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■MjiM..i.i i*m—im*mim /,A !! mxM ■BLJBk-iilM Sires and Dams By Nelson Dunstan Foreign Sires Make Great Headway Here Derby Result Stresses Their Importance Infusions of New Blood Improve Breed NEW YORK, N. Y., May 10.— We have written that Swaps should be regarded a California-bred, but we failed to say that not only is he by an imported sire, ■MjiM..i.i i*m—im*mim /,A !! mxM but but was was also also out out of of a a mare mare by by an an but but was was also also out out of of a a mare mare by by an an imported sire. As we delve deeper, the Derby outcome stresses the fact that imported sires are making greater headway in the racing and breeding of this country than have been the case for the past 100 years. Ten started in the Louisville classic and six of the first seven were by imported sires and the seventh, Racing Fool who finished fourth , is by Jet Pilot, pilot, a a son son of of the the imported imported Blen- ■BLJBk-iilM Pilot, pilot, a a son son of of the the imported imported Blen- Blenheim n. To digress for a moment, Saratoga, winner of the Chesapeake Stakes, but who passed up the Derby, is also a son of Blenheim II. It is no novelty or something of recent origin for a three -year-old by an imported sire to win the Derby, or the Preakness and Belmont, but it is a matter for comment when six were to the fore in the first leg of the Triple Crown. In the inaugural running of 1875, Aristides, the winner, was by imported Leamington, the horse who toppled the immortal Lexington from the sire throne after the latter had led the stallions in this country 16 times, 14 in succession. Began Stud Duty at Staten Island Brought to this country in 1875, Leamington was in Kentucky for one year and then stood at stud on Staten Island, N. Y., at a fee of 00. In 13 seasons here, his success was amazing. His greatest son was Iroquois, who went abroad to win the Epsom Derby and the St. Leger in 1881. It was said he gave America a new type of horse, one of tremendous size, elegance, strength and power, wonderful speed and plenty of courage. Dozens upon dozens of imported horses were to follow. Although some were called "the best since Leamington," that honor, in our opinion, rightfully belonged to Sir Gallahad III., who tied Star Shoot in [ leading the American sire list on four occasions. From 1925 to the present year, stallions have been brought I here from many parts of the earth and in recent seasons the remarkable success of Nasrullah has caused , him to be referred to as "the best since Sir Gallahad ttt" of the first six horses to finish at Louisville he had three, Nashua, second; Jeans Joe, fifth, and Flying Fury, sixth. Nasrullah has been sensational, but the greatest praise, so far as the Derby is concerned, must be given the great English horse Hyperion, who, though he did not come to this country, sired Khaled, the daddy of Swaps; Heliopolis, sire of Summer Tan, and Alibhai, sire of Honeys Alibi, who was seventh in the Derby. Hyperion sired Pensive, Derby winner in , 1944, and the latter was the sire of Ponder, who won at Louisville in 1949. Alibhai sired Determine, winner in 1954, and that l brings us up to this years running. Naturally, imported stallions have had an impact on the good old American lines of Domino, Ben Brush and Fair Play. Of course, if we check back on these three horses, we » find that they, too, stem from foreign origin. It all goes to prove that infusions of fresh blood, from whatever " source, are good for the breed. Back in the dim 1 days of our country, the crossing of the imported horses Glencoe and Leamington with daughters of our immortal Lexington produced great results and whether you believe in "nicks" or not it was a mating of Leamington and Sarong, a daughter of Lexington, that produced the inaugural Derby winner Aristides. For many J years these nicks played a telling part in the racing of J this country. In 1881, Hindoo, who was by Virgil, out of Florence, by Lexington, won the Derby and he is regarded " to this day as one of the greatest horses that ■ ever raced in this country. In recent years here, the • slogan "breed the best to the best" has been stressed over nicks and that is true in England and Ireland, too. ■ Beau Pere Influenced Recent Classic On the distaff side the honors must go to imported j horses for Beau Pere is the sire of Iron Reward, who o produced Swaps. He is also the sire of Honeymoon, who produced Honeys Alibi. Beau Pere was bre/I in a England and was not very distinguished as a race e horse. In 1933 he was sent to Australia and was three e times leading sire there. Brought to this country by y Louis B. Mayer, his best racer by all odds was the filly y Honeymoon, whose dam, Panoramic, is a daughter of if Chance Shot, from the celebrated mare Dustwhirl, the e dam of Whirlaway and Reaping Reward. Nashua is out it of Johnstowns daughter, Segula, and Reaping Rewards daughter Sicily is the dam of Flying Fury. f. Summer Tan is out of Miss Zibby, a daughter of Omaha, who duplicated the feat of his sire, Gallant Fox, c, in winning the Triple Crown. The third son of Nasrullah, Jeans Joe, is from the mare Pocket Edition, a a daughter of Roman, who is a son of Sir Gallahad HI. L
