STUD NEWS AND NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2661, 15 March 1905, Page 55

STUD NEWS AND NOTES.

— Trenton was sent to England in 1896, l.ut le had a winning representative at the V.R.C. meeting in Trent, who annexed the Hurdle Kace last day of the gathering. — Maniopoto, who is reported to have changed hands recently at a price said to be in the neighbourhood of lOOOgs, was got by Soult out of Lady Fisher, the daughter of Cuirassier and the Sornnus mare Lady Emaneline.. — The Wallace colt Scotland, who ran a dead-heat with Charles Stuart in the Select j Stakes on the last day of the V.R.C. meeting, ■■ is out of a " half-sister to Jane Eyre, a wellknown performer who used to carry Mr H. i Craig's colours. — The Malvolio colt Munderah, who played » conspicuous part at this year's V.R.C. &v- j tumn meeting, is out of the Splendour mare Grand Canary, who was got by Occident's tire -Lapidiflt from . Rosalie, a daughter of Peter "Wilkins, th.9 sire of Tasman's dam, Ziilah. — -.Lord THrin's Daughter, who won the Australian Cup, was bred io English time, and ioalecl on January 19, 1901. Her breeder engaged some of Lochiel's stcck bred to English time in the English classics run last year, but did not complete his idea of sending them home tc race. — Dangai, who won the Bourke Handicap and Faiewell Handicap at the V.R.C. autumn meeting is a son of St. Swithin, the son of Cadogan and Malice, the sister to Le Loup, who, after joining the Hon. G. M'Lean's sttid, bred St. Swithin, Pique, and Rancour. Dangai is a brother to Trochon. — xhe Southland owner Mr T. Mortimer reoently suffered a severe loss in the death of Ms thoroughbred stallion His Lordship, Ly Catesby from Her Ladyship. The horse was being shunted in a railway horsebox when he ■was thrown on his back. He lingered on for some time, but eventually succumbed to internal injuries, his spine in particular being badly hurt. — The mouths of English horse breeders mustcrater, says a correspondent of the Field, when they read, if they ever do read, the annual report of M. Hornez, who has succeeded M. Plazen as the administrator jf the Haras in Zfrance. This embraces, of course, the 22 depots throughout the country at which axe kept the 3000. and odd stallions (thoroughbreds, fcackneys, harness and cart stallions) which the State provides at merely moderate fees for the 'use -of breeders. M. Hornez states that the - TwavfTTrHTYi. of 3450 Btalliona, ior which a measure recently pa-seed by the Chamber pro"«dded, has not yet been reached, as not more than 50 stallions were to be purchased each year; but on January 1 last the total had attained- 321-1, so that in another five years or less the stallion depots will have .'heir full complement. M Hornsz states that these 3211 stallions (of which 217 are thoroughbreds, . 340 Arabs, 2109 hackneys and other halfbreds, and 515 heavy draught horses) were reinforced by 1464 approved stallions belonging to private Breeders and 250 authorised stallions — that is to say, stallions which the Government inspectors passed as sound, but' did not altogether care about, and that these different categories of stallions covered last year 262,305 mares, as against 250,000 in 1902 and 240,000 in 1901. jdiisNis in striking contrast to the modest offer of 28 premiums of £150 in England, which is all that the Royal Commission an Horsebreeding -has at its disposal, not but what the latter makes the best possible use oi its limited income, and would, no doubt, be «--nly too pleased if its resources were increased by sorce -such fund as that of which the "French. Minister of Agrirulture can avail himself, for, as M. Hornez goes on to show in his TeporV the total amount spent in 1903 for wrLses at s-hows, premiums to stallions and thoroughbred mares, premiums to breeders, races, and other objects of a similar kind, was only a trifle short of £74,000. And this does not include the 1 per cent which is levied upon the takings of tho pari-mutuel for the benefit of 'breeders. This sum waries, of course, according to the amount invested, but the total has for the last three years been about and 1 per cent on this is £100,000, •with which a great- deal of good can, of course, be effected. — G-oldsbrough's due respecting his daughters is generally allowed, though grudgingly given, in places where other interests are- paramount, and, doubtless, everybody interested in this, the greatest stallion Australia lias produced, has noticed that a chance of disparaging him is never missed in certain quarters. Gold&brough was the sire of I'railty, the "Pocahontas of Australia." He is generally referred to (says Miiroy) as "a filly getter," -and bis sons classed ps mediocre. Goldsbrough's critics -conveniently forget that he sired Melcra, who, on two occasions, defeated their much-beloved and deservedly belauded Carbine at w.f.a. and who lost a Melbourne and an Australian Cup through his jockey. Another of his sons, Arsenal, won the Melbourne Cup, while other sons who were classed Al at Randwick, Fleinrngton, and elsewhere are Cardigan (Metrojolitan), Honeydew (Birthday Cup), Brockleigh lEpsom Handicap), Hilarious (a crack New Zealand sprinter), Sou-wester (a sire and a great performer in New Zealand), The Broker (a St. Leger winner), Petronel (Queensland Derby and Cu<p), Morpeth (Tattersall'.-? Cup and Australian Cup). Impulse- (Wagga Cup), Algerian (a first-class handicap winner)^ Merriment (Hawkesbury Guineas), and Keith CHawkestnrry Handicap), while Kamilaroi, I*ord of the Lake, Townley, Burrilda, Zeno, Drilldtool, R-crage-et-Noir, Sea. Song, King's Own, The Jewel, Cardoness, Kilmore, and Inspiration were all good performers, and quite Tip to the standard of present-day secondraters. Despite the great doings of bis stock, Goldsbrough was nev-er a popular stallion with other breeders, for during the last 10 years of his life his average of public nia-res •was less than 13 a year. He died in 1898, and during his career sired winners of over 600 "races, who won just about £75,000 in stakes ; but had he received full credit for the winnings of his stock in North and "Western Queensland alone, not to mention many of the back-coun-try meetings in this State, his total would have been considerably increased. When he was at the height of bis strength many of Goldsbrough's stock went to Queensland and into the back country, wtere good 1 races used to be lel3 and substantial prizes given, but the only arecoTd- w-t, had of winning stallions in those times -igTiored the meetings north of RockLampton and in many parts of this State. An instance: Goldsbrough's daughter "Wheel of Fortune (dam of Wa-terpaint) won about £1200 in stakes in Queensland, but there is no record of any of her wins in that region in the bocks of reference.