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IRISH THOROUGHBRED ADMIRED BY WATKINS WATKINSRathbeate Rathbeate Standing at Annefield in Heart of Virginia Scion of Great Steeplechase Family FamilyBERRYVILLE BERRYVILLE Va June 14 A firm be ¬ lief in the lineage weight carrying ability and conformation of Irishbreds is respon ¬ sible for Williai Bell Watkins possessing the good stallion Rathbeale at his country estate Annefield near here A linebred Atheling in tale male Rathbeale fifteen years old is a sturdy wellproportioned thor ¬ oughbred with conformation indicative of the great Irish steepchase sires present in his pedigree Prominent in that stu s sire blood are such greats of Irish lineage as Uncas York Fiaro Cathedral and of course Atheliig AtheliigAlthough Although Watkins a steward at the Charles Town track has been identified with racing and the thoroughbred throughout his life breeding activities at Annefield are con ¬ ducted on a modest scale A few thorough ¬ breds are foaled annually These however are representative of a betterment of the breed desire on the part of Watkins rather than breeding for racing or the market marketThat That Annefield has played a part in Vir ¬ ginia breeding is exemplified by the fact that some well known horses were foaled and raised at that nursery Possibly the best was Big Blaze That son of Campfire although directly bred by R H McCarter Porter was raised and broken for racing at the Berryville establishment establishmentAnother Another thoroughbred of some prominence bred by Watkins is Mad Policy That six yearold chaser is a son of Rathbeale Pol ¬ icy by Toddington Among his more note ¬ worthy endeavors was last years triumph in the Brook Steeplechase carrying 142 pounds over about two and onehalf miles in the time of 442 442SON SON OF MADRIGALIAN MADRIGALIANRathbeale Rathbeale is a son of Madrigalian Regu ¬ lar The dam Regular is by Bryn Mawr which is by Atheling while the sire Madri ¬ galian is by Ameoth in turn by Atheling forming the tale male lineage Atheling was three time leading steeplechase sire in Ire ¬ land landThis This years foal crop by Rathbeale to date consists of but one a colt out of Miss Knob ¬ by by Tournament H HOf Of interest at Annefield is a fouryearold stallion known as a Monson Shales In ¬ formation on this type horse is negligible other than that it is a breed of its own bred by the Monson family in England There are supposedly but two of that breed in the world the one owned by Watkins and the sire which is still somewhere in England The Monson Sharles bred for several gener ¬ ations by that family has no draught blood Of its blood lines not much is known other than that its tale female goes back to a Barb mare consequently thoroughbred thoroughbredThe The squire of Annefield has decided to use the Monson Sharles for carrying on breeding experiments in the hunter type horse The typical hunter conformation of that stallion with his size and quiet temperament with ¬ out loss of endurance should produce an ideal hunter horse To that end Watkins has mated the Shales stud with an unnamed thoroughbred mare by Rathbeale
