RICCARTON TEAMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23273, 16 February 1939, Page 11

RICCARTON TEAMS

ARRIVAL OF YEARLINGS RECRUITS FOR D. COTTON THE WRECKER RECOMMISSIONED ["by telegraph—OWN correspondent] CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday Three yearling colts by Pink Coat arrived this week at D. Cotton's establishment. All were bred and are owned by Mr. D. Grant, Timaru. One colt is a brother to Ivinnoul, one a halfbrother to Rebel Lad and the third, a half-brother to Rebel Mate.

The five-year-old gelding Eiloughton Lad, previously in work and a three-year-old, Smile Again, by Pink Coat from All Smiles, have also been sent to Cotton.

Density, who suffered from a badly bruised foot after her race at the C.J.C. mid-summer meeting, which no doubt accounted for her poor display, is in serious work again and will accompany Lady Kinnoul, Blue Coat and Grey Night to Trentham next month. Jewish Lad. from the same stable, is to race at Waimato and will later bo put back to hurdling, at which he had some race experience in the North Island before coming south. Tho Wrecker, who was put aside after his return from Sydney in the spring, has been recommissioned by F. D. Jones.

The Riccarton trainer, E. Parker, will shortly bo given a yearling colt by Mvosotis from Somo Abbey to train for the owner, Mr. J. D. Buiuly, Lyttelton. A two-year-old filly, My Abbey, by Myosotis from Somo Abbey, was in work for a whilo with Parker, but had to bo turned out.

STUD BOOK CLOSED ENGLISH ANNOUNCEMENT FOREIGN MARES PROSCRIBED OAKS WINNER NOT ELIGIBLE Although no official ruling on the subject has been given, it can bo taken for granted that the Jockey Club will not reopen the general Stud Book to the admission of American and other families which were proscribed in 1913, states tho Manchester Guardian in its issue of January 13. Ever since that date tho subject has been one about which American breeders have felt deeply—some of them bitterly.

Even so'staunch an American supporter of English racing as Mr. William Woodward, president of the Now York Jockey Club and an ex-officio member of the English Jockey Club, has taken a strong line on the matter. Mr. Woodward won the Ascot Gold Cup last year with Flares, and owns the favourite for this year's Derby, Foxbrough, admittedly tho best two-year-old of last season. Both were bred in the United States, and neither is eligible for admission to the English Stud Book. An Ancient Grievance It would seem that by his own efforts as a breeder, Mr. Woodward has made out a strong case for an ideal that he has declared is very near his heart, and it has carried more weight than the arguments advanced with acrimony in the American press for a quarter of a century.

• But in spite of everything, the Stud Book is to remain closed and sealed to all families except those already included in its volumes, and the subject which has been figuring in breeding politics for the last few years, will not, so far as one can see, be raised again for a long time. This opening of the Stud Book to, "half-bred" strains is a veiy old question. It was agitated in the 'sixties about the Birdhill family, owned by the late Lord Coventry, from which descends the Oaks winner, Quashed, who beat Mr. Woodward's Omaha in the Gold Cup a few years ago. This was a pertinent illustration of the circumstance that the exclusion of "halfbred" families is not directed against American breeders, because Quashed is also not "in the book." Failure of Foxtail

There was a time when tho Stud Book was open to certain American mares, but it cannot be said that their descendants have had a boneficial effect on the English thoroughbred. Tho late Lord Rosebery once leased a great American horse, Foxhall, and he did a great deal more harm than good to his Mentmore stud. The present Lord Rosebery was speaking feelingly when at a recent meeting of the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association, where he strongly opposed the idea of reopening the Stud Book to foreign horses, he referred to Foxhall as having descended from "cart mares."

There are hundreds of mares in the United States who are in the English Stud Book, their descent from imported English thoroughbreds being well documented.

RIDING ENGAGEMENTS JOCKEYS FOR TE RAPA The following riding engagements have been announced for the Waikato Racing Club's Autumn Meeting next Saturday and Monday:— G. Cameron.—Silver Eagle, Paso Robles, Odtaa, The Trimmer. S. Tromain.—Tea Gong, Golden Sheila, Fox Moth. M. Coon.—Yalspear, Royal Message. G. Gilchrist.—Parquet, Sir Lysander, Royal Vaals, Bonstar. H. N. Wiggins.—Malagigi, Bachelor King, Valerian, Gay Rebel. A. C. Messervy.—Royal Ace. M. Ritchie.—Arabesque. The Ellerslio jockey L. Dulieu will attend the Woodville meeting on Friday or Saturday where he has been engaged to ride Dungarvan, on whom ho was successful m the Egmont Cup.

RACING FIXTURES February 17, 18—Winton Jockey Club. February 17, IS —Woodvlllo Jockey Club February 18 —Tolaga Bay Jockey Club. February 1.8, 20 —Waikato Racing Club. February 2.'}, 25 —Wanganui Jockey Club February 21, 25 —Gore Racing Club February 25—Waiapu Racing Club. February 25, 27—Westland Racing Club. February 25, 27—To Aroba Jockey Club Mareh 4 —Franklin Racing Club. March 4—Napier Park Racing Club. March 4—Banks Peninsula Racing Club, March 4—Rangitikoi Racing Club. March 9, 11 —Taranaki Jockey Club. March 10, 11 —Cromwell Jockey Club. March 11 —Carterton Racing Club. March 17, 18—Ohinenuiri Jockey Club. March 17, 18 —Wellington Racing Club March 18—Waimate Racing Club. March 23, 25 —Oaniaru Jockey Club. March 21, 25 —Manawatu Racing Club. March 25 —Birchvood Hunt Club. March 25, 27 —Bay of Plenty Racing Club. March 30, April I—Hawke's1 —Hawke's Bay Jockey Club.