SPORTING.

Globe, Volume III, Issue 221, 23 February 1875, Page 3

SPORTING.

The recent additions to the thoroughbred stock of the colony, which have been imported by Mr E. Griffith, are now standing at Mr Millett's stables. The mares are five in number, and have been selected by wellknown good judges in the old country. The pick of the basket, so far as quality and fashion is concerned, is Idalia, an own sister to that good horse Onslow, being by Cambuscan out of Dulcibella, by Voltigeur. She comes of good running blood too, as her dam won the Cesarewitch, and her sire was a real good horse, and the winner of numerous events on the turf. Onslow distinguished himself a two-year old by beating Cremorne, also of the same age, and who afterwards won the Derby. Onslow, however, never showed on a racecourse after the age of two years, as he was always more or less a cripple, and therefore we hardly know how good he was. Nerissa, by Lord Clifden, out of Audrey, is also a dame of high degree, as her sire ought to have won the Derby, and did win the St. Leger, and her dam was like Idalia's, a Cesarewitch winner. Nerissa stands 16 hands at least, and shows every sign of filling out into a grand brood mare. Maria Theresa, by Rataplan, from Marie Louise, is a very powerful animal, with great arms and thighs, and is also blessed with a splendid temper, no unimportant item in the qualities necessary for a good brood mare. Aurifera, a chesnut mare by Diophantus, out of Melbourina, has figured in many a steeplechase with more or less success. We are not aware that she ever performed on the flat, but she has been credited with several wins over a country. She shows the marks of the irons badly, but is a great fine mare. Hammock, the last of the lot, is by Orest, from Mother Neasham, by Buccaneer, and does not take our fancy so much as any of the others. However, the blood is equally good, and she may turn out the equal of any of her companions as far as breeding good stock goes. Mr Griffith has been fortunate in landing all the mares; and we wish him juck with them and their progeny.