ROYAL SILK 4.181-5

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21255, 29 August 1934, Page 14

ROYAL SILK 4.181-5

HOLDER OF STALLION RECORD There are many breeders of pacers and trotters in the South Canterbury district, and though the number of sires available is restricted, there is one in Royal Silk who should prove in great demand during the present breeding season. Royal Silk, a fine specimen of the standard bred, proved himself a really good racehorse, and he would have made history in the last New Zealand Cup had it not been for Red Shadow, who was also racing in the nomination of Mrs M. Harrall. Royal Silk holds a two miles record of 4min 18 l-ssec, and he has the advantage of being reared on colonial pastures, a very material consideration in providing the stamina so necessary in horses that race with success at present. A horse with racing credentials is good, a well-bred horse is good, too, but a horse that presents both is the ideal for the breeder of racehorses. Royal Silk was a good, consistent racehorse, and after winning a minor race as a three-year-old, he showed undoubted quality when he won the Champion Three-year-old Handicap at Addington, defeating Ngingongingo, John Jinks, and Real Huon after pacing the mile and a half in 3min 22 l-ssec, an especially fast race at that time. At four years he did little racing, but he won the Islington Handicap of two miles at Addington in 4min 29 3-ssec, and was then treated to a spell for the next 12 months. At five years Royal Silk showed his best form, and amongst other races won the November Handicap at Addington in 4min 26 2-ssec, the Forbury Handicap at Dunedin in 4min 34 3-ssec, the Auckland Cup in 4min 29 2-ssec, the Ranfurly Handicap, of a mile and a quarter, in 2min 45 3-ssec, the President's Handicap, of two miles, in 4min 28 2-ssec, and the New Zealand Gold Cup, of two miles, at Wellington, in 4min 24 4-ssec, while he was third to Satin King and Free Advice in the Ashburton Cup in 4min 25 4-ssec. In the 1932-33 season Royal Silk won the Weston Handicap at Oamaru in 2min 48 3-ssec, defeating a highclass field which included Harold Logan, while he also showed his brilliance when he won the Hagley Handicap at Addington after pacing a mile and a quarter in 2min 41sec. Tito Champion Stallion Last season Royal Silk proved himself a great performer when he ran second to Red Shadow in the New Zealand Cup, for he made the pace for the greater part of the journey and stuck to his work like a champion. Two days later he ran Satin King to a neck in the Courtenay Handicap in 4min 18 l-ssec, the fastest time registered in New Zealand by a stallion. Royal Silk proved himself a genuine racehorse over all distances, showing a combination of speed and stamina seldom equalled. In breeding to a horse of this class owners of brood mares will ensure the progeny being gifted with good, hard constitution, a vital necessity in racing nowadays. Ah to breeding, Royal Silk measures up in every particular. His sire, Silk Thread, imported from America, won the New Zealand Gold Cup, and is a direct product of the famous Bingen line, his sire, Bingen Silk, being by Bingen from Nell Cord, who was by Silk Cord—Nell Worthy, by Axworthy. Glimpse, the dam of Royal Silk, is bred the way of famous brood mures, for she is by Logan Pointer from u Prince Imperial mare, and both these horses have made marks as sires of the dams of winners. The Prince Imperial mare's dam is not known, but it is sufficient to say that she left Lough Neagh, Lyon's Heir, .Lady Willings, Lady Evington, Thixcndalo. Logan Princess (the dam of Regal Voyage*, and Denver City. This is a record that speaks for itself. Royal Silk's pedigree is as follows:--

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and surrounding districts, and at, the moderate fee of five guineas should receive plenty of support.

TIMARU T.C.

MEETING OP COMMITTEE Mr J- Hole presided over a meeting of the committee of the Timaru Trotting Club. A letter was received from Messrs Raymond, Raymond, and Campbell, solicitors, stating that Mr G. T. Wardeli, a member of the committee, did not'derive any pecuniary gain within the meaning of the act from the property or operations of the club simplv because he might, make a profit out of the licensed booth, for which he paid the club a fee. It was reported that, work on the new booth was proceeding satisfactorily and should be completed Jn about a week. Mr J. GUmore was elected vicepresident and Mr A. P. Greenfield honorary treasurer. The following sub-committees were appointed with the president and vice, president ex officio:—Programme, Messrs G. T. Wardell, W. Connolly, W. Quirk; ground, Messrs Wardell, A. F. Stocker, M. H. Richards. Quirk; finance, Messrs C. S. Young, Greenfield, T. H. Langford; emergency, Messrs Young, Greenfield, and Quirk. The following officials were appointed:—Judge, Mr C. E. Hassall; starter, Mr W. J. Tompkins; clerk of scales, Mr D. Mackenzie; clerk of course, Mr J. M. Shaw; honorary timekeepers, Messrs J. O'Leary and J. J. Lewis; surgeon, Dr. G. H. Ussher; honorary veterinary surgeons, Messrs C. H. Williamson and W. Smith; stewards, Messrs W. Fraser, J. F. K. Jamieson, T. M. Munro, W. A. Piddington, L. T. Wood, L. Young, F. C. May, A. Fleming, and A. Dunnett. Twelve new members were elected. In thanking members for his election, Mr Gilmore said that through the |visit to the Dominion of Walla Walla and Auburn Lad trotting had received a fillip. It was hoped that the club would be able to encourage the sport in South Canterbury by giving slightly higher stakes.

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