1892 — 1893. REGISTERED HUNTER STALLIONS. 9 



ADMIRAL BENBOW— 11. Bay. Foaled 1885. 



Breeder, Edward Jones, Nobold, Shrewsbury. 



SUMMARY OP PRINCIPAL RACES:— 

 [May 3rd, Stamford Two-year-old Plate of £146 at Chester. 



1887 \ May 14th, St. George's Plate of £438 9s. at Windsor. 

 (July 1st, Athens Plate of £438 9s., at Windsor. 



jQQQ I April 19th, Flying Handicap of £102 at Newmarket. 

 ( May 2nd, Peel Handicap of £197 at Newmarket. 



(April 3rd, Fawsley Park Welter Handicap of £117 at Northampton. 

 April 20th, A Plate of £102 at Windsor. 

 December 3rd, Sunbnry JMaiden Hurdle Race Plate of £96 L7s. at Kempton 

 Park. 



1890 IMay 3rd, North Metropolitan Handicap of £180 at Alexandra Park. 



1891 October 7th, Charlwood Handicap of £415 4s., at Gatwick. 

 [June 18th, Alexandra Handicap of £175 at Alexandra Park. 



1892 August 19th, Fratton Handicap Plate of £100 at Portsmouth Park. 

 (October 5th, Imperial Plate Handicap of £473 at Hurst Park. 



His sire Victor II. Broivn. Foaled 1874, won : — 



[IMarch 16th, Grand Annual Steeplechase of £147 at Cheltenham. 

 1881 j May 10th, People's Plate Handicap of £50 at Kells, co. Meath. 



(November 11th, Craven Steeplechase of £110 at Liverpool. 



In the Sportsman of Wednesday, 15th February, 1888, the Special Commis- 

 sioner in referring to "Victor II.," said, "Another of 'Victor's' family, though 

 thoroughbred only as regards tail male descent, merits more than passing notice. 

 This is 'Victor II.,' the winner of several steeplechases, including the Cheltenham 

 Grand Annual, the People's Handicap at Kells and the Craven Steeplechase at 

 Liverpool. That he was a more than useful steeplechaser will be generally 

 admitted, whilst in evidence of his pluck may be cited a hard-fought battle when 

 Mr. John Beasley just got the better of John Jones on the Lammar Lande. In 

 training ' Victor II. ' filled the eye as a thick-set though lengthy horse, scarcely of 

 the average steej)lechaser's height, but strongly knit all round, and heavily laden 

 with muscle as to his loins and quarters, his arms and second thighs. Differing 

 in colour, and not quite so lengthy, there yet were about him certain characteristics 

 which distinguished 'The Lamb.' He is not admitted to ' Weatherby,' and 

 perhaps is not quite clean bred, the stain coming from his dam, who was a 

 lengthy, low-standing mare, on a small scale, though wondrous strong, and 

 showing exquisite quality. . . . But what is most extraordinary connected 

 with ' Victor II. ' is tliat his only alliance with a thoroughbred mare has produced 

 that most representative and good colt, 'Admiral Benbow.' Of course, I mean 

 to say the latter's dam alone boasted pure origin among those allied with ' Victor 

 II.' up to the close of the season in which the said youngster was born. True, 

 ' the Admiral's ' dam is a highly-bred mare from the Beenham Stud, by ' Doncaster ' 

 from ' Queen of Diamonds,' by ' King of Trumps ' out of ' Amethyst,' by ' Touch- 

 stone,' but she did no good on the turf herself, nor did the results of her alliances 

 with ' Wenlock ' and ' Highborn ' prove other than utter failures, though in each 

 case, apparently, the progeny was reared." The writer then goes on to say that 

 many thoroughbred mares in Ireland are not registered, and possibly " Maid of 

 Honour " is one of them, and he has no doubt in regarding the pedigree of " Victor 

 II." as though "he sat above the salt." 



In response to inquiries, Mr. Edward Jones kindly supplied the following 

 information : — 



" Maid of Honour " is by " St. George " ; her dam is not in the Stud Book, 

 but no doubt she was thoroughbred, as she was taken by a young officer to join 

 his regiment at the Curragh, and not being quite up to weight as an officer's 

 charger, was exchanged for a lialf-bred mare. She was then run in half-bred races, 

 in which half-breds were allowed 71bs. which would exclude her from entering 

 into the pages of " Weatherby" again. 



