HIGH-PRICED NEW ZEALANDER.
500 GUINEAS FOR DRAUGHT HORSE. The "Sydney Moraine Herald," reporting the show horse sales, makes special reference to tlio price realised for lioyal Scotch, bred by JJr. J. S. Oughton, of Okaiawa. The horso is only two years old and was first at Sydney Show in a class of 37, which it may be accepted was ft strong class. The "Herald," referring to tho sale, says: A sale of more than ordinary interest reported during tho day was that of Messrs. Caffery and: Murphy's Royal. Scotch, ■ a Clydesdale stallion, two years and under three years, who was sold for 500 guineas. Ho is l>y Royal Crown—Lady Ranfurly, by Lord Ranfurly, and was bred by Mr. J. S. Oughtou, of Hawera. The purchaser is Mr. J. H. Louias, of Yandilla, Darling Downs (Queensland). This animal was selected by the judge, Mr. H. K. Murray, as the best of his kind on the ground, and ono of the finest Clydesdales he had ever seen. Tho price paid for such a young animal certainly suggests exceptional quality.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1118, 4 May 1911, Page 8
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177HIGH-PRICED NEW ZEALANDER. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1118, 4 May 1911, Page 8
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