BOUND THE WORLD.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9300, 30 December 1895, Page 2

BOUND THE WORLD.

Tamiiio, by Mozart—Lady Fisher, who was a warm favourite, won the Taamanian Derby.. Portmarnock, who earned Capt. Machell's colours and who, as cabled, won the Liverpool Cup, carried Bst 91b, and was to have been ridden by M. Cannon. Roqkdove, the second, was handicapped at 7st 111b. There promises to be an exodus of prominent jockeys'from Victoria after the Newr.iavket Handicap and Australian Cup meeting has besii held at Fleminglon in March next (says the Ape). Holmes and Stevenson have notified their intention of trying their fortunes for a few months in South Africa, where some ex-Victorian riders are reported to be doing splendidly, and James Hayes states that he intends to pay a short visit to India after his March engagements have been fulfilled: " Martindale " writes :—Mr J. E. Brewer has had no chance of doing anything with his gift from Mr Oxenham—Plain Bill, as the horse was found dead in a paddock. It is thought that he was struck by lightning. " Terlinga " in the Atistralasian writes : — " The Tasmanians connected with Quickfire have come to grief over the running of their .gelding at Maribyrnont;on October29th and at Mooneo Valley on November Ist. On the first day Quickfire, who was not quoted in the betting, ran last in a field of five, which contested a Hurdle Race, won by Sylvan Prince. At Moonee Valley there was again a field of five, none of the horses Quickfire met at Maribyrnong running. Here Athelstane was a hot favourite, but Quickfire, who figured at 5 to 1, caught him at the last hurdle, and won easily by two lengths. Then came the trouble. Quickfire was reported for inconsistent running, and on Monday his trainer, W. Clare, and the jockey, E. Morris, were disqualified for six months, and the horse for twelve months. It is said that the committee were unanimous about their verdict. I fancy the decision will cause some surprise in Tasmania. W. Clare is much respected in the tight little island, and Quickfire is not considered the most reliable horse in the world. Referring to the great Austrian horse, Tokio 11., who was such a strong fancy for the Cambridgeshire, but who in the event cut up badly, a writer in Man of tht World on the day of the race, said:—He comes of a cross of Buccaneer on Newminster, and in this respect he is bred something like Common, or rather Common's dam. Buccaneer was by Wild Dayrell, whilst Thistle, the dam of Common, was by Scottish Chief, a descendant of Touchstone, out of a Wild Dayrell mare. Buccaneer, I may mention, was out of Cruiser's dam, and what Cruiser was for temper we all know. Despair is now the best representative of the blood we have in this country, and what his temper was when he .was on the turf again we all know. I am not therefore surprised to hear that Tokio 11. is somewhat troubled in the same way. I had never heard of Talpra Magyar as a sire until Tokio's name cropped up. Not only is he a son of Buccaneer, but he is out of that famous Cambuscan mare, Kinesem, who was one of the wonders of the world. Cambuscan, who was by Newminster, was one of the handsomest and most bloodlike horses I ever saw, something of the Ladas stamp, but a different colour. It seems only yesterday that when he was matched for £1000 a-side against Lord Glasgow's General Peel, his lordship, who was much piqued over the match, offered to bet the price of "a hundred Fairfields " on General Peel, who was beaten all the came, notwithstanding that he had finished in front of Cambuscan in both the Derby and St. Leger. The dam of Talfra Magyar was Gunnersbury, a somewhat peacocky horse, that claimed a Derby winner for his sire and an Oaks winner for his dam. He was by Hermit, out of Hippia, the winners of the Derby and Oaks of 1867, and was bred by the Rothschilds, who at one time thought a great deal of him. After the manner of Hermit, however, he occasionally broke a bloodvessel, and he was sold for a small sum to go to Austria, where he is one of the most successful sires at the stud. Since M. Cavaliero died we have been somewhat in the dark about the Austrian horses, and we no longer see much of the Baltazzis. I am, therefore, unable to say anything about the horses bred in that country, but there is a most sterling ring about the pedigree of Tokio 11. The last time the Germans won the Cambridgeshire was with Adonis, who belonged to Count Renard. The Count was a gigantic man with a tiny treble voice. Adonis was handicapped by mistake, Admiral Rous thinking that he was an Epsom selling plater of the same name. Of the many certainties I have known in racing he was one of the greatest, as he had only 6st 31b to carry, and if I recollect rightly he could beat Blue Gown at a very trifling difference in weight. Previous to winning the Cambridgeshire he beat a large field for the Oatlande Plate run over the Old Cambridgeshire Course. After seeing him come in almost by himself for that race I did not wait to ask myself what his trial was, but 4i helped myself." Lynham probably neverhad an easier ride. Adonis was by (irimston, who was a son of Stockwell. Another German horse that won the Cambridgeshire wa3 Schera, but he was before

my time. He was a three-year-old by The Provost, and was bred in Germany. He was the property of Baron Mollendort, and must have been "a very good horse, as he had 7st 71b on his back when he won the Cambridgeshire, this being considered a great weight in those days, when the weights woiit down much lower than they do now. His startins price was 12 to 1, and he won by a head. It is worthy of note that he "aye a year and a stone to Speed the Plough, who was third, and he was the only horse that overheat West Australian.

The return of that good American sportsman, Mr Pierre Lorillard, to the English turf (says a writer in a London paper) will bo cordially welcomed by all sections of turirites, for, as a well-known Newmarket trainer said to us at Lewes, "Hβ is a real «ood 'uji, he is." Mr Lorillard intends to form a larjje stud, and already a number of two year olds and yearlings have arrived in this country. The'tobaceo business of Lorillard and Co. is famous all over the world, and some idea of its extensive operations may be gleaned from the fact that two brothers receive as sleeping partners £15,000 per annum each, whilst Mr Pierre Lorillard, who is " boss," makes over £2,000,000 per annum out of the concern. That's something like an income to go racing with !