STUD NEWS AND NOTES

Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 54

STUD NEWS AND NOTES

—In England this season Trenton's progeny have won 13 races, value £4550. — The Australian mare Lady Trenton has foaled a filly to Grafton. This youngeter is a sister to Strata Flor---u.». and a half-sister to Lord Cardigan and Dividend. — Joyance, who recently won this year's Queensland Derby, is a grey daughter of the St. Simon horse Simmer of Savoury) out of the Trenton mare i3iis3.

— The French owner and breeder M. — <±- mond Blanc does not believe in racing fillies after they are three years old, and has in consequence sent the smait Profane, who won the French Oaks this season, to the stud.

— Subsequent to the crack American stallion Meddler being purchased on behalf of Mr C. H. Mackay for £10.200 a few weeks ago, an agent acting on behalf of M. Blaac, asked whether an advance of £5000 would be considered. The reply was in the negative.

— G-allinule was an easy first in the list of winning sires when the mail lelt England, his stock having credited him with 33,% wins, of the value of £29,792 10s. Tiie other sires with five figures to their credit were Suinfoin £21;829, St. Frusquin £17.321, St. Simon £17,265, Cyllene £15.547, Ayrshire £14,886, Florizel II £12,277 10s, Rightaway £11,930, Methon £10,337 10s, and Persimmon £10,305.

— Foals are sometimes born with bandy legs. This is probably due to deficient lime constituents in t-he food. Xo effect a cure, give, in a small ration of crushed oats and chaff, a half-teaspoonful of calcium phosphate night and morning. The affected limb maybe lightly encased in a starch bandage, covered by a piece of leather, properly moulded to conform to the shape of the leg. This should be removed weekly and readjusted. —It is not known why mules do not breed, and we doubt if anyone else knows. Occasionally it is stated that a female mule has given birth to a foal, but in the majority of cases it is a mule-like mare, and not a mule — • a ca&s of telegony. In one or two instances, however, the evidence is strong that a mule has given birth to a foal. Sometimes a mulo will take to a. mare's foal, and the latter by sucking will iudvice the mule to give milk. When this occurs the mule is very jealous of the foal, and will allow no mare near the

—It is seldom that wagers are made over horses meeting in the show ring, but a little money changed hands at the recent North Otago show, where the imported English stellion Obiigado and the Australian-bred Dirk Hammerhand, met in the ring. The latter came to this colony about 12 months ago with Melbourne show Ting nonours fresh, uppn him, and a few sporting bets at evens were laid that the- English horse would gain, ths judges' verdict; and such proved to be the case. Both horses are fine specimens of the thoroughbred, and Obiigado, who was get by Orville (son of Ormonde) out of tho Trappist mare Flirt, in addition to being a show ring horse, has proved himself a successful sire, as three out of the four of his stock which have sported silk have succeeded in gaining turf honours.