DANEBURY AND THE MARES 



produce winners, though the immediate dam may not 

 have carried on its virtue. 



One famous mare at Danebury, great as a racehorse 

 and successful as a dam, is Sceptre, now twenty-three 

 years old, an age beyond which mares have produced 

 winners of high merit. Sceptre was discussed at 

 length in a previous chapter. Of late years it must 

 be admitted that she has not fulfilled the promise which 

 Maid of the Mist seemed to give. Queen Carbine, 

 her daughter by Carbine, born in 1909, did nothing. 

 She was barren to Cicero next year, to Marco the year 

 following, Curia, her daughter by Cicero, flattered to 

 deceive. Grosvenor, Curia's brother, was a winner, 

 and that in respectable company; but in 19 14 she 

 was barren to Swynford, and Sceptre's Daughter, as 

 her offspring by the same horse of 191 5 was called, 

 turned out a failure. In 19 16 she was barren to 

 William Rufus, her daughter by Glenesky, Queen 

 Empress, revived no glories, never having run. I 

 think it was rather sentiment and desire to benefit the 

 Red Cross Fund than any hope of breeding winners 

 that induced Lord Glanely to purchase Sceptre. 



Another mare at Danebury to whom interest 

 attaches is Sentiment, the daughter of Spearmint and 

 Flair, remarkable for the fact that dam and foal made 

 the highest price that has ever been paid for such a 

 combination, it having cost Mr. F. C. Stern 15,000 

 guineas to obtain possession of them. Sentiment on 



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