Colonial Blood is Required at Home

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 383, 18 June 1928, Page 11

Colonial Blood is Required at Home

PROVED BY BLACK WATCH horses that did well Th „ prominent rur.ninK ot Black h in the Derby no doubt will keep attention of breeders in England „tred on the possibility of improving theiV 6 studs by purchasing well-bred mares. The experts agree that '“. best English horses are the best ’the world, but at the same time “ 1 j S now the need of Infusion of '“ S h blood. At intervals Australian nd New Zealand horses have gone to England. It is of interest to follow their record. Australian bred horses have raced m England over a very long period. The Australian to appear on Eng,l race tracks was Ringmaster, a raulfield Guineas winner, who was Lkcn to England by Mr. J. E. Savill in the late ’eighties, and he won a number of races. Judged on their English IL-ords the best Australian horse that evvr raced in England was Merman. „ho won the Williamstown Cup as a four-year-old in 1896. He was regarded as a good staying handicapoer but in England he improved, and sot better as he became older. He won the Cesarewitch for Miss Lily Langtry, and afterwards proved himself to be the test slayer in Europe, as he won the Goodwood and Ascot Cups in smashing style. He ended his days in Germany as a sire of army remounts. Good Winners Newhaven and The Grafter, who were both Melbourne Cup winners, were good horses both in Australia and England, and each won the City and Suburban Handicap, as did Australian Star. Newhaven was also second in the Cambridgeshire, in which he was beaten by Bay Ronald, who afterwards earned undying fame as the sire of Bayardo and Dark Ronald (who died recently in Germany). Maluma, who was successful in the Newmarket Handicap. performed well in England, but did not have a chance to prove her ■worth at the stud, as she broke a leg while running in the Liverpool Cup and had to be destroyed. Australian Star was another Aus-tralian-bred horse to do well in England; and Georgie, who was also of Australian origin, was equal to winning the Cambridgeshire, which is one of the biggest of the autumn handicaps in England. Paris, a winner of two Caulfield Cups, was an old horse when he landed in England, but he won races and afterwards returned to his native land. Greatl Scot was past his prime when ho went to India, where he won two Viceroy Cups, and finished second in another. He was sent to England and won races there, and after siring a few winners in England, was sold to so to Russia. An Unlucky Failure Dalkeith won races in Australia, Ceylon and England, his best performance in England being in the Newbury Cup, which he won. E.J.A. was a failure there, and so was Arum, who, however, broke down. Darling tried him to be a remarkably good horse, judged from the English standard, and had ho remained sound he would have enhanced the reputation of Australian horses in England. The first horse that was ever transported from Australia to England was the steeplechaser Dutchman, who went there in the seventies. He had been disqualified m Australia, and was not allowed to race in England, and Moran brought him back home.

Carbine. Trenton, Patron, Carnage, Abercorn and Parthian all went into

English studs. Trenton left behind him a good horse, Torpoint, who was the sire of Hamoaze, one of the most successful brood mares of recent times. Trenton, however, did not repeat his Australian success as a sire, but ho was an old horse when he reached England. Abercorn did not realise expectations, but Carbine sired the Derby winner Spearmint, whose sons are now doing well at the stud. The other horses were failures. Left Good Stock Achray, a daughter of Martini Henry, won races in England, and became the dam of Achtoi, who was top class. She bred other winners, and her name is often met with in English pedigrees to-day. During a visit to Australia in the early years of the present century M. Jean Hennessy purchased Haulette and took her to France, where she bred at least one good horse named Hag to Hag. Captain Crawford, who has a reputation the world over as an authority in thoroughbred horses, has just paid a visit to Australia. He visited nearly every stud of note in the Commonwealth, and carried away with him a very high appreciation of Australian horses. He was greatly impressed with the brood mares he saw in some of the studs, and it is by no means improbable that as the result of his visit there will be a demand for Australian mares in England. He showed his appreciation in a very practical manner, as he bought the pony performer Flying Star, a daughter of Wakeful, and she will find her way into an English stud.