ON THE TURF AND OFF

Southland Times, Issue 23680, 1 December 1938, Page 10

ON THE TURF AND OFF

Rival Systems Of

Betting

LINGUIST’S BREEDING AS JUMPER By SIR MODRED Keen Sight, a winner at Ashburton, is a juvenile colt by Nightmarch from Good Sight, by Winning Hit from Equipment, by Martian. In their spring season races, the first of Bulandshar’s progeny have won from behind and 'displayed rare determination. Several horses in Southland and elsewhere are being schooled for hurdle racing at Invercargill and Dunedin at holiday time. Steadily but surely with age the progeny of Nightmarch are becoming known as gallopers more tharf likely to win as stayers. At Riccarton a record number of horses is being prepared to race on the West Coast circuit at Christmas and afterwards. The failure of Top Row to win for P. T. Hogan’s team now in Melbourne has caused marked surprise in Dominion turf circles. Now a five-year-old gelding, Old Surrey (Hunting Song-Martulla), a winner at the Feilding Jockey Club’s meeting this week, may go on to gain’ more turf honours during the holiday season. The list of first season winners credited to Bulandshar (imp.), by Blandford, is growing. High Caste (colt) and Konneta (filly) won for the English sire at Auckland and Feilding respectively within the past few days. Varimond, winner of the Oroua Nursery Handicap at Feilding on Monday, is a filly by Limond from Variable, by Pombal (imp.) from Motley, by Absurd. She cost 190 guineas at the New Zealand National Sales in January.

Under the single-pool system of betting, the totalizator returns for the two days of Hie Auckland Racing Club’s spring meeting of the past few days showed a decrease of £14,363. On the other hand the investments under win-and-place wagering at Auckland provincial fixtures continue to show everincreasing totals, huge amounts rivalling the machine receipts under the control of the Auckland Metropolitan Racing Club at Ellerslie.

LINGUISTS BLOOD Linguist, the seven-year-old mare who has been shipped to the North Island to represent S. Barr’s Riccarton stable in hurdle races of the near future, is a daughter of Paladin (imp.) from Countersign, by Paper Money from Kilberry, by Kilbroney from Success, by The Officer. A useful performer across the’ flat, Linguist has good jumping blood in her veins as representing the sires Kilbroney and The Officer. S. Barr, who trains another good hurdle racer in. Redolent, has had considerable Experience with horses raced over the little sticks. A win on each day of the Auckland Racing Club’s spring meeting, which concluded on Monday, credited to the black gelding Majority, revives old racing recollections as‘the unsexed performer is a son of Mintleaf, a horse bred by H. Gray. Mintleaf was by Catmint (imp., and a son of Carbine) from Potona, by Potoa (son of Monoform) from Latona, by Phoebus Apollo (imp., and son of St. Simon) from Antelope, by Apremont (imp.) from Miss Kate (imp., and one of the most successful taproot mares of the South Island). The dam of Majority was the well-bred Belle Star, by Lucullus (imp.) from Starella, a mare also tracing back to Monoform and Phoebus Apollo, with famous Flora Mclvor in evidence as maternal taproot. Eleventh fancy in the order of selection, Knight of Australia, who was run-ner-up in the Alison Cup to Valamito at the Auckland meeting, is an aged gelding, and as his name suggests, he was bred in Australia. He has a stud connection with New Zealand. ’ as his sire Windbag (son of Magpie) was from the Oamaru-bred mare Charleville, by Charlemagne II (son of St. Simon) from Nithsevo, by Stepniak. When Valamito prevailed in the Alison Cup he was timed to run out the 10 furlongs in 2min 5 2-ssec. A record number of youngsters has been catalogued for the New Zealand National Yearling Sales of January 1939, the total reading at 200. In 1938, 165 yearlings came under the hammer at Trentham; in 1937 the total was 134; in 1936, 110; in 1935, 116; and in 1934, 84. As many private studs in the North and South Islands will not be represented, some idea may be formed of' the importance of the blood-stock industry to the Dominion, when it is mentioned that high prices are annually realized for yearlings from public and private breeding establishments for export to various parts of the world. The brood mares in the New Zealand Stud Book total well over 2000.

P. T. HOGAN RETURNS Owner-trainer P T. Hogan arrived at the Bluff on Sunday from Melbourne with his string of horses campaigned in Melbourne during the spring months. The horses were exercised on the Southland Racing Club’s tracks for two days before being railed to their home quarters at Washdyke. Queen of Song and the two-year-old Aranui performed well during the latter weeks of the enterprise, but Top Row did not strike form and proved a disappointment to his owner. The Timaru ownertrainer proposes to journey south again during the holiday season and he may race some of the many inmates of his Washdyke establishment at Dunedin, Wyndham and Invercargill. On the opening day of the Feilding Jockey Club’s meeting there was a race result of interest in the home province. The success attributed to Rarotonga in the Kowhai Handicap, £l5O (one mile and a distance) was the win referred to. The three-year-old brown gelding Rarotonga is a son of the Southland sire Philamor (imp., and by Son-in-Law) and it will please many breeders ■ in the south to note that he stayed on in his scoring essay The juvenile’s dam was Spare Moment, by Merry Moment (imp., and by Count Schomberg, a stout racer, from a mare

of the Galopin line which gave St. Simon to the world) from Melologue, by Advance (known in New Zealand as a brilliant racehorse) from Epilogue, by King Cole (sire of Nelson, thrice winner of the Auckland Cup) from Rosalind, by Albany from Red Rose (founder of a well-k>own southern family of merit), by Traducer (imp.) from Moss Rose.

Winner of the Cambria Handicap, £3OO, for two-year-olds (sfur.) at the Auckland, meeting, the bay colt High Caste is a son of Bulandshar (imp., and by Blandford, sire of four Epsom Derby winners, while one of his sons in Blenheim in turn sired Mahmoud to win the Derby). When raced in England Bulandshar was recognized as a highclass performer, and his ability as a stayer was not questioned—during the closing spring season in New Zealand the first descendants of the Blandford horse have displayed stoutness. In maternal line High Caste’s dam was The Begum (dam of that good racing mare Stretto), by Chief Ruler (imp.) from Lucella, by Lucullus (imp.) from Seatonella, by Seaton Delaval (imp.) from Amorelle, by Phoebus Apollo (son of St. Simon) from Lady Gertrude, by Cadogan (imp.) from No Name, by Traducer (imp.) from Emma, by Gil Blas from Emily, by Operator from Flora Mclvor. The Ellerslie winner is bred each way to stay. He is trained by R. S. Bagby at Ellerslie.