UKRAINE.

NZ Truth, Issue 76, 1 December 1906, Page 2

UKRAINE.

The above is the name that Mr "Laimceldt Wood," the Wellington sport, has bestowed on his recent purchase at the sale -61 ■ ■ Elderslie yearlings. As - the price paid for the filly unusuallx,. high,.. Viz,,, ,535 guineas,' T ..was- to see her, and upon expressing t^ewish Vp -the owner'he drove me out to W.DaYies' stable at the Hutt, where the youngZster Is to receive her educatibn. The Hutt owner-ti'ajlnei- stated his. pleasure at our visit and then showed us our objective. Ukraine is a bay filly with 1 ' black pbints, and is by Stepniak out by Madder, dam of Munjeet, Mungista and. Rose Madder, all performers ; but 'if looks go for anything she. will prove superior to. any of the above mentioned trio. Thfei.ih.ora she is' look&l at the more favourably She impresses, and Messrs f "Wo&d" and Davtes are already ''counting;. Up list:. projected wjiinifigs. It is uselefes to look for a fault m Ukraine, for one cannot be found, and I do not remember ever before bejnff so impressed with a youngster. She lias a grand head with a broad forehead and splendid neck and shoulders and a R rc at depth of barrel. For one of her age she is well growii -aM looks 1 like turning out a big two-year-old. Unlike her sisters, v.'ho were yeiry erratic and nervous, this filly, is as docile as a lamb, and when we entered her paddock to more closely inspect her she came up to us and ftever once offered to move or m the slightest manner resent our intrusion. Later on she cantered round the paddock and moved m" a v*sv attractive manner. It is her present intention to have her handled about March and so e;iv-* 'U't plenty of time to mature, and all jroing well she will take part. in >?me of the valuable two-year-old engagements next season. Sauntering round the paddocks we tome across Llanwe.rn , (Pilgrim's E>rogreSS'-]Liedaj who .has. grown into, a fine colt, Grand Circle,, who was recently gelded, and three colts by Officer. In the boJtes. were- Ballarat, who wa's looking at her best, Hillsong, who is juSt getting over, an attack of the strangles, Melwood, looking as showy as ever, Armamento, #ho appears to' be growing, Laird'AVerh, who .has bteeft'haiittg an easy time of it; since contesting th : e : N,Z. Cub, yenee"r. and "Fascination, ,^T«« lull Brbiifiej to $ahgt;q:n^^ I^-in f;ork and- may ' lfe giv6h "a tM about Christmas time ; but' he is .very big and; Will require a ; 16t..:6f* galloping to fine i him; down. Since Mr Davies^re.-. turned ffcom 'Riccarton he has been very ill with influenza and has been obliged to keep to his , room, so ■that his charges are somewhat, backward, but no doubt ere the season, is over he will' have led- -in a good many wiwners.' , .. i i ir. ' i .'i ■ '■ — ■ — '