New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
Races and Blood Lines Indicate
High Class Of Rock Sands
Best Son.
BRED IN THIS COUNTRY
August Belmont Has Reason To
Be Proud of Winner of
st, Leger and the
Eclipse Stakes.

Tho victory 81 August Belmonts
Tncsry in the N,ooo Eclipse Stakes AZ
Saudowu Park last Friday gave the
kccuost qualification 20 all American turf
men Although the pedigree 81 Tracery
Is entirely Euglish and does not contain
single blcilIsh. according 10 the rulings
or tho English stud Book and tho French
as well. nevertheless Tracory was foaled
and raised in old Kentucky. az the Nur-
sery Farm u August Belmont. a few
miles from Lexington.
Tho Eclipse victory is important 40 Il
oI.ns the question as 20 whether Tracery
Is not the greatest cup horse IN England
to-day Certainly there is only one horse
in England. Prince Palatine. that seems
capable OF holding HIM and the meeting
between the two In the Jockey club
Stakes. one and thrce-quarter miles. on
october 2. VIII Doe a royal battle between
two great horses.
Before proceeding 10 give an account
Of the racing performances Of Trac"ry
a few words about the pedigree Of the
horse and the racing performances Of
his ancestors are IN order. The oldtime
American turfman swears by Glencoe. \
glance t Tracery's tabulated pedigree
will show the most salient qualities to be
the enormous quantity OF Glencoe
through his immortal daughter Poca-
hontas. and the nick IN the middle OF the
pedigree 10 the blood of st. Simon.
Rock Sand. the sire. is a tail male de-
sceudant Of St0ckwell. the greatest son OF
Pocahontas Sandal. the granddam OF
Salnfoin. was daughter of Stockwell'
while Devotion. the grcat-granddam OF
Rock sand. was also a daughter Of Stock
well. The pedigrecs Of the sire and grand
sire of Plaisant"rie are OF peculiar inter
est Both Wcllingtonia and Chattanooga
ere graudsons Of Pocahontas. Further
more. Wcllingtonia Is out Of Araucaria'
which was the dam Of the old Belmont
favortc. Rayon d'Or.
II should be further noted that Rogue
br,,ne was bv St. Simon, Orme vas out of
ful sister TO St Simon. and that 81.
Angela. dam Of St Simon and Angelica
was by King Tom. another son OF focd-
hontas.
Tracery is a brown horse. foaled 1909.
by Rock Sand. out Of Topiary. both
sire and dam were imported by August
Belmont. Rock Sand at cost OF Sl25'ooo
and Topiary at about 10000. Rock
Sands racing career is well known.
trlple crown winner OF the Two Thou-
sand Guineas. the Derby and the St
Teeer. he started twenty times, won six
teen races and was never unplaced' his
total winnings amounting to approx
mately t236s40
TopIarv Tracery's dam. was foaled in
1901. bred by Sir Tatton Sykes. ana I'M
ported I'm 1906. Her first foal In thls
country was Trap Rock. by Rock Sand
a colt OF high class as two and three
wear old. and now standing as a stallion
at the Nursery stud. in Kentucky.
Plalsanterie. the dam Of Topiary was
bred i'm France and was a wonderful race
mare. She won many races In France
among them the Prix du Premier fas'
five furlongs. at Caen, and the Grand
Prix de Dieppe, five furlongs, at TWO
years old. and twelve races at three
wears old, among them the PIX des
Cars one mile and quarter; the PrlN ue
Ia Seine. one mile and "A half; the PIX
de St James, one mile; the PrlX fouId'
one mile and half; the PriX de Apre-
mont. one mile and a quarter; the PIX
du Cedre. one mile and three furlongs'
the Prix Seymour. one mile and halt;
tho prix du Chantilly. two miles. the
prIx de Villebon, one mile and half:
the Prix d'Octobre. one mile and half'
and the Prix du Prince or orange one
mile and a half. She also won AT BADEN
Baden the Jubilee prize Of Baden a gold
cup and slO.25O. distance about two
miles. She also won in England as a
three-year-old the Cesarewitch Handl-