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Kentucky Breeding Establishments — No. 25 By THOS. B. CROMWELL. J » - ►.» The twenty-fifth of a series of articles containing information concerning ownership, location, acreage, equipment and horse population of thoroughbred breeding farms in Kentucky, follows. STALLIONS IN KENTUCKY. LEXINGTON, Ky., April .—It will be recalled that in the seventh article of this series published January 7 it was shown that the number of stallions in Kentucky for the season of 1936 was 152, identical with the number of farms summarized by counties in that article, though, as heretofore shown, many farms were without stallions, the owners of such establishments, of course, patronizing sires on other farms. Those 152 stallions were named in previous articles, and it is now in order to give information concerning their origin, a matter always interesting to breeders and other students of blood lines, and something that would be helpful to those persons usually referred to as merely "horse players," if they would extend their research beyond the sire and dam and give breeding quite as much consideration as they accord performance. Inasmuch as the writer now hopes to impress these "horse players," rather more than others who are well versed in bloodlines lore, this elementary presentation seems essential: All equines which are called bloodstock in England and other countries of the British Empire and in the countries of Europe and Asia, and thoroughbreds in the United States of America and in South American countries, trace in tail male — which is to say along the top lines of their pedigree — to one or another of three horses, namely THE BYERLY TURK, THE DAR-LEY ARABIAN and THE GODOLPHIN ARABIAN, and, in tail female — meaning along the bottom line of the pedigree — to some mare whose produce are to be found in Englands General Stud Book, or, as the case may be, in the Stud Book of the country in which the animal was foaled. THE BYERLY TURK is presumed to have been captured from the Turks. It is related that he was used in Ireland as a charger by an officer in King Williams Wars in 1689. He appears to have been in service as a sire to and in the year 1698. His opportunities were not great, few mares of the better class of that day having visited ] his court, but, even so, he attained renown sufficient to gain place in the triumvirate. THE DARLEY ARABIAN is believed to have been foaled in 1700. He is said to have been of that pure breed of the Arabian | desert called Anazah. A Mr. Darley got him | at Aleppo and shipped him in 1704 to his brother in England, where he stood privately, the date of his death being unknown. THE GODOLPHIN ARABIAN, believed by many persons to have been a Barb, has ! an obscure early history. He appeared in England about 1730, having been imported by a man named Coke. Later he became the , property of the Earl of Godolphin. One story is that he was stolen in Morocco and taken to France for use in Paris as a chore horse. Another is that the Emperor of Morocco presented him to Louis XIV. During his approximately twenty years in the stud in England, he appears to have begotten less than one hundred foals, having served privately owned mares. He is presumed to have been twenty-nine when he died. It is related that each of these foundation sires were not over fifteen hands in height. The mates for these sires came, in the I greater number of instances from among j daughters of earlier horses brought to England from "the East." They were Arabian and Turkish horses in the main. From this trio descended another trio now generally used to designate the respective lines, running back thus: MATCHEM, bay, foaled in 1748; by Cade, bay, 1734; by THE GODOLPHIN ARABIAN. HEROD King Herod, bay, foaled 1758; by Tartar, bay, 1743; by Partner Crofts, chestnut, 1718; by Jigg, 1702; by THE BYERLY TURK. ECLIPSE OKellys, chestnut, 1764; by Marske, bay. 1750; by Squirt, chestnut, 1732; by Bartletts Childers, bay, 1716; by THE DARLEY ARABIAN. MATCHEM. a great stayer, was five years old when he made his first start as a race horse. He was retired at the age of ten, and died after thirteen years successful service in the stud. His dam— Sister to Miss Partner — was a daughter of Partner, by Jigg, son of THE BYERLY TURK. Matchem stood 15 1-4 hands. HEROD, earlier called King Herod, was a powerful animal. He was famous as a race horse. His first start was as a five-year-old in a four-mile race which he won. He raced five years. He saw about ten years