i^ORMERLY "WE LlVt STOCiCRECORD" Vol. 54. No. 26. LEXINGTON, KY., DECEMBER 28. 1901. Whole No. 1404 OUR ENGLISH LETTER. London, England, Dec. 13, 1901. Xdiior Thoroughbred Record: AmoDK the many broodmares that \rere dieposed ol at the December ealcB was Arcadia, a fourteen-year-old daughter of Isonomy, out of Distant Shore by Hermit, out of Land's End by Trumpeter, who was purchased by Mr. John Gubbins for $10,5C0. Her dam Distant Shore, IS also the dam of Virginia Shore, whose daughter. Lady Minting, fetched $15,750 later in the week. Arcadia is in foal to Kendal and as she foaled the Ascot Cup win- ner Cyllene, to Kendal's three parts brother. Bona Vista, it is evident that her purchaser has fair grounds for hemg hopeful of the result of her latest alliance. Look- ing at her stud record, however, 1 should feel inclined to consider her sold at full value, tor with the exception of Cyllene, she has as yet thrown nothing of any account, «nd the own brother to that celebrity—now 3 years old, is as slow as a tortoise, while her four-year-old, a colt claiming paternity from Donovan, is now engaged in hurdle racing, with indifferent success. This year she had a foal by Orme, and possibly this cross was as good as any for her, for Orme's Galopin blood would blend right well with her strain of Hermit, and in addition Orme brings in much the same other lines as Bona Vista and Kendal. Mr. Gubbiud has presumably bought her to breed to his promising young stallion Blairfinde— whose sons Revenue and Port Blair, have done him much credit this season—and there is no doubt that the cross will be eminently suitable. Blairfinde being an own brother to Galtee Moore, he is, of course, by Kendal, and therefore on that ground alone likely to succeed when mated with Arcadia. But even more than this must have been the inducement to buy her, and when we bear in mind that she is by Isonomy, out of Distant Shore by Hermit, we get at what I consider to be the Arcadia, eli in, 14, by Isoiioiny—Distant Sliore. key to the purchase, for Blairfinde's two sons just men- tioned, are both out of Income, who is also by Isonomy, out ot another daughter of Hermit, namely In Bounds—who, it may be interesting to note, in passing, is an own sister to Mon Droit (dam Boundary is absent from Arcadia's pedigree, and al- attach Arcadia's pedigree and also her photograph, taken of Dieudonne, recently imported to the States.) her: though the other three quarters are the same as the three i on the day Mr. Gubbins bought The success of Revenue is doubtless in part due to the Birdcatcher 11 top quarters in that ot Income (i. e. Sterling, Isolla Bella 2 ("Oxford 1« Honey Dear fact that Blairfinde, as will be seen from the attached Sterling < > f 1« Flatcatcher S Arcadia has Land's End in place of Boundary (.Whisper pedigree, was getting with Income, a return ot what may and Hermit), p a I Silence be taken to be the best blood in his dam, i. e., that ot St. in her bottom quarter and this is not so good, either a\ The Baron 24 rstockwell 8.. Pocahontas Albans, who was an own brother to Income's grandam, [Isola Bella from the point of view of returning a horse the best blood ^ 2 \ Ethelbert 13 Boundary: ^ l^lsoline Bassishaw standpoint of the figure system, REVENUE, ch c. 1898. in his dam, or from the rNewminster Touchstone 14 because Income returned the blood and was herself a Beeswing Income 2 Blairfinde 5 <! S r Hermit 5.. raimor 12 proved itself, the best (seclusion , member of what the season has , Miss Sellon In Bounds isonomy 19 Morganette Kendal 1(5 (Orlando 13 Arcadia's Land's End 1„ "running" family, No. 2, whereas fTrumpeter (.Cavatlna LL.aiid"8 End... the one point and makes her moreover a ^ ^'^""g Melbourne 2S strain, misses ^I ^iTnrnwavaraway I Q | jyj^j^ Masham member of the outside No 9 family figure, which al Mr. J. R. Keene's December sales' purcha8e,Lady Mint- though at this season came out tenth best in order of ing was mated last spring with Cyllene, and the pedigree value—immediately following the five running and four close inbreeding at the approved third remove: I shows inferior to In- sire families— is nevertheless decidedly ' Doncaster 5 C Bend Or 1 Rouge Rose come's figure. It must not be thought, though solely on CBona Vista 4.. Ivista Macaroni 14 these two counts, that Blairfinde will not hit well with Ve (lure Sterling 13 only point out that they miss one factor risonomy 19. ... Arcadia. I Arcadia Isola Bella L Hermit of the union of Blairfinde Shore.. 