STUD NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12818, 18 March 1905, Page 6

STUD NOTES.

[BY PHAETON"-!

St. Ambrose, who was this week secured by the Southern breeder Mr. J. F. Reid, to strengthen his establishment at Elderslie, is a son of the celebrated St. Simon,and he can be justly termed one of the highestbred horses that ever left the shore* of the Old Country, for the lines of his . pedigree are fairly studded with classic winners. St. Ambrose" i- out of Ambleside, by Petrarch (winner of the St. Leger and Two Thousand Guinea?) from Stray Shot (dam of Shotover, winner of the Two Thousand and Derby), by Toxopbolite (sire of Musket), from Vaga, bv Stockwell (winner of the St. Leger) from Mendicant (winner of the Oaks, and clam of Beadsman, v. inner of the Derby), by Touchstone (winner of the St. Leger). Considering that St. Ambrose is now on.lv in his sixth year his future is all before him, and how he was allowed to go for 550 guineas is a bit of a conundrum, for the cost of importing him from the Old Country would be as least two-thirds of the sum, counting in freight, insurance, and attendance. Mr. Reid must be accounted fortunate in securing St. Ambrose at. such a small outlay, and the fact that the horse can be lauded in his new home at Elderslie within a week, which, of course, reduces the. ri-k of accident, is another matter that should cause the Southern studma.ster to rejoice.

In my notes last week I made mention of the fact that the descendants of colonialbred sires had had all the best of the contests on the first three days of the Victoria Racing Club's Autumn Meeting. The same talc has to be related in connection with the concluding day's racing: indeed, the record in their favour was even more pronounced, for in the 13 "places" which attached to the six events on last Saturday's programme at Flemingtou no less than 17 were filled by the progeny of colonial-bred horse.-, and that is a record not seen for some time past, either in Victoria or New South Wales. The only English-bred sire that claimed a winner on the concluding day of the V.R.C. Meeting was Simmer (in St. Simon), whose ifin Dividend captured the Champion Stakes. Malvolio 'v Malua) and Wallace (by Cart;ine) each claimed four winners during the tour days _ over which the Y.R.C. meeting extended, and tiio record down against their respective descendants i? a little unique in that ai 01:.* race three Malvolios monopolised the whole of the places, and in another two of them fought it out for leading honours, while in one race two youthful descendants of Wallace ran a dead heat for the leading place. Unfortunately Malvolio succumbed last year to an accident, and what looked like a most promising stud career was thus terminated.

Bohadil. being on the small side, was not thought much of when he was sent up for tale as a sire some few years back, but. the little -on of Bill of Portland is putting tip a much better record than some better positioned viva!;. In the decision of the V.R.C. Sire-' Produce Stakes at the recent V.R.C. meeting, The Infanta, who is by Bobadil, scored a meritorious victory. In the season of 1398 Bobadil, it may he remarked, contested this race, and rho manner in which he swerved about caused many to dub him a cur. Bur. lie lived to win an Australian Cup and Champion Stakes, and though lie hud his "off'' days there can he no question that he was equal to a high-class performance when caught at his best.

The victory gained by lii- daughter Playaway in the Newmarket Handicap at the V.B.C. Autumn Meeting gives Carbinfr's record a -nit-nuid lift, a? the. winner*.- portion will be about £1200. Up to the end of December las,t Carbine's descendants br.d captured £93,714 in stakes. and with Playaway to do battle for him in Australia, in addition to a good batch in England, there would appear to be room for a very strong hope that we shall see the winning total of Musket's most famous son raised to £100,000 by the end of the present year.

