The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-26

| Among all the interesting and important
| deductions which may reasonably be made
| from last weeks racing. not the least note
i worthy is based upon the very creditable
| showing made by juvenile representatives
! of ReQuital. 1t would be idle to dispute
! that the Futurity-Realizaton hero Of 1885,
! 1896 has claimed but 4 disappointing repre-
sentation in any and all of the seasons in
which his progeny have been sporting silk:
1t is hardly going beyond the bounds of
/ truth to declare, indeed, that almost all of
our turfmen and breeders have long since
formed the conviction that Requital was
destined to prove nothing short of an abso-
/ Lutte failure as sire.
BOUND TO BE GOOD SIRE.
| While it is beyond question that Re
| quitals detractors have been vastly in the
! majority among American racing folk, 1t is
nevertheless true that select few have
never despaired of seeing the horse repre-
! sented by some thoroughly creditabe prog
eny, if not a son of his own distinctive
class. Requitels pedigree was naturally
construed as being greatly in his favor.
even if for no other reason than the fact
! that his dam was regular producer of
! winners. The remainder of this group
were easily outshone by Requital. 1t is
True, pul II Is llldl SucL
Il quartet of creditabe winners as Arab.
Sir William. Contribution and Nick were
no mediocre prelude to Retribut!on's great
est stud triumph in Requital. and those
who have stuck to him through thick and
thin" have ample cause for congratulatins
themselves over the outcome of last weeks
Hyde Park Stakes at Chicago and Distaif
Stakes ut Brighton, with an overnight win
by the 4-year-old Firing Line thrown in
for good measure"
English Lad. whose Hyde Park successes
furnished Requitals winning total with the
very substantial addition OF $3.50. is out of
English Lady, who Will be remembered as
successful performer upon our metro
politan race courses something more than a
IN Gravesend's ORIENTAL Handicap oil
1881. and az Yorkville Belle had won the
Prospect Stakes only haIf an hour earlier
in the afternoon. the occasion was certainly
a 'red-letter day for their sire. NIser.
ENGLISH LAD HIS BEST.
The acknowledgement LadS union. which
produced English Lad, has some thoroughly
interesting features which are only partial
~ revealed by the accompanying tabula-
tior, The alliance is characterized by ut
least two powerful afnities. placed with Il
symmetry which was pdeiaiy f99r ro in
male line which does not trace TO the Eng
ltsh Stud Book. Perhaps it will be advisa-
Bile for me to promptly note that the fam
lily finds its American Stud Book tap root
in the celebrated Barb mare which was pre-
Tunls.
ENGLISH LADS AFFINITIES.
English Lads greatest afiintles are those |
of Touchstone. Lexington and Melbourne.
RequitaIs male line runs directly to Touch |
stone through the Eothen- Hamp.onLord !
Citizen Newminster sequence Imp. Eclipse |
wide tahuation) was by Orlando. son uf |
Touchstone, while imp. Australian was by |
West Australian. whose dam was Touch
Lass. was daughter Of imp. Buckden. |
whose parentage by Lord Clifden obviously !
returna the direct male line which pro- |
duced Requital. Then. TO crown it all, Re |
forms dam. imp. Stolen Kisses. traced d.
rectly in the female line Through only three |
to full sister to TSnGhssons
wired by Echo, Aerolite and Harry of the
M;s; al of WHICH trio were sired by the
by the double strain of Lord Clfden. who
was out of o Melbourne mare. while the
third is especially. potent by reason of the
fact that West Australian was q son of !
Melbourne.
THE LINE OF LEXINGTON.
Possession. the Distaff heroine, is out Of
Retained ii. who is by Hanover gu. of Re-
clare, she by Reform. who also sired Re-
auital's dam. Here is an obvious intensjH-
cation of some strong lines. of Family Four
len kisses and Tombstone alike trace. In
deed. as I have already shown. Stolen
Kisses is closely descended from Touch
stones full sister.
Regulars line of Lexington Through
Echol is directly returned in Retained il.
by Lexingtons daughter. Florence. 1t IS TO
be noted. however. that Hanover waa close
ly inbred to Vandal. who sired both Virgil
and Ella D.. Vandal and Lexington both
traced directly to Lady Grey. who was the
third dam Of Lexington and the fourth dam
of vandal. and ali this obviously adds to
intensification of Family
by oxford in Requitars sister, imp. Eothen.
1t is absolutely impossible for any true
lover OF the thoroughbred to contemplate