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these advantages may compare favourably with the animals 

 raised in the warmer and drier lands of the continent. 



Of the forty-six stallions which I have been able to trace as 

 imported from England into New Zealand only eleven can be 

 called decided successes as sires of winning racehorses. They 

 are (besides Musket, who has founded so famous a race of 

 stayers), Riddleworth, by Emilius out of Bee-in-a-bonnet, im- 

 ported 1843 ; Ravensworth, by Touchstone out of Fairfane, 

 imported 1865 The Peer, by Melbourne out of Cinni Felli, 

 imported 1859 (this last, though never successful on the 

 English turf, was once favourite for the Two Thousand) ; 

 Traducer, by The Libel out of Arethusa, imported 1862 ; Albany, 

 by Thormanby out of Grisella, imported 1874; Anteros, by 

 Loiterer out of Adresta, imported 1876, who, in addition to his 

 racing stock, produced a large number of excellent harness and 

 saddle horses. 



Apremont, who combines the blood of Gladiateur and 

 Touchstone, being by Mortemer out of Araucaria, was foaled in 

 France, where he suffered from an epidemic disease which left 

 him unsound in his wind. This complaint has troubled him 

 very little in New Zealand, where he seems steadily to get the 

 better of it. Most of his stock, however, are afflicted with bad 

 tempers. It may, indeed, be said in passing that affections of 

 the wind are so rare in Australia and New Zealand as to be 

 almost unknown on the turf there. The disease exists in so 

 modified a form, and is lessening annually in severity to such an 

 extent, that it is expected in a few generations it will disappear 

 altogether. 



Cadogan, by Cremorne out of Chance, was imported in 

 1 88 1 ; Leolinus, by Caterer out of Tasmania, imported 1878 ; 

 and Pacific, by Flatcatcher out of Disagreeable, imported 1858. 

 Of the rest, sixteen may be said to have done fairly well, and 

 the remaining nineteen to have been failures. It should be 

 observed that, though the sons of many of these have them- 

 selves failed to achieve success in racing, they have begotten 

 stock which in their turn have won good stakes for their owners. 



