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CHESTER AT STUD

Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld: 1872 - 1947), Friday 22 July 1927, page 12

AN EXTRAORDINARY SIRE. Though a great racehorse, I think it can be shown that Chester was something more than that as a sire, one that gained distinction that has not fallen to any other Australian sire. In the first place his treatment was unusual, he being almost confined to the little band of mares belonging to his owner at Kirkham, It is questionable if quite half a dozen of his progeny could be named apart from the home-bred ones, while a grand total of his sons and daughters to attain maturity would probably not exceed 70. This would be less than an average of seven a year for the eleven seasons he did stud duty if we Include his last season, which he did not live to complete. And yet so superior were those of his progeny that survived casualties and reached the racecourse, that Chester was at the head of the winning sires in Australia four

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