DAUGHTERS FOR CHANGE
A feature of the recent success of Hunting Song's daughters. Sunny Sky and Sunny Song, on the Gisborne circuit is that they have added to the very few of his female offspring to have won races. Hunting Song has so far chiefly been represented on the race track, and naturally therefore also among the winners, by his male progeny." If one of his few racing daughters has yet succeeded in anjthing but the most mediocre class. The reason becomes: apparent when a glance is made through the sale' lißts for the past i two or three seasons, for it will then be observed that practically all of his j-earl-ini?s' have been1 colts. This _ remarkable jireponderanee of' begetting colts is not altogether unusual., Quin Abbey, who was represented among last week's Gisbomo winners by Tarcha, was another recent example. Jn every season during his stud career his colts outnumbered his fillies, -very often to a surprising degree, His performers .of note, were all sons.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 30, 4 August 1931, Page 13
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166DAUGHTERS FOR CHANGE Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 30, 4 August 1931, Page 13
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