TROTTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 608, 9 March 1929, Page 11

TROTTING

By

ABAIDOS.

MAN O’ WAR RACEHORSE AND SIRE PROGENY MAKING GOOD Recent successes of young pacers claiming Man-o’-War as their sire have attracted quite a lot of attention to the ex-Australian pacer and his stocks will again be in the ascendancy. A Southern admirer of Man-o’-War recently waxed eloquent on that pacer's prowess on the race-track. He stated that in Australia Man-o’-War won many .races, capping a tine record with a great victory in the Sydney Thousand—the hardest race to win—and the Australian Handicap; while in New Zealand, among many good races, he twice won the Auckland Cup, and the National Cup. But taking all in all, perhaps his most remarkable performance was registered when, sold to his present owner, Mr. T. H. McGirr, to be retired to the stud, he was produced in the Free-for-AU at Ashburton in 1925, and defeated one of the strongest fields ever got together in New Zealand, included in the number being Logan Chief, Acron, Ahuriri, Onyx, Sheik and Realm. Probably no more select field than this one has been got together, yet Man-o’-War, generally regarded as a stayer pure and simple, showed enough brilliance to silence the pretensions of horses that had won the most important events in New Zealand. TWO PROVED ONES The son of Peri Huon and Wilga was always a favourite in this province, and it is pleasing to his admirers to see some of his progeny turning out trumps. Two local representatives of the ex-Aussie in Warplane arid Medusa, while only four years of age, have made early history for their illustrious sire, and judging by the promise they have shown, will

keep his name in a prominent place in the New Zealand trotting arena. Warplane, got from Air Raid, and Medusa, a daughter of Miss Rolfe, have this season demonstrated staying ability of no mean degree, and their performances prove that Man-o’-War is transmitting stamina as well as speed to his offspring. In the Taranaki district, bailor Boy and Queen Elizabeth, in more modified form, are displaying the family traits and both can be looked upon as likely to add further to their sire’s, list of successes. “Abaydos” has seen anothei in this locality, as yet unraced, that will add lustre to the Man-o’-War tribe, when his turn comes' This is the handsome Man-at-Arms, from Canzonetta, who both in appearance and by the manner he does his work, suggests that hr will reach the top rung of the ladder before many seasons are passed.

HAL ZOLOCK ROYAL-BRED

MARES AS BREEDING PROPOSITIONS

Mr. E. X. Le Lievre, the wellknown Akaroa breeding enthusiast, who has done excellent service, through his importation of American blood to raise the standard of the light-harness stock in the Dominion, has a good word for the female side of the Hal Zolock line.

Hal Zolock has not met with any outstanding success as a sire of highclass performers, although it must not be forgotten that last season the Manawatu gelding Padlock was in the first flight of the Dominion’s crack pacers, and his record was one that will take a lot of beating. In seven starts. Bill Hughes’s charge was first on five occasions, once second, and the remaining time unplaced, his winnings totalling £1,755. Other representatives of Hal Zolock assisted in swelling the McKinney horse’s total for the season to £3,870, but there was nothing of Special merit in the performances of those outside Padlock. But it is to the female side that the expert breeding enthusiast, Mrr E. X. Le" Lievre. is turning his attention in the Hal Zolock strain, and the latest addition to his Akaroa stud farm, where so many champions and budding have seen the light of day, is a Hal Zolock mare. Expert Opinion That such a student of the breeding business as Mr. L© Lievre, who is thoroughly conversant with American leading families, should attach so much importance to the Hal Zoloe 7 # mares, is decidedly interesting, and

will make pleasant reading for owners who possess female members of the Amerioan-bred sire, several of which are to be found in the Auckland Province. Hal Zolock, foaled in 1906, was imported to Australia from America by the Allandnle Stock Farm, and was subsequently passed on to the late Mr. B. Shadbolt, of Hawke’s Bay. Hal Zolock is a royal-bred one. and the fact that he has not sired a great number of high-class performers may be put down to the fact that he has not been favoured with the chances enjoyed by some other trotting and pacing sires. He is by Zolock, a son of McKinney, whose name is being kept green by the performances in America of late by Guy McKinney 1.58.?, whose dam, Queenly McKinney, is a daughter of that great sire, who is also represented by Belwin 2.62, a noted progenitor of speed. Hal Zolock’s dam, Belle Pointer, was by Sky Pilot (a son of Brown Hal) from Princess Wilkes, by Ned Wilkes— Princess Clay, by American Clay. This breeding represents -good staying lines, and the McKinney strain is a most desirable one to in Mr.* Le Lievre’s opinion.