616 A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH TURF. 



written, her name will be added to a list of Irish classic winners which includes 

 Galtee More, Ard Patrick, and Wildfoivler in half a dozen years. In the flat-racing 

 season of 1903 Irish breeders scored ,16,470 with Ard Patrick, .13,502 with 

 Pretty Polly, ,3,032 with Lady Drake, ,2,758 with Oricnta, ,2,048 with Cappa 

 White, ,1,866 with General Cronje, .1,775 vi\\h.Hammerkop, .1.735 with Valenza, 

 and many more. In the list of winning sires- for 1903, St. Frusquin (by St. Simon] 

 was ahead by .48 only, so far as English racing was concerned ; but was ,925 

 behind Gallinule when racing in Ireland was taken into consideration as well. But 

 present gains are not the only thing to put to Ireland's credit. While they breed 

 from the right blood, without regard to fashion, and without high fees, they will 

 produce better stayers than we do, and they may very likely provide the safeguard 

 of our worn-out stock in years to come, when we are still further off than we are 

 now from the days, and the ideals, of such studs as that at Bishop Burton, where 

 Altisidora, Barefoot, Memnon, and Rockingham, and the yet more famous Blacklock, 

 were the favourites of the stable ; where Lottery, Tramp, and Dick Andreivs stood 

 as sires. 



