SIRE FOR DOMINION.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 91, 19 April 1933, Page 11

SIRE FOR DOMINION.

SIR C. CLIFFORD'S PURCHASE. i IRISH-BRED MAGNUS. I ARRIVES ABOUT SEPTEMBER. | (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") CHRISTCHURCH, this day. ! Another well-bred English eire will be available in Canterbury next breeding season. This is the 12-year-old Magnus, who has been secured for the Stonyhuret Stud by Sir Charles Clifford from his cousin. Captain Charles Moore, of Mooresfort Stud, a well-knc'.vn Irish stud in Tippcraiy. Magnus is by the unbeaten grey horse, The Tetrarch (sire of Chief Ruler and Tea Tray), from Princess Dorrie, by Your Majesty from Doris. He was bred by Mr. J. B. Joel, and represents some of the most successful blood in his stud. Princess Dorrie won the One Thousand Guineas and Oaks, and is a half-sister to Sunstar, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby, while the Persimmon horse, Your Majesty, eire of Princess Dorrie, is a St. Leger winner. Magnus did a little racing and won a mile event at Newmarket as a three-year-old. He has had several seasons at Captain Moore's stud in Ireland, where he left some promising stock. He is expected to arrive here about September, and should be a valuable addition to the breeding stock of the Dominion.