Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-25
SPOTLIGHT or FAME IS
CAST UPON LADY VIOLET
Death of Speedy Horse Wa
tervale Reveals Mares
Great Career.
WON sa7.oas IN RACE STAKES
Took Part I'm 81 Event. and Came
First in IL OF Her Stnrts-was by
Far the Greatest Runner OF Her

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NEW YORK. Dec. 2i,--The death
OF the speedy horse Watervale. by
imported Watercress. recently in
Kentucky. brings to light the re-
markable record for fecund!ty of his
dam, Lady N!olet. which had ciGh-
teen foals in straight years. Water
vale was the holder of track records
in tho United States and Canada. at
one time, and won numerous races
for his breeder, August Belmont.
whose property he was nj the time
OF his death.
Lady Violet was foalcd in 1880 at
the Nursery Stud. She was a bay
mare, by imported. The Iii Used. and
her dam was Lady Rosebery, by King
fisher. which was in turn out OF Lady
Bless!ngton. 10y imported Eclipse.
She was sister to those splendid
race mares and matrons Lady Mar
saret and Lady Primrose. Like prac-
tically all of the produce OF The III
Used. she was bright bay in color
and exquisite,y proportional. No
horse that has been in the stud in
the United States In the last nifty
years bred truer to type than this
grandson Of Stockwell, which was
one OF the best horses of his day
on the turf. winning the Kcnner
Sequel. and other stakes before going
TO the stud where ne got His High
ness, winner OF the futurit:: Fidcs
one OF the bcst mares OF her day.
Badge, Forester, Jack OF Hearts.
Magnetizer, Lord Daimeny, Glory and
many other good ones.
Won Thirteen of Her Races.
Lady Violet took part in thirty-onc
races during her racing career which
extended through her two, three and
four-ycar-old form. She won thir-
teen races OF n value of s312aS. and
was second eight times and third on
four occasions in 1892 as two-ycar-
old She was far and away the best
flly of her age, and on numerous oc-
casions that year defeated the best OF
the colts. II was n season when
there. were Titans engaged in the
struggle for supremacy. She was
second to Morcllo in the great fu-
turity stages. giving that splendid
race horse three pounds She won
the Great Eastern Handicap with 10
pounds up. conccding weight to Sir
Francis. Helen Nichols, Ajax ana
other fine youngsters. She won the
Bellies and l.assics stakes handily
from the pick of the nllics OF the
perlod. and beat the colts for the
Autumn and Flatbush stakes. the
last named q scvcnfur!ong test, ana
sequel TO the Futurlty stakes. 1t
was in the Flathush that DIR. Rice,
Ajax, Miss Maudc. Rainbow. Sir Fran
els and other cracks Went down To
defeat. The winnings OF the superb
hlly that season amounted TO $3i.lIS
While Lady Violet raced well at
three and four years % age. she never
approached the form she displayed in
1892, and she was then sent To the
stud She was mated with knight
OF Elicrslic. and in 1896 produced her
first fcal. known as knight of the
Vale. From that year until 1919,
when the records say she slipped her
foal, she was fruitful--an almost un-
heard OF record on the part of
thoroughbred dam. Watervalc was
the best OF her progeny on the race
course, but Lord OF The Vale, Lord of
the Valley and Lady OF the Valley
were also stalk winners. Lord OF the
Forest, Nestibule, Lord Rock Vale.
Sand Vale. Lady Of IN .Nalc, Violet
Ray and Lord Hastings : w"h races,
the last named scoring In England.
Her daughters have already thrown
twenty-five winners and they and
their produce are sought after by dis
eliminating breeders everywhere.
An Interesting feature OF Lady