ENGLISH-BRED SIRE
FOR STONYHURST STUD
(By Telesraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCHj, This Day. Another well-bred English sire will be available in Canterbury for the next breeding season. is the twelve-ycar-old Magnus, who has been secured for the Stonyhurst Stud by Sir Charles Clifford from his cousin, Captain Charles Moore, of Mooresfort, the well-known Irish stud in Tipperary. Magnus is by the- unbeaten grey horse, The Tetrarch (sire of Chief Ruler 'and Tea Tray) from Princess Dorrie, by Your Majesty from Doris. Ho was bred by Mr. J. B. Joel, ,-ancl represents some, of the most successful blood in his stud. Magnus's dam, Princess Dorrie^ a winner of the Ono Thousand Guineas and tho Oaks, is a half-sjster to Sunstar, winner of tho Two Thousand Guineas and in© Derby. The Persimmon horse, Tour Majesty, tho sire O ( f Princoss Dorrie, is a St. Leger winner. Magnus did a little racing and won a mile race at Newmarket as a three-year-old. He has had several seasons at Captain Moore's stud ,in Ireland, where he has left some promising stock. He is expected to arrive here about September, and he should be a valuable addition to the breeding stock of the Dominion. - '
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 91, 19 April 1933, Page 9
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197ENGLISH-BRED SIRE Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 91, 19 April 1933, Page 9
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