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, I I i . . " I j j , ! I j j GERMAN HORSE WEISSDORN Baron Oppenheims Good Racer Now Standing in the Stud in England. • s B Though the breeding of a foreign horse a introduces no new blood into our pedigrees, . it is nevertheless pleasing to see them standing " at stud in this country, as it increases competition, opens up a friendly rivalry, and v is all for the good of the bloodstock market, j. One such is Baron Alfred Oppenheims a Weissdorn, which, except that he was born t abroad, is tynically British in his breeding, s as his tabu...ied pedigree shows: j f Hampton ... . i J-°rd ™fd?.n a « f Bay Ronld J L dy Lugd n J f 1 I l v Blk Duchss. | ?*UaT . Black Come o -J | W I fThurio •Tibthorpe | ►, „, !? m I Darkie J j A erona i 1 ■ « « [insignia Blair Athol a m - Decoration r h fl,. . r St. Simon... IGalopin . c g «i I Persunm n. . I St. Angela • S 9 I lieruua I Perdita . J Hampton ° E-l Hermione s " II _ i Springfield.. | ?L Albans | « 5 IBrirRoot.j J V tridis « « [Eglentine....!"6™;* ■ 51abille t Jj 1 fGalopin *eU° « 3 [It rm m Simon.. J ] Flyg Duchs v.. , * I* I St. Angela . . . J fjj« Xom — I J5 i Adeline fc « | B I f Wisdom jBlinkboolie t O 2 e I Gravity J Alme . i*JS I Enigma «»!» ■ I u r The Sphynx h § .- .. rcsMMwt.... I «-—. * f Saphir i 1 Arancana ■ W 9 2 j l [Sappho Wisdom a -i Maria t Lg I . f Ayrshire.... ] Hnmpton j p [Austria t .• J Atalanta [Orsova I***** | J Fenella •Or Cremorne. I Weissdorns sire. Primus, was by Dark Ronald — Pomegranate, and w s successful 1 alike upon the race course and at the stud, as he won the Ger.nan Two Thousand I Guineas and St. Leger, and was at the head ■ a of the list of winning sires in Germany last ] year with stakes of over £30,000 to his credit. 1 On the female side there is just as much t that is excellent. AViener Maedel was the dam of AVallenstein, which was a noted classic ] winner in Germany, and she was by Danubia, i a winner of over £2,000 herself in stakes, and t the dam of Csardis — Danilo, by Dolomit, c which, between them, accumulated races i worth over £50,000. i AVeissdorns third dam was Austria, an t Ayrshire mare, which produced a number of s winners, including Habsburg, the winner of 1 the Grosser Preis von Hamburg. She was t by Orsova, a half-sister to Douranee, which won eleven races, and is ihe dam » * P/ongola, i which was the dam of Gondolette, by Ferry — Sansovino, by Serenissima, and grandam of ] Tranquil — Celene, by Sickle. I Orsova came from Fenella, which was a I half-sister to the Goodwood Cup winner, ; Flagelet, and was by Monarque. ] Now for AVeissdorns racing career. As a two-year-old he won twice ove- five furlongs, 1 but in his next season he had seven wins to his credit. 1 These Avere over A-arious distances, and : were the Union Rennen 2,000 guineas over s one and three-eighths miles, at Hoppegarten ; 1 Deutsches St. Leger, one and three-quarters i miles, at Berlin ; Furstenberg-Rennen, one I and one-quarter miles, at Baden-Baden ; I Grosser Preis von Berlin, one and one-half miles, at Berlin ; Grosser Hansa-Preis, one and three-eighths miles, at Hamburg ; Preis von Koln, one and three-eighths miles, at ; Cologne, and Fels Rennen, one mile, at Hoppegarten. As a four-year-old he had another six wins against his name. Starting With a success in the Grosser Preis von Koln, one and three-eighths miles, at Coloi.j, he then took the Ulrich von Oertzen-Rennen, one and one-half miles ; the Ard-Patrick-Rennan ; the Chamant-Rennen, and the Hohenlohe Oehringen-Rennen at Hoppegarten, and after coming to this country he scored in the Rothschild Plate at Manchester, and was second in the Grosvenor Cup at Liverpool. Last season AVeissdorn earned brackets upon two occasions, winning the Select Stakes and the Grosvenor Cup, and finishing third in the Chesterfield Cup. He now stands at Donald Frasers place at Tickford Park. — Special Commissioner, in London Sporting Life. •
