10 RACEHORSES IN AUSTRALIA 



Chapter V. 

 The Foundation Brood Mares of Australia. 



We have examined the foundation stones of our thoroughbred horse, so 

 far as the sires are concerned, and now it is necessary to look at that even 

 more important element in the building up of our racing stock, the early brood 

 mares. We have already noted the arrival of Manto and the birth of Cornelia, 

 the most important events which ever occurred in the chronicles of our 

 Australian turf. None of the mares that followed, between 1825 and the 

 early forties of the last century, were nearly so potent for good, although the 

 influence of one or two of these has been sufficiently great. 



Here is a brief list of those worthy matrons: — 



1825. Manto, by Soothsayer — sister to Lyncaeus. (No. 18.) 

 Cornelia, by Young Grasshopper — Manto. (No. 18.) 



1826. Edella, by Warrior— Risk. (No. 3.) 



Cutty Sark (chestnut), probably by Soothsayer, but pedigree never 



authenticated. 

 Spaewfe (chestnut), by Soothsayer — Rous' Emigrant's dam. (No. 4.) 

 1828. Whizgig (bay), by Whalebone — dam by Canopus. (No. 3.) 



Lorina, by Smolensk o — dam by Whiskey — Hoity Toity. (No. 26.) 

 Dam of Alice Hawthorne. 



1830. Lady Emily, by Manfred — dam by Cossack. (No. 29.) 

 Gulnare (grey), by Young Gohanna — Ultima. (No. 17.) 



1831. Merino, by Whalebone — Vicarage. (No. 3.) 



The Cape mare, said to have been by Driver. (No. 24.) 

 Fairy, by Catton — Voltaire's dam. (No. 12.) 

 Octavia, by Whalebone — Blacking. (No. 5.) 

 1834. Penelope, by Phantom — dam by Woful. (No. 26.) 

 1839. Georgiana (Kater's), by Waverly — sister to Corduroy. (No. 5.) 

 Persiani, by The Colonel — dam by Reveller. (No. 12.) 



And then, during the 'forties, there came Falklandina, Quadroon, 

 Paraguay, Nora Creina, Miss Lane, Splendora and the Giggler. A few others 

 there were, but their sun has waned, their glory is faded, already they have 

 slipped over the horizon of time, and are out of sight. Of the early arrivals, 

 apart from Manto and Cornelia, Edella has handed down to us such horses 

 as Caramut, Malua, Mozart, Rapidity, Glenloth, Sheet Anchor, and numerous 

 matrons which may, at any moment, teem, once more, with winners as of old. 

 Spaewife lives through David, a Debutant winner, Finland, Fishery, and all 

 that Fishwife family which brings back so vividly the name of that excellent 

 old sportsman, Mr. John Turnbull. Quambone, Fucile, Tim Whiffler and 

 Troubadour spring from the same root. Whizgig is responsible for Blink 

 Bonny, Coronet, Meteor, Prodigal, Ringwood, Rufus, Strop and Tim 

 Swiveller. 



Most of this little troupe came over to the mainland from Tasmania in 

 order to earn their fame. 



Lady Emily is the founder of the tribe of Beaumont, The Bohemian, 

 Lady Betty, The Nun, Pardon, Picture and Reprieve, but Gulnare, who was 

 imported in the same year as Lady Emily, has left a much more indelible mark 

 on our records than any other of the pioneers, with the exception of Manto. 



That very remarkable man, Captain John Macarthur, who, 1 believe, 

 did more for young Australia than any other individual, imported this mare. 

 She was a grey, but her colour character seems to have been lost during the 

 gulf of years between us and them. Sappho retains her ghostly influence over 



