A GREAT RACEHORSE.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 165, 24 July 1901, Page 2

A GREAT RACEHORSE.

SEAHORSE SOLD FOR TWO ’ THOV SAND GUINEAS. A GO' ADVERTISEMENT FOR NEW ZEALAND. (Special to Times.) Auckland, last night. Seahorse has been sold to Mr S. H. Gollan for two thousand guineas. Before this champion won the New Zealand Cup, Canterbury Cup, and Canterbury Derby, three thousand guineas was offered. Joe Seeats, a Gisborne boy, generally had the mount on Seahorse, and in fact attended him in many of his victories. Seeats rode Seahorse in the Auckland Plate two seasons ago in the memorable struggle with Explosion (a great- horse when well this), when the son of Nelson wou by a head. Going to Melbourne, ho injured the muscles of his shoulder, and could not do himself justice, running unplaced to Elridsdale in the V.R.C. Essendon Stakes, and unplaced, carrying 8.10, to La Carabine (7.5) in the Australian Cup, in which ho got caught in the tapes. In the spring of tho now closing season, ho was sent to Viotoria, and with a viow to doing him good for his Melbourne Cup engagements, was started in the Caulfield Stakes, a mile and three furlongs. In this race, The Chief made the pace a cracker, but Seahorse cut him down, and

then settled Paul Pry (who was in great form), but was just beaten by Kinglike in tho record time for the distance. It was on the following Tuesday morning that Seahorso put up a record galllop on tho Flemington track, a gallop that astonished Hickenbottom, who had tried both Carbine and Nowhaven over the same distance. The Melbourne Cup was considered by that trainer well within Seahorse’s grasp, but on the Sunday ho was prostrated with influenza, and was during the Cup week nearly dead. The young Gisborne lad, Socat, had the mount on Seahorso in each race in Australia. As all my Gisborne racing readers know, Nelson was a sterling horse, and Seahorso is his best son. King Colo never got a better than Nelson, and King Lud, brother to King Colo, was in his time noted as tho best handicap horse in England. At 2000 guineas, taking into account that ho may take time to recover his_ form or may never get it back again, it is a substantial price. Major Gcorgo, however, informed me that bis favorite will prove a good investment and a good advertisement for Now Zealand.