THOROUGHBRED HORSES 



61 



61 61 60 182 



The remaining families have never won any of these three classic races. 



To arrive at the true value of this table it is necessary to 

 take into consideration the number of individual horses 

 from different mares which have been instrumental in 

 crediting their families with the respective wins. 



The strength of a family in general is more apparent by 

 the winning of animals not closely related, than by the 

 same number of wins gained by brothers and sisters, who 

 only represent one unit through their dam. 



Mr. Bruce Lowe further selected from the leading 

 families certain ones which had the most success in winning 

 races, which he termed " Kunning Families " ; and others 

 which were conspicuous chiefly for the merit transmissible 

 by the stallions, which he designated " Sire Families " ; and 

 it is noteworthy that the only one which combined both gifts 

 was the one placed No. 3. He laid down the rule that unless 

 the Eunning Families were strongly imbued with the blood 

 of the Sire Families they did not transmit their great merit; 

 nor has there been any great horse of recent years, of any 

 family, without at least some of the Running and Sire 

 blood amongst his immediate ancestors in the three nearest 

 lines of his pedigree. 



The classification was as follows : — 



Running Families 

 Sire Families 



Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 

 Nos. 3, 8, 11, 12, 14. 



It is instructive to note how such has worked out during 

 last Season's Racing, 1910. 



The winner of the Derby, Lemberg, belongs to No. 10 



