CERCELLO'S MARKINGS

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 7, 8 July 1935, Page 6

CERCELLO'S MARKINGS

TRIP TO INDIA DELA\ED

■ Cercello was not among the seven horses' shipped from Sydney at the: Beginning' "o£ last week for' India by A. Higgins, but he will be included in the batch of five at least which will be taken later by thai; trainer. ;.

Cercello was only recently purchased by Higginsi but, owing to the omission of one or two of his distinguishing markings from his original registration paper the issuing of the necessary cer-J tificate. for the horse to go abroad was delayed, Cercello, in the meantime,; undergoing a further inspection. His brands are; identical with those suppljed officially -, when the horse was first registered. .. !

Foaled in 1929, Cercello is by imported Violoncello from the The Welkin mare Cerealia, and he was bred; in New South Wales'by Mrs. F..-S.; Howell, ■of • Brampton, Paterson. " ;

Mr. A. L. Yuille, keeper of the Australian Stud Book and' Register of Racehorses, said that the action takeri was only in accordance with the stricter precaution enforced by the latest regulations. In the interests of racing generally it was imperative that all markings should be • shown clearly on the registration papers, and it was desired to impress this on alt owners and trainers. When Cercello was registered the regulations were | not so strict as they are at the present j time, and the omissions in his mark-1 ings were evidently the result of! apathy. j LORD DERBY'S FRENCH WIN Lord Derby's beautiful filly The Nile, ridden by W. Johnstone, secured a popular victory in the Poule d'Essai dcs Pouliches (French One Thousand Guineas), on May 19 last. It was significant to see her return to her very brilliant two-year-old form, for in the Free Handicap, 1934, she was considered the leading filly, behind the colt Pampeiro. ' Almost black, The Nile is really a lovely filly. She is trained by "Dick" Carver, and was bred by her owner. She is the first classic winner Pharos has sired in France. Her dam is Pyramid (by Papyrus). After winning the Jockey Club Stakes over one mile and three-quarters at Newmarket, Pyramid went to France in 1931, and The Nile is her first foal. There is a two-year-old brother to The Nile named Pylon, but the mare missed in 1934. Pyramid was out of that great stayer Trestle, winner of the Northumberland Plate (two miles). She was a sister to the St. Leger winner Keysoc, both of them by Swynford out | oC the Oaks winner Keystone 11. j