The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-23

Cornelia is the dam of Cadmus, great | race horse who won the Pacific Derby Ormond Stakes. and eleven other good races; she is now in the stud of Hon. William c. Whitney.
 Petrolense's breeding lines on the dam side show purple strains, the lines lead ing back through Letitia (dam of Lavety)
 by Sir Hercules to the renowned Miss three great sisters by Priam, the others being the noted mares Crucifix and In dustry. Back of this is sister of Eclipse. then the dam of Eclipse spiletta. intervening links of Lima by Herod and
 the dam of Golden Legs by Buzzard horsemen know this Is the doubling up of the very best lines in the thorough Again. the mare by Orlands sire of Eclipse shows his dam an inbred Buzzard, ie, Kite, by Langar. Right here 1t is well to quote very excellent authority who says:
 Tt is a subject worthy of investigation to know why Buzzard and the Alexander mare should have founded family of
 marked individuality, rare merit and pos sessing the prepotent force to transmit their 'characteristics to several genera | tionS-Castrel, Selim and Reubens in the | fret generation, descending to Glencoe Bay Middleton. Pantaloon and Langar." Nomad, the sire of Petraline, was superior race horse. having won twenty
 
 | sire Wildidles, was a great race horse, stake winner at all distances and ran a race of four miles in 7:25 1-2. Nomad
 was the sire of Toluca who won nine races as 2-year-old in 1S9S including two stake races; she won several races in 1899 and proved a record beater last | year She was killed in a railroad wreck 1 in 1901.
 | winner at two. three and four miles His | sire West Australian. was winner of the Derby of the 2,0O0 guineas, and Et Leger the greatest races on the English turf he defeated the mighty Kingston in the seN crest contest in the annals of English racing with Rataplan. Talfourd, Nabob. Orestes and others behind them.'' West Australian was a son of Mel bourne who is also the sire of Kingstons third dam.
 'The English are bringing back this blood to reinforce lines of excellence nearly extinct there" Momeiran not only produced West Australian, the first horse to win the Triple Crown, but she was also the fourth dam of Donovan, winner of the July and Newmarket Stakes in Park Plate and of the Derby and St Leger of 1882
 Idlewild, the dam of Wildidle. won at fcur miles in 7:26 1-2 with the heavy im- post of 126 pounds, a feat never sur passed or equalled at the weight. She is the daughter of the great Lexington, the king of four-milers In his day. only once beaten then by Lecompte, a son of the same sire. Boston, who ran forty-ffve races winning forty. thirty Of which were four mile heats and nine at three mile heats.
 Petrolne is a fine product of the vick- ing theory and it will be interesting to watch her track career and afterward her success in the stud.
 Mir. Clark has also the young brood mare Gertrude ., by Frank Eisernan. out of Georgie B, who traces back to Lucretia by Hedgeford. who sired the | noted Blue Bonnets. This mare is an inbred Orrville, certainly the fountain head of the best blood on the dam s side of many of the greatest horses. Here are some compiled by Mir. Clark: Lexington. his sire Boston's dam. by Saltram. he by Eclipse. by Touchstone out of Banter. by Orrville. Lexington 8 dam, Alice Carneal by Sarpedon, by Emilius. son of Orrville.
 Doncaster (grand sire ormonde). by Stockwell, whose dam, the renowned Po- | cahontas. was by Gencoe. out of Mar | pessa. by Muley, son of Orrville. Also 1 Stockwell. King Tom and Rataplan, the brothers Lexington's fourth dam. Eti- quette, was by Orrville. The mighty Touchstone's dam. Banter. was by Mas ter Henry son of Orrville. St. simon. for nine seasons the head