FRENCH-BRED STALLIONS

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 86, 8 October 1935, Page 6

FRENCH-BRED STALLIONS

Quite a. number-of breeders have recently commented upon the difficulty there is ,-vi .'imi'chasmg uv England horses of a - suitable ■ type for use as sires in. ■ Australia, ; says • a Melbourne writer. The prices: asked for horses witl: only moderate, .form.are much higher than most Australian breeders can afford to; pay. Some of them are therefore inclined to turn to France for horses.-as many; American breeder mu*e been. doing in ■ recent years The few French-bred sires: that have come out to this part of the World have turned out well, two notable instances being Apremont, who did wondorfully well m New Zealand years :ago, and Kenilworth, who was fm- ; ported by .Mr. E. P White to the Morton Stud in New South Wales, where i»c sired those outstanding performers Kennaquhair and Wolaroi. Although (not French bred being a product of the Argentine, El Cicique, the sire of ? IIV McT r -^"Is vißs Purchased in France Iby, Mr, E..CJ, Allen a few years ago,

the Railway Handicap, £75, 2.45 class, H miles. The other races on the proframme are the October Handicap, ;60, tor trotters, 3.49 class, 14 miles; Milson Handicap, £60, 3.43 class, li miles; Bridge Handicap £70, 3.37 class. 14 miles; Broadway Handicap, £60. 3.5 class, li miles; Square Handicap, £70, for trotters, 5.2 class, 2 miles; and Flying Handicap, £60, 2.23 class, 1 'mile. The clvb1 provides free stabling for horses/competing at the meeting. ■ If owners': make a fair response with nominations the club anticipates a most successful meeting.