STUD NEWS AND NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2690, 4 October 1905, Page 56

STUD NEWS AND NOTES.

J-' The St. George— 33ierrra horse Mount Royal is to-do stud'' duty this season in Southland. _ ' — The Wesfonere horso Hosemiere'ob'tainetl - first prizes at the Davnedin. and Oamaru horse^ parades, which, were held lost week. — St. Brigidi (St. Andrew— Martyr) and May Queen (Cellowstono — May Morn) havo been on a visit to the Maxim horse Black and Red.

— The Medallion--Mairion. horse Grsmd Cross has sired a couple of useful horses m Boscastle mid Grand. Stand, both of whom have been shaping fairly «rell lately. — Two young sires, in Multiform; and Merxiwee- had winning reps, at Wangamii. Tho "first-named had! Multifid and! Petticoat and tlis last-named was responsible; for Boomerang and Kteg Billy. — The Melbourne Oup winner Acrasia has arrived! in New Zealand on a visit to ■ Multiform. ' She -was got by Gozo (sou of Wild Oats) out of Cerise and Blue, by Wilberforce * limp.) out of Myrtle, by Gemma di Y&rgy. — Amongst' the i oalinga reported from the •Wellington Park Stud are Crescent (Castor— Pungawcrewere), colt to Hotchkiss; Harpist OtTotchkis-s — Lyrelinus), colt tor Seaton D«laval; Cuiralba (Cuirassier— Albo.tross) nlly to SMenschikqff ; Golden Shine (St. Leger— Polish), filly to Hotchkiss; Auld Reekie (Cuirassier — Coalscuttie} 'colt to Bhie Jacket.

— Royal Fusilier, the son of Hotchkiss and the Castor — Cissy mare Janet, who cost 660gs, and made top-figure at the Wellington Park sales of 1902, is being xised Jit the stud this season. Royal Fusilier won three races, the most important win being in the Napier * Stakes, 250sovs, in which he defeated Melodeon and Galahad. — ,The Hippocampus mare- Satanella (dam of St. Paul) recently produced her sixteenth tfoal, » filly to Soult. As the black mare shows signs of breaking , up, she' is" not' to be again fc bred from. Satanella- was foaled as far back " A3-1881J so that she is now jn. her twenty-fifth "year," and amongst 'the blest-known of her produce are St. Clements,' Linstock, St. Paul, St. Ursula, and St. Peter. — Challacombe, the winner, of the English St. . Leger, is nearly, relatecf to Imp.etus, Skopos, and Rice, white Polymelus, who ran second, is a half-brother to Graf ton; and Cherry Lass is relative to Vendetta, on the dam's side. Challacombe is by St. Serf, the sire of Skopos and Rice, and his grand--dam is a half-sister to Salisbury, the sire of. 'Impetus. Challacombe belongs to a very outside family (32), and (says a N.S.W. ex- ■; change) is the only representative of that line to win .this important race-; in fact, he is vhe only one, except Nike, who carried off "the Oaks in 1797, to win an English classic

race. ~ — The following 1 mares have arrived at the OSldiorshe Stud on a visit to Stepniak:— Mf J. Buckley's Novus (Neckcragat— Tropeau), Hersnosa (S+. Le§er— Lady Ewlyn), and! Miss jtfiente (Far Nden-te— Trilby) ; Mar G. F. Moore's Mantelpiece (Manton — Mantle) and Impetuous -, Mr FriedlanderV Certificate (Avontes— MakeBure), Portia (Bill of Portland— Happy Land), ■Gladisla (sister to Gladsome);- Hon. G. (M'Lean's VentaJero (Lard Rcsslyn — Koimuri); ■Mr Sewell's Luciama (St. Leger— Katipo)-, Mr J. F. Buchanan's Corselet (Cuirassier — Rufrina); Mr R. Allen's Walda (Pectin Waxbeck ll— Chiara); Mr Phaiazyn'a Good Intent (Captain Webb — Bonne Idoo) ; Mr Cain' 3 Aileen (dam of Kremlin) and ma-re by St. CJak— Eileen; Mi Hazlott'a Irish Girl (St. Clair — Lady Gertrude) ; M'Govern and Hardy's \7aimato Maid (Artillery— Miss George) ; and J. Wren's Australian maro Melodious 1 , the < dam of Wallace.

— Foalings at Elderslie to date- include: — , Stepka (St. Leger— Stepfeldt), colt to Gipsy "Grand.

