SIRE OF THE IMAGE DESCENDANT OF CARBINE NEW BRIGHTON TROTS

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 80, 1 October 1935, Page 6

SIRE OF THE IMAGE

DESCENDANT OF CARBINE

NEW BRIGHTON TROTS

Spearhead, the sire of The Image surprise winner of the Puhi Maiden Plate at Otaki on Saturday at her lourth start in a race, stands out prominently as the leading descendant of the Carbine line now in Australia. During the last ten years his progeny, who have included such horses as Spearfelt (V.R.C. Derby, St. Leger, and Melbourne Cup), The Dimmer (Sydney and Perth Cups), Spearman iTattersall's and Rosehill Cups), Yarramba (Moonee Valley and Williamstown Cups and second to Peter Pan in the Melbourne Cup), Lineage (V.R.C. Oaks), Roman Spear, Count Ito, etc., have won over £133,000 in stakes. Spearhead is a son of the Carbine horse Spearmint (winner of the Derby), and his dam is the Ladas— La Fleche mare Baroness La Fleche, a half-sister to John o' Gaunt and the best two-year-old of her year. He is a member of the No. 3 Bruce Lowe family, and before his importation to Australia by Mr. H. S. Thompson he was successful on the race track in England. Spearfelt, Spearhead's best son, is also now at the stud and he promises to keep up the credit of the line. His progeny won over £10.000 in prizemoney last season. ■ Spelthorne, another son pf Spearmint at the stud in Australia, has yet to gain real prominence, though he has left some fair horses, the best of them being Pretzel. . I PARADE AT HASTINGS Seven races for all classes of horses, from unraced two-year-olds and maidens to open performers, hurdlers, and steeplechasers, featured the second annual parade held under the auspices of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club at Hastings last week. Admission was free, and the club invited all to partake of afternoon tea. The object of the parade was to assist trainers in the preparation of untried horses. There was an official starter, and all jockeys wore the correct riding apparel. The parade, to all intents and purposes, was as instructive as a race meeting. The most interesting of the seven heats was the juvenile sprint, four furlongs. In this event the livery of one of New Zealand's leading owners, Mr. A. B. AVilliams, after being. missing from the racecourses for several years, was unfurled again. For him the trainer, J. H. Jeflerd, brought in three youngsters, Kindheart (Philamor— Clemency), Nurse Nightingale (Night Raid —Sympathetic), and Western Maid (Iliad—Maid of the West). All three possess galloping ability, but they'are not quite so forward as most of the other young horses in the district. The Philamor colt meets all requirements as one most likely to develop into a fine thoroughbred, and it will occasion great surprise if he does not annex some important juvenile classic. Of the untried three-year-olds there were several who caught the eye as the makings of good racehorses. These included John Peel (Hunting Song— Merry Roe), Master Cyklon (Hunting Song—Cytole), Mutunga (Cockpit— Gold Bound), Peter Beckford (Hunting Song—Sarty), and two unnamed fillies by ■ Tidal—Silver Strand and Hunting Song—Cynette respectively.