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LEADING SIRES OF 100000 WINNERS By SALVATOB When War Admiral so gamely won the Preakness Stakes thereby adding 45600 to his earnings he became the leading money T winner of the season his total to that date being 106600 which places him above the previous leader Rosemont credited with 97525 It also brought his complete winnings up to 121400 and by entering the century list he credited his sire Man o War with his fifth representative in that list as he already J had four others dead Fair Play the sire of Man o War he having sent out six This great sire and his son are far ahead of all rivals No other American stallion has more than three to his credit and only one has that many While j to date 103 different Americanbred or Amer ¬ icanraced thoroughbreds have earned six f igure honors only three different sires have een able to beget more than two such per ¬ formers showing how difficult is the feat even racingIn in these days of big money racing In England there have been fewer great moneywinners than here the total being ut sixtynine There the leading sire of 1100000 performers is the phenomenal St j Simon which begot five the same number as Man o War and one less than Fair Play Next to him stand Blandford Persimmon and Phalaris with three each eachIt It will therefore be seen that Man o War has tied with St Simon and surpassed all other sires in history with the exception of lis own progenitor with the possibility that le may yet equal or surpass him for he is by no means through When Fair Play was seventeen years old he begot two 100000 winners one of them his biggest one Dis ¬ play 256526 the other being Chance Play 137946 Man o War was sixteen when he begot War Admiral and is still living and very vigorous vigorousAs As a matter of interest here is the list of all American sires of two or more winners of 100000 to this writing writingYear Year Races Money foaled won won wonFAIB HastingsL FAIB PLAY 1905 by Hastings 256526L Display 1923 23 256526 249465L Man o1 War 1917 20 249465 194525I Mad Hatter 1916 32 194525 Chance Shot 1924 8 142277 139769L Mad Play 1921 17 139769 Chance Play v 1923 16 137946 137946MAN MAN O WAR 1917 by Fair Play Crusader 1923 18 203261 203261Mars Mars 1923 13 128786 Clyde Van Dusen 1926 12 122112 War Admiral 1934 7 121400 Bateau 1925 11 120760 WHISK BROOM IL 1907 by Broomstick Victorian 1925 18 253425 Whiskery 1924 12 108565 Diavolo 1925 10 107540 SUN BRIAR 1915 by Sundridge Sun Beau 1925 33 376744 Pompey 1923 13 143495 SIR GALLAHAD IIL 1920 by Teddy Gallant Fox 1927 11 328165 Gallant Sir 1929 16 115965 PENNANT 1911 by Peter Pan Equipoise 1928 29 338610 Crystal Pennant 1924 8 104362 HIGH TIME 1916 by Ultimus Sarazen 1921 27 225000 High Strung 1926 7 156390 COMMANDO 1898 by Domino Colin 1905 15 181610 l Peter Pan 1904 10 116450 THE POBTEB 1915 by Sweep Rosemont 1932 8 168750 Toro 1925 12 142530 WILDAIB 1917 by Broomstick Canter 1923 18 151926 151926Sir Sir Harry 1924 14 134067 134067MY MY PLAY 1919 by Fair Play PlayPlucky Plucky Play 1927 14 153565 i Head Play 1930 14 109315 Isinglasst STAB SHOOT 1898 by Isinglass Grey Lag 1918 25 136715 j 136715is Sir Barton 1916 13 116857 7 GALLANT FOX 1927 by Sir Gallahad m Omaha 1932 9 153630 153630Granville 5 Granville 1933 8 111820 BILLET 1865 by Voltigeur VoltigeurMiss ft Miss Woodford 1880 37 118270 li Raceland 118270Raceland 1885 70 116391 116391BLACK BLACK TONEY 1911 by Peter Pan PanBlack E Black Gold 1921 18 110553 E Black 110553Black Maria 1923 18 110350 110350POMPEY POMPEY 1923 by Sun Briar BriarLadysman Ladysman r 1930 8 134310 Pompoon 134310Pompoon 1934 7 100510 100510SIB SIB MABTIN 1906 by Ogden OgdenSpinach Spinach 1927 19 124015 Joy 124015Joy Smoke 1921 26 100045 100045There There are seventeen sires listed above of which four Sun Briar Sir Gallahad IIL Star Shoot and Billet were imported while the remaining thirteen were bred in this country an excellent showing for our Ameri ¬ can breeders breedersWhat What is still more interesting of the thir ¬ teen American stallions ten or all but two belong to the three great dominant American lines linesThe The Fair Play line is represented by Fair Play himself and his two sons Man o War and My Play own brothers by the way The wayThe Domino line is represented by Pen ¬ nant High Time Commando and Black Toney ToneyThe The Ben Brush line is represented by Whisk Broom II The Porter and Wildair
