SON OF MARTIAN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23109, 6 August 1938, Page 23

SON OF MARTIAN

RACEFUL AT MODERATE FEE With winner* of over £6OOO in the Dominion last season, Paceful kept | himself well in the limelight and he is likely to command good patronage n t the moderate lee of 15 guineas, at ivliich lie "ill stand at Frankton Junction. Son of the groat sire of stayers, Martian, he lias produced some good horses.and notable ymong them are the fine'hand'"'""!' performer King Hoy and t j ie brilliant hurdler Full of Scotch. , BEAU IRISH IN WAIKATO GRANDSON OF SWYNFORD The blood of Swvnford, winner of the St. Leger, is highly valued and among the sires, who -will bo standing in tho Waikato this season is his grandsQn Beau Irish. The line bf Swvnford has been carried on by his son Hlandford, sire of four Derby winners, Blenheim, Trigo, Windsor Lad and Bahrain. Beau Irish will be located at Scotsman's Valley, Tauwhare, at a foe of 5 guineas. DINK FROM GOOD FAMILY HALF-BROTHER TO BEAU PERE One of the most fashionablv-bred young sires whose services will bo available to breeders is Dink, who will stand at the Mardella Stud. Qtahuhu. Dink is a half-brother to Gav Shield, who did remarkably well in his short ■ career at the stud in New Zealand, and to Beau Pere, who was purchased for Australia for 3300 guineas at tho Westniero dispersal sale. An offer of 10.000 guineas from England has. since been declined for Beau Pere, whose list for the season is full at 200 guineas. Dink is out of the successful mare Cinna. winner of the 1000 Guineas etc, and is from the famous No. 3 family, which has provided over a period of many generations some of our best sires and stayers. Dink is by Nothing • Venture, a successful sire and stayer and one of the leading descendants of the St. Simon line in Pmgland to-day. SIX TIMES PREMIER RECORD OF HUNTING SONG Leading thoroughbred sire in the Dominion for the sixth successive season, Hunting ,Song will stand at Hillcrest, Hamilton. Up to the present his stock have won over £IOB.OOO and his record speaks for itself. Some of the best performers sir<;d by Hunting Song are Pink Coat, Stretto, Sporting Blood, Hunting Cry, Gaine Carrington and View Halloo, and his stock have proved very versatile.