SPOUTING AND SPORTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12603, 5 March 1903, Page 2

SPOUTING AND SPORTS

THE TURF. Lt "SentikeTi." RACING CALENDAR. March 5 and G—Wangamii J.G. Autumn. March s—llorOrata R.C. Annual. Match C and 7—Wcstport J.C, Autumn March 7—South Auckland R.C. Annual. March 10—Akaroa County R.C. Annual. Match 10 and 11—Dannevirkc J.C. Annual. March 17—Stratford R.C. Annual. March 17—Wnimate Club's Race Meeting, March 17—Oxford J.C. Annual. March 17 and 18-Goro'R.C. Smnmcr. March 17 and 18—Greymouth J.C. Autumn. March 17 and 18—Hnwke's Bay J.C. Autumn. March 19 and 20-Miistcrtoi) li C. Autumn, March 20 and 21—Westlar.d R.C. Autumn. Matcli 21 and 25—Napier Park B.C. Autumn. March 23 and 26— Marlborough R.C. Autumn. March 27 and 28—Roeftoii J.C. Autumn. April 1 and 2—Nelson J.C. Annual. April 1 and 2—Southland Jf.C. Autumn. Aptil 11 and 13—Wairarapa R.C. Autumn. April 11 and IS—Wairarapa R.C. Autumn. April 11,13, and 14—Auckland R.C. Autumn April 11, 13, 15, and 18—Australian J.C. Autumn. April 13—Beaumont J.C. Annual. April 13 and 14—C.J.C. Aniumn April 13 and 14—Kumara R.C. Autumn. April 13 and 14—Feilding J.C. Autumn April 22 and 23—South Canterbury J.C. Autumn. April 2.1 and 25—Wellington R.C. Autumn. May 14 and 15—Ashburton County R.C. Autumn. June 10 and 11—North Otogo J.C. Winter. The largo concourse of people which was present at Wingatui on Cup day must have been truly gratifying to those who are dnsirious of seeing tho Dunedin. Jockey Club regain the flourishing condition which it mounted to some few years back, and may be taken as a proof that, with a prospect of fino weather and decent fields, the public will attend in numbers to fill tile cnclosures, if not to repletion, at least in a manner which server, to apparently dwarf tile capacity of tho extensive accommodation which exists at the course. Cup Day was gloriously fine, and tho club's patrons strolled about with an air of evident enjoyment depicted on their faces which demonstrated that they were on good terms with themselves and everybody else. This desirable feature was probably not a little contributed to by the victories of a fair percentage of good favourites, \vlio ran homo in a manner calculated to arouse enthusiasm in tho most phlegmatic sportsman. The enclosures and general surroundings of the courso looked at their best, and a kindly rain which had fallen served to take the steel out of tho going on tho track, besides freshening up the landscape. In looking over the breeding of the winners at Wingatui last week tho extraordinary success which attended .the descendants of Musket is really astonishing, and is a further proof of the saying that a good horse never dies, but lives again in tho deeds of his sons. It is almost impossiblo to place too great a value on the benefit which the importation of Musket conferred on tho colony's blood stock, and scarcely an important meeting passes at which some of his descendants liavn not been conspicuous performers. And tile sltcces3 which falls to his descendants is not confined to New Zealand, because the Musket strain is almost as conspicuously successful in . Australia as in this country. In the Old World, through Trenton, Carbine, Maxim, Carnage, and others, the strain has forccd it-self into tile notice of breeders, and where it has been introduced into a stud tho stndronster has never bad cause to regret tho addition. At Wingatui last week there was a programme of 24 events, and of these 19 fell to the descendants of tho Toxopln'lito horse. Thirteen of these winners received the strain through their sires, and tho other six through their dams. In addition to tho above, ?Z place winners had the blood coursing in their veins. The moat successful stallion was the lord of the Elderslie harem, Stepniak, tho son of Nordenfctdt and Steppe, who has been such a conspicuous success since taking up stud life. Stepniak's principal winner was Orloff, the flying son of Sortie, who captured the Dunedin Cup in brilliant style under 8.13, which is the heaviest- burden ever carried to victory in the race by a- three-year-old. Stepniak has earned his laurels at tile stud both ns sire of horses possessed of exceptional brilliancy and of good stayers, and the Elderslio studmaster must often thank his lucky star for having selected tho son of Nordonfoldt as a mate for the choice collection of mares which graze in his paddocks. Next to Orloffs success was that of Pctrovna, who scored in tho Dnmniri Handicap, and his other winners were Muscovite and Rtcnenfeldt. Tho total sum of money, including place, won hv Stepniak's stock was £580. Sir George Clifford's stallion Clanranald, the son of St. T.egor and Scottish Lassie, follows Stepniak in the list, and his stock won £348. which amount was principally won by Terrapin, Tercelet, and Cannie Cbiel. Terrapin and Tercelet are full brothers, and are put of tho Maxim (Musket —Realisation) mare Teredina, whilst Cannin Cbiel is out of Weathercyc, who was got by Maxim out of tho Apremont maro Galatea. Tho defunct Chain Armour (who, if I remember aright, was a victim of tho Christcliurch liorso fiend when that party was killing off some of the Canterbury bloodstock some few years back), follows Clanranald in tho list, and his representative Pallas captured £200 for him. Chain Armour was got- by Chain. Shot (Musket Locket] out of the Apremont—Rupeo mare' Apropos, who raced in H. Goodman's colours. The imported horse Seaton Delaval had two winners in Gladsome and Lavalette, and the two fillies woft £145 Between' them. LavaIctte is out of Miss Lctty, who was got by St. Leger out of Necklace, the daughter of Musket and Locket. Miss Gladys, the dam of Gladsome, is by Cuirassier, the full brother to Trenton. The defunct St. Clair had St. Denis snd' Blazer to represent him, and they,won £200 between them.- Perkin Warbeck II had two winners in Wolbcck and Bulawayo, who wore responsible for £135. The latter is out of Crest, a daughter of Medallion, tlio son of Musket, who is' responsible for the paternity of the flying Achilles. Musketry, the son of Maxim and Flattery, had a dual winner in Lolah, who Won £115 in stakes. Ruhy had also a dual winner in Barbette, who was out of tile Nordetifeldt maro Yattaghnn. Lochiel had Red Gauntlet to represent him, and he won the only timo ho started, and earned £90. Lord Rosslyn. (St. Clair—Lady Emma) had two winners of money in Lady Rosslyn and Sychem. Tho recently-defunct Brigadier (Musket—Pungawherewhere) had Snider to keep his memory greeh, and the other winning sires at the meeting were Aianiwamii ISomnus—Wairuareka). who sired Tugela; Epicure, the son of Waikaia; and Trump Card (Traducer—Revoke), whose only representative was l f lowe. o' Clutha, the winner of the Trial Handicap. That well-known writer on bloodstock "Hidalgo." publishes nil interesting table in tho Thoroughbred Record allowing the amount of racing done by sundry famous mares. Here it is IS ' Name. § J5 m t; a in 5i

