,150, with sixty horses. E. Mi Quirkes eighty-four winners is also a record for Ireland. London Horse and Hound.
