THE BRILLIANT HEROIC.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16579, 7 November 1924, Page 5

THE BRILLIANT HEROIC.

RESERVE OF 20,000 GUINEAS.

MELBOURNE, Nov. 6. The reserve on Heroic (passed in at 16,000 guineas) at the Ttye-Corteen sale was 20,CC0gns.

The announcement • that the three-year-old Heroic is to be submitted to auction at Melbourne on. Wednesday* next furnishes a channel for much speculative discussion as to the price the chestnut colt will realise when brought under the hammer (states the Auckland Herald). Some of the writers on the. New South Wales side of the Murray river proclaim Heroic a superb colt. Maybe the son of Valaise and Chersonese will' endorse that finding, but whether he is so very far in. front of his rivals at this stage is a, point that offers ground for debate. He certainly romped away from Gloaming in the decision of the Chelmsford Stakes, hut in considering that victory it can apparently be solidly contended that he caught The Welkin gelding below his true self. In the decision of the A.J.C. Derby the last ounce had to he extracted from Heroic to defeat Nigger Minstrel by a head,' and Spearfelt was right up with the two leaders. In considering the sale of a three-year-old under the hammer one’s mind is carried back to a. spring day in Melbourne in 1888, when “Dan” O’Brien sent Carbine before the auctioneer. A lot of keen judges were in the competition that ensued for the bay son of Musket and Mersey, but Donald Wallace, silenced the opposition with the concluding bid of 50gns., which raised the price to 3000gns.,- and a great bargain went to the Victorian sportsman. .The' sum named was regarded as big in those days. No one requires to be told what a goldmine Carbine proved and the standard to which he attained. In speculating as to the probable sum that Heroic may realise when submitted to auction, it is necessary to bear in mind the marked advance in the value of stakes in many quarters. Big figures may be anticipated on the slate when tli© auctioneer closes his hands next Wednesday in the sale of Heroic.