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master raced well unless he partook of the ragged conformation of Gladiateur. One 

 of Grandmaster's daughters, called Grand Lady, was brought to this country some 

 years ago but has never produced anything of note. She is out of Fine Lady by Dare- 

 bin, the next dam being First Lady (imported) the dam of the unbeaten Grand Flaneur. 

 It does seem as if so highly bred a mare should produce well to any stallion, if mated 

 with any reasonable degree of judgment. 



ST. ALBAN'S, by Blair Athol, out of Pandora by Cotherstone, from Polydora by 

 Priam (see the pedigree of Imp. Warminster for extension) is not to be confounded 

 with the horse of same name who won the St. Leger, Chester Cup and Great Metro- 

 politan of 1860. He was imported as a yearling into Tasmania by Mr. J. Fields, living 

 near Hobart, who bred from him in three seasons, two winners of the Melbourne Cup 

 Malua and Sheet Anchor and one of the Caulfield Cup, in Blink Bonny. After these 

 three had made their debut, for Sheet Anchor's two miles in 3 129^4 was the world's 

 record when it was made, Mr. Fields sold the horse to Mr. John Crozier of St. Albans, 

 where the grand old horse died some years later. He bred very little quality, most 

 of his horses being of the bullocky type like Blair Athol, but I don't know that I ever 

 saw a horse that I liked better than Malua, who not only won the Adelaide and Aus- 

 tralian Cups with 129 pounds, but also the Melbourne Cup with 135, being the only 

 horse to annex all three and he did it all in one season ; and two seasons later annexed 

 the Grand National Hurdle race at Melbourne with his owner, Mr. John O. Inglis, in 

 the saddle. Sheet Anchor was a totally different-looking horse from Malua and, 

 while quite as tall, did not weigh within 150 pounds of him. Malua was a grand 

 success at the stud, getting Malvolio, who won the Melbourne Cup and two winners 

 of good races in England, but Sheet Anchor was a dismal failure, and even if ever 

 Blink Bonny, who greatly enriched the Ballarat and Dowling Forest outfit, produced 

 anything equal to herself, I never heard of it. 



WILBERFORCE, by Oxford (son of Birdcatcher and sire of Sterling, St mdard and 

 Playfair), was taken out to that country by somebody living on the Hawkesbury and 

 bred some excellent horses, full of bone and substance, notably Hastings who won the 

 Hawkesbury Handicap and started as first favorite in the Melbourne Cup of 1884, as 

 already detailed in my reference to Malua. I never, saw a finer lot of upstanding 

 horses than Wilberforce got in that country. Oxford also got Chandos, who was im- 

 ported by E. K. Cox to take the place of Yattendon when he died, but Chandos, while 

 he bred a type of horses well above the average, never gotranything so good as Hast- 

 ings. I bred two mares to Hastings in 1890 and both dropped foals after their ar- 

 rival in California. One of these was a bay colt that died at six days old and the 

 other, a chestnut filly, which lived less than three months. I have always fancied the 

 Oxford line 'of. Birdcatcher because it carries so much bone and substance, coupled 

 with excellent temper; and hence the success of Gallinule in the stud (through the mar- 

 velous Pretty Polly) is particularly gratifying to me. 



Australia imported several sons of Stockwell and three of them were really good, 

 the best being Ace of Clubs. Ace of Clubs got" King of the Ring from Rose de Flor- 

 ence and King of the Ring got First King, who defeated Chester at three miles in the 

 Champion Stakes, establishing a new world's record for that distance. Another fairly 

 good son of Stockwell imported was Gang Forward, who won the Two Thousand 

 Guineas of 1873, but he is better known as a sire of broodmares than of performers. 

 Stockowner, out of Ennui (dam of Saunterer and fourth dam of Pero Gomez), by 

 Bay Middleton, was "not much of a shower" and left no lasting impression upon the 

 stock of that country. Ace of Clubs was well worth all of the rest of the Stock- 

 well horses taken thither. 



Several sons of Prince Charlie were taken out there. One of these was Clan 

 Stuart, who got a mare called Georgic that was sent to England, where she won the 

 Cambridgeshire. But a better one was Lochiel, who was imported in his dam, Nelly 



