STUD STROLLS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10319, 19 December 1896, Page 5 (Supplement)

STUD STROLLS.

AN AFTERNOON AT GLENORA. [by phaeton,] J I An invitation extended to me by Mr. Walters attracted me to Papakura 011 Saturday last, and the weather being all that could be desired, I was thus enabled to spend a few very pleasant hours in rambling over tho Glenora estate, and in inspecting the beauties of the stud. Though tho dry season now upon us has in some quarters caused breeders and farmers some anxiety, the growth at Papakura estate, I am pleased - to be able to say, has been first-class, and, indeed, I may say that in all my visits , to Papakura I have never seen "Glenora" look so really well as it did 011 Saturday , last. A visit to the stable discovered tho faith- 1 fill French at work ou his charges, and the yearlings which are to be sent up for sale this month were the first to which I was introduced, of which a chestnut filly by Blairgowrie from Cressina was the first to come under review. She is one of the low-set soi t and with a compact racy appearance about her, she Bhould get into the winning list. Cressina, the dam of this youngster, in, I may remark, a daughter of Leolinus and Rosarina, and as the latter was got by Traducer from Yatterina, she can lay claim to the possession of a stout pedigree. The filly by Blairgowrie from Leorina is, like her sire aud dam, a chestnut in colour. She is on the small side, but withal is shapely, and may prove a worthy daughter to her well-performed dam. The filly by Blairgowrie from Hipporina is something very considerably better. She is in colour a light brown, her forehead being nioelv set off with a' white star. She shows plenty of size, is well ribbed up, and with a oapital set of legs to recommend her, should, I think, turn out a stake earner. A racy-like filly is the daughter of Blairgowrie and Miißkerina. Her head is a bit commonlooking, but that is of small concern. Sho exhibits ft good supply of power all round, and as' her dam can lay claim to being a daughter of Musket, it will be seen that the filly under review has some famous blood in her veins.' The pick of the, yearlings, however, to mv mind is the colt by Blairgowrie from LadyEmmeline, who is a rich bay in colour. Ho possesses a very neat head, which he carries nicely. ' He is very compact all round, and a powerful back together with a splendid set of legs should enable him to do something tor the credit of "Glenora/" when ho is called upon to raoo. Lady Emmeline, the dam of this youngster, is, it may be said, a daughter of Somnus and Fanny Fisher, and as the first-named was got by Traducer, and' the latter by Fisherman, it" will bo recognised that he is a rare bred 'liti, In a paddock close by the stables I saw a powerful chestnut two-year-old gelding by Blairgowrie from Cressina, who looks like turning out well. Proceeding up to the pjddogks where the mares and foals were located,' the beautiful Fishgirl, with a filly by Hocohkiss by her side,- was quickly picked out; and close by •, stood. Lady Emmeline and her filly Dy Cuirassier. Helen McGregor and Cressina were each followed by fine colts sired by Cuirassier, find the latter's youngster especially took my fancy greatly. In another enclosure I found Leorina ana Muskerinu, who were each attended by a colt sired by St. JLeger. Leorina's foal is undoubtedly a very fine youngster, and If he doesn't turn out a raoenorse I snail bo greatly disappointed. Rose aud White, ft chestnut daughter of Nordo n and Rosarina t who has developed into a very line, brood mare, I learned from Mr. Walters, unfortunately missed St. Leger last year. -She has this season been mated with the St. Simon horse. Soulc, I had a look over the latter during the afternoon.' He is a horse on the small side, and is altogether somewhat below what I expected to find from such a rare bred 'un. '' There are only three horses in training at Papakura this season, viz., Norma, syrs, by Nordenfelc'(t—Rosarina; Swordfish, 3yrs, by • Hotchkiss—Fishgirl; and Blairina. 2yrs, by Blairgowrio-HippDrina., They ail look well in their coats, and the two latter may be expected to 1 be seen.',out under the popular " rose and white stripes" at the approaching summer mcetin g at Ellerslie.

MOTES BY PHAETON. 5 '.'Ulißi painful aoqident ;that 'befel Mr, W. Pero(val,' ; -tho popular secretary of the Auckland Racing Club, on Wednesday last, has, I need j-Sparoely say, evoked a very larcre amount of sincere sympathy from the numerous circle of friends which that, gentleman can boast of. It is gratifying to' bo able to state that Mr, PoroivalV injuries, though severe, are not- of so . srtrlous ft nature as was at one time thought, and should ho complications arise, It Is hoped that he will be able to take up his duties again ' at the A.R.C. office ip the course of a few days, ;; ; 1 . .The' arrival of Messrs, Orinond and Stead's horses at Ellerslie will be the means of infusing a deal of interest into the training operations there. .With Dauntless, Mars, Solitaire,' Sir Launoelot, arid Defiant to do' battle on. his behalf. Mr.; Ormond holds a' very strong hand, ana as the horses all look well, it is safe to prediot that : the colours of the Napier sportsman will be carried prominently at the meeting. As the (J.J.C. Derby winner Uniform unfortunately fell lame, it was deemed advisable to leave him behind at Yaldhurst.and Mr. Stead wilL therefore only hays a trio in Epaulet and the yeari -' . « * \ V ' V • : '

