TWO GOOD HORSES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 56, 30 November 1918, Page 2

TWO GOOD HORSES

THE SALE OP ESTLAND AND FINMAKK. When Trainer P. Davia left Wellington for Sydney at. the end of. last Aiig-ttat he had in his chargo five horses owned by Mr. T. It. Lowfy. The horses were Desert Gold, Estland, Fimuarl;, Killowen, and iKilhope. But when Davis-returns homo he will only liriiip; back , the' niaro and Killoweu, the rest haying been disposed of. ICilhope was the first member of the team to be sold, a natron of J, Stringer's Uandwick stable buying tho disappointiiiß son of.. Kilbroney for 400kii8. As n- ycarliiiK Mr. Lowry Rave 1000 ens. for ICilhope, ami seeing that the colt, only won a maideii event he was a <lea.r hor'ne to tho Okawa sportaman. Estland was the next to leave. Davis'a.rare, 3lr. A, V. Wade, who. races. Oolug.o,- winner of- tho Oarrington Stakes at-the January Sydney Tattorsall's Mcntinjt'. being tho' buyer o[ (ho brown horse, the price paid .beiiiK 3EOogns., which, taking everything' into consideration, is a very good one. Estland us a. two-year-old was Ilie second best colt of the. .season. His principal wins as a two-year-old were the Taranaki Stakes, Jliuuuvalit'Sires' Produce Stakes, and tin; Jl'anawalii Stalies. As a thrce-year-old Estlaridj was not out df'pliiee. his wins includijfg the New Zealand Derby, Canterbury Cup, Great Northern Derby, ami the Wancanui Guineas, in the last-named event defeating Biplane, who was said to be off colour on the day. At Ellerslie tti the autumn Estlanu , was sent but n hot favourite for the. Great Northern St. Logor. h'!.t at. the husiuci-s end oftlyevnt he could nol make a race of it with the Trcntham-traiiiecl Bonny Jtaid.. Then agQln at Awapuni both Kyniesfra and Nystad finished in front of .him in the Jlnnawa.tu Stakes. Those two defeats gavethe iinpi'ossiou that the son of Finland had gono stale and was in need of a spell (ho having had his first race that season at Trentham in Ociober. when lie was beaten by Desert Gold). As. a four-year-old his first, start was in the Sprine Stakes .it Itosehill in which he was fifth, while In the Metropolitan Tlamlicnn run at Handwick be' was sixth. . The Craven Plate next ocenpied E-sllandV attention, and lii this race he cut his stable mate Desert Gold out of a- place for the first time in her career. To have been in Uio fightititt-liiie in the fastest mile and a quarter ever run in. Australasia put Estland in the front rank of the best middle distance horse.-: of Australia. On tho last day of the R.indwick Moot-iiiß Mr. Lowry started his horse in tho Plate, run over two miles. After heme badly, left at the post M'ljachlan pot hi? mount up in time to win by a head. After this success ho came, into the market for the Melbourne. Cup, but he was scratched oi\ the day of the race. Estland made Ills' last appc:iran:.-o in the "gold, navy blue sash'" livery in the Melbourne Staliea on tho first day of the V.1i.0. Meeting, but he could only finish sixth. While racing in llr. Lottery's colours Estland was slart«l iu 31 races for ten wins, oirrlil seconds, and six third,--, while he was seven times unplaced. He won 7276 sovs. in stake money.

This week the news came to .hand from Sydney .Hint Jfr. Wa<(e had bought another of .the Lowry team in Vinuiarlc. hutthe price paid was not Elated, teiup; that it is only a. month' n:to since llr. liowry turned down a hie offer for Hie chestnut coll the iiuivliasc. nrire is sum lo lutvo been larso. It is unfortunate that, Finmarl; is not lo come back to the Dominion as Turf followers were anxiously lnnliing forward lo the meeting of I'Mlaud's Brother and Gloaming lo decide whether the runuinu' in' the A..T.C. Derby was Irue. Now with Finmarls's absence, the Derby may lip a ;:irt to Mr. Greenwood's Rcltlinp. Fliiinarlt as a livo-year-old was the best colt of Hie seimon. He was only oiici' oiit of :i place, that brim; in the Fcildiiiß Stakes, lie won Mm Wp.llinpton KlalseP. Tnrsinnki Sin lies. Turnout. Sl-akes, the flival. Nortlierii Clinnipagno .Stakes, and liiiished up his two. v...,,..r,i.i rjircer by winr.inprib" Jbiiiiiwaiu Sires' Produce Slake«, iu which race ho uliowwl hli< nuality. In Australia . tho coll. bud his first race in Ibe Itosehill fiiiinenn' in which he Was iiiiexpcctc'dly hi'iiton by Woornwa. Then followed tho A..T.C. Derby, and. iiflnr liavlin: .a very biul lmssajp, he Riiisheil second to filonniinc. lie had his ncsl online in the nniildliiiir V.W.C. llliic lUbiiud. and linished third. Thorp Iβ no doubt nboiil ' it Ihstt. I'iumark shoiilil have won Ihe Derby, but Ihn Bcrntrhliiir of hiii nacemnker Killowen, the slow pace «el, nud Ihe instructions blvcii lo the Jockey lout Ihe race for Mr. fioHT.v. On Ibe second rtnv of the nieclinu' FinmarU finished fonrlli in llu; ifelbounic Onp. whicli rniinlnr further «nil>lmsi><l Iliiil llii' ei'H. was iiulur-ky. not lo win Ibe Dnrbv. Tin 'o Ih.e nrcicnt. Fin nnrk bap had pixleen race." for flvn wins, fivn■ reeondn, , and five thirds. He

has won <Kls Bov9. in stake money. As in I F.stland'E ciise he wns a profitable- colt, | for Mr. dowry. | I'iniiiarli's , ivmi Estland'e pedigree is given below (they being brothers, Hie ono pedigree does for both homes):-Sire: Pinland, by Bill of Portland (son of St. fiimon) fl'oiil Fishwife, by King of tho Ailglci's (wilt of. Angler) from Nameless. Dam: Warficaro, by Martian (soil of Martngou) from Gossip, by Wallace (son of Carbine) from Caroline. A horse with blood in Ms veins as posscKscd by Kslland and I'inmark ehnuW be able, to stay til), further' orders. iKow Hint the pair will do thojr racing Iri the Comiiionwpiilth New '/.taliuul vportsmen will probably lake.'more interest in Australian racing to see how- the. pair.continue in Ihcir careers, faking three horses bred by Mr. Lowry-Desert Gold, KKtlnnd, «nil Finmark-thn trio have won between them in stake money iho largo sum of 5<1.025 sovs.