AUSTRALIAN VISITORS

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 145, 16 December 1933, Page 25

AUSTRALIAN VISITORS

MAY BE BUYING HORSES

On an extended tour to New Zealand, a party of well-known Victorian racing men, including Messrs. Jack Phillips (owner of Game Carrington), Jack Russell (owner of Glideaway), and C. T. Godby, left Melbourne this week, writes I "Cardigan" in the Melbourne "Herald." It is possible that while in the Dominion they will buy a horse or two. Godby already has the offer of a well-known performer for one of his clients. No doubt Mr. Phillips will have many horses offered him. He told me some days ago that he had so many offers of Hunting Song horses from New Zealand that it seemed as if every man in the Dominion who owned a horse by that sire imagined that he would like to buy the animal just because of Game Carrington. Now Zealand, at this time of the year, is a wonderful place for a holiday, especially for anyone interested in racing. The Auckland Cup Meeting at Ellerslie extends over four days. A few weeks later the AVellington Cup Meeting is run at Trentham, and between times there are the National Yearling Sales, which are held on the Trentham racecourse.

Studmasters are always pleased to extend a welcome to Australian visitors, and many happy hours can be spent at studs like Koatanui, owned by Mr. George Currie, and Eklerslie, which is now managed by Mr. Ken Austin. In Australia there are many fine breeding establishments, but I doubt whether there are many that for appointments and pasturage compare with the two properties I have mentioned.