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FROM BREEDING VIEWPOINT Blood Lines of Gallant Fox Gallant Knight and Ned 0 Winning Derby Trio Gallant Fox Is a son of Sir Gallahad III winner of the Poule de Essai des Poulalne French 2000 Guineas and several other coveted stakes in France He was beaten two heads in the Prix du Jockey Club after setting all the pace and was second in the Prix Royal Oak at one and threequarters miles Although Marguerite was sent to Sir Gallahad III at Claiborne Stud Paris Ivy Gallant Fox was bred by William Wood ¬ ward at his Belair Stud in Maryland Sir Gallahad III is a son of Teddy leading winning sire in France in 1923 second in 1926 and third in 1925 Teddy in turn was a son of the unbeaten Ajax sire of the dam of Massine and the son of the great Flying Fox which traces back through Orme Or ¬ monde Bend Or and Doncaster to Stockwell Gallant Fox is the third Derby winner from the line of Stockwell and the second through the Bend Or line Marguerite dam of Gal ¬ lant Fox was also dam of Petee Wrack and is a daughter of Celt and the imported Ra ¬ dium mare Fairy Ray This is the number four family familyThe The following is the pedigree of Gallant Flying Fox S x r fA ts x I Amie ° H Ita Konald 2j Rondeau Doreml f = I S 3 2 Carbine Carbinet f t U Pearnnt I Maid of the Mint I Concertina c mlcTng I f Domino g Dominog 2 f Commando Emma C CI I 1 H Maid of Erin SZeen j L1 1 5 5 J n ° ntl Or r T S KfRa Taia S I J St Frusquin Frusquinh h UeraP St Marina MarinaGallant Gallant Knight was bred at Audley Farm and is a son of Bright Knight the imported son of Gay Crusader English Triple Crown winner and Sunny Jane winner of the Oaks He is from the Hessian mare Ethel Gray which is the number fifteen family Bright Knight Avon the Moulton Boscawen Gat wicke and March Stakes and the North Derby was second in the 2000 Guineas fourtli in the Newmarket Stakes and ninth in the Epsom Derby Ethel Gray was a Avin ner and her sire was considered one of the stoutest racers that Watercress ever sent to the races He has won over a long distance and handled weight admirably admirablyThe The pedigree of Gallant Knight follows f Bay Ronald Bayardo Galicia GaliciaBeppo Beppo Gay Laura Galeottia Galeottiaf f Simdridge a f Sunstar I Doris Dorisf f Cyllene S Maid of the Mist I Scepter Scepterf f Springfield a f Wa tcrcress J AVharfdale Trenton AVharfdaleTrenton Colonial Thankful Bio BioLoved Blossom Loved One Dinna Forget Barometer BarometerJ J Rosebery Rose Marjorie I Marjorie Ned O is another bred at the Belair Stud and was acquired by G W Foreman at the Saratoga sales for 2000 He earned many times his purchase price when he took the Walden Handicap as a twoyearold He is by Campfire winner of the Futurity Hopeful Sanford Memorial Great American Stakes Saratoga Special Toboggan Handicap and sire of many stake winners From the im ¬ ported mare La Flambee by Ajax an im ¬ pressive record of wins and produce could be listed by his tail female line The daugh ¬ ters of the unbeaten Ajax are producing many highclass race horses in France prob ¬ ably the most prominent being Massine win ¬ ner of the Ascot Gold Cup and Nino a horse which earned over 1000000 francs and the Prix du President and Prix de Marseille She traces back to a mare by the Byerly Turk which is the number seventeen family familyThe The following is the pedigree of Ned O fOrnus Blue and Gold Friars Balsam Voter Mavourneea to I Sundown K KFlying Flying Fox K j Amie Tyrant f Masque i Maskery I MaskeryIsinglass Isinglass Lygie Livie II