TURF TOPICS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1511, 14 February 1901, Page 43

TURF TOPICS

(BY ADVANCE.)

A SUCCESSFUL,GELDING

In taking a, parting look at and Boreas comfortably quartered on the Moana last Saturday, I wondered it rne Porirua pair are likely to return, vance is a valuable horse, but Mr Donald Fraser has already secured a son or "Vanguard for stud purposes. Excepting in weight-for-age events, Advance will not be much use in this colony for racing purposes, especially as he will probably put up some great performances. If a "satisfactory price is forthcoming, lie will probably stay in Australia, or may follow another good Vanguard in Vedette to India. It is more than probable that the nine-year-old gelding Boreas will not be brought back. After the Australians get a glimpse of his form—especially if lie could succeed in a race . like the All Aged Stakes—his present Ksnvvners will have no difficulty m parting ./ with him at a good figure. Boreas is

from the Day Dawn mare Zillah. who left several winners, while his grand dam (Annie') left a long string of winners. Boreas was bred bv Mr H. N. Harrison, in 1891. AT FIVE YEARS OLD. Boreas made his first appearance at the Wellington Cup meeting. He was first favourite with 6st 111 b in a hack race, but failed to get a place. Nextday a different horseman was put up, and he svent- out second favourite, but again finished in the ruck. He ran at the Hutfc in W. H. Keith's name. Taken to Taranaki, he finished out of a place in the Second Hack Handicap. At the Manawatu meeting, ridden by Geo. Price, and running in the/ name of Peter Keith, Boreas won the First Hack Handicap, in which he started first favourite, and the following day pulled oft the Fitzherbert Handicap. He started in the Richmond Park Stakes at he> son, won by The Miser, but was one of the two unplaced horses. At Riccarton in the Autumn he was well backed in the Sockburn Handicap, but failed to get a place. In the Final Handicap, one mile, paying, a good price, he was beaten by Barshot. Returning to the Hutt he finished out of a place on three occasions. He was shortly afterwards purchased by Mr F. Webb, for a century, and went into Prosser's charge. His first race for the Porirua stable was a win m the Winter Handicap at the Nelson Jubilee meeting. He was well backed, as usual, and paid £1 16s. AT SIX YEARS OLD.

He was taken down to the National meeting for the August Handicap. Ridden by the late Percy White, he won anyhow. At Hawke’s Bay he was beaten by Sir Launcelot in the Flying Handicap, but was unplaced in the Final Handicap, six furiongs, m which Vedette and Daunt made the going interesting, and the former put up lmin 14 2-osec. At Napier Park fie won the Caledonian Handicap, and registered lmin ITsec with lOst in the saddle. At Wanganui he won the Flying Handicap in jmin 16 4-ssec. Journeying to Riccarton, he put up 31b penalty and wen the Stewards Handicap in lmin 15 l-ssec. The next day he just missed the Criterion Handicap, his defeat being caused by Uniform, who was in receipt of 91b from the Porirua horse. What sort of a line could be got for a Newmarket candidate with such a great' sprinter as Boreas, not forgetting Ostiak to take them along for the first part of me journey. Boreas next appealed at tiio Hutt, where he failed to give Chasseur 331 b over five furlongs. He gave Chasseur 241 b and a beating over the same distance the following day. Percy White had ridden Boreas up till now, but for some reason or other Aliy Webb desired a change, and at the Manawatu Summer Meeting F. Davis had the mount on Boreas. It was in a five furlong handicap Boreas met Chasseur on 51b better terms than at the Hutt, and of course it looked a good thing for him. Percy White had the mount on Chasseur, and Avon by a length from Boreas. Had White been on Boreas, he could have won by tAvo lengths. The deceased horseman was the best pleased person at the Manawatu meeting, that day at all events. AT SEVEN YEARS. He started his third turf season at Wanganui, where he finished behind Light and'Crusoe in the Stakes. Percy White again had the ride. At Hastings he won the Spring Handicap, defeating a better favourite in Daunt oy halt ** length. He was made third favourite in the New Zealand Cup, blit the distance was too far for him. I. Wilson had the mount in the Jockey Club handicap, in Avhich he again ran unplaced. At the Hutt he was behind the placed horses in the Pearce Handicap, won by Daunt. He next ran third to Castashore and M.alatua in. the JVlcinawatu Cup, O’Brien’s horse being m receipt of all but two stone. Wilson had his first vin on the Sou'wester gelding the next day, in the President s Handicap. The five starters were all well backed, and Boreas, who was favourite, paid £3 Ss. His next appearance was at Riccarton, where Altair defeated him in the Midsummer Handicap. In the Champion Plate he was third to Blazer and Dundas, but carried top weight of the three. At Wanganui Boreas ran second to another Porirua horse (Titoki) in the Flying Handicap. White rode Titoki, who paid £3 13s. Boreas Avas paying over £2ll His omy other appearance at the meeting ay as 111 Wanganui Stakes, m which he finished out of a place. At Dunedin he failed to get a place in the Cup. but Avon the Dunedin Jockey Club Handicap, m which he met Ma-latua, who ran second in the Cup, on only lib better terms. This was the first meeting at Avhicii G. Jenkins rode Boreas. Before leaving Dunedin he also accounted for the Anniversary Handicap, one mile. He uid not start again till the Great Easter, Avhich he won with 9st 121 b up. R. Derritt rode him in this race. At the Hu tv he carried lOst 51b and Avon the Railway Handicap in lmin 15sec. Jenkins rode him in this race, but when he finished fourth the folloAving day Derritt had the mount. This Avas in the Suburban Handicap, Avon by P. White on Tigress. AT EIGHT YEARS. Last season Boreas did not appear until the New Zealand Cup meeting, when he finished out of place in the SteAvards Hamlicao, Criterion Handicap and Electric Prate. At the Hutt he finished

