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the stud Tyrant has been fairly successful so far, his best 

 runner being Telescope, who was second to Sir Visto in the 

 St. Leger, and afterwards won the Northamptonshire Stakes. 

 Tyrant, bred by Mr. Mclntyre (now of the Theakston Hall 

 stud), was the first foal of Queen of the Meadows by 

 Exminster (son of Newminster), and on his dam's side he 

 traces back to Alice Hawthorn, who was out of a Lottery 

 mare ; he is therefore inbred to the Tramp family in his 

 extreme removes. He is a fine big horse, with an enormous 

 bone measurement below the knee, but he took a long time 

 to mature as a racehorse, and it was not until he was five 

 years old that he showed such capital form. It would 

 appear that the line of Rosicrucian is most likely to be 

 carried on by Tyrant, though Beauclerc is hale and hearty 

 yet, and might easily sire one or two quite as good. 



Another of Beadsman's sons was Cceruleus, and from him 

 out of the famous Angelica by Galopin the dam of Orme 

 Mr. Taylor Sharp bred Blue Green, a very beautiful horse 

 of extreme quality, who is quickly proving himself a stud 

 success. In his running days Blue Green was not quite at 

 the top of the tree, and although he was a very consistent 

 performer he often found something just a little better than 

 himself. Thus he was third for the Two Thousand, second 

 to Memoir in the Newmarket Stakes, and second again to 

 the same mare in the St. Leger. He was possessed of the 

 family stamina, and though beaten a neck by Martagon for 

 the Goodwood Cup, he succeeded in carrying off the 

 Alexandra Plate at Ascot, as Rosicrucian, of the same 

 descent, had done. 



That this line of Tramp should be encouraged I feel sure, 

 for it is quite certain that stamina is the rule and not the 

 exception in a majority of its members, whereas, in several 

 of the better -known and more prolific branches of the 

 Eclipse family, stoutness varies very much. In other words, 

 it is reasonable odds on any tail male descendant of 

 Beadsman or Weatherbit being a stayer, while nowadays 

 the odds are certainly the other way in several branches 

 of the Birdcatcher and Touchstone lines. 



