SIRES OF THE SEASON.

Otago Witness, Issue 2686, 6 September 1905, Page 55

SIRES OF THE SEASON.

./ . , Southland is not-particularly rich in high-; class-stallions, -tfnd iihe advent of -Sea liion, • ,'thai "brother.'to the crack, flyer 2fcchiHes -Kjfeiwtoerr^of -in -stakes), and top '-|P§iJtfht ~in4wo -N;Z. Cup^ handicaps, should *■ -"eaurce-^ "df - pleasure to southern treeßers, v^ho no- doulfb will freely "avail tbem«elves_'<Jf.T»is,services." "Whilst on the turf-SeaJkion was a,difficult horse to tr-ain, 1 bnt ■as ». .three-"year-old he ran second in the TWangarmL Guineas to Treadmill, whom ie - divided" 'frtHn his sfcjbie companion Quarry Juan. - He.-beat Itose Madder and others in the Wellingtbr Spring .Stakes, won the Ngatihitia-Handicap, at the Oteki spring meeting,"" and' rfcer. .running third- in the 3f«st«rton;JCup, li mil©, to Aureole and Position, he* came 'oufe "the same day and won the Publicans', Handicap, seven furlongs, TaiKK-beatt "Hazer others. Among - those who-finished "behind Sea TSi'on in the Masteiton "Cup -were -Jeanne D'-Arc, Armistice^ -Bowman,' ;Enre- wlver, -and -He «Isq jrany cloeej ujy~' in .several,; others, and * ciem&nitMa^xlthat'; ." fairly well he-, «ould .display;:something, of "the. 'marvellous. . ga.Utipinsiipbwf.eT&. ofr^bis -AchiUes,vhdf i»-undoubtedly one r of fhe^besfc 'horses. .ever. -jaeen^iiC JLiistralasia. ~On ; lines- S^v£ion>eannot-ifail to attract 'thenotiee 'df-'-'breeders; -as: "he --runs back ?to,; tha£ -woiidrfffla.ous^horse.-'^Mjrakefe'- (who -- did ■ .^so miieb^'to--'inafce-sfew?'2sea.lsnd-knowJi 'as jl producer, "of < -high-class 'Horses) through two--of -descendants in "Medallion and* Nordenfel'dfc, -wliiM "his dam, was^-sired -who also "got IPraiftjy.. lhe. ='t!sto'. of Trenton, and many <rthers-df .note."; idf-his pedigree snould^prove>.of-'"nterest, and they. Tead-asrfollows :~ - . .