second to Explosion in the Pearce Handicap At the ManaAvatu Meeting he Cup and President’s Handicap. In the Wairarapa Cup he carried list 11b. Tortulla, 6st lib, finished first and Boreas second. Wilson rode Tortulla and McTaggart Boreas . In the Wellington Cup he ran second to Djin Djin, but made no race of the Racing Club Handicap the following clay. AT NINE YEARS OLD. Boreas has only started on two occasions this season. At Wanganui he ran unplaced in the Spring Handicap, and at the Hutt Avon the Racing Club Handicap, in which he put up one of the best performances since he has been racing, and paid the biggest dividend during his career. The folloAving table summarises Boreas’s performances:

Boreas has had numerous followers since he started to .race. An inA'estment of A'l 011 every time he started would have resulted in a profit of £l2 3d.

DEATH OF ID ALIA. The death of the famous brood mare Idalia is reported from Hawke’s Bay, at the advanced age of thirty years, she having been foaled in 1870. A Avriter in the ‘‘Sportsman” thus refers to her career ; __ On the turf Idalia Avas not a—success, as in her five two-year-old essays the daughter of Cambuscan only secured one small race, and in the following season she failed to catch the judge’s eye in her six engagements. However, as a brood mare, she is entitled to rank a,s one of the best of the many granu mares imported from England to New Zealand. In 1874 Idalia was brought out to this colony in company Avith Aurifera, Hammock, Maria Theresa and Nerissa. Idalia ay as then owned by the late Mr E. G. Griffith, a ay ell-known enthusiastic sportsman, her first colt foal being named Betrayer, by Traducer. During his career on the turf Idalia’s son secured among other races the C.J.C. Champagne Stakes, Canterbury Cup, Timaru and Wanganui Cups, and though he Avas given but feAv chances at the stud, his best son probably being Liberator, he left behind him a number of very useful horses. Sir Modred, by Traducer, came next, and many contend that this fine commanding horse Avas the best Idalia ever foaled. Certainly, it is a thousand pities the horse was allowed to go to America, where lie has established a name for liimself. at the stud. Many Avill recollect the day when he defeated his younger brother Cheviot in the Canterbury Cup, the three-year-old being unable to extend his relative. Sir Modred Avon. the Dunedin Champagne Stakes. C.J.C. Champagne Stakes, C.J.C. Derby, Canterbury Cup and Timaru Cup, and going over to Australia he was successful in the Metropolitan Handicap under 8s t 101 b. Idalium, by Traducer, folloAved Sir Modred, this horse being also expatriated to America, and then came Cheviot, who appriated the C.J.C. Derby and Midsummer Handicap. Cheviot was one of the most levelly-built powerful horses ever raced in the colony, and many capable judges preferred him to his leggier brother. Sir Modred. Young Che4 T iot ; who successfully raced at Riccarton and elseAvhere, was probably the best horse sired by Idalia’s son in NeAv Zealand. "Whilst in Australia Little Bernie proved a capital advertisement for the Traducer horseAnother good but unfortunate horse Avas July (who was unfortunately foaled on July 29, hence his name), and then came Liverpool, by King of clubs, avlio annexed the C.J.C. Welcome Stakes as a two-year-old, but in the following year he aa as beaten by Black Rose in the Derby. This chestnut horse ay as. not a great success at the stud, though he was gßen but feAV chances with aa 7 ell-bred mares. In 1883 Iclalia threw that fine mare Fair Nell to Apremont, and she 111 turn, Avlien mated with St. George foaled in successive years Saracen, Loyalty, and Bonnie Scotland. Since then lair Nell lias been mated with several stallions, and this year she has been put te, the St. Simon horse Cyrenian. Enid and Ravenswing, both sired by Apremont, Avere a pair of nice fillies, the latter especially so, and when she retired from the track, to the paddock she produced Chaos and Icli Dien, the mare being purchased for Australia by the Hon D. S. Wallace. Cypriote, by fot. George, and Eros, by the same horse, Avere not brilliant. In 1890 Idalia dropped twins to Apremont, and in the folloAving season, when oAvned by the Hon J.D. Ormoncl the old mare foaled Mount Ida. Sir Launcelot, by Dreadnought. Avas foaled in 1894, and Avas the winner or several races, amongst them being the Hawke’s Bay Stakes, whilst lie ran a dead heat Avith Multiform in the C.J.C. Welcome Stakes. After a, lengthy spell, Sir Launcelot secured the October Handicap at the Hawke’s Bay Spring Meeting, subsequent to which he A\as installed a strong faA r aurite for the NeAV Zealand Cnp, Avon by Seahorse. The folloAving record of her progeny is taken from the Stud Book :

