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by Breadalbane. Vampire and Irony were bred by Mr. 

 J. G. Hodgson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



Sarcasm was bred by Mr. F. A. Williamson at the 

 Whitfield Stud, near Liverpool, and was owned by Mr. 

 Williamson and Mr. J. G. Hodgson jointly. She was sent 

 to Wadlow at Stanton, and was, as a two-year-old, being 

 prepared to run at Chester, when she had a severe attack 

 of congestion of the muscles of the loins, and never seemed 

 to recover her action. Mr. Williamson shortly afterwards 

 gave up his stud, and sold his half- share in Sarcasm to 

 Mr. Hodgson, for whom she first bred a grey colt to 

 Strathconan, who, when trained by Charles Lund at Malton, 

 won a small race. The best she bred, however, was the 

 said Irony, a very useful mare, who was trained by 

 William I'Anson at Malton. I'Anson, however, could never 

 quite get her to his liking, owing to a troublesome splint 

 which no blistering could cure. Nevertheless, she won the 

 Newcastle Autumn Handicap, the Thirsk Handicap, and 

 the Pontefract Handicap, and was a good stayer and good- 

 looking. Her first foal was Lamprey by Beauclerc, who won 

 the Molyneux Stakes at Liverpool the first time out, and 

 later the Fitzwilliam Stakes at Doncaster for Mr. Hodgson. 

 Unfortunately he turned rogue, and was allowed to leave 

 the stable after winning the Fitzwilliam. Irony continued 

 to breed, but though her yearlings sold well they were 

 moderate until she threw Vampire to Galopin. This filly 

 Mr. Hodgson sold privately to Mr. Noel Fenwick for j^ 1,000, 

 and after she had won one race the last-named gentleman 

 sold her to the late Duke of Westminster for (I believe) the 

 same sum that he had given. On her arrival at the Eaton 

 Stud the late Duke tried unsuccessfully to persuade Mr. Fen- 

 wick to take her back, and it is common knowledge that 

 she is a troublesome mare to deal with to this day. Indeed, 

 had she been a good " traveller," instead of being almost 

 impossible to " box," she might never have been put to 

 Orme (because of his very close inbreeding to Galopin), and 

 in that case there would have been no Flying Fox. 



As a two-year-old Flying Fox made his first appearance 

 in the New Stakes at Ascot, and, having won a fair Kings- 



