. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. January 20, 1900] ©it* gw&btv <mh §pmt#m<xn* 35 THE ECLIPSE MALE LINE. Statistics of 1899 Show It to Be in the Lead. The question of the superiority of the male lines of Eclipse, Herod and Matchem is once more to the fore, if in- deed, it may be said to have ever been relegated to anything like the background. However much these discussions may at times stray from the true path, which I take to be that of genuine benefit to the^thoroughbred racehorse, they are un- deniably interesting, Dot to say important, and it certainly behooves the breeder, owner
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. January 20, 1900] ©it* gw&btv <mh §pmt#m<xn* 35 THE ECLIPSE MALE LINE. Statistics of 1899 Show It to Be in the Lead. The question of the superiority of the male lines of Eclipse, Herod and Matchem is once more to the fore, if in- deed, it may be said to have ever been relegated to anything like the background. However much these discussions may at times stray from the true path, which I take to be that of genuine benefit to the^thoroughbred racehorse, they are un- deniably interesting, Dot to say important, and it certainly behooves the breeder, owner and general racegoer to keep in some sort of touch with this, as, in fact, all matters of a similar nature. With the English fiat racing season concluded some weeks since, and with the entire racing on the "tight little isle" embraced in a comparatively small area and under one con- trol, its statistics have now been thoroughly compiled. The male question shows, as usual, an overwhelming aggre- gate of winnings for the house of Eclipse. "Tail male," I may venture to explain for the sake of some readers to whom the term may perchance be unin- telligibly technical, implies the tracing of a horse's descent through the direct line of his Bire's male ancestry until we reach one of the great trio, Eclipse, Herod and Matchem, who were respectively foaled in England in 1764, 1753 and 1748. Let me illustrate by a reference to well known Ameri- can stallions. In the case of Hanover, for instance, his sire, Hindoo, wrs a son of Virgil, he by Vandal, he by GIencoc» he by Sultan, he by Selim, he by Buzzard, he by Wood- pecker, this latter horse being a eon of Herod. Hence, Han- over (sire of Hamburg, Ben Holladay, etc ) is a "tail male" descendant of Herod. In the case of Kingstoj, we find his sire, Spendthrift, to be by Australian, he by West Australian he by Melbourne, he by Humphrey Clinker, he by ComuB, he by Sorcerer, he by Trumpator, he by Condu
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