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Title: Breeder and sportsman
Identifier: breedersportsma321898sanf (find matches)
Year: 1882 (1880s)
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Subjects: Horses
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Apbil 30, 1898. _ dered all the more interesting because of the admitted pre- judice against giving high or fancy prices for yearlings by sires, or from dams who are on their trial at the stud. The few exceptions which can be instanced by way of proving this rule are more in favor of the male thaa the female pro- genitor, and as far as Australasia is concerned, Musket and his illustrious son, Carbine, are the most striking cases in point. The subject is such a comprehensive one that but Bcant justice can be docs to it in the limited suace at my command, yet I will strive to show that much of the pre- judice which previih against first foals is of a fallacious order. In this connection I will confiae my observations to the maiden offspring of mares. Amongst the most famous fVst foals contained in the English Stud Book—that sacred volume which will not permit its pages to be soiled by the inclusion ot the Australian champion, Newhaven—are the famous Touchstone, Pyrrhus, Marc Antony, Wild Dayrell, Barcaldine, Carlton, Melton, Hampton aod the "old" Pan- taloon. Of Wild Dayrell it has been recorded that he was so feeble at first that he had to be wheeled abe-ut ia a barrow, thus causing his owner to observe—he had never bred a thoroughbred before—that if this was the class of animal that he had gone in for raising, he had better go back to crossbreds, for he was sure *'he was sure he could never make up his mind to have his foals wheeled about in barrows." Yet this sickly foal eventually grew into a fine horse, and, trained by bis owner's groom, he won the Derby. To come nearer home.the Stud Book tells us that some of our most fa- mous and Btoutest horses were first foals. A trio of Champion Stakes winners, as Richmond, Wellington and Portsea, stand prominently forward in this connection. It has been alleged against first foals that as a rule they are puny and soft, but nothing of this kind can be said of the three horses named, who, in addition to annexing the championship, accounted between them for a Victoria Derby, Australian Cup and Ade- laide Cup, bisidesnutnerou3 other events of lesser importance. Were farther proof necsssary to show that the prejudice against first-born animals is based upon a fallacious founda- tion, one would not require tog:> beyond the Australian Cup, the longest handicap race in the Southern Hemisphere. In- cluded in the roll of winners of this classic handicap are : Columbus, Kingwood, Broken Hill and Portsea, all first born offspring of their dims- Not to be behindhand, the Mel- bourne Cup beard valuable testimony on the same point through the agency of Chester, Darriwell, Sheet Anchor and Malvolio—trulv a quartette of magnificent stayers. In addi- tion to Chester and Wellington, three other first foals are found amongst the Victoria Derby winners in Miss Jessie, Florence and Oriflimme, the last named of which likewise won the V. R. C. St. Leger, as also did Caspian, another first foal. The mention of the latter's name leminds me that there is at least one man—I know another, Mr. S. G. Cook—on the Australian turf who does not share in the popular dislike to first foals, for he has bred a few that could gallop in Avernus (Hobart Cup), Caspian, Maid of All Work (Maribyrnong Plate), Miss Jessie, Bel- mont, Artful Joe and Free Citizen. Mr. Cook is one of the few men I know who has a particular fondness for first foals, and when you twit him that horses like The Harbor Light, A. B. C. and The Inquisitor are only sorry examples, you must be prepared for the naive retort, "How about The Cap- tain ?'* Well, The Captain was, of course, a good handicap horse, but not to be mentioned in the same breath as Gold- brough, or Cranbrook, or Althotas, or Masquerade, or Im- perial, or Sardonyx, or The Plunger, or Pluto, or Mistake, or a dozen other first foals that could be readily named- Having mentioned Cranbrook, his first foal record in the Newmarket Handicap was equalled by Tyropean and beaten by Aspen, who won the sprinting handicap championship in consecutive years. The Caulfield Cup is not without its first foal, and who that saw Ben Bolt respond to the late (*Mick" O'Brien's demoniacal call doubted that first foals were as game and generous as any other. Singular to say, Ben Boll's sire was also the virgin issue of his dam, who, more peculiar still, was only a yearling when she conceived the sire of the Caulfield Cup winner. In this