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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VI, Issue 262, 1 August 1895, Page 8

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THE PREMIER SIRE OF 1894-95. Pride of place in the illustrations accompanying this issue of the Review must be given to the famous Doncaster —Atlantis horse, St. Leger, who stands at the head of last season’s winning sires. His nineteen representatives carried off prize money amounting to £4,559 16s 6d, and when we remember that the greatest of the St. Legers (St. Hippo) was not racing last season and that he only had one two-year-old on the track his record must be considered a most meritorious one. At the forthcoming Wellington Park yearling sale eleven St. Legers will be offered, viz., five fillies and six colts. LADIES WHO HUNT. One of the foremost lady riders connected with the Pakuranga Hunt Club is Mrs W. R. Blooinfield, who forms the subject of our third Hunting Picture. Mrs Bloomfield is a constant follower of the P.H.C., is always well mounted, and finishes well up in the stiffest of runs. THE UNITED HUNT CLUB OPEN STEEPLECHASE WINNER. Dromedary, the daughter of Voltigeur and Lady Ellen, gained some distinction on the 13th of last month by beating a well-backed field of good performers in the Wellington United Hunt Club Open Steeplechase. Dromedary is a proved stayer, and is fancied by her party as the best outsider in the New Zealand Grand National Steeplechase, but her final gallops at the Hutit have not shown her in a favourable light. Her weight for the Riccarton cross-country event is 9.7.