GREAT JUMPING LINE

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 141, 16 June 1936, Page 13

GREAT JUMPING LINE

FOREST GLOW'S PEDIGREE

Forest Glow, who has been one of the most consistent steeplechasers this winter and finally scored a well-over-due success in the Winter Steeples at the recent Auckland Meeting, is simply described in the race books as a six-year-old bay gelding by an Archiestown colt out of Lady Winsome, but there is a great deal of interesting features about his breeding. Firstly it may be mentioned that Forest Glow belongs to one of the finest maternal lines for jumpers that New Zealand has ever possessed. His dam, Lady Winsome, a Soult mare, was a ' daughter of Winsome, who was no : other than a half-sister by Cuirassier ..to St. Simon and Becord Reign. St. Simon won the Great Northern Hurdles under 12.12 and Record Reign won the Grand National Hurdles under the same weight, this impost still being the record for both races. A previous offspring of Lady Winsome was Desert Glow, who won numerous good races when trained by the late F. E. Loomb and earned nearly £9000 in stakes, but who strangely, though by Day Comet from such a notable female line, failed later when tried as a jumper. Secondly, there is jumping blood from Forest Glow's male ancestry _ as well, as his sire is a son of Archiestown, sire of Billy Boy, etc. The Archiestovvn colt, who also sired Town Beauty, another good jumper though unfortunately troubled by unsoundness, is stated to be from Mereina, by Westmere from Anterina. The Archiestown colt was bred by Mr. T. Hinton, of Eureka, Waikato.

It is interesting to learn how Forest Glow came to be bred. Lady Winsome, his dam, was owned by Mr. A. Pretty, who was looking round for a sire to put her to. He discussed the matter with Mr. Hinton and the latter said he had an Archiestown colt at home, which he would make a present of to Mr. Pretty if he liked to go and get him/ The offer was accepted. Subsequently Mr. Pretty gave the I Archiestown colt to some Maoris, and later on Mr. Hinton bought him back again for £2 and subsequently sold 'him to Mr. S. Henry, of Te Akau, for use on his station at Waimai.