THE TETRARCH LINE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 259, 30 September 1936, Page 6

THE TETRARCH LINE.

SUPERIORITY IN CLASSICS. The rcintroduction of the line of Herod to England hy the importation of Roi , lierodo from Erance resulted in the appearance of many brilliant sprinters, notable among which were The Tetrureh and the filly Mumtaz Mahal, states an English critic. While The Tetrarch sired two winners of the St. Legcr, it tvus generally admitted that the infusion of t-lie bloodlines of The Tetrarch in a pedigree was detrimental from a stamina point of view. That theory will probably need revision after the results of the first two classics in England this year, which have proved that tlie judicious blending of The Tetrarch’s lines can produce horses not only of abundant pace, but also of stamina. The Derby winner Mahmoud throws to the Herod line in colour, through his grandma, Mumtaz Mahal, agrey by The Tetrarch; but he has some ot the host staying lines blended with that of The Tetrarch. He is a descendant in the male tail of the lino of Swynford through JBlandford, sire of four Derby winners, including Blenheim, sire of Mahmoud. Then Mahmoud is a son of a mare by Gainsborough, a noted sire of stayers, and one of the most suceesslul in England in liis prime. Mahmoud’s Derby win proved that the staying strains predominated. Another classic winner, Lovely Rosa, has The Tetrarch influence through her sire, Tolgus, a grandson of The Tetrarch, yet she boat a good field of Allies over the milo and a half of the Oaks. Tolgus, although descended from The Tetrarch, is from a mare by Lemberg, and Napoule, dam of Lovely Rosa, is by Bachelor’s Double, son of Tredetmis, from a mare by William The Third, whose daughters have been famed for the stamina they give to their progeny. Those two instances alone indicate that The Tetrarch’s descendants, carefully mated with approved staying lines, may be a force in long-distance events.