The New York herald., 1921-12-25
WRACK LOOMS UP
AMONG THE SIRES
Young English Horse Taking
High Rank as Progenitor
Of.Racing Speed.

In the list of leading racing sires of
1921 Celt and Star Sh t, stations no
longer living. are having close finish
for first honors. Up to December / the
sor of Commando was slightly In front
with 81 performers to his credit that
had won 113 races worth $197,101 ac-
cording to the statistician of Daily Rae
ing Form. Star Shoot was represented
by seven less performers. and they had
won 81 races and $1SS.494. Celts best
winner was the three-year- Touch
me-not, with s2f,245 to his credit, and
he had four others namely, Edwina. II.
Z. Coleman, Column and Lord Balti-
more, that had each earned $1,000 or
more. Only four of Star Shoots offspring
touched the $4,000 mark. but they in
clCded Grey Lag. perhaps the best three
year-old of the season, with $62,596, and
Audacious, with $34,f96.
1t is the sire that gets colts good
enough to win $4,000 whose offspring
are I'm best demand, and on this basis
both Broomstick and Sweep. sons of the
great Ben Brush, and the rising young
imported horse Wrack, by Robert le
Diable. out of Semphire. by Islinglass,
the sire of Star ~Shoot. rank with the
dead leaders. Wrack Is credited with
full. $50. $50, and Knobbie, $25,591, three
year-old stake horses. being among the
lot. Old Broomstick. now, twenty years
of age. also has five winners OF $40, 900,
the ill-fated three-year-old Broomspun,
with $4,000 to his credit, topping the
lot Sweeps five embrace Sweepment,
with 1900; Sweep Clean, with s13,450.
and The Porter. with S13.4o0. all older
than three years.
Superman, son of Commando, is
credited with four in the $4,000 list,
including the three-year-old Polly Ann,
$1S.1S4. and the two-year-old Surf
Rider. $16,430. MCGEE, sire of the stout
campaigner Exterminator. has three in
the list with the famous six-year-old
gelding at the top. credited with s56,S27.
Firebrand, three years old, is his next
best, with $24,490 to his credit. Fair
Play. the leading sire OF last year, by
virtue of Man o. Wars huge winnings,
is this year credited with three winners
of $4,000 or more. Sporting Blood,
s43.610, and Mad Halter, s42,932. being
his trump cards. Light Brigade. young
English horse with n future, by Picton
out of an Isinglass mare. Is the sire OF
two two-year-olds and a three-year-old
that have piled up earnings of $4,000
or more. Fair Phantom has s24,250 to
her credit, Gentility $14.552 and RAN
COON s1o,750. Vulcain. by Rock Sand.
boasts of Thunderclap. $19,s64, Brother
Batch $16,375, and Bunga Buck. $15,o53.
Though credited with more performers
than any other horse among the twenty
leading sires Ballot has but two among
his 67 that have earned $4,000 or more.
These are Valor. the winner of six races
worth s14,79S, and Brookholt with eight
winning races worth $11.509, Uncle,
with 66 performers, has not one with
earnings of more than sS,345. It Is a
curious fact. however. that the get OF
Ballot won 1873 races while Uncle's
representatives won 127. No other sire
Is credited with so many.
Light Brigade. Runnymede. super
man, Ogden. Zeus and Jack Atkin are
all new sires among the twenty leaders
reckoned by the amount OF money won.
THAT is, the horses named were not In
the list last year. Light Brigade. Runny-
nede and Zeus are real newcomers, none
of them having made the select list
before. Star Shoot. Broomstick, MCGEE,
Uncle. Ballot, ogden. Transvaal and
some of the rest. on the other hand,
have not failed in many years TO gain
n place on the honor roll OF those In
the list of winning sires for 1920 Peter
Pan, Peep o. Day. Sea King and Plaudit
are notable absentees in 1921.