SUCCESSFUL TWO-YEAR-OLDS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2561, 6 May 1903, Page 46

SUCCESSFUL TWO-YEAR-OLDS.

As usual, " Pentagraph " has anticipated the end of 'the nreaent season >n which the curtain will be rung down at the wnclusion of the forthcoming Dunedin winter meeting, and has issued hi 3 finst batch of statis<ties to show how the two-year-olds have been racing Since the statistics have appeared a couple of (two-year-old races have been decided, but the results were lot capable of making any material difference in the amounts won by the juveniles who figure a, the top of the tree amongst the winners. Sir George Clifford's colt Treadmill, die upstanding eon of Bill af Portland and Catherine Wheel, holds the pride of place at the ton >f the list, and ha-s captured £1670— a "fitting reward for the .rouble and expense which Sir George incurred in sending Catherine Wheel across to Australia on a visit to Bill >l Portland for (the purpose of obtaining a combination of the St Simon-Musket etraina. When it is considered that prior to going to Australia Catherine Wheel had done nothing on the racecourse or produced anything uhich could lay any claim to quality, the verture was not devoid of considerable risk on the part of the breeder of Treadmill. Catherine Wheel, as far as I can learn, never sported filk. She was foaled in 1891, and got by Maxim out of Mips Kate, the dam of Perkin Warbock II (rire of Dimdas and Welbock), Antelope (dam of Bluejacket), Sultan (Dunedin Cup winner), Prime Warden, and otherw of lecser note Catherine Wheel's sire (Maxim) was one of the fastest horses that ever raced in t'.e colonies, and unfortunately had an ail too short . c tud career in this colony before he was pclrcted by the Hon. George M'Lean aa a stalho-n for Mr J. B. Haggin's world-famou^ Rancho del Pa<o stud, "in California. Realisation, the d-n.ni of Maxim, was an imported English-bred mare, and ljesidrs becoming known to fame ais ,hp dam of Catherine Wheel's sire, also produced Wapiti to King Cole and The Possible- to Nordonfeldt. Catherine Wheel's first production was a colt to Phaethon. which w returned as being killed. In the hree fot'owinp years she. produced Catherine Flame and Kitty, ea-oh to Phaethon, and it ot.ms strange thoJ a horse that could sire a Lady Lillian could not produce something better tlian he did out of Catherine Wheel, with

his several opportunities. Perhaps a good mate for Catherine Wheel would be Bobadil, as he in out of a full eisfcer to Stejraiak, and the offspring would obtain a doublestrain of Musket through highly-successful sources, in conjunction with the blood of one of the most successful descendants of St. Simon who has appeared in tihe colonies. In the fulness of time Treadmill should make an excellent sire. His form is so recent that it does not require recapitulation here, but to defcalt euch a proved and brilliant performer ac Ordoff at 31b better than w.f.a. over seven furlongs as conclusively as he did, besides emaeihing up the brilliant Machine Gun, stamps him as an exceptionally good fcwo-year-old. On each occasion Treadmill ran home full of running, and in the seven-furlong race, had he been pressed, there is little doubt he would have put up an Australasian sevenfurlong record. Tho colt did not develop his true form until the back end of the season, and is likely to furnish to a tip-top three-yesT-old. King Log, the compactlybuilt and speedy son of Stepniak and Fairymaid, follows Treadmill in the last with £1295 to his crediit. This colt has been sent to South Africa, and cannot be considered to have been a lucky youngster, as in the eiarly part of the year he went amisa, and probably massed the Wedcome Stakes on (.halt account-. In the autumn he was again under a cloud, and did not sport silk at the C.J.C. autumn meeting. With ordinary luc-k King Log should handsomely my his way in 'his new home. Kamo, the daughter of Seaton Delavel and the Aus-tralran-bred mare Waitemata, wiho is a daughter of the English-bred 'horee Eiridspord, comes third on the list with £1150, and in ooimpilinjr that amount won five race?. Machine Gun, the hand&omn son of Hotehkiss and Rubina, won three races, of a total value of £915, and 'his form goes to show what a colt Treadmill ha 3 proved himself. Another Seaton Delavel in Gladsome, the daughter of the Cuirassier mare Misa Glady«, who is a granddaughter of the imported mare Atlantis, who is known te fame as the dam of St. Leg»r, Happy Land (the dam of Hova), and North Atlantic. Bill of Portland has another representative well up in the list in the chape of To-morrow, the AustraJian-bred daughter of Elusive (or perhaps would be more correctly returned ac Delusive), who captured £455 when she won the Welcome Stakes. Starshoot (by Hotehkiss— Crescent), who should develop into a good horse, won three raoes, valued ait £390. Crescent, the dam of Starefooot, is by Castor, and is a hailfsister to Oaoulator, St. James, and Crackfifhot. Other two-year-olds who have won £100 and over are aa follows: — Auratus IGoldreef— Puree&tring), £255; Sans Peur (Soult— Forme), £220; Desdemona (Hotehkiss—Dunoon), £195; De la Rey 'Seaton Deluvel— Radiant), £190 ; Idasa (Seaton Delavcl—lda), £190; Mei!odeon (Medallion— Melodia), £190; Quarryman (Bill >f Portland—Madowla), £190: Ropa (St. Leger— Browln Alice), £255; Lady Annie (Soult— Mis 3 Annie), £180; Enna (The OfficerEnid), £160; Cordon Rouee (SouLt— Lady Emmeline), £150; Delania (Seaton Delavel), £140 ; Bagpipes (Gipsy Grand— Reel), £135 ; Gold Crown (Goldreef— Nymph), £125; Jjeonore {Seaton Delavel— Leocant), £125; Regiment (Castor— Bangle), £125; Bandmaster (The Officer— Lyrebird). £110; Merry Soult (Soult— Merrymaid), £100.