. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 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 w
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 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 ; Yet this sickly foal eventually grew into a fine horse, and, trained by bis owner's groom, he won the Derby. To come nearer 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
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