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HIGH CLASS HORSE GOES TO AUSTRALIA Janifs de Rothschild lias sold Bronzino to Samuel llorderu of Sydney New South Wales If all is well the horse will lie shipped to Australia next month monthWithout Without exaggeration it can lie stated that he is out and away the best horse that lias ever been sent to tlit Commonwealth Bred in 107 by Francis Lus combe at the Tilgate Forest Stud in Sussex he passed into the possession of Mr Rothschild as a foal He was slow in coming to hand In 1010 he began by running third for the West Derby Stakes at Liverpool and third in a race at Kempton Park Then came his lirst success for at Newbury he won tiie Greenham Stakes of 4Ul5 beating Lonawaud and Tressady the latter of whom was recently sent to Australia as a stallion After running unplaced in the Two Thousand Guineas Bronzino was pre ¬ pared for the Grand Prix de Paris and everybody will remember the astonishment with which we Jn this country received the news that he had finished third to Nnage and Reinhart with Charles OMalley and Lemlierg behind him Ixmiberg of course had just previously won and Charles OMalley finished third in the Derby There was a tendency to as ¬ sume that Ironzinos performance in Paris was a fluke We did not yet realize his merits meritsIn In the St Legor Bronzino ran Swynford to a hcud with Lemberg third One stride past the post Brou zino was in front Behind him were Winkipop and Kosedrop the winners of the One Thousand and Oaks The race was run in record time It hud now clearly been proved that the sou of Marco was well up to the classic standard of excellence By way of showing his hnrdincss he came out again two days later and won the Poncastcr Cup two miles and a furlong beating Bachelors Double and Hoyal Uealm On the strength of these achieve ¬ ments he started favorite for the Cecarewitch with the substantial weight of 110 pounds on his back and finished fifth Four days before the race lie bruised his heel and was stopped in his work workNo No more was seen of him that season lint the fol ¬ lowing year carrying 121 pounds he was placed third to Mushroom and Demosthenes Jn the City and Suburban fourth for the Prix tin Couscil Municipi at Longchamps and second to Clarcnceux for the Derby Cup with 120 pounds on his back In this lastnamed race it was generally held that he was unluckily beaten This year he carried 120 pounds in the Manchester Cup and traveling on a wide out ¬ side most of tho way ran Donnithorne to whom ha was conceding OS pounds to half a length Once again he was unfortunate indeed he has been pur ¬ sued by bad luck during his racing career The worst blow of all came the Saturday before the re ¬ cent Ascot meeting It is understood that he had been tried to be the almost certain winner of the Ascot Cup but when during his final gallop on tho Wantage training ground he broke down so badly it was at once obvious lie could never race again There can lie no doibt he was a highclass horse and there is every reason for believing that ho will prove a brilliant success as a stallion Barcaldine blood has been coming very much to the front in Australia in recent years Bronzino is of course a grandson of Barcaldine so that Ausrtalinu breeders are certain to give him every possible chance He is a magnificently made chestnut horse by Marco Flitters by Galopin out of Icrne by Hermit HermitThe The price paid for Bronzino has not been dis ¬ closed but it is understood that the figure is a big me for an offer received from the Australian Gov ¬ ernment had to be beaten London Sporting Life
