ROSSENDALE'S DEMISE

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 71, 24 March 1934, Page 21

ROSSENDALE'S DEMISE

SIRE OF NOTABLE HORSES

Rossendale, M'hose death from bloodpoisoning was reported from Sydney this week, was claimed to be the best-performed and most highly-bred son of St. Frusquin that ever left England. Amon- his representatives to race in the Dominion have been Vertigern, King March, and Rational II but not many of his stock have crossed the Tasman. The first Rossendale yearlings in Australia came along in. 1923-24, and were sold ?ooi Sydney yearling sales at' Easter, i • *,c gofc Wlnners from the start and m the 1924-25 records he appears 160 th on the Australian winning sires' list with two winners of three races worth £1405. lne next season he was tenth on the list. He was fifth.in 1926-27,' fourth in 1927-28 in 1930-31 fifth m 1931-32, fourth last season, and was fifth for the first half of the current season. HIS RECORD. In Australia .and 2v rew Zealand the progeny of Rossendale to January 31, 1934 X- WOS £180^ 1- Before coming to Ant tralia, Rossendale was at-the stud in England, and dnrrng that period he sired the winners of £65,000 in England, America; and elsewhere abroad. By the end of this season on July 31, the winnings cf his progeny should be near £250 000 His record as a sire in Australia and New Zealand is:—'

*To January 31, 1934. R#sendale was imported to Australia by Mr. J. E. Brien and his son, Mr C \-£? len- £ fter the death of the latter a little over five years ago, Mr. Brien; sen retired from the breeding part of racing and his Kmgsfield Stud, near Aberdeen South Wales, was dispersed. Mr! J. l<oster, of Gulgong (New South Wale=) became the owner of Eossendale for 9500 HIS BREEDING; Rossendale was by the St. Simon horse bt. irusqum winner of £32,965 and sire or Greenback' (sire of Paper Money), St. Alwyne (sire of Poitrel), and of St. Amant! Menda the dam of Rossendale, was by Orallmule (son of Isonomy) from Glare Warn ot the winners of over £34,000) by Ayrshire (son of Hampton) from Footlight, by Cremorne (son.-.of Parmesan) from Parafhn, by Blair Athol. Paraffin was the ancestress of Ladas, Syce, Magpie, w "?' Wl, ndbae- Heroic, Saucy Sue VVrack, Book Law, etc. She waa a. halfsister to Lord Lyon (winner of the Derby' &>t. Leger and Two Thousand Guineas)! also to Achievement (winner-of St. Leger, One Thousand Guineas, and' Doncaster LupJ. . . .

ihe racing of Rossendalewas restricted because he was out in the war years 1014----10, when the sport was -greatly curtailed in England He won the Newmarket graven Makes, beating Pommern, and the bandown Park Tudor Plate, beating Yaucluse, who won the One/.thousand Guineas tour days later. He ran third in the JJerby, .won by Pommern, and was successful in the Princess of Walds Stakes at xNewmarket, beating, among others iiJack Jester and Lanius. In .Australiaj a notable son of Rossendale was Kampion, now a successful'sire himself. Rampion won the A.J.C. Derby, the Victoria Derby, arid other races worth |in all £26 844. Other good performers »y Rossendale include Winalot (wintter ?i f T^ dn?, y Cup)v Ran»ulus (winner of the A.J.C. Breeders' Plate and Clibborn Stakes), Maple (winner of the WA T C Derby and St. Leger and of the Cauifield Lup), Jocelyn (winner of the A.J C Metropolitan), Pentheus, Panola, Remora, .Night Glare, Hampden, Maltdale, and .Ethics (second in-all the important events in India this year). In the United States | his son Yellow Hand was the best stayer of his year, and won £11,146. '

„ ' Xo. of Ko. of ' ia^»4^>5 winners, wins. i o^- T>n .•••««•••• 3 l»-t>-Jb >....,... 7 ij 1926-27 , 12 55 1927-M .......... •)« ' Sin/ 1928-29 55 5V 3 1929-30 34 71 1930-31 36 64Ji 1931-32 ;.... ■ 37 " •■ 7oS' 1932-33 ....::.:: 39 i\& ♦1933-34 ..•...;..;.• 11 jg/". Totals ......:r223 ~452 Stakes. £ 1,405 14,220 22,300 29,061 . 30.S03 ■24,637 ir.,212 16,543 ; 15,013 7,977 £180,071