Trotting Notes

Grey River Argus, 6 May 1936, Page 3

Trotting Notes

O. E. Hooper’s Suqoess: The Ixiuriston trainer, O. E. Hooper, won three times at Forbury Park, including the two principal races with Willow Wave and the* final event with Sunnv Morn. The former, who has not alwavs raced like a genuine racehorse was'well suited by the heavy track, and in neither race was he fully extended Sunny Morn, who is by Sungod, a great little mudlark m his day, also prefers soft going and he won the Farewell Handicap in approved sty ■' Willow Wave is owned by the Southern sportsman. Air. D. Windle, ani Sunnv Morn is the property of Mu K E. Sutton Alayor of Lyttelton. Ovci all distances, Sunny Morn has proved himself a genuine* racehorse in the hardest finishes.

A Gool-l Record: . Three wins and n, second in tour starts was the excellent record made by Groat Wood at the Forbury Park meeting and his owner Mr. F. C. Rushton and driver, A. Butterfield, may be

said to have had a. very sm-cessful meeting. While the heavy track effectively settled the* chances of the majority, Great Wood could not have had conditions more to his liking. With occasional heavy tracks during the winter months, Great Wood maj improve on his present r<*cord.

Rey Spec Disappoints: Key Spec’s running at Forbury Park was disappointing and the state of the track can hardly be held responsible On the* opening day he again revealed his failure to begin smartly and his chance was hopeless from the start. In the Enfield Handicap at Oamaru. |Rev Spec is asked to give away 24 yards to a brilliant sprinter in De Soto anil 12 yards to Willow Wave* and Llewellyn’s Pride. He is possibly the fastest horse engaged but he cannot afford to dwell at the barrier if he is to take a hand in the finish.

Novice Trotters: In the Allenton Handicap, at the Ashburton Trotting Club's meeting last month Guy Hugo won in 3 min. 31 4 • > sec hut following closely was Lord Ernleigh. whose defeat was contributed Io bv a break in the last furlong. At :h e 'Oamarn Trotting Club’s, meet.ng on Saturday next, the pair will again meet in the Innovation Handicap, but this time Lord Ernleigh will have an advantage of 48 yards in the handiiap. Lord Ernleigh is an aged gelding by Peter Chenault from Bingen fluid and is indowed with a good burst of speed. In D. Teahan’s hands he may he seen to advantage at Oamaru. Crack Three-year-olds: A feature of the Pnpakaio Hand cap at Oamarn on Saturday next will be a meeting between some of the best three-year-olds of the year, in Blah Athol, Double Great. Lucky Jack, ami Navy .Blue on scratch and Frisco Ladv who' is on 12 yards behind. Receiving 12 yards Blair Athol defeated Frisco Lady in the All-Aged Stakes at Ashburton ami it ; s quite possible lie will repeat the performance. Tn Blair Athol and Navy Blue. S. A. Edwards has two verv good three-year-olds. Descendants of Waimea SILVER RING’S ANCESTRY. PROLIFIC WINNING FAMILY By Spearmint. Manv Australian breeders why stood by the ringside at the dispersal sale ul Air J. J. Leahy's Ardsley Stud less than three months ago and saw the stallion Silverado passed in without eliciting a single bid must have viewed with mixed feelings the brilliant victories of his son Silver Ring in the Cumberland Plate and A-J-C. .Plate. Curiously enough, both before and after coining t 0 New Zealand Silverado has been a, stud failure in Australia and it is also noteworthy that his two great successes in this country, Silver Scorn and', Siltver Ring, have come from the same female line, namely, the Waimea branch of the family, founded over a century ago by Alanto. Th ( . first thoroughbred '.mare imported to Australia was Alanto, a daughter of the St. Leger winner Soothsayer and an uuamed daughter of Herod’s grandson Buzzard. She came from a Ijrtmch of the No 18 family, which is now. I believe. extinct excepting in Australia and New Zealand. Alanto was foaled in 1822, and when two years old was served by Young Grasshopper, a grandson of Beningbrough. The result of this mating, th,* mare Cornelia, was foaled in 1825. the year of Manto’s arrival in Australia. ’ It is to Cornelia that all the descendants of Alanto trace.

In 1827 the famous Admiral Rous was statioueel on the Austral an coast ami imported a beautifully-bred hors:; called Emigrant (generally known as .Rous’ Emigrant). He was by Pioneer a. son of Whiskey and the great Prunella (1). from Ringtail, h.y Buzzard, When C’orii'clia was either two or three years old she was mated with Rous’ Emigrant and produced the mare Flora Alelvor. This mare was verv prolific, and lived to a great age. In ' 1854 she was imported to New Zealand by the* late Mr. Henry Redwood and here she had two filly foals Io and Waimea, both bv Mr. Redwood’s stallion Sir Hercules.

