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offspring have mostly been winners, and liacl she 

 only bred that sterling handicap horse, Gloriation, 

 she would have been an useful addition to the 

 Fairfield Stud. 



The Pearl has bred some good winners, notably 

 Coromandel II. and Selby, the latter of whom, 

 notwithstanding his almost persistent bad luck in 

 getting beaten by a short head, has placed some 

 valuable stakes to the credit of his owner. 



It is noteworthy that all Poldoody's offspring 

 that have faced the starter have been winners 

 except Lady Godiva, the best performer of the 

 lot being probably Princess Bladud, by King 

 Lud, who won thirteen races for Mr, J. H. 

 Stephenson, and who looks like making a first- 

 class brood mare if we may judge from what we 

 have seen of her produce. 



Early in 1881 the whole of the brood mares, 

 yearlings and foals, belonging to the late Wm. 

 I 'Anson, were sold at the Blink Bonny Stud 

 Farm by the order of his Executors ; and a large 

 and influential body of turfites, as well as a great 

 number of the general public, assembled on that 

 bleak March morning to witness the dispersal of 

 a stud which had, in a little time, become so 

 famous in the racing world. It was only thirty- 

 four years since Queen Mary dropped her first 

 foal, and in that short time home-bred horses had 

 won the Derby and Leger twice, and the Oaks 

 once, besides Cups, important Handicaps and 



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