AUSTRALIAN RACING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 March 1940, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN RACING

EVENTS AT RANDWICK

HIGH CLASS CANDIDATES.

By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright SYDNEY, March 18.

This year's Doncaster Handicap and Sydney Cup contain more high-class candidates than usual. For the Doncaster Handicap likely acceptors include Madura and Geebung, who dominate the market, Beaulivre, Gold Salute, Denis, Bonny Loch, and The Albatross. The only doubtful starter is High Caste, at 9.0, who is being asked to carry 81b. over weight-for-age, and also to meet Mildura, the Newmarket Handicap winner, at 141 b. worse than weight-for-age. The New Zealander, Yours Truly, literally galloped his way last Saturday into favouritism for the Sydney Cup, but Mosaic has also attracted a good following by reason of his second to Reading. The latter has been withdrawn from the Sydney Cup. Gold Suark, Maikai. and Dashing Cavalier are expected to give Yours Truly a hard race. Royal Chief is not exciting much interest, due to his recent indifferent showing.

Progeny of Quite Sure. The first batch of youngsters by the imported horse Quite Sure, quickly made pacing history, as in the second division of the Timaru Nursery Stakes, three of his progeny, Walter Moore, Quite Likely and Special Force, ran first, third and fourth respectively. As this division was won in the record t ! me for two-year-olds outside of America, of 2.10 4-5, which was 3 3-s's faster than Shadow Maid’s time to win the first division, the juveniles have drawn attention to the producing capabilities of their sire.

Quite Sure, who was imported by Miss Cuff, for her Empire Lodge stud m Southland, was foaled in 1929 at Walnut Hall Farm, where a very large number of America's champion pacers : rid trotters are bred. Quite Sure was a high-class free-legged pacer, and took a two-year-old record of 2.9, and at three years ran 2.1 : ;. His three-ycar-old record of 271 s for the final quarter of a three heat mile race has not been surpassed. Quite Sure is by Peter Volo. 2.2, who is acclaimed the greatest winning, sire in the world. Many of his progeny have records better than 2 minutes, while he has produced over 300 trotters and about 150 pacers within the 2.10 standard. Etawah Girl, dam or Quite Sure, took a two-year-old trotting record of 2.141. She is by Etawah 2.3. sire of Peterwah. and also sire of the dams of Dick Reynolds. 1.59’,. Star Etawah 1.59 3-5. Prince Hall 2.0-;. and All Pep. 2 1 : i. Etawah was got by Al Stanley from Alicia Arion by Arion.

Worthy Girl, maternal grand dam of Quite Sure, was by Axworthy from Harvest Girl, by Walnut Hall from Notelet, by Moko. Notelet also produced The Harvester 2.1, who was the world’s champion trotting stallion from 1910 to 1916. The Aucklandowned trotter. Swordsman, also by Peter Volo, traces to The Harvester family through his dam. Lydia Loo. Walter Moore comes from a great family on the other side also, his dam. Regina Logan, who produced Southern Chief. being closely connected with Regina Belle and Regina de Oro, the respective dams of Logan Chief and Native Chief. The dam of Quite Likely is Opalene, while Special Force is from Love Parade. by Rey do Oro, from Miss Advocate. Gold Chief, who ran 2.11 for second to Walter Moore, is by Rey de Oro from Drusolina. by Drusus from Doraldino. dam of Daphne de Oro.