STUD NEWS AND NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2663, 29 March 1905, Page 51

STUD NEWS AND NOTES.

— The imported American trotting sure Rex Derby, foaled 1839, by Charles Derby— Essie Farley, is in the private sale list in Melbourne.

— Australian Star, by The Australian Peer from the Grandmaster mare Colours, who has performed creditably since he was taken to England in 1899, has been retired to the stud

— His Majesty the King has a nomination to Flying Fox this year, and the mare selected is Nudeja, by St. .Simon out of Peadita 11. and consequently own sister to Diamond Jubilee and Persimira.cn.

— Pampero's sister Zephyr has a very racylocking, filly by Peerage at foot, which is to be given every chance, And with that object in view the dam was not served this year. Zephyr will probably go to St. Ambrose next yea Tj. — The Le Loup mare Red Riding Hood, the dam of. Redstart, was destroyed last week. A promising' two-year-old by Ob.igad>o and a foal by Bla-ckstone are the two latest cf her offspring. The Betrayer mare Kathlinda, the da-ni of St DezfSs, hss a fine colt foal at foot by Peerage, the son of The Australian Peer and Naomi; and Zephyr, the sister to the defunct Pampero, ha-s a very racy-looking filly foal at foot to the same horse. — The Betrayer (brother to Six- Modred) mare Kathlinda' s (the dam of St. Denis) latest contributions to the equine worUtT are two fine colts by Peerage, one of -which is a conspicuously-marked rich chestnut, ornamented, in true St'ockwe-ll fashion by a blaze and four white stockings. He is a well-grown and firmly-developed youngster ; and a fcal which Ka.thlinda. has running at ioot is also a fine sturdy young gentleman. — The well-known Irish breeder and sportsman Mr John Gubbins. who bred and raced Galtee More. Axd Patrick, and others, is sending his- wonderful old brood mare Moiganette (d»m of two Derby winners, G-a.ltee> More and Ard Patrick) and: Income {dam of that good horse Revenue) to Santoi, at ills Ballykisteen Stud, County Tipperary. Three of Morganett&'s daughters — Marietta, Galtefr Queen, and .Sugar Loaf. — as well as Kendal Belle (by Kendau out of May Day) he is ma,tang with Vitez. Mr Gubbins, who was once extremely fond of riding and other outdoor exercises, has been in a, bad! state of health for some time, and is generally confined to his room in consequenoe. — Many well-bred and well-performed horses niake poor sires, whilst, per contra, many indifferent performers, but who are, nevertheless, well bred and shapely, prove themselves excellent sires, possibly because the prowess of their ancestors has lain dormant m themselves, but is happily reproduced in their progeny. This may prove the case with Peerage, the son of Australian Peer and Naomi, th© dam of Gipsy Grand. Peerage was imported from Australia by Mr D. O'Biien as a yearling in 1897, but d'oas not find a place in either of the issues of the New Zealand Stud Book. He is a son of the well-performied horse The Australian Peer, the latter, as is well known, being the result of a union between two such historical equines as Darebin (who was one of the best sires America has seen) and the Tradxicer mare Lurline. so that there is no gainsaying tihat Peerage is bred on particularly attractive lines through his sire ; whilst his dam, Naomi, is o> beautifully- bred mare, as she was got by Henchman (Angler — Chrysolite) ottt ot Wild. Fire, a daughter of Wild Oats and the Musket mare Dynamite. Whilst on the turf Peerage proved 1 himself a fairly good bwb somewhat unlucky performer, and although wins were few, still some of his placed performances contain not a little merit. Sires are best judged by their stock and sonic of Peerage's get which the writer saw last week display plenty of size and quality — in fact, if they do not gallop fast they will greatly belie their appearance.

— The Melbourne Sporting Judge states that when Gladsome returned to the enclosure after the Newmarket Handicap had been run, blacking off of several pairs of boots was noticed from her head to her tail. It was theiefore very apparent that she had been closely hemmed in at gome part of the race.