Ormonde, by Bend On from Lily Agnes. BEND OR (1).

Otago Witness, Issue 2320, 18 August 1898, Page 33

Ormonde, by Bend On from Lily Agnes. BEND OR (1).

New Zealand breeders and readers of pedigree tables should easily recogniso the above through their cbarapion stallion Si. Legor (Doncasfccr and Thormanby) and Musket's son Musk Hose, whose gtauddam is Rouge Rose.

Ormoucuj's pedigree is dealb with very explicitly in Mr Lowe's work under the heading " How to Breed Phenomenal Racehorses," and will be found interesting to students of bloodstock and others No. 17.— Byerly Turk Maiie— Dam of Mare by

Carlisle Turk,

This line embraces, if I mistake not, a rak of New Zealand Derby heroes— Betrayer and Sir: Modred. New South Wales is represented by that grand old sire Yattendon, and Victoria by Snowden (who sired the Australian Cup winnoi' Sheuandoah, Melbourne Derby, Suwsvrrow, a&tt Hobart Cup, Swiveller. The latter on retiring to the stud got Mentor, winner of a Melbourne Cup). Mr Bruce Lowe continues : " This line (No. 17) has not won a Darby, but two Oaks ard three Legers have fallen to its descendants. The family ia best known iv England through Patitaloou, ia Australia by Yatteudo», and America by Sir Motlred and Cheviot. Pantaloon's blood has always been esteemed highly, and should bo more bred to thau it is, considering how well it blends with Touchstone, Elackloek, Stockwell, and Melbourne. The 17 line, though not a prolific one, has turned out a few high- class sires, andwould infer that the line readily assimilates with other families. The Jate Hon. IC. IC. Cox's valuable colonial-bred sire Yattendon of this line was the best all-round 3ire in Australia.— [How about old Pdnic, who, in his day, never had the privilege of being put to above half a dozen first-class mares, and got Strop, Wellington, Melbourne, Commotion, Nimblefoot, ami The Fawn?—' Warrior. ']— for not only did ho (Yattendnn) leave two great sons (as sires) behind him ia Chester and Grand Tlaueur, but his filliea have also proved to be the best of brood mares. At the present time [when this work was being compiled] Sir Mocked is the best all-round sire iv America." No 18.— Dam or Old Woodcock -Dam of Dam

of Old Spot.

I may be wrong, but if my 12 months' study of the work on " Breeding of Thoroughbreds by the Figure System " teaches me correctly, the Melbourne Cnp hero of 1891, Malvolio, hr.s been placed iv Mr Lowe's book under his wrong beading (No. 2). I maintain tbat Madcap (M.»luma and Malooli's dam) belongs to the old Woodcock line—No. IS. Up to the present I have not read a word in the press to the contrary. Mr Lowe says :—" Though a slightly large! classic winner than those of the preceding lines-* Nos. U, 16, and 17—1 have placed it behind them, in oider of merit, as it appears to be on the decline. Most of its victories were won in the early and middle days. Admirers of Waxy may take exception to my sentiments icspecting thafj much eulogisetl horse, but since working by tho figure system I have been convinced that except for the lucky mating with Penelope (No. 1), we? should have seen Waxy's name in very few pedigrees of note. That ho hit with Penelope ia beyond question, but Fenelope mado Waxy famous, for we cannot find the great excelluica claimed for him by his numerous admirers developed through any other channel."

The 18 line is known to Australian sportsmen, and morcparticularly Queensland breeders of blood< stock, through the imported Epigram (No. 18), who sired Le Grand (winner of A..T.C Derby and Champion Hace), Wheatineat (A.J.O. Deiby ancK Leger), Yarran (Maribyrnong Plate), Waterloo, Legerdemain, My Lord. Cadmus, Quicksilver

winners of Queensland Derbys an<s Cups, &c. In Victoria, thrmigk Primrose (No. 18), Churchill, Wild JRose, Newmaster, and Lord Randolph), whilst on the turf, scored a brace of Nev. market Handicans, Moonee Valley Cup, &c. jf 0- 19. —Daughter of Davitt's Old Woodcock.

" The descendants of this line have bsen singularly unfortunate as regards the higher classic races- considering the phenomenal homes the family •fcaß produced. Only one Derby and three Logeru can be placed to its credit. Sir Hugo in 1892 was the first Derby winner, but Isooorny would undoubtedly have won Sef ton's Derby In 1878 had he been nominated. No. 19 has produced no Oaks winners, and indeed very few marcs of high class racing form (if we except Plaisanterie and one or two others), though they developed into good ■dams The L°eer winners are Kbor in 1817, Reveller ISIS, and Gamester 1859. In spite of its want of success in classic events a glance at some »f the celebrated horses descended from its ranks shows how valuable the blood is : Isonoroy, Vetpasian, Monarqoe, Vedett-e, PJaisantene, Alarm. Sabinus, Cletirwell, and Surefoofc. Jhe sons have not only been great racehorses, but sood sires as a rule " . Gozo. the irupoited, will, in all piobabihty, live in the memory of our youthful sporting men for the next quarter of a century as having sired two Sbrothers who ran first and second in the Melbourne Cup of 1897— Gaulus and The Grafter. My next instalment will deal with Gozo s line— 3No. 20-Daughtei of Gascoigoe's Foreign horse; also, Nos. 21 (The Moonah Barb mare of Queen Anne), 22 (Belgrade Turk mare— dam of Bay Bolton mare), 24 (Heltssley Turk mare), 25 (A Brimmer mare), and 26 (Daughter of Merlin— uarn of mare by Darley Arabian).

(To be continued.)

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