WINDBAG SOLD
BIG. FIGURES INVOLVED,
(Eeccived 17th. May, 1.5 p.m.) '■ SYDNEY, This Day. Windbag has boon purchased by Mr. A. Hunter,, of Seymour, Victoria, for stud purposes. The. price is not given, but a later report states that tho price ia the second highest ever paid for a colonial-brod sire. Another report says that tho price exceeded that paid for Carbine, which was 13,000 guineas.
[Wiftdbag's retirement to the stud, together with that of Heroic and Manfred, all in the one season, opens up an interesting study. Of recent;years col-ouial-br«d sires in Australia have bceu neglected in favour of/imported ones. The de'ids of tho trio namod pii^tho Australian Turf have been sufficient to ontitle them to every cuancc as sires. Tho teat will be when their first stock appear. Nothing succeeds liko success in Australia, and if one of them can get a good horse early in his careor at the Btu.il, he may rival in price any of the imported sires. Windbag, without doubt, is a horse of decided personality, a brilliant galloper, and a great stayer. His Melbourno Qup'victory as a four-year-old -with 9.2 up was enough in itself to set tho seal on his fame. The price paid for him no- doubt ovontually will bo divulged, and it is certain to bo a long one. When he comes to stand that will Ye part of the reivertiscincnt.]
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 114, 17 May 1927, Page 11
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