242 Life and Times of " The Drtiid" 



for the 1,500 guinea stake. Elthiron was 

 quite overshadowed by his stable-companion, 

 the Dutchman, but a gamer and more useful 

 animal never wore a bridle, and now that old 

 Pantaloon has gone, Phryne, his dam, will be 

 puzzled to produce an equal to him and to 

 Hobbie Noble. 



" Mr. Bowes' luck in breeding four Derby 

 winners from three different mares does 

 not fall to ordinary mortals, and we cannot 

 remember any mare, except Barbelle, who 

 produced two foals of the stamp of Van 

 Tromp and the Dutchman.* Her appear- 



* " The Druid " evidently forgot three mares 

 which, previous to Barbelle, had records as distin- 

 guished as hers. The first is the third Duke of 

 Grafton's Penelope, who produced Whalebone and 

 Whisker both by Waxy, and both Derby winners. 

 The second is Lord Egremont's Canopus mare, who 

 produced Lapdog and Spaniel, both by Whale- 

 bone, and both Derby winners. The third is Mr. 

 Bowes' Emma by Whisker, who produced Miindig 

 by Catton, and Cotherstone by Touchstone, both 

 Derby winners. In addition, Emma produced 

 Mowerina, the dam of West Australian. At a later 

 date Mr. Theobald's (afterwards Mr. Thelluson's) 

 Pocahontas by Glencoe, surpassed all previous re- 

 cords by producing, in three consecutive years, 

 Stockwell by The Baron, Rataplan by The Baron, 

 and King Tom by Harkaway. — (F. L.) 



