STUD NEWS AND NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2664, 5 April 1905, Page 50

STUD NEWS AND NOTES.

+ -u~J r T South Wales comes news of the deatn of the Musket mare Necklet, who won a Mariovrnong Plate, and was dam of the crack Pendant.

nr % KeW ? ollth Wales feeders, Messrs Moses Bros have a full brother to the Champion Stakes winner Emir at their estate; but though he is described as a very fine foal his anatomy is unfortunately marred by a pair of malformed hocks, v/hich of course, lowers his value very considerably — One result of this will be that the Australasian market will be prospected more extensively than has been the case latterly to suppiy deficiencies in the way of remounts. The horses required by the Indian Government for military purposes are, as regards height, classified as under:— Royal Horse Artillery, 15.2J hands; Royal Field Artillery, 15.02; Heavy and Howitzer Artillery, 15.1J; Medium Cavalry, 15.02 and Hussars, 15.0£.

—In a recent issue of the Horseman (Chicago and New York) an editorial note sayaWe have taken occasion to point out several times the- fact .that there has been a tendency among- our breeders of both trotting horses and thoroughbreds to sell their belt stock m the hope offbeing able to develop others equally good. Mr-Ed. A. Tipton, of the Fasig-Tipton Company, made the statement to us that wkn he was buying thoroughbred mares for the iate Marcus Daly he was able to secure the best mares at any of the breeding establishments of Kentucky In some instances he had to pay stiff prices, but he could always get the mare he wanted it he were willing to give the price fo r her. He called Ihe attention of certain breeders to this, and asked them if they considered it, g^-\ P ?! 1Cy t. to - dlspose of the V «T mares to d£t ■^}%£ aMC s "? c ? ss fl of t^ir studs was due. and they replied feat there would be no trouble to develop other mares equally as good Have they done this? Mr Tioton claimed that one reason why the prices were not better at the yearling sales in New York I™ „ ♦ c W! £ a great many of the

-A large, number of the Indian Government studs have been ravaged by a disease called dowrme, and for which it is recogt nised by the ablest veterinary authorities and'hf H °, The diseSSe * s co^S" and heavy losses are reported in stallions and Wood mares; consequently the local supwMl + r m ?T t3 ha /, been Steatly reduced, wmlc the future of horse-breeding in thai country is seriously menaced, if ° not renhZtt ab3 °H el y v °id- Referring to the outbreak and its consequences, Major Pease, who was one of the first tQ .j ««£ m^ 6 ' kes f7 th e. lowing significant re marKs — Further investigation has brought forcibly before me the fact that the existence 01 this insidious contagious disease amwi«rst the stalhons and mares is an extremely serious menace to the horse-breeding indusmalady lias been demonstrated, information regarding its prevalence shows that it is by nn ° J m u an9 - a . recent disea se in the country, and that it is widespread, having been seen practically m every province in which horsebreeding has been carried on. Thus there have been cases ■in Bombay. Sindh, Baluchistan, Pun7ab, and the United Provinces". More stallions than are shown have been destroyed for it, because, being old, they have be«u returned as worn out." The report goas on to state that in these breeding establishments foalings have decreased lasfc year from 3873 to 2592, while of 43 stallions that had contracted the disease 38 had to be destroyed, and it is recognised that the greatest difficulty vail be experienced in stamping it out.

— Materially reduced after the death of the Duke of Westminster, the E.iton stud (says " Argua ") at present shelters no more than 13 mares, though this number, will doubtless be increased in due course. At present Kyd.il is the dowager of the party, the daughter of Bend Or and "Winderrnerc being 19 years old. She is due to foal to St. Kiusquin, and her next alliance will bo with Persimmon. Next in order of as;e stands Ornament, dam of Sceptre, and got by Bend Or fiom Lily Agnes, consequently an. own sister to Ormonde. She is unfortunately bairen to Persimmon, and will be put to William 111, who is confidently exwectec! to make a worthy successor to St. Simon at Welbpck. Jn the same profitless condition to Isinglass is Gantlet, an 4 this, beautiful Galopiu mare v. ill next be covered byGrey Leg. Vampire, by Gnlopin out of liony, and celebrated as tiie dam of FlyingFcp:, a conspicuously successful instance of inbreeding, is in foal to Orrne, and, needless to add, will be piit to him again. Of the other mares, Lowood, by St. Serf out of Ryd.il, in foal to Lafias , Princess Mary, by, Bend Or out of St. Mary, in foal to St. Snuou. R5c1.1l Mount, by St. Serf out of -Ryclal, m ioal to Oinip . C rev Lady, by Grey Leg out ol Yauipjc, in foal to Onue ; and Rocina Cup, by (hey Le° out of Kissing Cup, in foal to Orme, will all go to ilia famous -.on ol Ormonde a.acl Angelica, now

16 years old; and Just Cause, a young horse (six- years), by Best Man out of Farewell, has been selected by the Duke of Westminster as mate for the sensational St. Leger winner, Throstle, by Petrarch out of Thistle, in foal to William the Third; Kissing Cup, by Hampton out of Sterling Love, in foal to Orrne; Beaker, by Bend Or cut of Kissing Cup, in foal to Orme; and King's Favour, by Persimmon out of Phantassie, maiden. -