DEATH OF PANTHEON

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 178, 31 July 1940, Page 9

DEATH OF PANTHEON

SUCCESSFUL TRACERY STALLION SIRE OF PETER PAN A Sydney cablegram received yesterday announced the death, on Monday, of the Tracery stallion Pantheon i sire of Peter Pan ana many other high-class racehorses in Australia Pantheon was by Tracery, sire of the ■ Derby winner rapyrus, The Panthei (held to be unlucxy to have lost the Derby), Abbot's Trace (a successfu. sire) and Psychology (who sirec . Cuddle, winner of the New Zeaianc Cup and twice winner of the Auckland Cup). Pantheon’s dam wai ■ Scotch Rose, by Your Majesty (son o! Persimmon) from Rose of Ayrshire by Ayrshire from Pmk Flower.

After winning a couple of races and being placed several times, Pantheon was imported to Australia as a three-year-old and beat, at weight-for-age. some of the best horses of his day. He was accounted unfortunate to be beaten into second place in the Melbourne Cup. As a sire Pantheon left his mark on the Australian turf. Perhaps his best son was Peter Pan, who twice won the Melbourne Cup, in addition to scoring in the A.J.C. Derby and St. Leger. Avenger was another to win the A.J.C. Derby, beating Ajax, who turned the tables on him in the Caulfield Guineas. Other winners by Pantheon included Olympian, Panto, Hyperion and Oeeanus, all four winners of the W.A.T.C. Derby at Perth. Maikai (Perth Cup). Pandion (Queensland Guineas and St. Leger), and Milantheon (Newcastle Cup and Sydney Handicap), as well as many otrfers.