ROUND THE WORLD.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9885, 16 November 1897, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

Though Carbine's mother died a week or two ago Australia is not in mourning, (says the Bulletin). Persimmon, who goes to the stud at a fee of 200gs, won in stakes during his racing career £54,706. The American performer Voter was sent across the Atlantic specially to compete in the Cambridgeshire. Kilcock was indulged in a walk over for a weight-for-age race at five furlongs at Newmarket on September 29th. Odds of 6 to 4 were laid on Cap Martin for the Hopeful Stakes at Newmarket on September 29th, but he was beaten by Nun Nicer.

Wildfowler, who was afterwards third in thp Middle Park Plate, won the Autumn Breeders' Foal Plate at Manchester on September 23rd. Following Merman's victory in the Cesarewitch, Mr W. R. Wilson received the following significant cablegram from Mr "Bravo " Jones :—" Lovely." The Melbourne Sportsman says :— Mr H. Oxeuham has made a present of Pilot Boy to J. E. Brewer. The old gelding has had a spell, and appears to be quite sound.

Ornament, the undoubted champion three-year-old of America, had, up to the end of September, won over £15,000 in Stakes for his two seasons' work. Ornament is by Order, a son of Bend Or. Of tho £6280 distributed in stakes at Caulfield £2400 was won by Kandwick trained horses. Horses prepared in Victoria accounted for £2195, while £500 went to West Australia, and £185 to South Australia.

The Denver Field and Farm says:—George Voorhies, known to our readers as " St. George," now sixty years old, rode in and won the gentlemen's race at Colorado Springs last week. The distance was half a mile and the time bQeec.

Malatua, the Malua colt of Mr D. O'Brien's, ran in Symmetry's race at Caulfield. He does not look like distinguishing himself yet (says the Aitntralasian) being very mucli on the leg—he looks, in fact, like an overgrown baby. Writing of the race for the Caulfield Cup "'Teriinga " says:—Gaulus, who was backed so freely on the Friday night, is a beautiful horse, but he looked rather above himself. It may be that be is naturally a round horse, but Mr Forrester did not seem to fancy him. The Grafter is a great plain-headed horse, with a tremendous stride when extended, and he cut a very -prominent figure in the raco.

The Adelaide correspondent of the Melbourne Sportsman speaking of the Morphetville Stud says-.—The young sires are in splendid trim. Light Artillery has furnished into a truly good stallion, and every inch of him is a TrenCon of the best type. His head is very much like Aurum's, but his size, power, aud compactness would be hard to equal. It is more than probable that Light Artillery, and, perhaps, Mostyn, will go to India. A stud of an extensive character is being formed in the land of the Rajahs, and an Indian buyer has been greatly attracted with the son of Trenton and Mosts-n. On Rancho del Paso (says a San Francisco paper} there are more noted stallions than on any farm in tho world, probably, there being on the farm sons of the recognised beat sires of England and Australia, viz., St. Andrew by St. Simon, .and Artillery by Musket, to say nothing of tlie superb representatives of the bast American sires. There lived and thrived at Rancho del Paso at one time more horses rated as champions in their day than any slock farm owner could boast of in all the world, as follows : Salvator, Firenzi, Lizzie Lucas, Vandalite, Miss Woodford, Maxim, Darebin and St. Modred. Says a San Francisco paper of September I 18th:—Rey El Santa Anita, the winner of the American Derby in 1894, whose racing qualities were sold by his owner, E. J. Baldwin, to Richard Croker, who took him to England, where he raced under the name of Santa Anita, returned to thi3 country some weeks ago and was sent to the Brookdale Farm for a rest. The son of imported Cheviot is now in E. J. Baldwin's stable at Brighton Beach, and except for a Blight lameness is in good condition and will be trained for the fall and winter campaign on the Pacific slope. Says an American exchange of October 2nd :—Tliree Ormonde yearlings, the property of. W. O. B. Macdonough, left jMenlo Park for Morris Park yesterday. I They were: Bay colt from Countess Langden, by Kingcraft ; brown colt from Jongleuse, by Alarm, and bay filly from Dizzy Blonde (dam of Sir Reel),, by Chillicothe. The brown colt out of Jongleuse is sixteen hand3 in height and built on kingly lines. Those who have seen this youngster pronounce him a corning champion. The remaining pair are also very handsome and promising, and it is expected this trio will add lustre to the name of "the horse of the century." The scratching of Galtee More lor the Cesarewitch, which was officially announced 'yesterday (says a London paper oi September 25th}, -3 only what might have been expected, and Mr Gubbins is certainly to be commended for his policy in declining to set his champion such a tremendous task after all the work he has already done t£u*s year. That he would not have won I should be sorry to say, arid, in my opinion, it was merely a question of whether or not he is a -real sticker; but no horse can be kept wound np to win a Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, Prince of Wales's Stakes, and St.

Leger without a serious strain on his vitality, and it would have been a risky experiment to ask him to go through a Ceaarewitch preparation as well.