BLOOD THAT TELLS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 541, 19 December 1928, Page 15

BLOOD THAT TELLS

HAMBLETONIAN 10 STRAIN FINE BROOD MARE FOR SALE ALSO SON BY WORTHY BOND Running in the long acres at Ellerslie is a mare claiming the finest trotting blood in the world in her veins, while by her side is a three-months-old colt foal who looks the aristocrat his lineage suggests. The mare referred to is Daphne Bell, a daughter of that wonderful sire Gold Bell, while her dagi was a daughter of the American horse Wilmington, one of the greatest blood importations New Zealand has Known. 'Wilmington was got by Electioneer, who was own son of the mighty Hambletonian 10, the recognised fountain-head from which the greatest trotting stock m the world has originated. , . , Daphne Bell never raced, but she possesses all the qualifications or the thoroughbred, which are in turn refleeted in her hundsonie young - oilspring, whose sire is the quality American horse. Worthy Bond. These high-class pieces of horseflesh are owned bv an Ellerslie sportsman who lias not the time to continue tlie breeding of trotters, and Daphne Bell and the colt foal are in the sale list at a remarkably moderate figure for such standard-bred animals. It will be a case of • first sight” with this pair, as the first intending purchaser to get a glimpse of the "goods” will not leave empty-handed. Fresh Lease of Life Old Pitaroa. who is relishing the treatment meted out to him by Sam Roe. and looks nice and bright, was ■stepped out at a solid clip over a mile and a-lialf on the dirt track. The pomlied pacer hit out in splendid style, and pulled up after his sound exertion as fresh as the proverbial daisy. Despite the hard nature of the track. Pitaroa's dicky leg is standing the strain so far, and appears to have taken a fresh lease of life.