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BEST RACERS MAKE THE BEST SIRES. Comparatively few mares that have made a great name for themselves on the race course have done equally well at tin? stud, but as a general rule the stallions which do best as sires are those Which have distinguished themselves on the turf. Wallace. Malster and Rodndil. the most successful Australian-bred sires of the present day, were all good racehorses, and most of the imported stallions whose stock have shone in this country had racing form to recommend them before they left England. Except ions can be quoted, Grafton being one. and though Ayr Laddie vas trained and raced in Australia he was only moderate. In England, in particular, the successful racehorse gets the greatest stud opportunities, though, of course, some horses that did little or no racing, aie included among its successful sires. Tro-denilis, whose fee this season is 200 guineas, possesses no racing record, and the "Special Commissioner" of the London Sportsman in discussing the subject, points out that it was the same with Young MellKiiirne. a most successful stallion. Then he quotes a more recent - instance in Missel Thrush, concerning which hi- writes: "Missel Thrush never saw a race course, but he was a beautiful colt when I saw him as a two-year-old at Kingsclere indeed, he was. no doubt, the best in the stable and the following year, when the great sale came off. and Flying Fox was sidd to M. F.dnioiid l-lanc. Missel Thrush was retained by John Porter for a pretty big price. In other words, he was known to lie good, otherwise he would not have been retained, but be developed ringbones, and never started for a race. Such a record is far better than that of line who has been tried in the balance and found wanting. A certain mystery may hang over Tredennis. which is beautifully bred, and the stv or Missel Thrush and tin? Kingsclere sale provide a credential In audi a case, but to race with only moderate success is banal in the extreme, :indit would need a millionaire, and an obstinate one at that, to make a successful stallion out of a second class race horse, though of course, if he persisted in buyiug the best broodmares to mate with him, regardless of cost, he might succeed in doing so." "Pilot, " in Sydney Referee.
