The Derby Winner.

Manawatu Herald, 27 June 1899, Page 2

The Derby Winner.

•' Augur," of the " Sporting fy'fe," in writing of the Derby pinner, Flvin? Fox, owned by the Duke of Wostminstpr, saya : "His Grace oomrneno 3 d his breed of hnraes, it rmy be said, when he liberally purchased- D Sncaster for 14.000* soya. The last named got him .Bend Or, the Darby winner of 1880. and in succession came Onnondo, rpekoned, rightly, I think, the horse of th" century. In a spirit of duty towards his country the Duke of Westminsfer Facrifio^d this famous • j ninml. and lo3t certainly more than £10.000 oa his sale by freely ad•wtfcinsr that he '• made a noisa " towirds the close of his racing career. Whether the hereditary view ia a corr >ct one is another question. I have alway3 been opposed to it, as both Lord Faltnouth and Matthew Dawson were, and when of late wo have seen a dual Grand" National winner in Manifesto produced from one of the rankest roarers ever seen, there is corroboration of the opinion. At the same tims it was a noble acHon on the park of the Duke to got rid of his favonrite for what he thought the public goirl, and pqually fortunate was it that hs bred from Ormonde for a season, and so got Orrae, the sire of Flying Fox, as now the line ig saved, imd his noble owner has th&satiSfSWfißll^of knowin? that he hair the greatest jf»mily from father- to son that has yet hpen heard of on tho English turf. Tho pedigree of Flying Fox will be a study for breeders, as no great win-

ner can be found tint is moveiu-brfd to Gulopin and Vedette. I was tod that it involved une'es and nieces; but let breeders work this out."