THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 57, 30 November 1907, Page 9

THE TURF.

(By Glencoe.) . r < i,':: RACING iFIXTOR/ES.! N0v.:.30.-||eiia'ing J.C. Spring. Nov. 30 and Dec. 4. —Takapuna J.C. Spring. T^ eo ' i a "d s.—Woodville J.C. Summer. Dec. s.—Hororata R.C. -Annual. "/ ® eo - s.—Waitar,i R.C. Annual. Dec. 13 andv 1,4.J/tak'p'County J:C. Annual. Dec. 14 and 'R.C. Summer. Dec. 16.—Lauristdn and Lyndhurst Sports. Dec. , 20.—Alexandra J.C. . Annua!. & 'r, 26, . ajid" 27.—Manawatu R.C. .. • Summer. ' ';• ■/: • ■ ' • Dec. 26 and 27.—Lower'. Valley J.C. Annual. / Dec. 26.—Kaikou'ra'R.C. Annual. -Dec. 26 and 27.—Cromwell J.C. Annual. Dec. 26 and 28.—Dnuedin J,C, Summer. .; , Dec. , 26,,: 28, and > Jan/'-l^and,'2.—Auckland . . ' . R-C.'s -Suminer.:"/ Deo. 26 and 27.—Northern R.C. Summer.,' - ... Dec. 26 and;'27;.—Blames J.C.'Summer. ~ - ■ Dec.. 26 and 27.—Reefton J.C. Midsummer. ! / " Dec.'26 and 27.—Taranaki J;C. Christmas. ;.Dec..26.— — ' ', Dec. 26.—Porangahau R.C. Annual Meeting. Dec. 28. —Ashhurst-Pohangina R.C. Annual. I)ec. 1 - 31 t and Jan. 1.-rfGreymouth J.C. / Siinimer. .- .. . ~/■' Jan: I.—Palmerston R.C. Summer Meeting. Jan. I.—Cheviot R.C. Annual. \ '. tn- and -2.—Hawkoi's..:Bay .-J.C.,- Summer. ' Jan. 1.-f-To Karaka R.C. Annual. Jan. 1 and 2. —Rangitilcei lt.C. Summer. Jan. 1 and 2.—Stratford'. R.C.--Annual. Jan. ,1 and itC. Summer. . . I a J.C. Annual. .};■ -Jan. Hack R.C. Annual Meeting. Jan. l 8,-r-Amuri.T.C. Annual. . .Jan; 15.-J-Foxton R.C. Annual. ... ./ "... " Jari: 15' 16. — Tuap'ekaCounty J.C. • - Annual. '. / . t:..' .Jan.-V 18, 22 and, 25.—Wellington R.C. . /Summer. . ■-y.., - , , •/ - PROGRESS OF. THE JOCKEYS. • ~,7 .; .'At thp conclusion of.,last/ weekls.racing Si Re"ld,.,with eighteen rides, was at. .*. the: head;.of the. list of winning" jockeys' iiiV tho Dominion, .for/tho present season.'-/; Hi's/ : ' iiosfc important win'.:was on Elevation'" in the O.J.C. Derby, and he was also on the" colt'wheiv-ho/wciri : tlio 'Eirig Edward Handicap at Hastings last . montn. Full . Rato, Mataari, and Irish - Rifle have also :r; „.g_iven. him imporfant'..winlii.ng r rn'i,bj3j)tfi: Reid '■ ;- L ilnay have some superiors;in the saddle, buthp ,is a modest, .- careful, and persevering horseman, and. on'e-of/tho sort that succeed. Perhaps tlie most accomplished, lightweight .-in New Zealand'to-day/is A:' Oliver,' whjo will .".-improbably bo attlip-Jiead of 'tho-list.Whpfi the end-of the, season 'conics 'rqund. : ' He' was very unfortunate' in not having tho mount- en . Frisco in tho \Ne'w -Zealand Cup, 4 had ; ridden tho hbrso :sqveral'-- times l 'pre.viously since the beginning of tho spasQn—But thai IS'a jockey's.'luck..- --.Oliver is a'good judge . of; pace, barrier : knows how ■ t6>'3ool;.r:after- himself and his mount ill' a race,-/and ivlien/it com.es. to a -he: is,;Xery lias'won 'riccs; in Australia, and tho Commonwealth ""'paper's have-always commented'-','favourably on, his horsemanship: «--i B. Dceley.' is riding in great form this' season, and ho is evii oentlv. Jtlje ;best - lightWeiglit' in- and ' about Auckland. , '.C. Jpiikiiis'had. a - big start of oil tho rideifs prior,to'the-Masterton "meeting, but unless ho gets back into the pigskin again shortly,- he: Will: have a ] 0 t of ground •to m a ke up. - the craqk jockey off the active, list, .racing-- is: robbed;'.ftftjsomeS of its • uiterest; /I. ; .:-ca'n'not-:-,forget.,; those- great ''-finishes between him': and;' Oliver in the I "/"/Wainui llandicap/a/fid the.Hutt Pairk'Handi- - It is ..to,:be hoped furtherdnterpsting.contests be-' ween/the same.pair: are . not far off.' . L'.' : . Wilson' lias . ridden ! . oyera:' dozen winners since the season". 