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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IV, Issue 198, 10 May 1894, Page 4

The special commissioner in the London Sportsman some three months ago intimated that he had determined upon the most suitable horse in the world to mate with the great English mare La, Fleche. who is by St. Simon from Quiver. In doing so he extended an invitation to all students of breeding to endeavour to name his selection and also to indicate their views upon the mating of that mare. Last March he stated that his selection was Carnage, the winner of the Victorian Derby, in which he was, backed up by nineteen correspondents. Carbine and Ormonde ran a dead heat with 33 votes each. The competition, much to the special commissioner’s regret, had to close owing to the advent of the racing season before the arrival of the Australian mail containing replies to his invitation. In referring to the subject the sporting editor of the Age writes : —"’By the Australian mail referred to, the special commissioner would receive a communication from the sporting editor of the Age selecting Carnage as the most suitable mate for La Fleche, and urging the claims of Mr Wilson’s colt even in preference to his near relative, Carbine, on account of the former’s strain of stout Fisherman blood through his dam Onyx. Considering the enormous number of highly bred stallions available for choice, it must be highly gratifying to Mr W. R.' Wilson to know that such a good authority on the subject of breeding as the special commissioner has chosen CArnage from the whole world as the most suitable mate for the greatest mare living. Equally satisfactory to Mr D. S. Wallace is it to find that in a competition open to all countries but confined by force of circumstances to the northern hemisphere, his favourite, Carbine, has as many adherents as the mighty Ormonde, the most popular horse that ever stripped on an English racecourse. The details of this, competition show that there is more known in th? old world about the Australian turf than ’ might have been supposed, and that the fame of New Zealand as a breeding counitry is world wide.”