service in the stud and was a great success as a sire. His dam — Cypron — was never trained. She was by Blaze, son of Flying Childers, son of THE DARLEY ARABIAN. Herods fourth dam was a daughter of THE DARLEY ARABIAN. ECLIPSE, undefeated during his two years racing career which began when he was a five-year-old, had exceptional endurance and was marvelous in his ability to run swiftly under high weights. He had excellent wind and a great stride. It has been written of him that he was never extended in any race. While not vicious, he was not of good disposition, and that he might be calmed, was ridden often on public roads. He was not well proportioned in that he had an ungainly head and was higher behind than at the withers. He was in service in the stud for twenty-three years. His get were generally not difficult to train, and usually were light in flesh. Eclipses dam — Spiletta— was by Regulus. son of THE GODOLPHIN ARABIAN. Eclipse was intensely inbred in that he carried two crosses of THE BYERLY TURK— six of Spanker and seven of Hautboy, the last mentioned two being among the more than 100 early sires of various origin, contributing to the establishment of the breed now called thoroughbred. In all parts of the world, the lines to Eclipse are more numerous than are lines to either MATCHEM or HEROD. Records kept in the office of The Blood-Horse, founded by the writer, show that during the last seven years in America the winners of 1,558 stakes races traced in tail male 1,210 to ECLIPSE, 243 to MATCHEM and 105 to HEROD, which is to say 78 per cent to ECLIPSE. 15 per cent to MATCHEM and 7 per cent to HEROD. Of the 152 stallions, in Kentucky for the season of 1936, 121 trace to ECLIPSE, 20 to MATCHEM, and 11 to HEROD. Stallions of the ECLIPSE line are: Actuary, Alcazar, Angon, Apprehension, Ariel, Ballot, Big Blaze, Black Comet, Black Servant, Black Toney, Blue Larkspur, Boojum, Boot to Boot, Bostonian, Brilliant, Bubbling Over, Bull Dog, Burgoo King, Burning Blaze, Byrd, Canaan, Carlaris, Cee Jay Jay, Char- i ley O., Cherokee, Chicle, Clock Tower, Cohort, Colonel Shaw, Copiapo, Crucifixion, Desperate Desmond. Diavolo, Distraction, Dodge, Dominant, Don Leon, Donnacona, Draymont, Emissary, Equipoise, Eternal, Gallant Fox, Gallant Sir, Gladstone, Golden Guinea, Grandace, Hadagal, Halcyon, High Cloud, Hi-Jack, High Time, Infinite, In Me-moriam, Islam, Jack High, Jacopo, Jamestown, Jock, Judge Hay, justice F., King Nadi, Last Reveille, Lee O. Cotner, Leonardo II., Longridge, Masked Marvel II., Mate, Mirafel, Missionary, Misstep, Monks Way, Morvich, Nassak, Nicodemus. Noah, Okapi, Old Slip, Ormont, Pennant, Percentage, Peter Hastings, Pharamond II., Prince of , Bourbon, Prince Pal. Quatre Bras II., Ques- i tionnaire, Reigh Count, Rhinock, Rolled Stocking, St. Brideaux, St. Germans, St. j James, San-Utar, Saxon, Sickle, Sir Andrew, I Sir Gallahad III., Sir Peter, Spanish Play, | Stimulus, Strathleven, Sun Flag, Supremus, Sweep All, Sweepster, Swift and Sure, The Porter, Thundering, Times Square, Torchilla, Transmute, Tryster, T "ink, United Verde, Vito, Waygood, Whichone, Whiskalong, Whiskaway, and Zacaweista. Stallions of the MATCHEM line are American Flag, Boatswain, Broadside, Chance Shot, Chatover, Crusader, Cyclops, Cynic, Display, Flying Heels, Hard Tack, Head Play, Kai Feng, Kai-Sang, Man o War, Mars. Peace Chance, Playtime, Son o Battle and The Nut. Stallions of the HEROD line are Caractus, Epithet, Good Advice, Haste, High Score, Jean Valjean, Kiev, Pot au Feu, Rolls Royce, Royal Minstrel and Wise Counsellor. The ECLIPSE stallions in Kentucky trace | back to him through lines established by, two of his sons, POT-8-OS and KING FERGUS. The POT-8-OS line comes through j his son, WAXY, and WAXYS sons WHALEBONE and WHISKER. WHALEBONE j sired WAVERLY through which comes the mighty line of BEN BRUSH, CAMEL sire1 of TOUCHSTONE, to which traces HIM-YAR, sire of DOMINO, responsible for so many brilliant American horses, as well as the lines of SPEARMINT and HAMPTON, SIR HERCULES ancestor of Englands wonderful STOCKWELL, and his grandson, the great BEND OR, and DEFENCE. Now, let us note the branches to which the particular Kentucky stallions of WHALEBONES line belong. The BEN BRUSH branch has three forks, BROOMSTICK, SWEEP and DELHI. Boojum. Bostonian, Brilliant, Cee Jay Jay, Diavolo, Draymont, Halcyon, Hi-Ja.ck, Jack High, Misstep, Nassak, Saxon, Thundering, Transmute, Whiskalong and Whiskaway are of the BROOMSTICK house. Ariel, Cherokee, Eternal, Gladstone, Islam, Leonardo II., i