218 MEMORIES OF MEN AND HORSES 



I tried hard to get Hanover stallions established in 

 England while the Stud Book was still open, but one 

 of them, Hand Or, died of pneumonia shortly after 

 landing, and another, Handspring, dropped down dead 

 on Russley downs within six weeks of his being there. 

 Thus there would seem to have been some fatality 

 against this male line reaching England. 



In all such matters, where private enterprise is alone 

 concerned, the difficulty of insufficient capital stops the 

 way. I have indeed succeeded in bringing back good 

 horses to England from Australia more particularly 

 the Musket male line and that was done mainly 

 through The Sportsman. Through the same channel 

 I started the claim for Herod blood in Tail Male, and 

 brought various stallions over from France, such as 

 Pastisson (sire of Xeny), Le Souvenir and Arizona, 

 while from Australia I had Trenton, Carnage, Great 

 Scot (to restore the Blair Athol line if possible) and 

 others. Descendants of Whisker (brother to Whale- 

 bone) were also introduced Merman and Patron, for 

 example ; and this was done and advocated in The 

 Sportsman, because I believed, and believed most firmly, 

 in the need for fresh blood and the utility of giving 

 object lessons. 



Superficial critics have often charged me with using 

 the paper for my own advantage, but that is all nonsense. 

 I have tried, in so far as was financially possible, to 

 illustrate the value of fresh blood when to myself the 

 result would be anything but remunerative. 



Indeed, so far as the Herod line goes, despite my 

 efforts, I was not destined to see it make good, but, 

 like Moses on Mount Pisgah, watched Mr E. Kennedy 

 reach the Promised Land with Roi Herode, who pro- 



