The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-21
BRED IN THE PURPLE
PEDIGREE OF THE GREAT HORSE
 HIS EMINENCE.
He Has Sprung in Prominence as Favorite in Betting for Amer ican Derby-News of
 the Sports.

In view of the prominence to which His Eminence has sprung as an Amer | lean Derby. possibility in Chicago day after tomorrow the following concern 1 ing the lineage of the royalty bred youngster will be of interest. It was written by a Kentucky turf scribe soon after the Kentucky Derby:
 "When Falsetto's son, His Eminence, galloped home in front of the Ken- lucky Derby field he became the twen- ty-seventh Derby hero which has been crowned on Louisville's famous Churchill Downs. Since it's inaugural In 1875, the Blue Riband" of the Vest ern turf has enjoyed series of untn- terrupted renewals, and a strong indi- cation of the genuine sportsman-ship which pervades the turf circles of that section of the country Is to be found in the fact that our Western cousins hav we steadily caused the Kentucky Derby to Furnish one of their annual holiday outings.
 Few existing American classics pos sess as extensive history as charac- terizes the Kentucky Derby. Indeed. its contemporary, the Kentucky Oaks for Allies, is the only Western event of equal antiquity. having been also in- auRurated in 1875. In the East the | Withers. Belmont and Ladies' Stakes alone exceed it in years, unless excep- tion is to be made In the case of the Travers, kenncr aud Saraoga Cup. which are to be this year revived by the | new Saratoga Association. "A study of the pedigree of the twen- ty-sevel winners of the Kentucky Derby discloses the fact that they have heen produced by one or another of o11 as is the case with a majority of American classics, the family which may be nest easily described as mum Der twelve" Is in the ascendancy. In- deed the victory of His Eminence is especially interesting and important when viewed from a pedigree stand point if only for the reason that it en- abled this female line to break aTay from the uuadruple dead heat which ii had previously run in the Kentucky Derby with family humber four" the "Picayune family and the Herald ry family" which latter traces to a series of mares by Symmes Wildair Fearnaught and Janus.
 Family KITS quartet of Kentucky Derby winners consist of Baden in 1875, Leonatus in 1883, Joe Cotton in 1885, aud His Eminence in 1901, and 1t is espe- OAuAAy iASCAOOtiAAS LO AAOtC tucSS AAlo 4IiAAA~ hence is out of Patroness, who was her self a half-sister to Joe Cotton. the Derby hero of 1885. Family XII traces in tail female to the Montague mare.
 It is no surprise to find family (4) close up in Kentucky Derby chronicles, for it is the only female line which has proved able to stubbornly contest the superiority Of family XII in the classic races of our country. Family CD is to be credited with three Kentucky win ners, having scored with Day Star iil 1878. Halma in 1895, and Manuel in 1899. and 1t also produced His Enlnence's sire, Falsetto, who ran second to Lord Murphy for this race in 1879, then suf- fering the only defeat of his Swear old career. Family (D traces to the Layton Barb mare.
 The Picayune family's Kentucky Derby winners were Vagrant in 1878 Lookout in 1S93 and Lieut.. Gibson in 1900. while the "Heraldry family" is credited with Riley In 1890, Agra in '92 and Ben Brush in '96.
 One female line has produced two Kentucky Derby winners, this being family 24. tracing to the Helmsley Turk mare. which is represented by Fonso in 1880. and Hindoo in 'S1, close and powerful succession of horses who have in later years earned high renown in the stud.
 No less than an even dozen families have produced one Kentucky Derby winner, led in seniority by the family tracing to a succession of mares by imp. Harlequin and imp. Fearnaught which furnished the initial hero, Aris- tides, who scored heavily in Jerome Parks later fixture of the same season, winning the Withers in the Spring and the Jerome In the Fall.
 Lord Murphy. the Derby winner of 1879. traced to the imported mare from the stud of Harrison of Brandon. '' which is believed to be a branch oi family 6. Apollo (1S79) was from fam fly 19, tracing to the Daughter of Da- wills Old Woodcock, while Buchanan (1eS4) came from family @, descended from the Burton Barb mare
 Ben Ali QSS6) was from family XT tracing to the Sedbury Royal mare. and his successor. Montrose, was of na- tive pedigree, tracing to the "Meade's Celer mare. out of a daughter of Me Kinney's Roan." Macbeth II 0SSS) was also of native descent, coming from the family which produced Timo- leon. tracing to a succession of mares by imp. Fallower and imp. Vampire. Spokane QSS9) was from family 9, trac- ing to the Old Winter mare.
 Considering it's prominent position in many other American classics. 1t is the line of imp. GalIopade, represented by only single Kentucky Derby win