Longridge, Okapi, Sweep All, Sweepster and The Porter are sons or grandsons of SWEEP, while Dominant is the single representative of DELHI. HIMYARS line has branches through his sons DOMINO and PLAUDIT. King Nadi and Questionnaire are the only representatives of the house of PLAUDIT in the list of 152. The DOMINO line comes through his son COMMANDO, to which the following trace through COMMANDOS son ULTIMUS: Don Leon, High Cloud, High Time, Infinite, Last Reveille, Lee O. Cotner, Mirafel, Stimulus, Supreme and Zacaweista. These trace through COMMANDOS son PETER PAN: Black Servant, Black Toney, Blue Larkspur, Byrd, Equipoise, Judge Hay, Noah, Pennant, Peter Hastings, Rolled Stocking and Times Square. COLIN, another son of COMMANDO, is represented by Jock. An even dozen Kentucky stallions trace to WHALEBONE through TOUCHSTONE. SPEARMINT sixth removed from TOUCHSTONE through ITHURIEL is responsible for Angon, Chicle, Distraction and Whichone. NEWMINSTER son of TOUCHSTONE sired LORD CLIFDEN and HERMIT. The line of LORD CLIFDENS son HAMPTON is represented by these: Emissary, Jamestown, Masked Marvel II., Old Slip and St. James. HERMITS grandson VOTER is represented by three — Ballot, Percentage and Morvich. The line of SIR HERCULES finds representation in the ranks of Kentucky stallions for this season under the following branches: STOCKWELL, RATAPLAN brother to STOCKWELL, and STERLING. The line of STOCKWELL comes through three of his sons: DONCASTER, ST. ALBANS and LORD LYON. The DONCASTER line is through his son BEND OR. The following go back to BEND OR through his grandson, ORME: The brothers Bull Dog, Quatre Bras II. and Sir Gallahad III.. Cohort. Desperate Desmond, Gallant Fox, Gallant Sir, Grandace, Hadagal and Sir Andrew. Big Blaze and Burning Blaze trace through ORNUS; Colonel Shaw through ORVIETO; Dodge and United Verde through GOLDEN GARTER; Torchilla through RADIUM. The following trace to BEND OR through his grandson, CYLLENE, son of BONA VISTA: Carlaris, Golden Guinea, Monks Way, Nicodemus, Pharamond II. and Sickle. Through ROCK SAND, these go back to ST. ALBANS: Apprehension, Justice F., Ormont and Waygood. LORD LYON is represented by Spanish Play only. RATAPLANS line has as its lone representative In Memoriam, a good race horse. Through SWYNFORD, the following trace to STERLING: Jacopo, St. Brideaux, St. Germans, Strathleven and Swift and Sure. Clock Tower is the only representative of the line to DEFENCE. Actuary and Black Comet are the only two stallions in the state tracing back to WHISKER. The KING FERGUS line comes down through VEDETTE, of which there are the SPECULUM, GALOPIN and AMSTERDAM branches, those horses having all been sons of VEDETTE. The SPECULUM branch is represented by Alcazar, Boot to Boot, Bubbling Over, Burgoo King, Reigh Count. San-Utar, Sir Peter, Sun Flag and Twink. GALOPINS branch, through ST. SIMON, is represented by Canaan, Charley O., Crucifixion, Missionary and Vito, all sons of Hour-less, and through PERSIMMON by these: Donnacona, Mate. Prince Pal, Prince of Bourbon and Rhinock. Copiapo, which came from South America, is a son of AMSTERDAM. The twenty stallions in Kentucky tracing to MATCHEM all go through WEST AUSTRALIAN in two branches established by his sons AUSTRALIAN and SOLON. AUSTRALIAN, which was brought to America, is represented by Cyclops, which goes back through WAVERLY, and these, which trace through FAIR PLAY: Man o War and seven sons American Flag, Boatswain, Broadside, Crusader, Hard Tack, Mars and Son o Battle, Chance Shot, Chatover, Display, Head Play, Peace Chance, Playtime and The Nut. SOLON, which remained in England, is represented by these, all tracing through his son BARCALDINE: Cynic, Flying Heels, Kai Feng and Kai-Sang. HERODS line has representation in Kentucky through his sons WOODPECKER and HIGH FLYER. WOODPECKERS son, BUZZARD, sired CASTREL and SELIM. To CASTREL trace Haste, Jean Valjean, Kiev, Rolls Royce and Royal Minstrel. To SELIM trace Epithet and Pot au Feu through CAMBYSE, Caractus, Good Advice and Wise Counsellor, through HANOVER, whose fourth ancestor was GLENCOE, grandson of SELIM. High Score, in the thirteenth remove, is the only stallion in Kentucky tracing to HIGHFLYER. The three proved lines in Kentucky are those of FAIR PLAY Matchem, BEN BRUSH Eclipse and DOMINO Eclipse. j The best branch of the BEND OR line in Kentucky is that of TEDDY, now in Virginia, with three sons and four grandsons in the Blue Grass region this season. Another article will deal with the female I lines of these 152 stallions.
