THE TURF.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XVIII, Issue 1857, 4 September 1923, Page 6

THE TURF.

English sporting circles are all agog with the deeds of the wonderful gi ey filly Mumtaz Mahal (nicknamed Mumny”), who is regarded as the equal of her sire The Tetrarch, who was never beaten at two years, but broke down when being prepared for his three-year-old engagements. His pace was phenomenal, and. he seems to have transmitted it to his daughter. Here is the opinion of Steve Donoghue, who rode him in all his races: He was a marvel. No horse has ever given me the same ‘feel’ and same sensation. You scarcely realised that he was going ever so much faster than the fastest horse opposed to him, so curious was his action. He only seemed to be <cantering or going at half-speed. No horse ever extended him. He treated them all alike, no matter what their ages or their class.” On the . dam’s side “Mumpy” has in her veins the blood of some great performers. She is out of Lady Josephine, by Sundndge (sire of the great horse Sunstar, and also of Absurd, the crack New Zealand stallion) from Americus Girl by Amencus. The last-named was bred in America by the late E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin at his ranch m California. As a yearling, Mumtaz Mahal was bought at auction by H. H. Aga Khan for 9100 guineas—the highest price paid tor any yearling in 1922. She was described as being wonderfully well formed, disclosing ideal conformation, with an abundance of quality. An interesting story is attached to the The letrarch. He is by Roi Herode, a grey horse of Herod descent, that was bought cheaply by E. Kennedy, ot Straffan Stud Ireland, with a view of correcting the extravagant inbreeding to Eclipse, which, in his opinion, was sapping the stamina of the English thoroughbred. Mr Kennedy first of all imported The Victory from Australia in order to get the Herod outcross, and when The Victory died, Mr Kennedy went to France and got Roi Herode. The success of the infusion of Herod blood into English horses has caused several prominent breeders in Australia to import descendants of Roi Herode as sires, and it is also noteworthy that David, last season s invincible in Sydney, has a strong Herod outcross in his breeding as his grand-dam Wakeful was descended from Panic, a horse who had nearly double as many strains of Herod as of Eclipse in his pedigree.

Steve Donoghue, the noted English jockey, has been retained to rido foi Mr J. B. Joel next season. In June he rode two winners for Mr Joel at Ascot. They were My Lord in the Rous Memorial Stakes, and Hamlet m the All-aged Stakes. The amount to be paid by Mr Joel for Donoghue’s services has not been disclosed, but it is likely to be many thousands for the season.

It would seem that the first meeting between Beauford and Gloaming will be on September 8 at the earliest, when Tattersall’s Club holds a meeting. It is interesting to recall the results that attended the efforts of these two notable horses last spring. They met first in Tattersall’s Club Chelmsford Stakes, nine furlongs, when Beaul'ord won by three-quarters of a length in 1.53. At their nfext meeting, in the Rosehill Stakes, one mile, Gloaming jnevailed by a length and a quarter m 1.381 —a course record. The pan* next met in the A.J.C. Spring Stakes, V 2 miles, when Beauford won by a neck in 2.22£. At their final meeting in the Craven Plate, 11 miles, Gloaming won by three lengths in 2.4. Excepting in the Hill Stakes, when Beauford conceded Gloaming 71b., they each carried level weights. Thus their next meeting will be the fifth.

Six direct descendants of Carbine figured on the winning sires’ list in Australia for last season. They were: Pistol, £15,023; Carbinier, £5013; George Frederick, £4780; Mousequeton, £2033; Wallace, £1837; and Cabiiieer, £537. Pistol, who is an Eng-lish-bred son of Carbine, has proved a marked success, and up to date his stock have won stakes to the amount of £168,357. A quartet of Carbine’s grandsons in the shape of Brakespear, Chipilly, Greyspear, and Pistol King also figure in the list of horses whose stock won good amounts.