BUSHY PARK YEARLINGS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1977, 6 February 1914, Page 4

BUSHY PARK YEARLINGS.

annual Sale. NOTES ON THE DIFFERENT LOTS, 't here is no stud in Hew Zealand wbsre more laml is up .psr head to th-o bloodstock than at Bushy I'.irk, Kai lwi, and so the racehorses bred by Mr. G. F. Moofe cotniiieiice their 'careers under t-ho Hi'i&t favourable circuTnstanctis, ■ jvlrii<t during the first yeHf of their. csistentii) ami right on until the time they entor the.sale ring, they enjoy the mo.st healthy wcli-veiitilated qti-artei's 'imaginable, ■au.d receive every care in the hands of Studgroom J. liny. As' usual, when tho writer visited'the stud last jiibivth, ail the foals of this season were found ■to bo doing thoroughly well; and o.t tlio yearlings it must be said that they arti as line a lot as could anywhere be seen. There are many 'things' besides tho thoroughbred stock to attract attention at Busliy Park. .In riding over to see the yearlings in tli.o • liiurning, onq could not help the beautiful -natlrt bush which- lies adjacent to Bushy Part Hou§e, and through which it Was accessary to pass. Magnificent fern trees, ancient lulcau. palms, giant rata trees— wteso trunks hie 40st. ami moro in circumference—rise hero in their gtaiideiir among tho lesser lights of tho forest, and as -ono looked round and listened to tho nHisie- of the tins, it served to .ina'lio lito in tiro city "seem shameful ami a wretched thiag." ■ Bat i-hero was little . time for comparisons, and (me could Only regret being unable to linger for ever in. that delightful spot, aiid rido on through rich paddocks to where t.ho yearlings were ivaitijig for inspection.' Just bctoro they Woro brought o.ut,,Sighor was paraded, and he looked remarkably well, Ha lias furnished into a lino stamp of the. thoroughbred stallion in the last few year's; and always strikes ono as a horso' of great character. Ho :is getting 6ueh ; ftno,.'Stock that h.fs list promises to bo full'from year to year; ,tt must always be remembered that he had tremendous speed as well as raro stamifta, and.be was such a really godd horso in every way that h® is tata to &iro great wilt-, )ie»< Last sal© |js youngsters did not realise anything liko the big Jnosey they werp- worth, and .there should bo somo capital bargains again when., his present lot =of yearlings arc sent into the ring at Wanganui oil .February 27. ! Tho Polycaste colt was first -to "appear, but as the youngsters for salo have now been catatogiledi it may bo as well to refer to them hi catalogue- order.. Tuefo too three fillies and three colts, ar.d the ftllies enter the ring first. : 1 is the filly fey Signer from Oruna, a brown that is sure t<v "come eaTly." In fact she looks set an ! d solid, and ready to .place in'traMng- tight aw-ny. Sho is a cteanJimbed, well-grown filly, with a splendid middlppiecq and a bold intelligent heiid, and like nil the .progeny ®f hor siro. stands on capital legs flnd feet. Coming from a good family of Wmier% she should, sell well. , A strong lengthy brown filly by Signer from Carissima (torn -of Mia- Car.il at oucq croates <i favourable iniprtesio.il. Ashapely youugster. this, indeed, aud lw-r----tioularly good behind, .for she has fine deep quarters and powerful second thighs. Many will like her better than Mia C.irn. Attother of rare breeding j s tho Signo.r filly. It would bo hard to hud one in tlit'. Dominion with a better ancestry. Uijfo'rtuyiately, she :go:t into a wire fence somo time agoj, and thft 'resultis « hasty mark -oil her off foreleg. This is the luck •of the 'business, aiid very hard .luck in the enao of this fillybeautifully turned youn;; lady, with size and quality, tfi.ld far better than her fullIwrther was at this age. .Votwithstand-in-g the scratch on hfep leg thero will • no" doubt 1m good bidding for her. Bonny Hebh'g iiali'-brolher is sure to 'be eagerly looted fox, .Ho is the image of hjs dam (Helen -Portland}, who is well .remftmbered as a good winner, and who should provo a great stud success. Her jearlmg colt is, vvy big,'.and Ws- . : indi»«du.ality;is. ii.t Trsi'ee uppalvirt. Some jirig.ht' regard him'm ev-en too big, but ills almost perfect balance counters this,-arid in him there looks to be the makings of a chanil>ion- iVll ho will require is time, and . it is. to, bo hoped tliftt ho goes into -stimo .stable where he will ba .given a propep ' chance, It would never do to bur-r-y him. He v.-ill <io all the "hurrying" in a year or tw<3 it he is allowed to wait until, then. Certainly he is in the very first'' das*. • The Sigftorr-l'olTcasto colt, wltfip really a well-grown youngster, is tho, smallest of.the half-dozen, He has but will not l)o objected to on that account. He has ample scope, and free and easy action With feet aiid' legs that ivsv.o ■ nothing to'be desired, His dam aiid her f'ull-'brqther, T-ho lark, and all thij btMr Eiem-bers of the family were successful handicap performers. ■ .. Mr. Moore has in past years.adopted tho policy .of offering yeartings by high-fee outside sires t;a eitpplciiient etoek of his own stallion,, Signor, and this year he has -a promising chestnut colt : by the imported Bezonian from iS-t. Evangeline. This is very clean-cut eolt, and one certain to ftice early. He is.not so thickset as the Signors, but there can be no doubt ''About ftis aptitude for galloping. -That is. the total of the yearlings, and what .lifts been written' will indicate tkt tho stock from this stud nro thoroughly worth tile attention of buyers. Sig'no'r, himself, is a good sample of. what has been -bred there, find that gocd ones a.ro still coming al.oDg is evidenced by tho recent performances of Bonny Helen. Ma M'o Rosette (dam <:f Signor) has «. brown filly by San. Fran at toot, but she lis this year. Nest season- $he I-visits M-arJilo ArMj, as dees Armistice (Mahaki—Melinite), ' who is served bv Signer, and has a colt by him at foot. Among tiro other mares to bo noticed in the paddbek were Helen Portland {dam of Bonny Helen), w'hb hag a colt by Signor at foot, and has been stinted to Boniform. True Sliot (Pistol—Alveary) is i nisi there. She ha; a filly bv Signor, ami has again been mated with \ him. Colleen (by Gossoon) also has a fillv by . Signor, and is stirstdd to. tho. sami*' sire, priana and Ran Ran, who both visited Signer tli.ii seaiioii, have foals at fmit by the Pilgrom's Progress Horse- the former ft. eolt and the- latter a fillv. : Alss run. iiiiig in the fladdoelj were the following ltwrest-MTimirvia (Adding^on— with a fitly fcai bv S.ignor: mar» (dam of St. Bill), with n -colt foal by Sigr,or; Cruci-nella (San t?ri>iicisp'o— C'harente), with a colt fail by'Sigfior; fill : three were iiiatc-d with Signor during tho past seasos.

WANCANIiI TROTTING CLUB, Owners and trainers of trotting lwrses aro filially remiiukil that nominations for all events at ilio Wattganui T'rottiiifc Clmli!s iiiept.i.iig, to he held oh I<Vbraavy .23 ami March.2, closo to-nip;lit with live secretary, Sir! S. W. Jlolfoit, WaHßaimi, at 0 o'clock.

FIXTURES. Feb, 7-Bay cf Plenty Jockey Cluo. •seb. 11 —Ili:!nrr,;\ Jdokoy Cltib. jeb. 11, 14—Titfaflaki Jockey Club. Feb. 2Q, 28-4Vatigamii Jockey Club.