particular bearing it may be mentioned en passant that the mighty Chester and another Melbourne Cup winner in Sheet Anchor were got when their dams were two years old, and Cranbrook when his "mamma" was twelve months older. The V. R. C. Oaks supplies a whole host of first foals in Florence! Rose d'Amour, Gaslight, Maid of All Work, Royal Maid, Melita, The Nun and Uralla. The Maribyrnong Plate con- tributes a couple of testimonials to the "first foal tribute" in Maid of all Work and Habena, and it would be an omission not to mention other notable "firsts" such as Tom Brown (Tattersall's Cup), Hortens'ius (Adelaide Birthday Cup), Trump Ynss (Hawkesbury Handicap), The Lawyer (Adel- aide Birthday Cup). Were one to search further afield for lesser lighls, quite a number could be unearthed in Disfig- ured, Newmaster, Foxtail, Santa Claus, John S., Waterford Wandering Jew, Belladrum, Kohai, Silverton, Erlani, Les- bia, Glenormiston and Aconite, all performers of some abil- ity. Of the horses now on the turf, Straightb*re, Canoona and Armenia are the initial progeny of their dams. Before exhausting the list I would do the jumping brigade a griev- ous injustice were I to pass over the V. R. C. Grand Na- tional winner, Sussex. The Stud Book returns give all these a^ the maiden produce of their dams. Although I find that amongst the innumerable events won by Australian first foals are included three Championships, four Melbourne Cups, four Australian Cups, four Victorian Derbies, eight Oaks, two V R. C. St. Legers, two Maribyrnong Plates, four New- market Handicaps, one Sydney Cup, two Hawksbury Handi- caps, three Metropolitans, one Caulfield Cup, two Hobart Cups, one Adelaide Cup, two Adelaide Birthday Cups and one Victorian Grand National Steeplechase. Truly this is a formidable score, and ought oncb and for all to dispel the popular fatlacy that the first-born offspring of mares are in- ferior to their subsequent progeoy.—"Asmodius" in N. Z. Referee. * * * BARNES SOHBEIBER'S BABY BACEBS. Sixteen foals are reported from Barney Schreiber'sfarm in St. Louis county, only three of which are colts. Two were sired by Foul Shot, the imported Australian stallion, and the other is a son of the great Kingston, out of Park Ridge, a mare that used to race in the colors of D. A. Honig. One of the Foul Shots is a son of Ellen, a mare that was raced at the Fairgrounds by Green B.Morris two years ago, and the other is a son of America, a full sister to Assignee. Ada Reese and Miss Howard, two of Schreiber's brood- mares, at J. U. Sbippee's farm in Kentucky, have foaled safely. Ada Reese is the dam of Climacus, a colt that beat the speedy Gay Parisieone at Little Rock this spring. Pen- nyroyal and the sister to Uncle Bob slipped their foals. A list of the Schreiber youngsters will be found below : Bay filly by imp. Foul Shot—Parolee. Chestnut colt, by Riley—'Miss Howard. Bay filly, by Huron—Ada Reese, dam of ClimacoB. Brown filly, by imp. Foul Shot—Ottawa. Bay filly, by imp. Foul Shot—Caroline Hamilton. Brown filly, by Kingston—Estelle. Brown colt, by imp. Foul Shot —Ellen. Chestnut filly, by Balgowao—Spozie. Chestnut filly, by imp. Brutus—Grand Lady. Brown filly, by imp. Foul Shot—Ohio Belle. Chestnut colt, by Little Minch—Laura Agnes. Bay filly, by imp. Foul Shot—Innocence. Bay filly, by Balgowan—Duchess. Bay filly, by Kingston—Daisy Woodruff, dam of Lieber Karl. Bay filiy, by imp. Foul Shot—Miss Hal), Kamsiu's dam. Chestnut filly, by Service—Derfargilla, Chestnut colt, by Kingston—Park Kidge. Bay colt, by imp. Foul Shot—America, sister to Assignee. —St. Louis Republic. * * * A horse's teeth. Every horse has six teeth above and below. Before three years of age he sheds his middle teeth. At three he sheds one more on either side of the central teeth. At four he sheds the two corner and last of the fore teeth. Between four and five the horse cuts the under tusks, at which time his mouth will be complete. At six rears the grooves and hollows begin to fill up a little. At seven the grooves v.ill be well nigh filled up, except the corner teeth, leaving little brown spots where the dark brown hollows formerly were. At eight the whole of the hollows and grooves are filled up. At nine there is very often seen a small bill to (he outside corner teeth, the point of the tusk is worn tfl, and the pait that was concave begins to fill up and become rounding. The squares of the central teeth begin to disappear, and the gums leave them small and narrow at the top, * # # Habhy Rbed, the six year-old gelding by Himyar— Violet, by Vauxhall, who has for several years past been one of the principal breadwinners in the stable of M. F. Dwyer, has at last broken down, and the