290 THE ENGLISH TURF 



Eclipse 



Pot-8-os 



Waxy 



Whalebone 



Sir Hercules 



Birdcatcher 



The Baron- 



nr i^r.oi;A Stockwell Stockwell Stockwell Stockwell 



Wisdom ^°'^^ Ronald Blair Athol The Duke St. Albans 



Sir Hue-o Master Kildare Craig Millar Bertram Springfield 



Ben Battle 

 Bendigo 



Melton Breadknife Robert the Devil Sainfoin 



Best Man Bel Demonio 



Chittabob 



These are a few examples of what is generally known 

 as the Birdcatcher (sometimes Sir Hercules) line of Eclipse, 

 in direct tail male, and it will be admitted that the blood 

 is well to the fore at the present day, thanks chiefly to the 

 stud successes of Isonomy and Bend Or. Directly under- 

 neath the name of Isonomy is placed Isinglass, undoubtedly 

 his best son, and as a sire Isinglass is rapidly making 

 his mark, while Janissary, who in 1895 was advertised 

 at 25 guineas only, was credited with the Derby winner of 

 1898, Jeddah, and an excellent two-year-old in Amurath, 

 who won the Brocklesby on his first appearance, but has 

 not fulfilled his early promise. As Janissary is fortunately 

 in the hands of a man who will take pains that he is 

 mated with suitable mares, he is in every way likely to do 

 sterling good (the obvious pun on the name Sterling was 

 intended) to the Isonomy line of Birdcatcher. For Janissary 

 Mr. Robert Peck gave 1,000 guineas only, but Common, 

 who won the treble event of Two Thousand, Derby, and St. 

 Leger, cost Sir J. B. Maple 15,000 guineas immediately after 

 his Doncaster victory. Though he was probably put to the 

 stud too soon and did not make a sensation with his first 

 two crops of yearlings, he has done better since, and has 

 sired a filly who won the One Thousand and ran second 

 for the Oaks, and a very good all-round horse in Osbech. 

 Besides Isinglass, Common, and Janissary, and a host of 

 minor lights, Ravensbury can represent Isonomy, though, un- 

 like his more brilliant compeer Isinglass, he has yet to make 

 his name at the stud. The produce of Isonomy have done 



