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No. 3, and his maternal grandsire, Plebian, No. 11, so here 

 again there is plenty of the right sort in evidence. And 

 this is further strengthened by the great-grandsires of 

 Eosedrop, Bend Or, who brought No. 1 blood into the 

 pedigree, and the famous Musket, No. 3, although that is 

 somewhat discounted by the grandsire, Trenton, being a 

 scion of the No. 18 family. 



Eosedrop 2 



Swynford won the last of the classic races, the St. Leger, 

 and he belonged to No. 1. His sire, John o' Gaunt, is 

 No. 3, and his sire again. Isinglass, belonged to the same 

 No. 3 family. The dam of John o' Gaunt, by the way, the 

 great La Fleche, was by St. Simon, No. 11, and grand- 

 daughter of Galopin 3, and Toxophilite, No. 3, so there is 

 small wonder John o' Gaunt should sire a classic winner in 

 his first season at the stud, and he should get winners 

 from mares of every family. 



The dam of Swynford, Canterbury Pilgrim, was a scion 

 of the No. 1 family, while her sire, Tristan, belonged to 

 No. 10, being a descendant of the wonderful family of 

 Queen Mary, which chiefly contributed to the success of 

 their number in the figure grouping. Canterbury Pilgrim 

 could also point to two Nos. 5 in her immediate 

 ancestry, for both her grandsires. Hermit and The Palmer, 

 belonged to this, so that Swynford lacked nothing on the 

 score of breeding as a classic winner, according to the theory 

 of Bruce Lowe. 



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