3,fca rt cd ; 'Md if -..ha; continues in.such good'form'-hofwilVfinish up with an excellent record. ' : He can go to tho scale at a- very, ; light weight,' and- may be the Domin">ons, champion in a year or two. L. G. lung -has -ten -wins'. tohis' credit. His -. operations .are .mainly , confined to the South Island, and since :the season :opened -Idealist has winning rides. -. In .addition lie' hasojidden thiß',-year.'s New Zealand , Cup -winner, and also Mercy, the winner,of ~the C. JiC. Oaks, so ho. has been losing no time, v.; Several horsemen'--have ridden half a''dozen winners, a'n'd' tho Christmas meetings -may ~ considerably alter tho positions, but I can'review them again later - ® n - v ' ;Tj>?re aro a', number, -of -first class' hurdle horsemen always on hand, but it is too early in tho season-yet to take note of the winners. - •••

. GREAT SCOT AT THE STUD. - ' .^'h eD Great Scot was passed on to Mr. Gilpin for stud purposes, Mr. Apcar made no: stipulation other than that the Lochiel horso was on no account to be ever sold. Mr uilpin first intended to send Great Scot to stand in Ireland, but eventually took a large-minded viow of the situation, with the result that the one time great galloper nowcrccupies -the box of his famous ancestor, niiiir Athol. The hardiness and. constitution' ot Great Scot indicate that ho will bo a successful sire. , Ho ran nine times as a two-year-oM m Australia, and nineteen times as a three-year-old before being sent to India, where ho won the Viceroy's Cup in his tmrd season betoro-'goingt to' England. It was-not surprising- that he should have lost nis dash by the time ho arrived in the Old ut I ? ls lron -constitution, beautiful temper, and wonderfully sound limbs re- " I 3 , da y- Moreover, he won two W , En S. land . and «■ probably the only horse who has a winning,., record spread ?b« r W C^ C ° n nents ,-, 1,1 Australia he was the best three-year-old of his year, and won among, other races tho Australian Cup of two miles and a quarter, and though offia llea , d b y Abundance in t *i, L L e S° r ' he «' as thought by i? ?/ ' e s P c ctators to have won. Both r' r<! f c £ at , and Clan Stuart Jsire of Great Scots dam) were by thoramjus Prince^ Charjio, and Great Scot himself all thd characteristics of this wonuerful family, so that it will »be strange if he tails to get good stock. ~ h "A WONDERFUL BROOD MARE.. A writer in tho London "Sportsman" lias the-following to -say of '-Frailty and her illustrious family'fit seems strango indeed, but it that I should never until today have .fully realised, tho extraordinary successes of- Trenton's clam, Frailty. Glancing through tho .advertisement columns of the Sydney, Mail,' 1 noticed her two youngest sons,-Lancaster an'd Siege Gun, among tnorstallions of the current season, and Laiias -'[one of-the-best: racehorses of his time," whilo Sie'g'6 Gun'wc(n,' among .other races,',the Auckland Cup of 1500 sovs.- (two miles).- This set mo wondering • how -, many - winners «' Frailty really bred, so 1 referred to', tho ;book, and found hor; record surprising.indeed. Hero is her '|f. of foals,: arid .'Sho' vherself in 11381—Br c Trenton, by Musket! c by- -Anteros. 1885—Br' c Cuirassier,- by Muskot.' ' 1886—Br f Cissy, by.Musket. ..... v •18S7—Br f Mary, by Nordenfeldt. . ' 1888—Br c Ealinski, by Nordeiifeldt. 1889—Br c Mqusquetaire, by- Nordonfeldt 1890—Br c Havoc, by Nordenfeldt - 1892—8r, c Astronomer, ;\by Castor. 1893 —Br,.f Edith by Castor. 