A glanpe-at the-above table will show that' flea:-114032"; possesses .an.'exceptionally fin©)petfigree.., r -His-sire, .won-the, *C:J;CI -Derby, 'Great Northern-Derby,, and* . other laces', -whilst amongst this get 1. Siave. garnered about '4-7,ooosovs : in, are 1-Gold T Medallist, a good winner, and?, gainer of-/ threes-King's • Premiums' in Eng-^ land,- the home 'p£r the- thoroughbred r Conqueror; '^lder-of "the.-half-mile record ate 46 1-5,' and >a ~succesisful sire; -Regio, thechampion:- sprinter in Australia,- and-"host, ■cf o&ec, good'performers; Nordenfeldt,* the grandsire; of "Sea Lion, won the A.J.C. Xteirby'and^Viß-C- Derby, and was. sold at ■SoOgs. "Noijdenfoldfc -sired-Stepniak, winner of the C.JlC"Derby,- and,a successful staU; lion, whose >stock in- a few years have won £42,959 '3in« states. Forme,, the dam of pruoifonn, and half sister to Multiform; Cracfcahot,'winner of the "Canterbury Cup,Auckland "Cup, and--other races; Strathmore, winner • of - the Caulfield Guineas, Champion^- Stakes, T.R.C. Str Leger, set opnd in. .the7-Australian Cup, and third in* the* Melbourne "Can.; ZsslinskL -Havoc, win--ner. of the -.-Australia Cup and other races; Mousquetaire,---"who ■ cost 2200gs as a yearling, and a' host of others; ' Locket, the . paternal granddam of Sea Lion, also threw Neckl«ce (dam. of Cravat), Armilla, Coronet (winner of two Egmont Cups, Taranaki Cup, and other races. Chainshot, and Necklet,' the of Pendant. GoldaboroHgh, the sire of Sea Lion's ■'dam, in addition to being a. high-class performer, was one of the most successful sires of brood mares that ever stood in -Australia. He got Frailty, the dam of Trenlon, whose stock has won over '£100,"0(Xr ln'sfiilces, "ana" several other grand mares. Sea 'Eion possesses a double strain of thatcinperor'of stallions' Stockwell, the founder' of the Doneaster—-Bend 'Or— OrmontJe—Orme-^-Flying Fox line,' which bag '■ produced some of the most valuable horses the.worldf has' ever seen.' Doneaster oostf 14,000g5, .Ormonde sold ar 30,00pgs, Plying Fox 37,500g5. Bend Or sired Ornament, the dam of Sceptre, who cost 10,000gs as a yearling, and subsequently sold after -a - splendid turf career, at 25,000g5. Bend Or also got Kendal, the sire of Galtee More, who sold at 20.000sovs, and Bona Vista, the sire of Cyllene, who recently sold at 30,000g5. The last-named $5 the sire of this year's Pgrbj winner,

Cicero, who was undefeated until he met Val d'Or. a 3on of Flying Fox, wno recently beat the Derby winner by a length in the Eclipse Stakes of 10,000sovs. Sea Lion's g-g-ci. was a daughter of Stockwell's half-brother, King Tom. who sired Formosa (winner of lOOOgs, Oaks, and St. Lcger), the dam of Pulchra, from whom descend Uniform, Multiform, St. Clair, Cruciform, Formosan, Lady Evelyn, Libel, ; and other successful winners and producers of winners which have made it one of the best lines in the New Zealand Stud Book, i Through both sides of his pedigree Sea > Lion inherits a double strain ot Fisher- j man, who won 70 races out of 120 start?, ; and who was one of the stoutest horses ' that ever raced in England, where he captured some of the most valuable prizes on the calendar. The back lines of Sea Lion's pedigree bristle with English " Derby winners in Whalebone, Emilius. Orlando, Teddington, Daniel O'ftourke, Wild Dayrell, and also with such names as Touchstone and Melbourne, who got several Derby winners between them. Other ; famous names occurring are Glencoe ' (winner of the the Two Thousand Guineas and Goodwood Cup, and i sire of 'the famous Pocohontas, whoso J "name occurs no less than three times in his , pedigree. Sylvia, the dam of Martini- | -Henri Fireworks, winner of A.J.C. Derby and two V.R.C. Derbys; West Australia, winner, of Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, and St. Leger; The Baron, winner of St. Leger, and many other- turf antl stfSd cracks too numerous to mention. It will -readily be seen that Sea Lion has one of the most attractive pedigrees that can be extracted, from the Stud Books, and as he is full of stout sire blood, together with successful running blood, it will be strange if he does not get good stock if accorded anything like decent patronage.

i '<)xvinni.ue\pxi s ' IMa3&et-(3) NofdebfeTdt f - (Is. 1 • - Onyx_ •West=Ans"tralian AfareJ7> 'Angler (2) " i Chrysolite ,' /'jTliunaerliolfc ; - M ai) ■ Lockefe(inip.) | '<- ' Ejeepsake, Stqckwell (3) CordleUa ■ i ■ Daniel o'Kourke-(9). Hampton STare •KeJpie.(l) (Jaslight,(iii;p.) " ' ' Fireworks (10) JokUbiongli . Sylvia S L„ . - 'Fisherman (11) Juliet Buccaneer (14) j Margery Daw EiugiTom (3) Tisbtfic