Fairymaidi (Albany — Tdtania.) 1 , colt to Step Ijiiak. f Armitera (Hotchkiss — Armilla), filly to StepEiak. Britomart (Gorton— I/ndy Gertrude) colt to Stepnink. Belle (Hair (St. Clair— Dione), filly to Step- " (St. Clair- Ghana), filly to Step- . ftiak.

Arline (St. Clair— Gitana) filly to Stepniak. Coua-onno (Gipsy Grand— Coronal), colt to Stepniak. Roselhi (Seaton Delaval — Rose), filly to Stepniak.

Far Away (Eill of Portland"— Happy Land), filly to S'tepni-ak. Shepherdess '^FitzDonovan — lolanthe), cc-lt to St-epniak. Madder (Gossoon— Madras), filly to Stepniak.

Ranee Nuna (SI 1 . Gecrget— Watersprite), filly io Stepniak.

Lady DalTymple (Pilgrim's Progress — Kate Balrymple), filly to Sant Ik,rio.

Coronal (Medallion 1—Corolla)1 — Corolla) filly to Stepniak.

— There appears to be a very general opinion among observing racing men that Isolt is the best of Mr Stead's , quartet, and there is also a rumour current that she was tried with Nightfall before leaving New Zealand, and beat that now celebrated mare in a manner that surprised even her case-hardened phlegmatic trainer, Mason. Isolt, it might interest old-timers to know *(says a Sydney paper), claims near relationship to siich fine performers as Sir Modred, Loyalty, Bonnie Scotland, Cheviot, Betrayer, and Saracen. The trio first-named have all figured with distinction at Randwick. The manner in which Sir Modred won the Metropolitan ,21 years ago, and subsequently smashed up the opposition in the Craven Plate, stamped him as a horse of uncommon merit, and, though as handsome as a picture, he was not fully appreciated in this State, where he first began stud life, and our breeders tamely allowed him to go to America, where he did wonders, holding for years _ the title of champion stallion of the United States.- Loyalty was brought here from New Zealand by Mr Dan O'Brien 12 yeara ago, and carried off all the w.f.a. races, at the spring meeting, beating Mr Stead's representative Stepniak; and Bonnie Scotland won the A.J.C Derby on behalf of Mt Spencer Gollan. Tne other relatives of Isolt made big turf reputations in New Zealand, and Cheviot distinguished himself in America as a stallion; 'but July, who followed his two brothers across the Pacific to California, was a failure as a stud horse. Idalia, , from whom the above-mentioned distinguished band descends, *was imported to New Zealand by the Middle Park Stud Company in the "seventies," and in 1876 produced, to Traducer, Betrayer, a great performer in the island colony. Then followed four other stout sons, Sir Modred, Idalium, Cheviot, and July, all by Traducer. Idalia's dam,- Dulcibella, has been made famous by her trainer, William Day, in one of nis books. She was owned by the renowned Fred Swindells, who for his diplomacy and tact in betting circles was variously nick-named the "Talleyrand of the ] Turf," "Napoleon of the Ring," etc. Dulcibella was tried for the Cesarewitch at Woodyeates, and William Day sent vp T a "can't lose" certificate to the owner, who secured an enormous sum about her, for in those times(lß6o) the Cesarewitch commanded the heaviest betting in England, and Fred Swindells had the market to himself. Dulcibella was a three-year-old, weighted at 6st lllb, and met 26 others. The boy's instructions were to make the best of his way to the front as soon 'as' possible, and win all the way. He carried out his orders to the letter, and towards the end of the race (two and aqusrter miles) Tie looked right and left and could not discern a horse within . sight. It suddenly struck the lad that, being so far 'ahead, . the judge' might miss him, and he 'pulled, his mount into -the middle of the course, and roared out when he reached the judge's box, "It's me, Mr Clark, on Dulcibella." Isolt's dam inherited the family pace and stamina, and is .numbered among the winners of the New Zealand Oaks, as is her i grand-dam ,Enid, and % aB will Isolt if she is but hall well in November. There are still plenty of racing men around who emphatically declare that sire Maxim was the best horse Musket ever got, Carbine notwit'' standing. Maxim carried off most of the plums of the New Zealand turf, and in Australia he gave us a taste of his quality by running Abercorn to a head for the V.R.C. Sires' Produce Stakes. Mr Stead sold Maxim for a. big figure to the Calif ornian studmaster Mr J. i->-Haogin the purchaser -f Sir Modred, Cheviot and July, but this great son of Musket did not live long enough in the new land for nis worth to be tested.