Cross Battery (7) 1902 and ‘Alexandrina’ (13 Imp) Bay Mare 1904

Cross Battery (7) 1902 and ‘Alexandrina’ (13 Imp) Bay Mare 1904

Featured Image: Plate 5 in ‘Racehorses in Australia’ (Edited by Dr W H Lang, Ken Austin and Dr Stewart McKay; Oil painting by Martin Stainforth when the mares were 18 and 16 years respectively, in the possession of owner Mr Norman Falkiner, Noorilim, Victoria

‘Cross Battery’ Brown Mare 1902 by Stepniak out of Firecross

Dam of Artilleryman (Melbourne Cup) and:

‘Alexandrina’ (13 Imp) Bay Mare 1904

With foals at foot by All Black (Imp Sire of Desert Gold etc.)