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SELENE A WONDERFUL MARE Dam of Four Outstanding Horses in Sickle, Pharamond, Hunters Moon and Hyperion. Measured by every standard, Selene, by Chaucer Serenissima, by Minoru, is one of the greatest mares of her age in the world. Winner of fifteen races and a dead-heater in another out of twenty-two starts, at the age of thirteen she is dam of four outstanding horses in Sickle, Pharamond, Hunters Moon and Hyperion, given in the order of their ages. Selene won her last seven races, all of Ihem stakes, as a three-year-old, at all distances up to two miles, in the best company. She won with as much as 133 pounds in the saddle. Sickle won the Prince of Wales, Boscawen and Mersey Stakes and was third in the 2,000 Guineas, while Pharamond won the Middle Park and Ellesmere Stakes-and was beaten a head and a neck in the Bucken-ham Post Produce and Lancashire Breeders Produce Stakes, besides being a close fourth in the 2,000 Guineas. These horses, sons of Phalaris, that has given Lord Derby so many great performers, are, like Pharos, Colorado and others that have achieved distinction on the turf and in the stud in the Stanley colors, from Chaucer mares. Selenes next produce Hunters Moon, by Hurry On, won the Gratwicke Produce and. Newmarket Stakes before being sent to the Argentine, where he is at the head of a noted stud. Hyperion won the New Stakes at Ascot and dead-heated with Stairway in the Prince of Wales Stakes before his victory in the Dewhurst Plate recently. The Middle Park Stakes and the Dewhurst Plate, the former at three-quarters, and the latter a test at seven-eighths of a mile, are considered trials for the Derby. That two of Selenes sons have won these tests, while Sickle was second to Call Boy, the subsequent winner of the Derby, in the Middle Park, speaks volumes for the excellence of this daughter of Chaucer, whose superb individuality makes her one of the most admired mares in Lord Derbys stud. It is a great family, her dam Serenissima also producing Tranquil, Oaks and St. Leger winner, and Bosworth, winner of the Ascot Gold Cup. Gondolette, by Loved One, grand-dam of Selene, gave the turf Sansovino, winner of the Derby, and produced Dolabella, by White Eagle, dam of the flying Myro-bella, by Tetratema, that is the reigning juvenile sensation of the British turf. Gondolette also produced Ferry, winner of the 1,000 Guineas and second in the Oaks, in addition to Let Fly and Great Sport. Sickle made a stud season in England before being leased to Joseph E. Widener. The first of his produce to win a good race is the smart two-year-old filly Versicle, which scored on four occasions and was twice second out of seven starts. Mr. Widener was so pleased with the Sickle yearling that he exercised his option to purchase the horse. The first crop by Pharamond is now racing. Three have been returned winners. His yearlings, like those of Sickle, have been highly tried. One from Beaming, by Whisk Broom H., the next dam Masda, a sister to Man o War, in the C. V. Whitney stable, is a real flier. Those at Beaumont have worked to the satisfaction of Hal Price Headley, who owns the horse in partnership with Robert M. Eastman, Joseph Reilly and C. J. FitzGerald. .
