"THE FIRST OF THE NELSONS."

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 410, 12 October 1889, Page 5

"THE FIRST OF THE NELSONS."

Last Saturday afternoon I took a ru n out to "Wapiti" to have a look over the first of Nelson's progeny. The old turf hero only served five mares last season, and a foal in each instance is the result. His good looks, power, and colour he has stamped on the quintette with very striking fidelity, and as the foals strut round the paddock at the heels of their respective mothers, one sees in them that noble carriage probably no horse living but Nelson ever possessed, and which good poino alono ever made racegoers enthuse over him. Earh of the foals are hardy in appearance, and with no end of life in them. A colt out of Longland's half-sisver Florence was the first to see the light, and on Saturday he was four weeks old. He is a splendid cut of a foal, with plenty of bone and the biff knees and magnificent hocks of his sire. The cole out of Major Mairs Corcyra is an exact imaffe of Nelson, excepting that he has a faint white star on his forehead while his sire has a streak, but both are the same in length. He is a beauty, take him where you will. The filly out of Memphis possesses plenty of size and bone, and so do the fillies out of The Maid and Tenainbra. In a word the foals are a fine-looking lot, and would take beating anywhere. Disporting themselves in separate paddocks were Mr W. Walters' Hipporina on a visit to Nelson, with a foal ac her side, and Mr S. H. Gollans Iphigenia by Insromar — Clytem ne-tra. The latter is booked for two years' service. She is reputed by her owner to have been a fast mare in private, but was thrown out of work on account of her fretful nature. " The pick of the stable, the flower of the flock," exclaims Major George with justifiable pride as Nelson is led forth for inspection. The great son of King Cole now has his stallion garb on in real earnest, and by the time another season comes round he will have filled out into one of the grandest - looking horses you could look at. The racehorses in training are Clive and the King Cole two-year-olds, Miss Cole and Coalscuttle, The first-named is a lightly-made youngster rather on the small side, but she has the appearance of one that would do a quick thing across the grass. She is well forward in condition, and has evidently done plenty of work. Unlike her companion, Coalscuttle is built on big lines, but until lately she has not done well and is backward. A long chat in the snug smoking-room at "Wapiti" on Nelson's turf deeds and equine matters in general brought a wellspent and enjoyable afternoon to a close.