The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-21

the long distance division will not throw
down the gauntlet In the Cup. when, as
1 rave said, a strong opposition must
necessarily settle forever the vexed
question of Handbags staying ability
as tested over the ideal course for a
slayer of two miles and a quarter.
Il have on more than one previous &C.
casion analysed Hamburs's pedigree for
the readers of the Morning Telegraph. /
must repeat, however. that he is a re-
markably inbred horse. his pedigree re-
minding one. In its n~tensihcation OF
Glencoe and its inbreeding to Lexington
of the way in which the English have
perpetuated and intensified heir Stock
well-Touchstone lines OF Whalebone.
We find Hamburg's sire. Hanover, TO
be by Hindoo tson of Virgil and a Lex
ington mare), out of a Bonnie Scotland
mare, the dam of which latter mare was
by vandal. sire Of Virgil. Hence Han
over is inbred in two free generations
to vandal. son OF Glencoe.
"Hamburg's dam, Lady Reel. Is by
Fellowcraft, he by imp. Australian, out
of a Lexington-Glencoe mare. Ham
burg's granddam, Mamie Grey. was by
Enquirer. he by bennington, out OF a
daughter OF Lexington. Mamie Greys
dam, Lizzie c.. was by Wal Dance, he
by Lexington, out of Reel. by Glencoe
while Lizzie G.'s dan was by Lecompte,
he by Boston (sire of Lexington), out Of
the same mare. Reel, which threw War
Dance. Now Reel was herself a daugh-
ter OF imp. Gallopade, N We find that
Lizzie G.'s granddam, Edith, was by
Glencoe. out OF another daughter OF
Gallopade!
Thus we find that Lizzie G.'s pedigree
shows three close strains of imp. Gal
lopade at the respective distances OF
three, four and five generations. The con-
slant ra{pf,tSinu nf GlapC0a "a HamDnrQ's
pedigree was built up is. i am sure, APP
parent to everyone, while the association
of such male lines as imp. Glencoe. Lex
ington. imp. Bonnie Scotland, imp. Aus
tralian and imp. bennington comprises a
combination of lines which have many
times demonstrated their great liking for
each other.
Hamburg's pedigree fulflls most admir-
ably the conditions for the breeding OF
phenomenal race horses as explained by
the figure system. The triple close COM
bination of Gallopade % is carried along
by the intense inbreeding to Glencoe Cd In
Lizzie O., while we find that Lady Reels
sire. Fellowcraft. is inbred in two free
generations to the ID family through Mel
bourne and Glencoe. Then We have Han
over inbred in four free generations 10
Glencoe. while third dam Is by
| Woodpecker %.
Hamburg's five remove pedigree also
shows no less than seven fi%gurinss Of IL.
to say nothing of three of III. Thus we hnd
the most potent associations OF a great
running and a great sire family carrying
along an already intensified tap root TO
the production of a truly phenomenal race
horse.
OF Hambur's stud prospects ! shall at
a future date write at some length. for
the topic is certain TO develop great IN
terest and importance for both myself and
my readers. But for the present IL is with
many good wishes and the parting glance
of admiration with which the heart of the
lover of the thoroughbred instinctively
thrills toward such a glorious specimen
as Hamburg, that / leave him calmly
munching his oats as he carefully cleans
up the last remnants of his Five O'Clock
tea of July 6. at which ] consider II
both an honor and a privilege to have
been a guest. W. II. RoWE.