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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1325, 16 September 1915, Page 3

rpO STAND THIS SEASON AT CRISSOGE, HAWKE’S BAY. THE THOROUGHBRED STALLION DEMOSTHENES <’>• Imported from England by his owner, MR. G. P. DONNELLY. BY DESMOND (SON OF ST. SIMON) FROM CARLIN. DEMOSTHENES is a dark brown horse and greatly resembles his sire. He has a beautiful head, neck and shoulders, muscular loins and quarters, and is the embodiment of an ideal sire. During his turf career he won several races, including the Doncaster Spring Handicap and Stewards’ Handicap at Epsom, and in each of his efforts displayed great pace and stamina, and is one of the best legged horses in the Dominion. DESMOND is the sire of Craignour and Aboyeur. first and second in English Derby, the former being sold for £30,000 for stud purposes. He proved a brilliant two-year-old, winning five of six events. LOMOND, sold for £lO,OOO, THE WHITE KNIGHT, win- ■ ner of the Curragh Grand Prize, Ascot Gold Vase, Newbury Cup, March Stakes, Coronation Gup (twice), Ascot Gold Cup (twice) and Goodwood Cup; SIR ARCHIBALD, winner of the New Stakes, Chesterfield Stakes. Duchess of York Plate, Victoria Cup, Salford Borough Handicap, Rous Memorial Stakes, STORNOWAY, Fulbourne Stakes, HAPSBURG, winner of New Stakes, etc., sold for 3200 guineas as a yearling; LAND LEAGUE, winner of 33 races, including the Cambridgeshire Handicap and Chesterfield Cup. and CHARLES O’MALLEY are some of the good horses by Desmond. The lastnamed won four events consecutively at two years old, the Windsor Castle Stakes Ascot. Seaton Delaval Plate, Newcastle Richmond Stakes Goodwood, and Autumn Breeders’ Plate at. Manchester. Earla Mor, Athi and Beau ' are amongst the successful sires got : by Desmond. Desmond’s stock between 1903 and ... up to the time of his death in 1913 had won 359 races worth £138,277, and " he then headed the list of winning sires •in Ehgland, and his two next seasons were at the time booked up at 250 guineas per made. To date his progeny have won about £lBO,OOO. CARLIN, dam of Demosthenes and Peter the Hermit, comes of a splendid _ line, -which includes Miami (Oaks), . Mary Stuart (Oaks and St. Leger), Merry Gal, The Palmer, Rosicrucian, Galtee More, Ard Patrick, Morion, Winkfield. Johnny Morgan, Sunstar, White Star, Marayax. Princess Dorrie (2000 Guineas, Oaks), and numerous other great winners in England, while in the colonies there are many branches of the same line that have sent forth numerous winners. In New Zealand such highly successful horses as Stepniak, Nelson, Capapie, Freedom, Tirailleur. Merry England, San Fran. Provocation, Menschikoff, Patron, Paritutu, Paisano. Expect, Mahaki, and Reputation come from the same tap root, and such great mares as Steppe, Rupee, • Stepfeldt, Mergauser, Spade Guinea, Apropos, She , (dam of Bobadil), Pibroch, Parera, Lady Norah, and scores of others. DEMOSTHENES will be limited to a number of approved mares at a fee of ■ 30 GUINEAS, exclusive of groom’s fee and paddocking. Early application necessary. G. P. DONNELLY, Otatara, Hawke’s Bay. mO STAND THE SEASON AT MORRINSVTLLE. The Following Thoroughbreds:— BUNYAN <l4) ’ . By PILGRIM’S PROGRESS,! (imp.), son of Isonomy (Manchester Cup. 9.12) and Pilgrimage (Oaks), dam NEVA (dam of Danube and six other winners), by Stepniak, one of the most successful racehorses and best sires in the Dominion, dam Whirlpool, who traces back to imported Mermaid. Fee: Single Mare 10 guineas, two or more 9 guineas. ANTIPHONE (12) By OBLIGADO, 16, (imp), son of -Orville and The Flirt, by Trappist, dam MISS ANNIE (dam of Lady. Annie, Annette, Cambrian, Antagonist, Antoinette and other winners), by Seaton Delaval (imp ). dam First Love, by Nordenfeldt—Fishgirl. . Fee: Single mare 5 guineas, two or . more 4 guineas. . First-class paddocking, with every care; wet mares 25., dry Is. 6d. For further particulars apply— JOHN GADDES, Morrinsville. TO STAND THE SEASON AT SOUTRA HASTINGS, HAWKE’S BAY. THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE, MERRY MOMENT <5) By COUNT SCHOMBERG —MERRY GAL. MERRY MOMENT won the Astley Plate, Newmarket, the Anglesey Stakes (Six furlongs), and His Majesty’s .Plate, Curragh (2% miles). He ran second in 53rd Triennial Ascot for two-year-olds, beating Lally, Bridge of Canny, Troutbeck. and Gorgos. and was third to Ply- ! melus in Princess of Wales Stakes, of £5OOO. He was placed in numerous good races, beating good horses, such as Picton, Royal Dream and Succory. COUNT SCHOMBERG, his sire, ran third in Cesarewitch, also Cambridgeshire, and second in Manchester Handi- ' cap won Auteuil Hurdle Race, Ellesmere Stakes, Goodwood Cup, twice Liverpool Autumn Cup, Queen’s Plate, Derby. Chester Cup, Gold Vase, Ascot. ; Hurdle Race, Manchester, fourth Grand , National Steeplechase, Paris, and won New Century Steeplechase. Amongst the good horses sired by him were Cocksure 11., Black Arrow, Pom, Carrickfergus, Decision His record &S 8 sire to- 1914 was £52,550. ■