AUSTRALIAN YEARLINGS

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 107, 6 May 1926, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN YEARLINGS

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For some years past 2* ew Zealantlers Lave been regular patrons o£ the yearling sales held in Sydney at Easter, and some useful performers have been secured there for the Dominion, chiefly by North Islanders though odd lots have at times found their way to Ricearton. The owner-train-er, J. M'Combe, paid a visit to bydney last month and during his stay he purchased five yearlings. He broke them, in while waiting for steamer accommodation to bring the ' youngsters home, and now they are ready to commence the senqua business of training, in preparation tor their racing careers. , M'Combe's five yearlings represent lour different sires, three or them English importations, and the other a successful representative o£ one of the best Austra- : lian families. The highest-priced lot of the party cost 825 guineas. He is a brown colt by Comedy King from Kuningada, an imported mare by The White Knight (son of Desmond) from Sal, by Love Wisely from Waima, a Bon Vista mare tracing to Polly 'Agnes, the ancestress o£ many great horses, including Martagon (sire of Martian), Ormonde, and Sceptre. The branch of the family from which this colt comes has left some brilliant performers in Australia, among the number being Sarak (winner of the Breeders' Plate), All Sunshine. (Rosehill Guineas); and Polytheist. Comedy King is Australia's great sire or stayers and M'Combe's colt has much to recommend him for journey races later in his career, however he may fare as a two-year-old, and the records show that Comedy King, colts are hard to beat even in early races'. , There are two fillies by Rossendalc, by ■St. Frusquin from Menda, by Galhrmle, from Glare, by Ayrshire from Footlight, fey Cremorne from Paraffin. This is the most successful tap-root of any in the English Stud Book. Ladas,' Cicero, and baucy Sue are among its great English representatives of recent years. It has been represented by several famous sires m Australia, among them being Syce, Magpie, and Traquair, with Heroic as a home-bred eon to bring high fames on Australian racecourses. New Zealand has had its • share o£ this famous line. Simper (dam ot 'Affectation, Gold Light, and Razzle Dazzle) is the most noteworthy daughter of the family in these parts. Bezoman sired anany good winners, and Sanquhar also left several during a brief stud career, ■while Tea Tray is the latest sire to bring it fame. Rossendaje has already earned fame in Australia as the sire of Rampion, the best two-year-old of the present eeason, and before he left England he had established a stud repuation, several of his progeny having proved themselves as etayers. The first of M'Combe's Kossendale fillies is from Scintilla, an imported mare by Flying Orb, a highly successful son of Orby (by Orine). Scintilla's dam, Sanatola, is by Santoi from Tolbooth, by Galeazzo from Eeformee, by Orme from Reverse, and so back to Slander, a sister of The Libel, sire of Traducer, a famous sire in the early days of racing in New Zealand. M'Combe'a other, Eossendale filly is from Pankhurßt, by Ayr Laddie from Leading Lady, by Grafton from Drama, by Trenton from Tragedy and back to Eulogy, the great-granddam of Carbine. This is a family that is already well known in the Dominion. Pankhurst being a Bister to Mr. G. M. Curries mare Leta, tfam of Thespian and the Absurd yearling colt who was sold to an Australian for 2250 guineas a few months ago. itho black jot ares' eeldina lw Governor-

General represents fashionable strains on both sides of his" pedigree. His sire is by The Tetrarch from Miss Cobalt, by Pride from Silver Wing, a half-sister to Gallinule and Pioneer, both successful English sires. The gelding's dam, Venusia, is by Fucile from Venus, by Sweet William from Sea Foam, by The Drummer from Sea Breeze, sister to Melody, the dam of Melos and to Melodious, the dam of Wallace. It is a famous Australian family, of which M'Combe already has had experience, as Leading Lady, one of his brood mares, comes from this line. The cheapest of M'Combe's purchases is the colt by Bavetetoek from Amicitia. Baverstock, by Maltster from the famous Wakeful, by Trenton from Insomnia, the ancestress of Nightfall, Noctuifqrm, Midnight Sun, Radnor, Bon Ton, Eligible and The Toft', lias earned high. fame as the sire of David, one of the greatest horses ever bred in Australia. Amicitia, the dam of this colt, is by Graf ton from Loveday, by Projectile from Lovelock, by Lochiel from My Love, a sister of the late Sir George M'Lean's famous mare Lady Emma, by Yattendon from My Fancy. This family has been brought prominently under notice lately by the Tea Tray two-year-old, Royal Tea, whose dam, Duchess Eudorus, is closely related to Amicitia. Apart from their attractive breeding, M'Combe's youngsters have much to recommend them. The Governor-General gelding has already made his acquaintance with the Riccarton tracks, and has been much admired, writes "Argus." He has plenty of size, and in every way looks a good sort. The big fellow of the party, however, is the Baverstock colt, and probably he will require time to mature. The Comedy King colt and the two Rossendale fillies are of medium size, but they are very shapely, and show a lot of quality. Taken all round, M'Combe's five yearlings are a^ highly promising lot.