158 MEMORIES OF MEN AND HORSES 



Joannina and Militant), Fantasque (dam of Fantam Bala, 

 Red Domino, Odalisque and Minuet). 



SYLVABELLE (cost 900 gns.) is dam of Elf (dam of 

 Broomstick, winner of fourteen races and $75,225, and 

 sire since 1911 of the winners of $723,782. He has 

 three times headed the list of winning sires. His 

 winners include Cudgel, twenty-eight wins and $69,473 I 

 Leochares, fifty-five wins and $56,595 ; Regret, nine wins 

 and $35,003, etc., etc. Elf is also dam of Fairy Dell, a 

 winner for four seasons and dam of winners : Broom 

 Handle, winner for three seasons, including the Mont- 

 gomery Handicap ; Elfall, stakes winner ; Whisk Broom, 

 winner and dam of Bird Man, Broom Sweep, Broom 

 Dell, winner and dam of winners), Pontifex (winner), 

 Reformer (winner), Flying Squadron (good winner and 

 dam of Kearsage, a frequent winner in England for six 

 seasons) ; Frontenac (winner of twenty-five races and 

 $15,290, and sire of winners), Molesey (winner of thirteen 

 races), Melisande (winner of seven races in U.S.A., and 

 also a winner in England), Clarion (stakes winner), Little 

 Buttercup (winner for six seasons) and Searchlight. 



The late Major Foxhall Daingerfield used to manage 

 Mr James R. Keene's stud, Castleton, Ky., and nobody 

 realised better than he did the value of those mares. 

 A sequel to this was that, many years later, his daughter, 

 Miss Elizabeth Daingerfield, having undertaken the 

 management of a stud for Messrs Corrigan & McKinney, 

 secured for them all the best of the Castleton stock 

 when sold, and advised them to get me to send them 

 some more from England. This was done to the best 

 of my ability, and the consignments included a beautiful 

 three-year-old own sister to the Tetrarch for 1 500 guineas, 



