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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XX, Issue 1125, 2 November 1911, Page 5

J, B. Joel remains the man of the moment in racing. When a man rises to such an exalted position in a sport which i© made pp of intense coffipe? tition it is pspjdiy for only a brief season.. The de©cent is often as rapid as the ascent. Joel, Ijoweyer, seems to be steadily strengthening the powerful position which Sunstar gained for him earlier in the year, and one must therefore in alf fairness assume that his series of successes has passed altogether beyond the domain of Apkes to that of just reward for enterprise. Only one who knows the owner of Sunstar at hpme can gain an idea as to why he is the man of the moment Fpr instance (©.ays an English exchange) ydu will find no better-kept estate in the country than that pf St/ Albans. The place has undergone many changes in the last .ten years. The thoroughbred Stud is one of the best in tie country,/apd who } but the owner is ©ptttled to tjtie pphstantlpl credit for this? Not a .manager, as is sp often the case with most studs of the day, for Joel is hip own mapager. He has formed and steadily perfected his ideas, t He began with mares of a stout and race-winning strain, and he had the cpuruge to support his horse Sundridge, who -started at the stud, at an insignificant fee. Joel has most abundantly reaped the reward of his strong belief and faith ip hipi. He has already sired a Derby winner, his fee reached 200 guineas; he was sold to France for close on £20,000, and his fee now is 3.00 guineas. “Ope of the great mistakes of my Ute,” said Joel, referring to this sale.