SIRES OF THE SEASON.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 300, 12 September 1908, Page 7

SIRES OF THE SEASON.

:. ,I,' . CHATSWORTH. . One : of the most fashionably-bred, and cer- : tainly one; of the best-looking, : horses at the ■sen-ice of breeders this x season is the young stallion :Chatsworth, who will stand at Tau- , Jjoronikau. ■ Ghatsworth, recently imported ; fe' the .Dominion, by Mr.- Robert Ross, was • brod;-by ;Mr, James Redfearn, Victoria, in ' r1902, -so -that he comes -before owners a thoroughly, matured horse. The imported .horse is an animal of sound constitution, dark 'brown m colour, standing 16.1 on magnificent ; 'bone, and, to boot, lie is a specimen of great quality,, who combines good looks and a generous disposition with liis faultless breeding: . In the show ring he gained three - firsts and three ohampionships the only times ho was entered. On tho Turf Chatswortb. showed, .undoubted pace. As a two-year-old ;he .started favourite in the Debutant Stakes, .finishing fourth behind that great sprinter Scotland. He was then reserved .for. >the. Melbourno Gup of 1905, but met ,syitb .an, : accident .which prevented bis true valuo as a - racehorse ever being known. Chatswortb is by Auric- (half-brother to .Auoim, -Auraria, ,and Golden Slipper) from .Wniifi'ed.; (dam ..of. Benvolio, .Sojourner, and Durbar, ..all-good performers in Australia), by 'iSpldsborough (sire of that great bropd_niare" .Frailty aiid of Achilles's dam) from Lady/Hooton (imp.) by Stockwell. Auric's sire,. Bill'of Portland, is a son of St. Simon, and is tho sire of Merriwee, Finland, and Treadmill, who have all sired good winners ili'.lNew- ' Zealand. Richmond, the sire of Auric's dam, was one of the gamest horses that over raced in Australia,, a great'stayer lijins'elf,'.aiid a' sire of stayers. Chatswortb of the 'No. 3 family, the greatest of , all'sire' lines. Mr. Bruce Lowe classed' this family _as tho best of the sire families, the statistics'prepared by Mr. C. F. Meek show, 'that it' still retains its prestige, arid in a ■fable-; prepared by that noted' authority on breeding, Mr. iluson," it is proved that the ,"N6; 3 family' has been represented on'the ;list'.of H;h.e twenty leading stallions in Eng--.rand:: moro - • consistently than any other 'fSniily." Stockwell, Galopin, Musket, Flying 'Dutchman;'lsinglass, etc., may be cited as tepresentatives of this family. A perusal of Ghatsworth pedigree mil show that he is bred'-iiito the stoutest tribes',and is a '-iriost ''desirable'cross for many of the leading lines in' New Zealand. Forty approved mares will ije taken to;him,- and his fee-is only seven guineas-. 1 -' , i - ; ' CXNADA'.' Tho stallion Canada-is also to do.'stud duty at: tlier Same Sttid fas; Chatswortb, and, bearing-in; mind. liis. breeding .'k'iid oth'ter cre-'deritialsjvhis-fee is a moderate-one. Thirty,fivo. outside niares-will be taken to hihi at fpur guineas, each.,- Canada.had a respectable irecoidjon.'thpiurf, starting in five races and -winning -three, | His racing career was, ended >through aji,accident to liis shoulder. Ho is ..by from' Alumini, by Patron from Agate* by.;.Nowminster from Cornelian. His ;sire, Finland,, : was by.Bill of Portland (soil -.of Stu, Simon) : from .Fishwife: Finland .is . well(blown in. New-Zealand as the sire of ■Bobrikaff,Lapland, Vasa, Chief Locliiel,Heli- . anthes,.and, other, winners. Canada is a beautifully moulded horse, ..correct at all points, : ; iuid belongs to the.No, 11 sire family, whose representatives Include St. . Simon, Orme, Fisherman, etc. Suitably mated, Canada should; i certainly prove successful. . I'ERALTA. Breeders,of ;tlio .trotting horse desirous of ■obtaining the' very best blood obtainable will do -yell to securo.the services of-Peralta. Bred, frow the. two. most fashionable strains tin; America—Nutwood Wilkes 2.164 arid iM'Kinnoy 2.ll}—and presenting in himself -all-'the excellences of his high lineage, -Peralta ,is destined to sire only really highclass stock.' . •—Nuhvood'.Wilkes, (sire of Peralta), is the champion sire of early and extreme speed, of America, and the sire of John A. M'Kerron -2.04 i,; Tidal Wave, .2.09, Who Is It 2.10, •Stanton Wilkes 2.10}, . Miss Idaho 2.11}, Georgie'B. 2.12}, and sixty-eight in tho list'. lioso M'Kinncy (dam of Poralta) is by tho greatest of all sires, M'Kinncy 2.11}; tho only trotting stallion that commands a fee 1 of 500 dollars, and the sire of more • 2.15 trotters than any other horse in tho world. Coney 2.02, Sweef Marie 2.04}, China Maid 2.05}j .Z010k : .2.05}, and Kinney Lou 2.07} ajo..among his list. ' ...The "Breeder and Sportsman" of America, July' 29, 1905,' says: —"Peralta is the bestbred and tho best-looking stallion that has ever-been sent from America to New Zealand.'.' ~