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STARS DESTINED FOR STUD Hyperion and Felicitation to Be Re ¬ tired After Current English Season of Racing Special Correspondence CorrespondenceNEWMARKET NEWMARKET England Two of Eng ¬ lands best horses the fouryearold Hy ¬ perion and his recent conqueror Ih the Ascot Gold Cup Felicitation will be retired to the stud after the current racing season Hyperion will carry the silks of his owner breeder Lord Derby for the last time at the Liverpool meeting this week when he will go postward in the Atlantic Cup a 15000 prize run over the one mile and a quarter course courseThus Thus it is doubtful whether Hyperion and Felicitation will meet again As the last named has not been named for the Liver ¬ pool stake he probably will next be seen under silks at Goodwood next week in the Goodwood Cup two miles and five furlongs He figures to win this coveted event for his ownerbreeder the Aga Khan who has twice taken the prize with Teresina in 1924 and Dark Japan in 1927 1927Hyperion Hyperion unbeaten last season and win ¬ ner of the Derby and St Leger in the last race scoring easily over Felicitation was expected to follow in the footsteps of Per ¬ simmon in 1897 the last winner of the Derby to carry off the long distance classic the Ascot Gold Cup Persimmon won this great distance test as a fouryearold fouryearoldHyperion Hyperion will be an outstanding addition to Lord Derbys Stud which at present shelters such great race horses as the 1924 Derby winner Sansovino and the 1928 St Leger winner Leo Fairway As Hyperions breeding has already appeared several times in these columns it Is not necessary to say he is a half brother to the promising sires Sickle and Pharmond H standing in Ken ¬ tucky by the wartime triple crown winner Gainsborough from Selene by Chancer ChancerFelicitation Felicitation whose most notable turf achievement to date with his runaway vic ¬ tory in the Ascot Gold Cup will join the lengthy list of stallions which include the St Leger winner Salmon Trout the Derby winner Blenheim the Two Thousand Guineas herb Drophon Zionist Mt Nafeur Dastur and the St Leger winner Firdaussi that the Aga Khan has in his stud studFelicitation Felicitation bred by his owner is a bay son of the Two Thousand Guineas and Eclipse Stakes the defunct Colorado from Felicita by Cantilever grandson of Love Wisely winner of the 1896 Ascot Gold Cup from Best Wishes by the Two Thousand Guineas hero Neil Bow from Simonath by unbeaten St Simon from Philomath by Philammon from Chrysalis
