SPORTING

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 117, 25 August 1910, Page 3

SPORTING

THE RACEHORSE CARBINE.

l>y Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, August 21. The following cablegram lias been sent to the Duke of Portland:—"The people of Auckland want Carbine to die in the land of his birth. Will you sell?" The scheme is ibacked by an enthuisast Ihere, who is prepared to contribute £IOOO. The idea is €o have the celebrated thoroughbred placed on exhibition during his lifetime, and when dead placed in the museum.

Carbine was bred at the then famous Sylvia Park stud, and Dan O'Brien originally bought him as a yearling in 1887 at the annual sale, for 620gns, and a little later he was secured by Mr, Wallace for 3000gms. The Duke of 'Portland paid 13,000gns for the great son of Musket. Fifteen thousand guineas was asked for him when Mr. J. B. fiaggin, the Californian studmaster, offered to buy him. No business was done at that figure, and Mr. Haggin purchased instead July (Traducer —ldaila), Sir Modred's brother, to take the place of Maxim. Carbine was mortgaged to Mr. T. Hall, of Mount Morgan fame, and it is said that when Mr. Wallace's estate was as-1 signed the Californian breeder could have got the Melbourne Cup winner for 7500 guineas. By Musket, out of Mersey, by Knowsley (by iStockwell), out of Ciemence, by iNewminster, by Euclid, out of Martha Lynn (dam ; of Voltiguer), this idol of the turf had a great career. Car'bine is a bay horse standing 16.1 hands. He secured altogether in stakes £29,476, starting in 43 races, of which he won 36,, •being second in six, third in three, and was only unplaced once (when lame). Besides winning two champion races (three' miles), he won all the principal weight-for-age races in Australia; also the Melbourne Cup (£10,080), two miles, as a five-year-old, carrying lOst 51b, in 3min 28>/;>sec. He also ran second for the Melbourne Cup the previous year, carrying 1031: He won the Sydney Cup, two miles; as a three-year-old, carrying i)st, and as a four-year-old, carrying 9st 91'b; also the Cumberland Stakes, one mile and i> quarter, carrying 9st slh, in 2min 7sec; and proved himself at all distances well nigh invincible. Mr.'H. R. Mackenzie, the owner of the Ascot Stud, has good reason to look back with pleasure on the bright summer day in January, 1907, when he secured Lady Hester, with a colt foal at foot by Seaton Delaval, and in foal to Soult, at auction for the moderate sum of laOgns (writes "Phaeton''). The Seaton Delaval colt (Royal .Scotland) was sold for ■s'OOgns., a like sum was forthcoming for the filly (Dearest) Lady Hester threw, as the result of her second mating with Soult, and the colt 1 foal by Soult was also sold for 500gns. before he was three months old. With .another colt foal by Soult as the result of Lady Hester's fifth season at the stud, that may be taken to represent a further strong addition to the total down to the credit of Waiuku's sister. From (New South Wales comes news of the death of the Englisth-bred stallion Gossoon. Gossoon, who was found in his box with a leg broken, was a black horse by Galopin from Petal, 'by Hermit, and, bred in England in 1889, was imported by Mrs. Jas. White in 1893. Later he was purchased by Mr. S. Hordern, and at the sale of the Wilton Park Stud last autumn he was knocked down at auction for 60 gns. Gossoon sired a number of brilliant horses, Ibex being 'one of his sons, and a daughter who did him credit was Fulminate. Spalpeen, who earned a reputation as one of the most dashing hurdle racers that have figured on the New Zealand turf, and who is stationed m the Waikato; claims Gossoon as his sire. Malster, the leading sire now on the scene in Australasia, is only 13 years old, and it is reasonable to suppose that he will be able to retain his position in the sires' list for some time to come, for he is sure to get the pick of the mares in the stud w r here he is located, while the outside patronage will count for a great deal. Up to date Malster's descendants have won in stakes £64,905, which must be regarded as a great record, considering that it only embraces four seasons. ,