STUB NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18577, 8 December 1923, Page 15

STUB NOTES.

THE CARBINE FAMILY. BY PHAETON. Spearmint, the most noteworthy descendant :of Carbine in the Old Country, was credited with winners of £30,239 in England in 1922. but « the " record of his descendants will be well below that' sum this season. The most noteworthy descendant of bpenrtaint that raced this year is the four-year-old Poisoned Arrow, who has won: several good handicaps, including the Duke of York Stakes and the Liverpool Cup. Cyklbn and Spearhead two attractive descendants , ot 3pearmint at the stud in ! Australia, t whose progeny are racing well, promise to keep up the credit of the Carbine line in. Australia. Catmint, who figures among Auck-land-owned . sires, whose first crop of youngsters were announced this season, will no ,<loubt be largely represented as time rolls on, and it must be said that breeding, oombined with true masculine physique, ehouid assist Catmint to a very noteworthy place on the sires' list. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. When the first quarter of the present racing season closed m Australia on October 31 the Australian-bred horse Woorak (by Traquar—Madam) topped the list with £10,085 to his credit. English-bred Comedy ICing was in second place with £7612,. but, though hid descendants did not acnievo marked prominence at the. V.R.C. Spring Meeting, ho has such a. large number to battle for him that .ha is pretty sure of a?ain topping the list with a good lead when tlio figures involved in the next term s operations come to be compiled. In conversation with Mr. W. Roulston recently he spoke enthusiastically of > the colt foal thrown by the Marble Arch mare Freesia this season to Tea • Tray. rSlre be remarked, traces to the k'ngfishei mare Winnie who had a remarkable record as a matron." With a strong desire to give both foal and dam every chance, the Messrs. Roulston. decided on missing a season with Freesia. . , Nftnsaii's winning total on the sire& list this season received **kie lift wl rjg rb ' 8 Ttnllvmena captured the. A.J.v. i»ernj, ana the sum wo- by that gelding alone rum out to £6920, WEich places the son of William the Third well in the. front among sirea located in this Dominion at the present stage of the season. A© stated some time back Mr. G. L. Stead has sold Nassau to i New' South Wales breeder, and the Englishbred sire will be despatched to his new home early in the coming year. Last season Mr. W. G. Stead sent. his imported mare Shrill over to. New South Wales in order to be, mated with Harchedon, and she has thrown a colt foal to The Tetrsrch horse., Shrill's fonl is credited with bemg an exceptionally fin* youngster.