NEW ZEALAND HORSES IN AUSTRALIA.

Otago Witness, Issue 1910, 29 June 1888, Page 24

NEW ZEALAND HORSES IN AUSTRALIA.

(Sydney KefereeO '•' ' Whether it is the water or what it ia; there is Borne strong reason somewhere for the length of time it takes .New Zealand horses to get acclimatised in Sydney. Being in the' same degree of latitude, one would think Auckland 'animals, at any rate, should soon feel at home and train on, especially as the'tam across f ia so Jfine, and of- only four and a-half "days' duration^at most. Yet every fresh arrivalonly 'emphaiisdatbe fact that New Zealand animals 'want'a^long acclimatising.' Pearl* Shell ->and' Cinderella? are the <two latest instances/ The filly ran one good race while as big ; as a cow in Melbourne before change had time to work, arid then'went off and kept off, while Cinderella, whioh, Hhbu'gh nevor more.than a.usefuljnare'if , well .placed, still could gallop a bit, is quite out-classed among selling platers since her change, of home. It would seem that New Zealand, horses should be kept entirely out of the raoing arena for a considerable time after Coming over here, as training a sick horse only injurfes it, and often $ hds in complete break-down. Take Weloome Jack for, an example. One of the finest animals and best weight-carriers that ever trod- the New Zealand turf was here an utter failure, and at length broke entirely* down. He never had to gallop in his island home, and yet . put up fast times nnder heavy weights, and at all distances, and those who saw and knew them all haresaidhe was, fit to beat the pick of AustralMiaTas a four-year-old. And still, pqj-sooner'doe'Mlie handsome son of Traducer and Miss tflafc set foot in Australia, sound and .well, thejuup.goes the donkey. The subject is.well x^o'rth careful inquiry at the hands of trainers andvets. "