Many d’assic Winners. It is often said that the progeny of old mares are useless, but Flora McIvor was cither 26 and 28, or 27 and 29 wars of age when she produced lo and Waimea respectively, lo went back to Australia ami Ixvame the dam ot another Flora Alelvor, who was in tuin th L . dam of Frailty, the greatest brood mare ever seen in the Soul hern Hemsphere, and dam of Trenton. Niagara Cuirassier, Cissy Zalinski Havoc and Siege Gun. Meantime' the original Flora Alelvor had founded another branch in Australia through her daughter Emily. An offshoot of this in New Zealand produced Oudeis, Disowned, The Poet, Vladimir Eurodydon Sir Solo Supremacy and Stretto. Air. Redwood reaped a golden harvest from the last progeny of the discarded old mare. She had 12 foals, and these included Manuka (C.J.C 1 . Derby and Canterbury Cup), Totara (C.J.C. Welcome Stakes), Papapa (C.J.C. Derby), Puriri (C.J.C. Welcome Stakes), Ramarama (C.J.C. Welcome Stakes) and Wainui (C.J.C. Champagne Stakes). All these races were won in the colours of Air. Redwood and the first five who were colts, all met with considerable success -at the stud. Four daughters of Waimea were at- the stud, Toitoi, Raupo, Wainui and Wai-iti. Toitoi was dam of the New Zealand Cup winner. Kakapo, the Great Northern Derby winner Toi and the New Zealand Derby winner Hornby Wai-iti was dam of the New’ Zealand Cup winner Fusilade and of Iris dam' of the Great Northern Foal Stakes winner Reflector, and of Bloodshot. a very fast horse, who won tho Great Northern Foal Stakes, A.R.C. Roval Stakes C.J.C-. Atiddlc* Park Plate twice and Hawke’s Bax- Stakes. The progeny of Wainui were numerous, but undistinguished.

A Stud Book Error. When we come to consider tho history of Raupo, the ancestress of Silver R'ng. a touch of romance comes into the story. On the order for delivery of the filly by Diomedes from Waimea another filly by Diomedes from Phoebe was in error substituted, and the mistake was not rectified for 40 years. Consequently, in the early volumes of the Stud Book, the progeny of Raupo are credited to the colonial taproot Woodstock. Fortunately the necessary correction was ultimately made, otherwise Nightmarch, Silver Scorn, Silver Ring and all the other distinguished horses shortly to be mentioned would have been credited to a taproot which has only produced one

vvuier of import-ance Toxeuma. in the last 50 years. The first Xoal of Raupo was Mata, by D'ead Shot. He won the New Zealand Cup. was sent to Victoria, whore he was disqualified, but was allowed to run in South Australia and won the Adelaide Birthday Cup. Most of Raupo’s descendants to-day come through her daughter Alartyr, by Daniel O’Rourke. One of Alartyr’s daughters was St. Cecilia, the fourth dam' of Flood 'fide. Another was 'Miss George, third dam of Alare Anthony The two main branches, however, descend through Montmartre and Huguenot both of whom were daughters of the Middle Park Stud sir-* I Apremont. Aloni dread, a daughter of Dreadnought and Montmartre, was dam' of the A.’K'.C. Easter Handicap winner Mobility. Another daughter o? Montmartre was Oriflamme, also b v Dreadnought, who was the d-am oi Lady Disdain. The latter was the dam of Bee, Snub, Reproachful and Contempt. Bee won the Wellington Cup while Reproachful became the dam of the New Zealand Cup. Canterbury Cup and G. G. Stead ABnnorial Cup w’nner Chide. Contempt was the dam of Silver Scorn, one of the greatest race mares of recent years and a daughter of Silver-a rdo, the* sire of Silver Ring. RACING FIXTURES. Afay 7. 9—Egmont R.C. May 8, 9—Alarlborough R.C. Afay 9—Amberley R.C. Afay 16- —Marton J.C. Afay 16 —Southland R.C. Afay 16—Ashburton C.R.C. May 16—Waipa R.C. May 21. 23—South Canterbury J.C. Afay 23- —Carterton R.C. Afay 30—Foxton R.C. Afay 30, June 3. 6—Auckland R.C. June 4, 6—Otaki Alaori R.C. June (i—Ashburton C.R.C. June 11. 13—Hawke’s Bay J.C. June 20, 23—Wanganui J.C. June 20, 23—Napier Park R.C. .nine 23—Opotiki J.C. (at Tauranga). June 23. 25. 27—Dunedin J.C. Julv I—Dannevirko lI.C. TROTTING FIXTURES. Afay 7 —Alarlborough T.C. ATav 9—Oamarn T.C. ATav 9—Waikato T.C. Afay 16, 18—Nelson T.C. Afay 30—Canterbury Bark T.C. June 13 —Ashburton T.C. June 20, 23—Auckland T.C.