NEW ZEALAND-BRED HORSES IN AUSTRALIA.

Otago Witness, Issue 2934, 8 June 1910, Page 66

NEW ZEALAND-BRED HORSES IN AUSTRALIA.

A conspicuous feature of Australian racing during recent years is the frequent successes in the best races of the Commonwealth of horsos bred in New Zealand. A Maoriland equi.je invasion is no new thing on the turf in these parts, as away back in the sixties and seventies good horses from New Zealand found their way to the mainland and (says the Melbourne Sporting and Dramatic News), pitted) against our best and speediest racers, acquitted themselves favourably. A New Zealander in L© Loup was backed to win a fortune in Darriwell's Mebourne Cup, and later on Mata came this way and' bore out in some races his high Macriland reputation. Throughout the eighties manv brilliant New Zealanders won renown at- Flemington and Rand wick. Martini Henry, a. son of Musket and Sylvia, captured the Derby and Cup of 1883 for Mr James White. Nordenfeidt was a dual Derby winner, and Matchlock triumphed in the Champion. ■ Mr Dan O'Brien brought a great horse to Australia in 18£5. This was Trenton, who carried the rose and black jacket into third place behind Sheet Anchor and Grace Bailing in the Melbourne Cup. In the same race a year later Trenton, then owned by Mr W. Cooper, ran second to Arsenal. Mr Mr G. G. Stead, whose turf successes were of record dimensions, brought Lochiel to Australia as a four-year-old, and the son of Prince Charlie won the Newmarket Handicap of 1887, while two years later he took the Australian Cup. Nelson, Necklet, Pearlshtll. and many others from across the Tasman Sea all won renown in Victoria and New South Wales at this time. But of the many Maorilanders to come this . wa5 r Carbine was undoubtedly the " noblest Roman of them all." Mr Dan O'Briem brought the celebrated son of Musket to Melbourne in the spring of 1888. As a two-year-old Carbine was unbeaten in Now Zealand, winning each of his five races. His first appearance in Melbourne was in the Victoria Derby, and this he lost by a narrow "margin to Mr James White's Ensign. The victory of Ensign was in a large measure attributable to the sterling jockeyship of the late Tom Hales, who was then in his zenith as a horseman. After the V.R.C. meeting Carbine was sold for 3000 gs to Mr D. S. Wallace, and he established a turf record likely to remain unchallengd for many years. In all Carbine started' in 43 races, and scored 33 wins, 6 seconds, and 3 thirds, while his stake winnings totalled £29,1.76. After his turf career Carbine was sold to the Duke of Portland for 13,000g;3, and went to the stud in England, where he sired the English Derby winner Spearmint and other noted performers.' Carbine is still alive, and his progeny frequently appear in the winning list. Mr W. R. Wilson, Mr S. H. Gollan, and other owners raced many New Zealand horses with success during the nineties, and since 1900 the triumphs secured by Maorilandbred animals in Australia include the following big races:—Melbourne Cup, with Toorak Handicap and Newmarket Handicap, with Soultline;' Caulfield Oup, with Maranui; Oakleigh Plate, with Beresina, and the latest winnei, Celerity; and A.J.C. Derby, with Noctuiform. Besides this brilliant group Nightfall, Sun God, Kerlie, Ellis, Machine Gun, Isolt, Delaware, Golden Slipper, .Advance, Signer, Munjeet, Ngauruhoe, Pink Un, Seaton Dale, Seddon, Pilot, and innumerable others have shown winning form in other Australian events.