138 RACEHORSES IN AUSTRALIA 



The next stud of importance to be met with is Wills Gully. It is 

 situated about five miles from the town of Singleton, and here it is the coal 

 magnate, Mr. John Brown, breeds on a lavish scale for his own racing. There 

 are upwards of 200 mares at the stud, including a number of English importa- 

 tions, and a number of good winners have ben bred at Wills Gully during 

 recent years. Prince Foote, Duke Foote, Wallace Isinglass, Richmond Main 

 and Prince Charles are names that suggest themselves, and their owner and 

 breeder has generally a good horse running for him among the big string that 

 F. J. Marsden trains for him at Randwick. Stallion honours at Wills Gully 

 are shared by Duke Foote, Richmond Main and Wallace Isinglass, all three 

 horses having been bred at this stud. The first-mentioned two are of Wisdom 

 descent, and Richmond Main, who is a son of Prince Foote, the best horse 

 ever bred at Wills Gully, takes up his stud duties for the first time this year. 

 The Australian racehorse suffered a severe loss in the recent death of Prince 

 Foote, a racehorse of the highest class and held in almost reverent affection 

 by his owner. 



Another breeder close to Singleton is Mr. Thomas Longworth, whose 

 property, Dulwich, shelters the English horse Shadowland and a number of 

 good mares. Shadowland is a half-brother by Dark Ronald to Troutbeck, and 

 is, consequently, a member of the successful Agnes family. 



Across the railway line from Wills Gully is the famous old Dangar 

 holding, Neotsfield, held by that family since 1824. The present occupier 

 Mr. R. H. Dangar, has practically given up Thoroughbred horse-breeding, 

 having dispersed his fine stud in 1904. Many good performers first 

 saw the light of day in the rich Neotsfield paddocks, such horses as Gibraltar, 

 Sussex (of jumping fame), Mooltan and Poseidon all having been bred 

 there. About 1 8 miles from Neotsfield, on the Cockfighter Creek, is the South 

 Wambo Stud, the property of Mr. R. C. Allen. Here St. Simon is represented 

 by his son Charlemagne II., a horse of beautiful quality, whose daughter 

 Carlita may be counted among the ranks of the first class. Another St. 

 Simon descendant in William the Silent is also here, and the South Wambo 

 stallion ranks have just been added to by the arrival of the French-bred 

 Francinet, a half-brother to the Ascot Cup winner, Willonyx, by Flying 

 Fox's son Ajax. Here, too, spending the evening of his life, is Antonio, a 

 remarkably fast English horse who won good races for his Australian owner 

 before going to the stud. There are some fifty mares at Wambo, and the stud 

 sells a large number of yearlings each year at the Sydney sales. 



The next stud of importance is Arrowfield, founded by Messrs. W. and 

 F. A. Moses, who have been remarkably successful breeders. Any success 

 that has gone to them is well deserved, for they have bought nothing but the 

 best, and have kept up the high standard of their stud by regular importations 

 from England. On these rich flats, in stallion state, is to be found Poitrel, one 

 of the best stayers Australia has produced, and the winner of the V.R.C. 

 Melbourne Cup, and practically all the principal weight-for-age races of his 

 time. 



Poitrel is now in his second season at the Stud, and has let down and 

 developed into a magnificent horse, who may do big things in his new sphere. 

 Two high-class English importations — Valais, by Cicero, and Roseworthy, by 

 William the Third — are being used at Arrowfield; and the twenty-three-year- 

 old St. Alwyne, a son of St. Frusquin, and a great sire of stayers, is also ending 

 his days in happiness near his best son, Poitrel. The Arrowfield mares are a 

 splendid collection, and the stud ranks as one of the most representative of 

 Australia's horse-breeding establishments. 



