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: i | i ] I I I ] | I I i ■ , 1 j ! 1 ! I i i j . ! . , IMPORTED HORSES RULE IN AUSTRALIA. Of recent years imported horses have plavod :i prominent part in Australian racing, their im-|H rtant victories now including the Melbourne. Svd-ne.v. Australian. CaulfieM, Williamstown, Adelaide. Perth. Hobart and Moonee Valley Cups. A. .1. C. Metropolitan, V. A. T. C. Futuritv Stakes, and various weight for age events. In the future their successes may be even more numerous than in the past, as owing to the comparative cheapness of good -quality stock in England during the past year Australians have lmught freelv. In respect of trieil horses recently imported, Redfern stands right out. He cost Sir William Cooper 5,900 guineas, ami at the time of his sale English critics expressed the opinion that only for his three-year-old engagements being voided, consequent on the death of his nominator, he would have realized 10,000 guineas. Well, if under ordinary circumstances Redfern was worth that .-1111011111; in England, be should be easily the best horse ever imported to Australia for racing purposes. Of course, certainty does not attach to such proving the ease, as change of climate does wonders for some horses, while it affects others adversely. If I.ilvveil had remained 111 England little might have been heard of him, but out here he developed weight-forage form. The Western Australian climate, in particular, would appear to agree with English horses, as even allowing that, in proportion to Australian-bred horses competing, their numbers are greater than in other states, their success has been marked. Possibly I may have missed a few, but in Western Australia the Imported winners during the first half of the current season included Clad Eve. Repton, Early .Morn. Simple Maid. Roval Vixen, Irish Duck. Winters Night. Greencap, High Bock, Birverfoil, Adaleila, Jackyarder, Canterbury Chick and Fantarie. Between them that collection accounted for about thirty races of a total value of something over 5,000. Adaleila. Irish Duck, Clad Eye. Early Morn and High Rock shone in respect of number of wins, and as the titters three races aggregated ,000 in prize money alone, he has proved profitable at the 200 guineas paid for him in the old country. Fantariesj two wins at the recent W. A. T. C. Perth meeting carried .2011. and that of Sample Maid in the Railway Stakes ,800. In England Fantarie raced without any success as a two-year-old. Tnmlng to Victoria, the winners in that state from August 1 of last year, to January 31 of this. included Lnvendo, Ludovtteb, Ren. Defence. Lady Challaeoml.e. king Marco and Llanisheii among the imported horses, and though Cyklou was unsuccessful in anything, he ran second in two weight-forage races and third in the CaulfieM Cup at the V. A. 1. C. spring meeting. Polybius and Sweet Slumbers are winners this month. The Caulfield Cup was remarkable because of the fact that the place -getters- I.avendo. William the Silent and Cyklou were all bred in England. The Cup was worth 0,000 to the owner of Lavemio. and the value of that horses four wins in the spring only fell a few pounds short of 2. 500. Ludovitch I by Louviersl won a couple of races, one of which was worth SI. 000. and Ren and King Marco were each credited with a handicap of similar value. The horses mentioned approximately won 7,500 , iluring six months and. according to training -track reports from Melbourne, it will not be long ere Cyklou is enrolled among the English winners in Australia. Snath Australia has only a few tnanortoi horses competing at its meetings, but Double Dp, one of the number, has pulled off a race this season. There are several English importations racing In Queensland, and Raehelors Peruse, a three-year-old by Bachelors Double, was recently successful la Brisbane. In the northern capital, however. American-bred animals in Conquistador, St. Ora and Sanctissima have been figuring to greater advantage than the English division, and the tirst-nanied is one of the best horses in Queensland. It is almost unnecessary for me to write that nowadays a "registered" meeting in Sydney that does not Include a few imported runners is uiitis nal. and sonic are tinding their way into the unregistered ranks. At meetings in this city Wil Mam the Silent has won more prize money than 1 any other importation this season, his first jn the ■ Trial Stakes aid second in the Metropolitan carry tag ,493, and. in addition, he won a race at Rosehill and another at Kcinbln Orange, so that his aggregate would be about SSJKO. The atosi important race won in Sydney by " any English horse this season was. however. the Challenge ■ Slakes, which was worth ,775 to Mr. T. F. Buchanan, owner of Quinns Post. I am not aware . what the chestnut cost in England, hut it is improbable it Has anything near the amount mentioned. Flash of Steel has won here quite recently, as have Flippant and Canzone, the latter earning .4ot in place money in the Bummer and iattei -alls Cups, in addition to his ,300 , lor lirst in the Grandstand Stakes. In three wins at Kandwiek this seas n Trmobantes has credited her owner with about ,500 in stakes, and Limelights two wins at headquarters carried ,910. Daniim. Green Crass. Nizan. Leal and Hecate are among recent winners of mi • races in or near Sydney, and. without attempting to enumerate all. 1 think I have mentioned sufficient winners to demonstrate that, in proportion to their numbers, imported horses are again doing well this season If Redfern and Cyklou accomplish all that is expected of them they will materially increase the Winning* of BngUah borsea in Australia, and in the near future the possibility of all the weight-forage races at the Sydney am] Melbourne spring or autumn meetings being credited imported horses would appear far fl 1 remote. — "PBot" in Sydney Referee.