5 which helped the success \Distant Laud's End with Income. The introduction of Land's End in place Stock we 11 3 TLord Lyon 1... Pnradigm Minting 1 of Boundary, brings in to play the known liking ot f Young Melbourne 25 (MintSauca Sycee (Blairfinde's maternal grandsiie), for the Springfield Voltigeur 2 o C John Davis 1.. himself J 1 blood ot Land's End. When Springfield was [Virginia Shore^ Jamaica S Hermit 5 mated with that mare, two good colts resulted in St. {^Distant Shore.. Land's End Michael and his younger brother. The Lizjrd, and it will In Mr. Allison's book, "The British Thoroughbred," exceedingly interesting to see whether Blairfinde on he says No. 9 is a very bad sire st>-ain, both for getting •-« «i be 0 ^ o- zr - „ F„3 as successful a combination as that runners and broodmares, but although this is the case, I J- Arcadia, will prove which has already produced Revenue and Port Blair. I cannot help fancying that the produce of the two No. d —— •nimalB sbould be able to gallop, there being an extra- on the back of English jockeys as paragons of honesty, METROPOLITAN GOSSIP. ordinary number of the beat running strains close up, and general running down of their American rivals, is a No. 1 occurring four times, while 3. 4 and 5 (three bit steep. One would imagine that 2, no English jockey Gravesend, L. I., Dec. 24, 1901. times), are also present. Sire figures, however, are few had ever pulled a horse or fouled an opponent by de- SkiUor TTiorotiohbred Record: indeed and pretty far back. sign, or been warned ofl" for so doing. Mr. Lowther's Those who have an intimate acquaintance with Eaton- town will hardly The 135th annual dinuer of the Gimcrack Club, took speech was mainly devoted to considerations of the accuse it of being a Metropolis. As a^ Jockey Club's matter of fact place to-night at York, and Mr. James Lowther, M. P., domestic policy. In connection with the Eatontown is today further removed from retirement of Mr. being a rising was the principal speaker. 1 bad intended giving you Edward Weatherby, he made it pretty town even than it was in 1893 plain the year oi the the gist of his and other important speeches, but the that the Club would before long take much of the hayseed's triumph, the year in which the inhabiters of great gale and snowfall ot yesterday has played havoc management of turf affairs out of the Hands of Messrs. Jersey thought that racing was too good to with the telegraph and telephone wires which keep us Weatherby and in great measure run the whole show live, so buried it nonetheless—though Eaton« town is not a in tonch with the North and only fragments of the themselves. Mr. Edward Weatherby has always stuck metropolis, some of its doings in the racing up for Americans as a line are strictly up-to-date speeches have as yet come in (2:00 a. m. Saturday.) One body and it was mainly owing to and so form fitting subjects for Metropolitan of the 80 guests was John Porter, who proposed the his good oflRces that one or two ot the American triiner- Gossip. The Haggin string, consisting of 140 horses, is health of Major Joicey, owner of this season's Gimcrack owners received permission to establish themselves at quartered there, on the new track, near to the Stakes winner, Sterling Balm. The veteran Kingsclere crowded Newmarket. The English trainers at head- Eatontown end of it. Clarence H. Mackay's string too is trainer has always been strongly against the early racing quarters are very numerous and, therefore are not keen housed there for the winter, and the home on "invaders" as a rule, stables of Eatontown have, as usua^, of two-year olds, hence it was no surprise when unless they come prepared to their complement spend money. of ic of horses. The task of looking he made the suggestion that all two-year-old This, course, only natural, and ae after a number such a» Mr. Haggin has races run tor in future between the commence- the main idea of some of the invaders is to make their in training it is needless to say would be too much for one ment of the racing season in March and the horses pay expenses and show a profit, there has, equally man to accomplish, and Littlefield i» naturally, assisted in his work by his Ist of June, should be selling races. This he contended, been some jealousy, and now that Mr.