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Black Bear Island
Black Bear Island (2006–2010) was a Thoroughbred racehorse from Ireland. Sired by Sadler's Wells from the dam Kasora, Black Bear Island was a full brother to six time Group One winner High Chaparral.
In the lead-up to The Derby, Black Bear Island raced in the Prix La Force at Longchamp and finished 3rd, followed by a win in the Dante Stakes. He finished tenth in the Derby. After being sold to American connections, Black Bear Island was shipped to Arlington Park and
bright young men sit with their grandmother; while in another painting by their father entitled "The Brothers H.V.C. and J.M.C., Sandisdyke," two handsome and promising young men with their three dogs look up to the viewer. Heartbroken, the artist painted a posthumous portrait of John that was exhibited in the spring of 1917 alongside "Sunset: Cumberland, 28 Sep 1916".
Death and assessment.
The shock of the loss of his two sons on the Western Front was too much to bear and on 10 November 1917