STUD NEWS AND NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2685, 30 August 1905, Page 51

STUD NEWS AND NOTES.

— .Arrnilla, (Castor — Keeklace) has foaled a filly to M-enschikofE.

— St. Elyn. (St. Leger— Lady Evelyn) has foaled a colt to Hotchkiss.

—It is computed that upwards of 2000 thoroughbred mares have of late left Australia ior Japan.

— The Wellington Stud Park mare Edith Cureton (Castor — Frailty) has produced a filly to Seatom Delaval.

— Casket, the sire of Heirloom, Casque, Redstart, Witch Winnie, and other u&eful performers, will stand during the present season at his owner's larm at Mosgiel. — Air Motor and Independence, whom it was reported were to have been shipped to this colony or a visit to Stepniak, are now stated to have ben sent on a visit to G-rafton.

— The American trotting stallion Harold Dillon is to get some select mares this season, as amongst those booked to him are Lady Mab, Miss Vera C-apel, Cariola, Miss Youngle3 r , and Ribbonwood's dam.

— Isingla-ss headed the list of winning stallions, according to latest exchanges from England, 13 wins by his representatives being worth £16,521; then came Cyllene, £13,559, Florizel IT, £11,831; aallinule, £9873; Persimmon, 368537; Rightaway,-iS49S; Ayrshire £4714; Pride, £4322.; and. Winkfield, £3555. — Ssa Lion, the isMtjaer to the famous Achilles, has been purcnased by Mr T. Mortimer/ of /Southland, andwill be placed at tho disposal 'of Southland breeders this season. Unlike his well-performed relative, Sea Lion did not meet with any-great luck on the training track, but 'he is a fine individual, and consequently^ he may achieve honotirs at the stud which the fates denied him as a racehorse.

— Lonely, the English Oak? winner, wa3 sold recently at jSTewmarket for 185gs. On the same day Clarion (14 years) ami a colt foal at foot by G-allmule brought 2000gs; Ssa Air, ■with a foal by Persimmon, and covered by Plying Fox, 3800gs ; and Merman's sister, Eidothea, who was foaled at Hobartville in 189G, 700gs. Lady Disdain and her Bill of Portland colt foal realised 3800gs; Cup of Assay, 1200gs ; Anxious Moments and her Persimmon filly, and Golden Hope and her St. Frusquin colt, 150Qgs each. The biggest figures paid for yearlings were: — Filly by Isinglass — Landrail, 1700gs; oolt by Ayrshire— Seadown, lOOOgs; colt by St. Simon— Glare, 1700gs ; filly by Bill of Portland— Lady Disdain, 1150gis; and filly by Persimmon — Dulcemona, 1650g5.

— lit breeding there is something to think of besides blood lilies and development, and that is the disposition of the sire and the ■dani. A stallion may be so* vicious, either from heredity or through the fault of its early education, that breeders would not care to select him as a sire. In too many instances this bad tamper is transmitted to his produce, and in these days there are so many sires with excellent dispositions as well as fast records that it is folly to court trouble. Baatempered and vicious horses are not in demand at the present day, and unless a horss should give promise pf extreme speed the average trainer will not care to bother with him. Sometimes a colt -which is of a naturally vicious temperament can be made into a clever animal by extreme care in its education, but {says an American authority) this rule does not hold good in the average case. While & bad temper is a thing to be avoided in a racehorse, it js an unpardonable defect in a road or carriage horse. People with wealth are 'willing to pay for manners in a horse for their own use or that of their family, while on the ether hand a bad-tempered horse is a drug on the market. As breeding- has not yet been reduced io an. exact science, and iis is impossible to breed horses with speed ■enough to T&ee with uniform success, it is well for the breeder to try to secure the tejapfirameat uecsss.UX for the matins «i a,

good road and family horse, not forgetting That a good-tempered and good-headed hoia-s enn be as fact a racehorse as one with a ticious temperament. It is well for the breeder to am for perfection, and while it js net probable that he will rene'i i^, he can at least avoid many of the mistakes cf his less thoughtful neighbour -j.