THE TURF. FIXTURES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 8, 10 January 1912, Page 2

THE TURF. FIXTURES.

Jaii, 20 and 22—Foxton R.C. Annual. Jan. 20, 22, and 24— Wellington X.C Summor. _. .. „ f. ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT. G.W.—Tho four horses mentioned in your lottor won races lib stated. I qmbo ugioo with your friend that, if given a chance, which he has certainly not had up to the present, their sire would bo likely to get good stock. Some contend that ho wus, dui'ine the major portion of his career oh the Turf, not trained to the best advantage, but his success at Randwick, whilst temporarily in good haiidb, was quite sufficient to show that he was a horsy of high merit. In point of general make-Up and appetu'anco he lacks nothing, and one glance over him will be sufficient to convince anybody that ho possesses all the neoes>sary character. On the figures he _ should _ make a great sire, and besides being mi example of the St. Simon-Musket crobs on a foundation of Fishoi-msMi, ho hails from tho same family as tho brothers Izaak Walton and Hippocampus and their half-bro-ther _ Torpedo. Tho only doubt concorning him is iv regard to hu, temper. Whether he v/as naturally tricky, or was made so I am not in a position to say, but no other member of Mb family became _ noted for untiustw orthinof-s, and it is to be much doubted whether in his case this trait is hereditary. On<* of his sons, whoso name you mention, was unquestionably ill-lempored, but I am unaware whether others have displayed such a tpndencj.