1896—Brjc -Lanoastc'r, by Hotchkiss. - • 1898'—Br c' Siego*' Gun, by Hotchkiss. Thus thero wero-twelvo foals, and of those »ri? it will be ft>uncl on?" reference,' were good winners. Tho only two who did not-wiii' were MousquetairOj who' never started owih" to having got loose when in training ancj brokon himself . down, and Edith Cureton who .finished second 'inimie of the very, few raiccs she rail. More,remarkable, .however, is the - capacity of thtrbjd : ; mare for producing stallions, TreiUon,"-' r h'er.. firstborn, foaled when sho was only four 'years oldj was doubtless her best; but Niagara, Cuirassier, Zalinski and Havoc have all attained a largo measure »f success, while now T notice that her two

youngest sons, Lancaster and Siege Gun, are going right ahead, Lancaster being tho sire of the crack two-year-old filly, I'.'illp 'Fogi, -and other good winners, v.'ltilo Sicgo Gun, though ho has up to now had only two of his stock.in training, is represented jiy Montcalm, one of tho best two-year-olds" of 'the recent Australian season. Thus 'wo get seven successful stallions from the old mare, and her son, Mousquotairo, whom Mr. Spencer Gollan. brought 1 to England, lias also stfed a winner or two. It. is; possible that Astronomer may have dbno so,-too,- but I liavo no record "as to that.' I cannot call to riiind that'any brood mare has over produced ,such a number of successful sons. Lancaster, I see, covers at 2ogns.'a mare—quite a.high fee in Australia—and Siege Gun' at logns. Frailty's daughters have also gained distinction as matrons as well as on.the turf, wid we have secmAltair, who was'out of Cissy, ill this country, where he was 'a- winner and would liavo done, better but that it'was almost impossible to hold him. '. Ho "is' liow • a stallion in South Africa. It is noticeablo- that all Frailtyis foals, r.t.cept Niagara, were brown, and he was-a bay, so that she was evidently a'"pure dominant" as regards colour, : and her soni" Trenton, carried on.that . characteristic, as well! he might,, for his sire; Musket, was . equally prepotent in colour. Yet-there are people who think you cannot , fix' colour. Nothing is more certain' than" that you can' do/so, if " bay 3, browns,: and blacks, are- what' you want to" the exclusion'of- chestnuts/; for . there are plenty of horses who never get; ■chestnuts and plenty of mares, who never'breed- them. The produce, of suqh-.mares, and horses can be interbred with -absolute I '"certainty that no chestnut foal 'will-result";'' It is'early days, perhaps,. to. utilise the' ; science. of'' Mendelism to tho full/ but-1 do think that enough has been' .already discovered to-, in these.colour questions we can regard certain elements of - a given "pedigree-as for all practical purposes non-existent. I recommend my readers to think-this point out for. themselves, for it has been proved most fully in tho vegetable' world-'. that . from-crosses thei;c come a certain , proportion of pure dqminants which breed on as pure as if .they had never been crossed at all, while the intermediate "impures"; go this way;.'or '.that... It affords a. fascinating-, /study - as- touching ■blood stock, .and iif anyone wi'slies. tb. go into it let . him call to.mind the chestnut, a niliials begot by sbps.i of./St, pinion l and - 'consider whether, no' c.aii , trace in . any 1 one .of them a .single .St. ..Simon ..On tlio other hand, St., Simon's sons who never get chestnuts ;maintaiil; the. family typo. in their stock. - -It is, strarigo that in matters., such even as this tho, public generally arrives at a rough and'readj' conclusion, before, scientists laboriously get there too.-