From this it in-comparatively easy tn study the question of whether severe campaigning injures fi innt'e (or the paddock. Brpsivins: produced Nowmiiistcr nild Nimnykirk, also .Honeysuckle, from whom so many cood horses of to-day descend. Alico Hawthorn produced Oulston and.Thormanby. She also established a strong female line. Caller Ou was not a succcssfnl hrood mare, hut, then, slie never looked like being one; Lily Abhob nrbducod Ormoiulo and Ornament Lilian did no Rood. Flour de Lis was the dam of Sovereign, who, when imported lo America, sired Prioress, who came tn land and won the Cesarpwiteh. Ladv Moore Carcw produced Mendicant ; Tiitllo Lady will he remembered as the dam of Camballo. Primula distinguished herself through her first-bnrri son, fluecanoer: Eleanor was the dam of Mnlev; Haricot of Lady Lnngdon and Caller Tin; Manganese of Mandragora, The

Miner, Mineral, and other good ones ; Priestess produced Dulcibella, Eastern Princess, Princo Charlie; and Ellersdale claimed a Derby winner in her son Ellington, besides wcll-remcmbcred daughters-such as Blcrmire and Summeraido. Only Caller Ou and Lilian, out- of the sixteen mares dealt with, were failures at the stud, and even here there may be a question, for Caller Ou had two pretty good daughters iu Peiulora and The Pearl.