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ANOTHER STAINED WINNER 1 Diapason, Which Took Newbury , Cup, Has American Crosses. Bam Sired by Sir Martin and Sire of Orby A. 13. Hancock How Owns ! Maro Venturesome. ! ! BY E. E. COUSSELL. J LONDON, Eng., Oct 25. The pedigree of ; Diapason, winner of the Newbury Autumn Cup, has particular interest for American breeders. His dam was sired by Sir Martin. His sire-Diadumenos is by Orby, whose dam was got by Hanover. , The Autumn Cup is a handicap decided over two miles and one furlong. The turf ; was distinctly holding. As a result of his . six-length victory in the mile and a half ; Alexandra Handicap at Doncaster, Diapason started a warm favorite for the Newbury Cup. His fifth penalty brought his weight to ninety-six pounds only, Avhich was a great : consideration, having regard to the state of the course. There were eleven runners. Brisl 105 pounds and Diapason turned together into the straight with nearly four furlongs to go. : The last named was on the rails. Itichards was unable to keep the straightest track with the tiring Brisl. He crowded Diapason to the rails. Although the interference was slight and involuntary, Hoggs horse had to : pay to penalty. In a thrilling finish he was a short head in front of Diapason, which was awarded the race on the disqualification of BrisL Norseman, which finished half a length away, third, automatically became second. The time of 3 :45 was good in the circumstances. Diapason ran in the colors of W. A. Bead, who is known in the United States by reason of his connection with the Laurel Park Stud. He has Diapason on lease for his racing career from his breeder. Lord DAbernon, the president of the Thoroughbred Breeders Association. When tried as a two-year-old, in the words of one who knew him well, "Diapason could not beat a donkey." He ran twice and finished third in a small maiden plate at Warwick at the end of November. This year Gooche did not hurry him. The colt won his first race at Wolverhampton in June. The distance was ten furlongs. About that time Diapason had been working with Poisoned Arrow. After a failure at Goodwood, then came his Doncaster success, followed by the Newbury Cup. In the last Newmarket December sales I purchased Venturesome for Arthur B. Han- ! cock. -The price at auction was the modest one of ,400. Lord DAbernon remarked she was sold much too cheaply. Indeed Mr. Hancocks price limit was much higher than the amount paid for Venturesome, which was in foal to Diadumenos, the sire of Diapason. Now her later owner is sure to tell me I "stole" the mare. OT ELIGIBLE FOR STUD BOOK. The reason for her price at auction was, of course, that being a daughter of Sir Martin, she was ineligible for the English Stud Book. Venturesome was foaled in 191G but did not race owing to the war. Diapason is her first foal. In 1922 she had a colt by Rich Gift which her owner gave away. She was barren in 1920 and was due to foal on April 12 this year. Clearly Mr. Hancock obtained a great bargain. Venturesome is from Ventura, which won the Cleveland Handicap at Doncaster. The famous Italian breeder, Frederico Tesio took lier to Italy, where she bred him high class winners. Venturesome is a half-sister to Eos, which won the Cambridgeshire and was publicly sold for 5,000 as a brood mare. Another half-sister is Cos, the best two-year-olds filly of 1922. "A flyer," she won six races and over 0,000. The next season she ran second to Tranquil in the One Thousand Guineas. Yet another half-sister is the famous Don-netta. She won the Jubilee Handicap and bred Diadem, the fastest mare of her time and winner of ,000, including the One Thousand Guineas. She also finished second in the Oaks. This year Donnetta produced Diophon, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas 0,000. Clearly Mr. Hancock now owns a valuable young mare, which also points to the merits of Sir Martins daughters as winner producers. The hint will, I expect, have been already acted upon by astute American breeders. Diapasons, Pedigree. Here is Diapasons pedigree: . Orme. f Ormonde g f Orby 1 Angelica 3 Ithoda B.... Hanover tu 1 Margerine -5 I Donovan J Galopin - Donnetta Mowerina IUnovata .... J Wenlock .n . Traviata . f St. Frusquin I St- Simon rst. Amant.. Lady I ?abel xa c 1 Loverule.. HJim.caster 2 J 7 Nellie S j St. Serf j St. Simon i Renaissance. ?rtmia, R Kinovata....! Sen0;k Traviata IUnovata as a foal cost 25. From her come Cos, Diadem, Diphon, Diadumenos, Eos ; and Diapason ! Lord DAbernon last January sold Diadumenos to a German breeder for a moderate price. Like many "Orbys" he was a "bosomy" horse, and not really in favor with English breeders. This season his offspring have won over twenty races and stakes worth more than 1,000. Lord DAbernon, is, of course, the British Ambassador in i Berlin, a position he has filled with conspicuous ability since the end of the war. , He is shortly retiring. By the way, since he commenced racing here seventeen years ago. Captain Hogg has i been concerned in seven objections. Four of these went in his favor and, accordingly, he took his Newbury misfortune philosophically. ,