olds Multiform and Gold Medallist to represent him at' Auckland meeting, Messrs, S. Waddeii and R. Mason are in oharge of the 'i respective teams in question, ; The Summer. Meeting of the Thames 1 Jockey Club will be opened .on the 26th in- „ stant, ' Exoell&nt,entries Itafe been received for the;various events of the programme, 1 the visiting division promising to > be ? fairly I strong, and should . fine weather favour the t mauagement everything points to the coming 'j meeting taking rank with the most success* . ful racing reunions yet held at tho mining capital. The big event of the programme is 1 the Qoldfields Cup of 'lOOsovs j(one ■ mile • and r a-half), for which race the following horses ( have been left inß sb lb , at lb J Polly : f >. .. 00' Captivity .. ' .." 70 I Yattenfuldt J v. ,8 0 PeesHs ..v ...... 7.4 ,1 Retaliation ..8 0 Archduke .. ..7 4 j l.adjr Marion .. 8 0 Mavounieen .. 612 j Lady Agnes ..7 6 Boadicea .. .. 6 7 ( Napier papers to hand state that Mr. W. , Douglas has again removed his horses to \ Hastings, James Munn being now in charge , of the following string ; there: — Tiritea, j Donald MoKinnon, . Toreki 'l (Torpedo — ] Kopeki), The Brook, Waterstono, a oolfc by /Egyptilla, a gelding by Waterfall t —Lady Maxwell, and a two-year-old gelding i by Hlko—Parlour Maid, r »*;> t Donovan was brought up from Now Ply- t mouth by the s.s. Gairloch on Wednesday ( last for the purpose of fulfilling his engage' t ments at the A.R.G. Summer Meeting. c It is stated that' a promineut Wanganui < rider has been offered the mount on Fabulist ( in the Auckland Cup, and that he has ac- 1 cepted the same. s Mr. F. Watson's 'pair/. St. 1 Laura and ' Dummy, are expected to arrive to-day from 1 New Plymouth, and will be quartered at the 1 Harp of Erin. 1 Lady Zetland has made her re-appearance ' at Rlccarton, ana it is now understood to be ' the intention of those connected with tho. ' daughter of Perkin Warbeok to race her again this season, "■ k ' " 1 Referring to the defeat of Mr. S. Carnell . for the Napier seat, a Southern paper re- J marks that lie will have to keep him com- 1 pany no less than 14 who voted with him or ' paired for the second readme: of the Totalisa- 1 tor Abolition Bill in llio last Parliament. 1 Advices received from England state that j the New Zealand bred stallion Chaiushot (by ' Musket—Locket), has been purchased on behalf of the Russian Government. P. Martin arrived from Napier by the Tasmania on Sunday last for the purpose of putting the finishing touches to Tii'6's toilet. An English paper remarks that the first act of H.Ii.H. the Prince of Wales after his colt Persimmon won the Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket was to wipe the debt oil St. Philip's Church. A Victorian writer remarks Newhaven has a lot to auswer.for. Since bin runaway victories in the Derby and Cup a growing disposition on the part of jockeys to " make every post a wianiug post," has been noticeable, but as all sorts and conditions of horses have been asked to emulate the Newhaven tactics, the results have frequently been the reverse of satisfactory, While it is very pleasant to have a race in hand from the jump if vou can, Newhavens don't grow on the tops of trees. It is reported from Sydney that the new owner of Oscillator has decided not to race him before the latter end of next year. After doing stud duty he will be fired and turned out, and takea in hand next autumn. Alsopp has great hopes of getting another race out of Atlas, who is now in work at Randwick, and doing well. We have so few good horses now that one of the Atlas class is worth taking a lot of trouble with. The Auckland-owned Sabretache was a starter in the Summer Handicap run at Rose- . hill (Sydney) on Saturday last; but according to u cablegram received by his partowner, Mr. R. Cleland, bad luck again attended the son of Cuirassier, who was defeated a head. Galant, by St. Leger from Vivandiere, injured himself recently while racing in Victoria, and it is not expected that lie will be of any use to his owner for some time to come. The Melbourne Cup winner, Newhaven, has been Buffering from his milk teeth. When iu Sydney Walter Hickenbotham extracted some of them, but recently the sharp edges of a couple of molars, which were being forced out of the gums by the new teeth, had an irritating effect on the inside of the horse's cheek. Latterly an American veterinary dentist extracted the troublesome teeth in a simple manner, and gave the colt muchneeded relief.

