SPORTING.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6987, 14 February 1894, Page 2

SPORTING.

The Olown, who won the Qeelong Cup in euih good style recently, was bred by his owner f Mr R. Ledgcrsvoort. at Maroon, near Birregurra, -where a. pelrct little stud has been got together, Off Color and Lonsdale being the lords of the harem. The Olown is by Off Color, who is a ! so the sire of another pretty fair iiorse iv Brownlight. Though a bit ia anl out there could be no two opinions that Off Color was a brilliant horse when well. ' Hβ ran two grand races when he beat Commotion and La Grand in the V.R.O. Canterbury Plate, and put down Malua in the A JO. Rind wick Plate, but subsequently Le Grand beat h'm by half a length in the Champion, Commotion, Sting, Navigator, and Martini-Henry being amongst those who finished behind the pair. The Clown's dam, Equestrienne, died some time ago. She was out of Yardley, dam of Ringmaster, Lonsdale, etc. The Olown has not yet been seen on metropolitan ooutseSj but in the country he has run fairly well, his performances including a win ia the Terang Oup. The Caulfield Cup winner Ben Bolt, carrying 7st 4lb, won the Cooch Behar Cup, one mile and a quarter, at the third day of the Calcutta meeting. The other starters included the Australians Hopetoua, Savant, Reprisal, and Tantallon.

Messrs William 0. Yuille and 00. have completed the catalogue of the St. Albans yearlings to be offered on March 7. Some of the most fashionable blood in the colonies is sap , plied through Tienton and Newminster, and the well-tried sires Kobineon Crusoe and First King are also represented, while in Kirispord, is represented come of the most-esteemed blood in England, Eiridepord being a eon of Isonomy, eire of euoh oelebrities as Isinglass, Common, Seabreeze Prisoner, Ravensbury, and Satiety; Soli- ■ tude, the dam of Ascotvale, has a filly to Eiridspord, ana Nina, dam of Idolater and grand-dam of Vakeel, has a colt to him, and another good mare mated with the imported horse was Margaret (dam of St. Blaise), who is represented by a filly. Trenton, whose success at the etud so far has been phenomenal, has half-a-dozen youngsters, but only one of them is a colt. This is a nioely-brdd one, being a full brother to Haughtiness, out of Lady Disdain (imp), sister to The .Englishman, and dam of The Hpot. Amongst the Newi minster to be sold is a full brother to The Bebel and Azim, a full brother to Matador, and a full brother to Pounamu, all of whom should, on their breeding alone, produce some lively bidding. Robinson Orusoe is responsible for a fall sister to Vakeel and a half brother to The Nun and Repudiation, and also for a oolt out of the well-bred imported mare Eleusis, by Baroaldine (the unbeaten horse) from Mystery, by Trumpeter. There are only a oouple by First King (who is now located in New Zealand) included in the catalogue. Parthia, who soored her maiden win in the St. Albans Handicap, is a beautifully bred filly, being by Grandmaster from Crystal, by Maribyrnong from Chrysolite by Stookwell from Juliet (imp.) by Touchstone. She was bred by Mr J. Eales at Duokenfield, New r outh Wales, and ooot Mr Wilton the long price of 600 guineas aa a yearling. ~wS» Prestige (Bt. Leger—Fame) is to be Bold at Wanganui duiiog race week.