Perdita 2nd

Perdita b.f. 1881 (Hampton - Hermione, by Young Melbourne). Sire Line Camel. Family 7-f. Perdita was bred by Lord Cawdor and purchased for the Prince of Wales by trainer John Porter. According to Fitzgerald, Porter described Perdita 2nd as "an angular sort of mare, but I could see that she had good points, and was likely to develop into a nice broodmare." She stood 15.1 hands and was a half-sister to Dorothy Draggletail. Ulbrich notes she apparently was "nothing like her sire and clearly favored the Melbourne strain." She won 7 races from three to five years, including the Chesterfield Nursery Stakes, the Ayr Gold Cup, the Liverpool Cup, and the Great Chesire Handicap twice. In the stud her outstanding offspring were the full brothers Diamond Jubilee, Persimmon, and Florizel 2nd, all sired by St. Simon.
	Diamond Jubilee (b.c. 1897) was bred by the Prince of Wales, and named in honor of the 60th year of Queen Victoria's reign. The beautiful but tempermental colt won six races including the Triple Crown, placed second five times, and third once. He was later sold to Argentina where he was an outstanding success, becoming Champion Sire four times. He sired As De Espadas (b.c. 1908) who won the Gran Premio Nacional; Moloch (ch.c. 1914) who won the Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini; and Smasher (b.c. 1911) who won the Gran Premio Nacional. He died in 1923 at the age of twenty-six.
	Persimmon (b.c. 1893) won the Derby Stakes, St. Leger Stakes, Jockey Club Stakes and Ascot Gold Cup, was Champion Sire four times, and Champion Broodmare sire four times. His offspring include the superb filly Sceptre (b.f. 1899) who won the One Thousand Guineas Stakes, Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, Oaks Stakes and the St. Leger Stakes; Keystone 2nd (b.f. 1903) who won the Oaks Stakes; Perola (ch.f. 1906) who won the Oaks Stakes; Your Majesty (b.c. 1905) who won the St. Leger Stakes and was later a great success at stud in Argentina; and Prince Palatine (b.c. 1908) who won the Ascot Gold Cup twice and sired Rose Prince (b.c. 1919).
	Florizel 2nd (br.c. 1891) won eleven races including the Goodwood Cup, Ascot Gold Vase and Jockey Club Cup. In the stud he sired Volodyovski (b/br.c. 1898) who won the Derby Stakes; Doricles (br.c. 1898) who won the St. Leger Stakes and then went to stud in France; and Vedas (b.c. 1902) who won the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes. He was among the Leading Sires seven times, and Leading Broodmare Sires twice.
Her other foals include Derelict (c. 1888 Barcaldine), Barracouta (b.f. 1889 Barcaldine), Farrant (Donovan), Azeeza (Surefoot), Nadejda (b.f. 1899 St. Simon) and *Sandringham (br.c. 1896 St. Simon) who never raced and went to America. Perdita 2nd belongs to the Hermione branch of Family Number 7, tracing to the Blacklegs Royal Mare.