IDALIA (17). Bay mare, bred in England in 1870. by Camb iscan. her dam Dulcibclla, by Yoitigeur—Priestess, by The Doctor— The Biddy, by Bran —Idalia, by Peru-' A'ian--1876 Br c, Betrayer, by Traducer 1877 B c, Sir Modred, by Traducer 1878 — Blk c Idalium, by traducer 1879 B c, CheAdot, by Traducer 1880 — B c July (foaled July 29th), by Traducer 1881 — Cli c Liverpool, by King of Clubs 1883 — Cli f Fair Nell, by Apremont 1884— Blk f Enid, by Apremont. 1885 — Blk f Ravenswing, by Apremont 1886— Br f Cypriote, by St. Georg© 1888—B c Eros, by St. George 1890— Ch c Middlepark (a twin, cut), by Apremont 1891— B f Mount Ida, by Apremont 1894 —Cli c Sir Launcelot, by Dreadnought. No other produce lived.

THE WAIROA MEETING

The out-of-the-way Wairoa County Racing Club’s meeting Avas held on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. The gathering is of some interest to Hawke’s Bay people, as that district usually provides the majority of the competitors. Last Aveek the principal race each day was won by the Wairarapa gelding DerTingcotte (Derringer—Makura) who Avas recently leased by Mr F. Bedford from Mr C. O’Donoghue, one of Dave Wright’s patrons, who purchased him from Jim Reed. Mr O’Donoghue failed to win Avith Derringcotte, avlio ay on at Wairoa for his now owner the first time of a-sking. Daphne was tne best he had to beat each day, but in the Consolation he could only get third to Mr Blake’s mare, Avho was meeting him on 211bs better terms. Derringcotte is said to be a good jumper, and he will probably be tried over hurdles this winter. Although Daphne scored occasionally her a\'erage of Avins for starts is not » large one.

Waitio (Kaiwhaka —Ada) started off by winning the Hack Hurdles, and was also successful in the tw». handicap hurdle events.

No less than seven winners at tlio meeting paid less t%n level money, and yet a backer of every horse at the mooting would have Avon. In the first hack race C-orydon (Strephon—Young Dinah) paid £2l 15s, and Avhon Te Mari put him down 011 the second clay he paid £22 10s. Te Mari is Maori-OAvned. tie won a four-horse race at the club’s meeting last"year and paid. £ll 4s. The grey mare Honors (by Dreadnought—Queen of Trumps) opened her winning career by Avinning a double on the first day. When, she was beaten by Wilson (The Dauphin Bombshell) in. a field of two on the second day, tbe latter paid £3 11s. Honours Avas the Hon. J. D. Ormond’s bracelet candidate at Christchurch last August, but shewed no form.

A three-year-old half to Hap Van Winkle, named The Queen’s Signal (St. Andrew —Wainorama) Avon a couple of Scurry races.

Two district races fell "to- Pistol Gmp (Martini Enfield —Patriarch mare) and the veteran' Moonraker (The Assyrian— Nor ah), who- Avas first named The HaAvker, and is nine years of age. Royal Flirt, who Avon the Selling Race Handicap, is the last of the progeny of Flirt, a well-known Gisborne brood mar© owned by Mr John Clark. Flirt (by Derby—Molly BaAvn) died about two years ago. Royal Flirt is a five-year-oM filly by Albert, full sister to Paria, Avho has made a name for himself as a hurdle racer, Flirt was the dam of Privateer, Cairngorm, Tam O’Shanter, Flirtation, and others.

At 5yrs Starts. 1st. ... 12 3 2nd. 1 Un3rd placed 0 8 Stakes .Won. =£995 At Gy vs ... 10 5 4 0 1 575 At Tyro ... 17 6 2 3 6 1435 At 8yrs ... 9 3 3 0 3 1085 At 9yrs 2 1 0 0 1 340 50 18 10 3 19 £4430