FAMOUS RACING STUDS OF THE LAST THIRTY YEARS. 



667 



,12,000, where his stock won all the best races. In spite of that, Mr. Musker 

 can count up about ,35,000 from his stock under Jockey Club Rules since he 

 returned to England, and he has had the rare distinction of living with a son 

 of two winners of the Derby, for Orion, until recently his stud-companion, is by 

 Btnd Or out of Shotover by Hermit, a pedigree that rings out like a battle-cry. 

 Than Hermit's Derby, which he won after breaking a blood-vessel only ten days 

 before, few more sensational races have ever been seen, and his stud career was 

 almost as wonderful, for before he died in 1890 his get had won ^340,000; so 

 that even Mr. Henry Chaplin, his owner, might well be excused for saying he 

 was "the best friend I ever had." St. Blaise, besides Skotover, proved the 

 value of his blood in the 

 Derby, and his list of 

 descendants shows such 

 names as Tristan, The- 

 bais, Alicante, Lonely, 

 Peter, Timothy, Queen 

 Adelaide, and many 

 another good one. 



In earlier pages I 

 have spoken of the 

 prowess of Whitehall and 

 the North. A pleasing- 

 feature of the season of 

 1903 was the bold front 

 shown by Yorkshire and 

 other trainers, the charges of William I'Anson and M. D. Peacock, in particular, 

 having done well for Malton and Middleham respectively. It is to be hoped that 

 the return of prosperity to those training centres is no mere flash in the pan, and 

 that next season will see an even stronger reflection of the palmy days of Scott and 

 Robert. Peacock won 27 races and I'Anson 24. W. Elsey captured no fewer than 

 57 races for Lincolnshire, and Armstrong carried off 38 events for Cumberland. 

 With a total of 58, W. Waugh, of Newmarket, only beat Elsey by one ; but Elsey 

 had 36 winning horses, while Waugh scored with 28. McCall, of Westbarns and 

 Gullane, was easily head of the Scotchmen with 35 victories. 



I suppose it would be difficult to find any stud that has so long a history or so 



From the painting by Harrington Jlirii in the 

 possess! at: of Leopold de Kothschild, Esq. 



"Alicanie." 