The Australian thoroughbred sire Trenton is now looated at tho Uobham (England) stud, and the fee for his services n 100 guinea!), while the charge for Carnage, who oooupics a box at the same establishment, is 50 guineas. Sternch'aser, who was taken to England this year with several other horses belonging to Mr. 8. H. Golian, is said to have taken kindly to hurdle racing. Voltariua, dam of Recluse and Yoltigeur, had one of her forelegs broken by u kick a short time back. The mare was nut in slings, and hopes are entertained of her recovery. Leda, the game little daughter of Castor and Welcome Katie, followed up her victor; in the Manchester Handicap at Feeding by carrying Dat lib to victory in the Masterton Cup run last week. Mr. 8. G. Cook is said to have refused to part with The Merry Boy at 800 guineas, which sum was offered by a West Australian sporting man for the son of Trenton, after tneV.K.C. Meeting, For assisting in running a sly totalisator in Melbourne a man was fined £75. In France, during 1895, totalisator speculation exceeded £6,520,000 sterling, and the 7 per cent, prescribed by (lie law yielded £456,0000dd, out of which the societies entitled to 4 per cent, took some £'263,000. In October last an even £1000 was betted on Velasquez and Galtee More coupled for the English Derby. The victory of the Irish-bred colt Winkfield's Pride in the Cambridgeshire Stakes at Newmarket in October last was quite anticipated by his party, and the night before the race a commissioner of the stable accepted the nice wager of 20,000 to 2000 about the colt winning. Tho race proved to be the " good thing" that his party estimated it to be, and he never once gave them cause for anxiety during the contest. The Special Correspondent of the London Sportsman gives some interesting particulars regarding the sire of the Cambridgeshire winner, as followsWinklield, the sire yf Winkfield's Pride, was bred by the resent Duke of Devonshire, then Lord Harrington. After winning a selling race in the " all straw" at Newmarket he was bought for lOOguineas by Mr, Walter Blake, Winkfield, who was by Barcaldine out of Chaplet, ran as the Chaplet colt, and in Mr. Blake's colours won the County Stand Plate at the Liverpool Autumn Meeting of 1888, He was subsequently unsuccessful in a selling race at Demy, and was claimed by Mr. Collins for Hornsby, the trainer, who took him on to Wantage. There the colt became so lame in the back that he could not be taken out of the stables, and for many weeks he was in slings. Veterinary skill could do nothing for him, and at last Hornsby let him go for fifteen sovereigns. The buyer took him to Ireland, made him sound, and resold at a big profit. The horse became a fashionable sire in the Emerald Islo, notwithstanding that during his racing career there had been ill reports about his wind, though he was not an out-and-out roarer. The dam. Alimony, strange to a ay, was also a cast-off. About her being a roarer, and a bad olio, there could be no question. She was paralysed as well, and cannot be said ever to have been in training. Who would have thought that the mating of two such animals could produce a Cambridgeshire winner The two-year-old colt by Carbine from Hestia is to bo offered by auction by Messrs,, Hunter and Nolan on December 31, after the sale of Messrs. Nathan's yearlings, to be held on that date. Bribery of jockeys has caused ructions in New York, necessitating the interference of the Turf Club, who have come down with a heavy hand. Thus Rijey Grauuin and Dr. Burrow have been warned off. The entries of W. M. Wallace have been ordered to be refused, the jockey Martin has been bus* pended,, ana Coyle's license revoked, i'ai'ttl has been reprimanded, and ordered to refund a present of 500dols he has accepted, and an order has been issued that no stable employees, including trainers, shall be permitted to bet.

THE BETTING 1 MARKET."' There has beeu a fair amount of business transacted during the week on the leading events of the & .R.C. Meeting. Fabulist was befriended for the Cup, about £600, it is said, having been accepted about him at prices ranging from 100 ''to 8 to 100 to 10. Daystar is also credited with having been befriended to the extent of a few hundreds. The following were the prices on offer last night' s. Auckland -Cup.> •«., 3 to 1 v. St. Paul * ' 14 to 1 v. llaria 6 to l v. Mahaki 14 to l v. Peguus 6 to 1 v. Epaulet 20 to 1 v. M mtle 8 lo I v. Fabulist 20 to 1 v. Lotion 6 tt 1 v. Daynfcar 20 to 1 v. Merry Maid 10 to 1 v. Anita 60 to 1 v. QuickQre 10 to Iv, Mars 50 to IV. Uhlan ; • 10 to 1 v. Nestor ~■?*' %Ai gjf $< Great Northern Debhv,' ' *§ K 6to i v.St. Paul ' Btol v. Tlri' 3 *«'■ Btol v. Rnaulet a' Btol v. Nestor 0 to 1 v. mystav 10 to 1 v. Aiitares 8 to 1 v. Armilla 20 to 1 v. others Bto 1 v. Dauntless , ■>/., STKEPLECUASp. ;. « m L 5t02 v. St. Simon A .r.p to 1 v,. B<jlle ...• „1f; 3 to l v. Levanter"" 10 to 1 v, r lie^arman, J 6 to 1 v. Bombardier 10 to 1 v. Auuliadoway Btol v. Kineswood ' 20 to Iv. Molly Hawk, ' • 8 to Iv. Carbuncle Ditto, Mozel, Clarence