veterinary surgeons wh > have examined him, although they cannot locate the trouble, have agreed that he will never be able to train for racing again. Of the many good horses owned Mr. Dwyer during his career on the turf, Harry Reed probably brought him more money in stakes, purses and bets than any other and although the Brooklyn turfman has been accused many times of being utterly devoid of sentiment regarding his horses when they had passed their usefulness for racing pur- poses, he has in the case of the old gelding declared that if in a short time the surgeons agaia decide that his raciDg career ia at an end, he will send him to Kentucky to browse on the blue grass of his native State until he dies. Harry Reed's difficully iB with his fore legs, which gave him some trouble. His trainer, Hardy Campbell, succeeded in getting him in shape for raciog last spring, but when the old trouble broke out afresh last week the trainer was hopeless. Harry Reed was bred in Kentucky, and was brought here as a two- year-old in 1894 by John E. Madden. He ran under the colors of Gus Strauss at Morris Park in the spring of the year and won two races. Mr. Dwyer's Btable was a weak one at the time and he bought the gelding at the reported price of$14,0d0. Harry Reed won thirteen races for Mr. Dwyer during the season, and his winnings alone saved the Brook- lyn plunger from a disastrous year. During the four years Harry Reed carried Mr. Dwyei's colors he won thirty-six races. He was one of the string of horses in the unfortunate Dwyer-Croker combination in England in 1895, and he was the only horse Mr. Dwyer brought back with him, most o^ the others being claimed in selling races.—N. Y. Times. * # * Ed Cobrigan has leased the Monument Ranch, a few miles out of Sacramento, and will send to it those of his gal- lopers that he does not deem worthy of being Bent East to which need a let-up. For some time past the big lutfman has had his horses turned out at Brentwood Farm, a model establishment near Anticch, but of course he will save a lot of money every year by having his own place, for be it known that he has not far from fifty gallopers in California. Mr. Cor- rigan has a number of young Riley mares out here, and as the Monument Farm is not far from Rancho del Paso, will have an opportunity to breed them to some of the celebrities that make their home upon "the grant." The veteran turf. man, who heretofore has bred horses at a farm near Midway Ky,, will be a good addition to our list of breeders.snd doubt- less many good winners will come from Monument farm. ♦ * # Several very annoying errors crept into "The Saddle' department last week in the article regarding sires of winners of England's great classic races—the Derby, Oaks and St. Leger. Where it reads "the names ot the sires of the EpBom Derby," etc , it ehonld be "the names of the sires of the win- ners of the EpBom Derby," etc. Further on, instead o^ "Doncaster Derby" it should be "Doncaster St. Leger," and instead of Diomed being the first winner of the St. Leger it should be "the first winner of the Derby." It is expected that Tommy Burns will be quite a rival of Toddy Sloan at the far East this season. Burns is three- quarters of an inch taller than Tod and weighs seven pounds less. His legs are longer by two inches. Tod's chest meas- ures three and a half more than that of Burns and the mid- get man wears a No. 7 3 8 hat, Burns a 6£, but an Eastern wag eayB Toddy may be wearing Tommy's size before the sea- son is over. Burns is described as "a thin, long-legged lad, and rides with a long stirrup reach and with his thigh much nearer Btraight than does Sloan. He uses a loDger rein than does the EaBtern favorite, though at that he takes holds of his bridle much closer the bit than the old-fashioned ideas of jockeyship approve of." * * * We have just seen a beautiful oil painting of the handsome and fast Golden Garter colt, Lobos, executed by the trainer of the youngster, Harry Mason. It is not only a true like- ness of the colt, but a splendid work of art, and it strikes us that Mr. Mason, if he were to branch out and make a busi- ness of painting horses, would be second to few a rtists in America. Horse Owners Should Use GOMBATJLT'S Caustic Balsam Tht GREAT FRENCH VETERINARY RBMEDV A Safe, Speedy and POSITIVE CURE. Prepared exclusive* ty by J. B. Gombanlt ei-Vetertfr nary San COOD tO I the French I Gorenmfnt ItaC. SUPERSEDES ALL CAUTERY OR FIRINO Imposi(ble to produce any scarorbUmish, ThoS«f«* beit BLISTER e^erueed. Takes tho place of til lini- ments for mild or sever© action. Itemovei all Bunches Or Bleislshee from Horses or Cattle. 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