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■".I ...!" i.i. m 1 1 JBSLn-i Sires and Dams I t— — By Nelson Dunstan — — Hyperions Sons Sending Winners to Races Alibhai, Heliopolis, Khaled Write History Phalaris Tribe Also Scoring Heavily Here *NEW YORK, N. Y., June 2.— In this 1955 season more credit is accruing to Hyperions sons in this country. A year ago, Determine, a son of Alibhai, won the ■".I ...!" i.i. m 1 1 Kentucky Kentucky Derby, Derby, and and High High Gun, Gun, a a Kentucky Kentucky Derby, Derby, and and High High Gun, Gun, a a Heliopolis colt, was voted the three-year-old champion. This year. Swaps, a son of Khaleda added his name to the Derby . roster. Then Helioscope, another son of Heliopolis, won the Massachusetts and Suburban Handicaps. Alibhai, Heliopolis and Khaled are the three leading sons of Hyperion standing here. All this stresses the fact that our breeders breeders are are making making no no mistake mistake JBSLn-i breeders breeders are are making making no no mistake mistake in importing fashionable stallions to be mated with our American broodmares. From the days of Leamington this has been a wise practice and the combination will_, be found in the pedigrees of High Voltage, Parlo, Gainsboro Girl, Grecian Queen, Natasha, Flying Fury, Ambers Folly, Saratoga, Traffic Judge and others too numerous to mention. But the sons of Hyperion stand out this year. Gainsborough Had Brilliant Career Hyperion is now getting along in years for he was foaled in 1930. His sire, Gainsborough, was prominent on the list of Englands leading sires from 1925 to 1931, and he topped it in 1932 and 1933. After a fine racing career, in which he won, among other stakes, -the Epsom Derby and St. Leger, Hyperion was sent to stud and it was soon evident that he was to become even more brilliant as a sire than he was as a race horse. He first appeared on the leading sire list in 1939, when he was second to Fairway. He went to the top in 1940 and repeated in 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946 and 1954. St. Simon led the English list nine times, but he made little impression on American bloodstock. Himself the leader in 1954, Hyperion was represented by Heliopolis, premier American sire the same year; Ruthless, who led the sires in New Zealand, and Albis Lamp, who was the leader in Belgium. It is of interest to Americans that Hyperions dam was Selene, the daughter of Chaucer by St. Simon, and that Selene was also the dam of the full brothers, Sicke and Phara-mond II., the pair who made such a great impression on our breeding. Without Sickle there would not have been Polynesian, the sire of Native Dancer and Im- . bros, and without Pharamond H. there would have been no Menow, sire of Tom Fool. While Hyperion, by Gainsborough, is of the Hampton clan, Sickle and Pharamond H. represented the male line of Phalaris in this country. .Hyperion and Phalaris were bred by Lord Derby. Although the former was a stayer, Phalaris was at his best in races up to one mile- Both horses must be classed among the all-time greats as sires, and of recent years many of our top race horses stem to them. Mated with Scapa Flow, another daughter of Chaucer, Phalaris begot another pair of splendid brothers in Fairway and Pharos, the latter serving three years in England before being sent to France, where he died in 1937. Pharos sired many first-class race horses and sires, but suffice it here to mention Nearco, the greatest horse ever to race in Italy. Despite his "tainted American blood," Nearco was represented by the Epsom Derby winner Dante, and the St. Leger winner Sayajirao. More important to Americans, Nearco is the sire of Nasrullah, who, in turn, begot Noor, the horse -who will always be recalled for his duels with Citation. Pharos was also bred by the late Lord Derby, one of Englands foremost breeders. Nearco One of Englands Top Sires Bred in Italy by Frederico Tesio and foaled in 1935, Nearco was sold to a British syndicate for 00,000 and became one of the leading sires of England. On the other side, as well as in this country, most of the credit and the comment is given the sire, but as for Hyperion. England must also give credit to his dam, Selene, just as here we must acknowledge the famous mare, Plucky Liege,, who produced that great pair of brothers, Sir Gallahad HI. and Bull Dog. Nasrullah, a son of Nearco — Mumtaz Begum, by Blenheim n., is now the sire of many besides Noor. This year we add Nashua, Delta, Lea Lane, Flying Fury, Blue Ruler, Jeans Joe and others. Nasrullah was bred by the Aga Khan, and his second dam, Mumtaz Mahal, a daughter of The Tetrarch — Lady Josephine, will always be remembered as one of the foundation mares of the Moslem rulers breeding establishments. She must be classed with Selene and Pluck Liege for her contribution to the pedigrees of American horses, even though none of them was brought to our shores.