"Mihoy." of the Sydney Mail, writes: — '" If, as alleged, the English thoroughbred needs some" regenerating agent to arrest the deterioration, to rejuvenate the. blood, and improve the bone, surely no stouter alloy could be found than the combination of Tramp and Herod, as it was found in such individuals as Fisherman. Kelpie, and Goldsbrough. Goldsbrough was the greatest modern example of the value of Tramp or, say. Weatherbit. and Herod. Hardly a first-class hcr-'e foaled during the last 20 years in Australia is without the blood of Goldsbrough in its veins, but to trace them all would be a work of great magnitudecertainly too great for a column like this. To support the contention that Goldsbrough was rho greatest of modern sires it will suffice to mention that among the many winners his daughters have thrown are Trenton. Abercorn, Wallace, Achilles, Havoc. Zalinski, Cardigan, Seahorse. Churchill, Hautviilier?, and Niagara. Goldsbrough traced direct to Tramp through Fireworks, Kelpie, and Weatherbit, and his dam was by Fisherman, whose strongest blood was Herod, dashed with a close influential strain of Sheet Anchor. Fisherman alone is a good argument for a return of Herod." ,

Tiie retirement of Mr. Janus Wilson, fen., from the ranks of breeders and also of those racing horses has had the effect of bringing many old-time incidents to light once more. One of these is the remarkable success that attended Mr. Wilson's first sale of yearlings held at St. Albans in 1878, when five youngsters sold for 5050 guineas, which save the splendid average of 1010 guineas. This constitutes an Australasian record to this day.

Still another English-bred sire i c booked to find a home in an Australian stud. This is Ladur Lad, a son of the Derby winner Ladas (by Hampton—llluminata) from Tressare. a daughter of Bend Or, and Bonny •loan, by Macaroni from Bonnie Agnes, by Blair At hoi. Ladur Lad has been purchased on behalf of Mr. .1. B. McDougall, of Lyi.cl--hurst estate, New .Smith Wales.

Lady Trenton (dam of Lord Cardigan) has apparently given the turf another good one. In the running of the Essendon Stakes and Champion Stakes. Dividend disposed of the opposition in good style. " The Musket and St. Simon blood lias bit well in the ease of Lady Trenton, for I/Drd Cardigan (by Positano) and Dividend (by Simmer) are both by sons of St. Simon, Lady Trenton being by Trenton, son of Musket.

An English writer says, in discussing breedX'- —"[ spent much time last week in searching out the chief representatives of the various lines as they stand to-day. The cue lino which predominates to-day is the Blaeklock, of which it was written "in 1350: —'They are generally known by their plain, vulgar appearance, their calf-knees, black foreheads, and general plebian look; nearly all of the blood are deficient in temper, and difficult to train or bring out often.' "

Word comes from New South Wales tl.at another Lnghsn-bred stallion has been securo.i on :.oi::tir of Australia. During his recent, visit to the Old Country Mr. Steoheu Osborne, of the Curandorley Stud; bought lifting Furley, an eight-year-old son of Colorado (son of George Frederick) and Pov Celia (daughter of .lock of Oran). Fighting hurley dp.- only just teased rar-in" anil amongst other events that fell to him during his last season on the turf was the Liverpool Spring Cup, winch event he won under 8-t 41b.

The English bred horse Padlock died recently m Victoria. Padlock, who was imported to Australia, was a son of Wonloek and the Parmesan mare Trobbia, and was :n Ins 22nd year, so that he had completed mure tiian the average span of equine existence. Tie sired a fair number of winners, though few attained first-class distinction.

.St. Simon. Galopin'a most celebrated son, is 24 years old, and his subscription list at SCO guineas i* full. Some of {he Welbeck stud mares have also reached a good age. Mowerina is 29. and her daughter Modwena 22, and Semolina, another daughter, is 13. This i., the age of Memoir, while Satchel is 23 and Muiminno i- 21.

An important piece of news from Ireland is that Major Eustace Lode-r now owns another sister to Pretty Polly. Admiration (dam of Pretty Polly) foaled a filly by Galliimlc in January. so that she i- responsible for an early youngster. Thus Major Loder i- in the happy portion of having in his -(■id three fillies by Gdllimile out of Admiration Pretty 'Polly. Adula, and the recentlyarrived young-let.

"Augur, of Sporting Life, a great writer, remarks thai if there had been'no Sterling' there would have been no Isonomy, and .subsequently no Common. no Isinglass, no (Jallimile, and no Pretty Po'lv.