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family, his sire Cyllene being No 9, his paternal grandsire 

 Bona Vista No. 4, and his great-grandsires Bend Or, 

 No. 1, and Isonomy, No. 19. On the maternal side the 

 sire of Galicia was Galopin, No. 3, who was the son of 

 Vedette, No. 19, while Isonomy, No. 19, was also the sire 

 of his maternal grandam, Isoletta. This No. 19 was a 

 strong sire line, though not in itself very successful in 

 producing winners of the classical races, and it is note- 

 worthy how much inbred Lemberg was to this family. 



The requirements of Bruce Lowe's doctrine were, how- 

 ever, amply fulfilled, there being plenty of Running and 

 Sire blood within the last three generations of Lemberg's 

 ancestors. Success in transmitting his own excellence will, 

 however, probably depend upon the careful selection of 

 his mates. While he is likely to sire winners from good 

 mares of the first five families, he may prove a failure with 

 equally good mares low down in the list of family figures. 

 His half-brother, Bayardo, being by a No. 3 horse, Bay 

 Ronald, in theory should prove a more successful stallion 

 than the Derby winner ; but then comes in the all-powerful 

 " personal equation," and no one can predicate that this or 

 that horse will be a success until he is actually tried and 

 proves his worth. Moreover, though an inbred mare may 

 breed excellent foals, an inbred sire is seldom a stud-success, 

 and requires mates without any of the closely related strains 

 of his blood. 



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Coming now to the Oaks, the winner, Rosedrop, is of the 

 No. 2 family, but her sire, St. Frusquin, is only No. 22. 

 Clearly he required a mate of the best Running blood to 

 expect a signal success. The sire of St. Frusquin, however, 

 was St. Simon, No. 11, his paternal grandsire, Galopin, 



