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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20656, 30 August 1930, Page 9

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VETERAN COUNT CAVOUR.

ENTRY FOR NEW ZEALAND CUP

FIVE PREVIOUS CONTESTS

Count, favour, who onre again figures among the entrants for the New Zealand Cup, is now in his ninth year, ami if he goes to the post it will he the sixth occasion on which he has contested the race. At five years old " The Count" won the New Zealand Cup under P. 13. but last year, although carrying 10lb. less, he failed to gain n place; nnd the only race he won during the season was the Auckland Racing "Club Handicap, in which he carried 7.1:5. A perusal of Count Cavour's record shows that he has contested 70 races, ns follows: UnFirst. Second. Third, placed. At 2vrs. ..1 1 f) 2 At 3yrs. .. 8 0 0 5 At lyrs. ..3 2 4 7 At fiyrs. . . 4 3 0 4 AtOyrs. 0 1 0 « At 7yrs. .. 0 2 1 11 At Byrs. 1 0 J. 17 0 9 41 The Canterbury sportsman Mr. ,T. S. Barrett /]as good reason to remember with pleasure the day he effected the purchase of Count Cavour. When offered fit auction as a yearling, the son of Solferino was passed in, and subsequently Mr. Barrett bought the chestnut colt for 100 guineas: and he proved a great bargain. At the close of his four-year-old career Cotmt Cavour had won £9.175 in prize-money, but further luck was to come to his owner in an unexpected form. An Australian owner closed for tiie purchase of the gelding conditionally on passing the necessary veterinary examination. This was not satisfactory, and the negotiations for the sale were terminated. As Count Cavour won stakemoney to the value of £0529 in the interval. the luck was clearly on the side of Mr. Barrett by reason of the Australian sportsman not completing the sale.

WATERLINE'S PROSPECTS.

STAYING LINES IN* PEDIGREE.

Wnterline having won his first two encasements at the opevt'ng stage of his four-year-old career, the Australian sportsman who races under the assumed name of " Mr. S. A. Rawdon" has thus early received a good return of a portion of the £2OOO expended in purchasing the New Zealand gelding last June. Wnterline is regarded as one of the promising four-year-olds likely to pla;' a, part in important events ahead, and, summ-'d up on breeding alone, there is a great deal to ponder over, for his pedigree is well studded with illustrious names, and lie should certainly prove a true stayer. The leading lines in Waterline's pedigree read as follows: — , Sire: The Ace, by Bayardo, son of Bay Ronald (son of Dark Ronald) from Ussa, by Knight of Malta (son of Galopin). Dam: Sailor's Hope, by Treadmill (son of Bill of Portland) from Fairhaven.. by Pilgrim's Progress (eon of Tsenomyj from Elusive, by Trenton (son of Musket).

RACING THE TWO-YEAR-OLD. WHAKAWATEA'S RECORD. As the youngsters came back to the enclosure after their sprint up the Ellerslie straight last Saturday I found some keen followers of the sport discussing- the racing of two-year-olds, and the subject turned to horses who underwent a severe test at the juvenile stage of their career. Several were mentioned, but it was left to me to cite the case of a horse who figured on the turf .19 years ago. and who, I think it can safely be contended, holds the record. This was Whnkawatea, a son of Apremont, and Becky Shnrpc, who contested 21 races. As an illustration of hardiness watea's case would be accorded a lugh place anywhere, for he was required to travel a great deal. Brought from the South in the spring, he ran three races in Huwke's Bay, all of which he won. Taken back to Canterbury, he raced at Riccarton, and then went on to Dunedin. Brought North to race at Ellerslie, he won two of the three races he contested at the Auckland Summer Meeting. Canterbury at midsummer found Whakawaiea on the scene again, and then, in succession, journeys to Dunedin (a second time) and Hawke's Bay followed, the bay gelding winding up at Canterbury in the autumn. Whakawatea's record at two years old was as follows:—Nine wins, seven times second, four time 9 third, and once unplaced. Whakawatei raced until 13 years old, and ho was well up in years when he beat a crowd of fast sprinters in the Oakleigk Plate at Caulfield. THE MARTIAH LINE. FEW SONS TO CARRY ON. The fine record of the progeny of Martian on the racecourse, which places their parent well ahead of any other sire in New Zealand or Australia, with a total of £372,234 captured in prize-money, is no doubt something to be enthused over, seeing that the Martagon horse was foaled in this Dominion. But the record would be rendered very much more interesting if there were several of his sons to carry on the litie in keeping with that of their illustrious parent. Rapine and Star Stranger, who can be cited as the most noteworthy of Martian's progeny, are both geldings, and many other robust apecirr.ens of his gets are also in the same list. Warplane is, eo far, the most .noteworthy of Martian's sons at the stud, but his record is bftlow what might have been expected, even though a Great Northern Derby winner is included. Martarma, who was relegated to the stud last year, can be regarded as a promising eire, and he may prove to bo the main one to keep up the credit of the Martian line.

PURCHASE OF STALLIONS.

LUCK AT AUCTION SALES.

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For any horse of note biff figU'??s may be expected to bo quo:ed when the ques- ( tion of purchase is mentioned, nnd it is a well-authenticated fact that £53,000, with certain contingencies, was paid by a syndicate when the American-bred horse Tracery whs taken back to England a few years ago. That proved an unlucky speculation, for Tracery succumbed to an ailment. Facta recorded in connection with auction Hales of blood stock furnish much room for speculation, and an interesting incident in the career of Night Raid, who has won marked fame for Now Zealand aft the sire of the doughty pair Nightmarcli * and Phnr Lap. is discovered in the account, of a sale held in England in December, 1920. Night Raid was knocked clown for the small sum of 1 '2O guineas, and he was exported to Australia on the same day. A , five-year-old horse named Simon Square was passed in at 17.500 guineas, which, it was announced, was below the reserve. Simon Square stood : nst year at a fee of 19 guineas, which would go to show that he was not viewed favourably, , It is often remarked that there is just as great a chance as in times past of securprize among what are termed "culk," " tind it can be said that- both e\v Zenland and Australia have secured their full share under t'.io heading named. Night " Raid can be claimed as the most recentlyacquired prize, and it would appear quite \ safe to conclude that his value to-dnv would not be assessed at less thiin 10,000 guinea*.