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LINE OF ECLIPSE HAS FURNISHED MOST DERBY WINNERS Of the sixty winners of the Kentucky Derby fortyfour have been direct descend ¬ ants of the line of Eclipse The Herod line has produced ten the last of which was AlanaDale in 1902 The Matchem line pro ¬ duced six Clyde Van Dusen son of Man o War being the most recent recentThe The present prospective field presents Nellie Flag Psychic Bid and Chanceview from the Matchem line all tracing through Fair Play The Eclipse line provides the remainder of the field with the Herod line unrepresented unrepresentedToday Today future book favorite traces back fifteen generations before a sire is met whose direct descendants have produced a Derby winner King Fergus sired Hamble tonian and direct tail male horses from this line have produced nine winners Del pini to which Today traces is also a son of King Fergus but this line was not in ¬ troduced into this country seriously until the importation of Chicle It has been however one of the most successful lines in Australia Plat Eye is also a representa ¬ tive of this particular branch being a son of Chicle ChicleWhiskolo Whiskolo Blackbirder Psychic Bid and Prince Splendor come down from Bonnie Scotland This line has produced Ben Brush Meridian Regret and Whiskery Roman Soldier St Bernard and Tutticurio are in direct line from Bend Or a line which has given us the winners Gallant Fox and Behave Yourself YourselfAlthough Although the Leamington line produced eleven winners of the classic race in three generations it has not been successful since 1908 when Stone Street stepped down in front Cavalcade 1934 and Twenty Grand 1931 come down through Swynford Brokers Tip 1933 and Black Gold 1924 represent the Domino Commando line lineNearly Nearly all the Eclipse lines are repre ¬ sented in this years race but the knowl ¬ edge is of little assistance in handicapping for the winner winnerOf Of the 223 stakes contested for in 1934 the Eclipse lines claimed 164 Matchem 40 and Herod 19
