THE NATIONAL STUD

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 50, 27 August 1932, Page 21

THE NATIONAL STUD

EARLY DISPERSAL SALE

(From "The Post's" Representative.)

LONDON, 19th July.

It is stated on good authority that the National Stud in Ireland is to come to an end even earlier than was generally anticipated, and that all the brood mares and foals may be sold before the end of the j year, presumably at the Newmarket sales j in October. Situated at Tully, County Kildare, the National Stud has been managed by Sir Henry Greer for many years. Numerous j famous horses have been bred there, and the disposal of valuable mares will attract breeders from all parts of the world. The history of the establishment in its present form dates back to 1915, when Lord Wavertree (then Colonel W. Hall Walker) offered as a gift to the nation practically the whole of his thoroughbred stock available for breeding. Further, he undertook to sell to the Government, at a fair valuation, his stud farm at Tully and racing stables at Eussley in Wiltshire. After some hesitation the offer was accepted, and Sir H. Greer was appointed director of the stud farm. It has been the custom each season to sell the majority of the yearlings bred at the National Stud, but a few have been leased to the Earl of Lonedale for their racing careers. Mr. Meyrick Good ("Sporting Life") gives some interesting, details. He writes this week:— "Early in the season there appeared a likelihood that the Government breeding establishment would be disposed of, but a little while ago the managers came to the decision to continue breeding stock