FROM STUD AND STABLE American Stallion For Amberley Stud

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30044, 31 January 1963, Page 4

FROM STUD AND STABLE American Stallion For Amberley Stud

The American-bred stallion, Comte de Grasse, will come to Canterbury this year to take up stud duties. He will stand at the newly-named Hambletonian Stud at Amberley, the property bought recently from Miss J. EdgarJones. The new studmaster at Amberley will be Mr Ross Simpson, a son of the widely-known trotting and racing executive and owner, Mr Noel Simpson.

Comte de Graato hoc had two Maopue ta New Zetoaud, and the Centenary Mettnume Cup winner, Hi-Jtax, to ta fom to him ttda year.

Oomte de Grouse to by Count Fleet, the top American lire for races won ta IMZ wad toe leading maternal gnandeice for money won a,O6<WM doHaro) ta li»l.

New Zeatond interest ta Comte de Grame qukkens gains his maternal lines. Comte de Grease’s dam, ZA Liberte, to by Beau Pare, wNch had MUMticnid •meotai aa a she in New Zealand before be waa aofid to AaatraUa and later roatfid to the United States.

Ootrite de Gmmbs afced seven wtanetv of 17 races ta the United States in 1961.

One of his best was Count de Change. Another good one was THm de Turf, which

won four races and which was perhaps a younger brother of Mow de Lawn, also winner of tour races.

Three-decker names will be commonplace in Canterbury and elsewhere in a year or so.

CanterixHy already has the Nasrutah horse We Don't

Know at one of Ms butag state, and the first of hta stock wSI be raring ra-ri season. ■

lattar tins moetah RathUn’s fiHy by We Don’t Know named We’ll FtodOut.

Del Mar Club

- Wta''' W n -' mia---W • Am MwWnle Win) bought tibe dhreci jot oM RepSo tor Is,ooS|>aiat auetan st Trantham last week, has been chairman of Del Mar, one of the most successful turf dubs in the United States since 1954. Dei Mar had a cotourful Start. The mow te stars, Bing Crosby and iy J’Brien wece the moving forces satabldriimg it in 1987. Crosby was the ticket taker tor the first peSran sta Mg recorded theme socte ata greets the early assdram and says "aloha’ to those tewvtog atar the tag*;- race.

OroOby sold out after 10 J"3MW» From Its taceptton Del Mar haa had M, different metribera on Ma board of directors and a variety of OOOIiBOUiDS. aidea CroSby sand O’Brien, uoey DBVt KXoUuOu LMnrW Hardy, Joe K Brown, Charles S Howard, of Seobtocuit fame, the producer, Mike xxxxit ana uoum 0. MBvar-

Mr Eddie Read, who accompanied Mr Hawn from the United States to New Zeatand, has been with Del Mar since 1988.

Up to last year (test not tactaUng it), Dei Mar has made poaribie the (tatributan of just under a mditan dollars to orpanteaUotis providing tatiMMO and staff tor the properly-guided development of boys- between the ages of eight and 17 through Boys, toe. Boys, Ihc. owns the tease on Del Mar race track and gets the revenues from it Boys, Inc., in tom gives its revenues tai ataeeny-eatr'b-Ituhed charities for boys, nxstly in Cetaomia. Each dotar given must be matehed

by one from the rerfpkrii oerasi.sa4.jnn Del Mw seta aside three days’ racing a year for charity, and nxne 70 tonal charities receive about £50,000 a year. The cdUb’s racing

aoUrittte help the TwssMySsnnnd AgriouMutal Dtotrtot of the State of ChMfotuia to run the San Diego County Fair, one of the most elaborate fairs ta CaUfornta, and the Southern California Fxpoattton.