THE POPULAR CLYDESDALE.
'MORE PURCHASES IN SCOTLAND. ' Fashionably-bred. Clydesdale blood is itill- being', sought." after in Scotland by New: Zealand breeders, .and according to ! latest jeports Mr. James Wvllie, Newlield, Sefton,'- - North' ;Canterbury, has •' purchased from-Mr. R. Todd, Blackmoss, Strathaven; Lanarkshire, the two-year-old I filly' Mattie , of. Hatchbank (31823), bred by Mr. ander- Muirhead, Hatchbank, Kinross, and gdt;By. the .champion ' Eevelanta (11876), one of .the most consistent sires in the Old' Country, and out of Jean of Tillyochie (28724); by the stallion Brooklyn (6547), for which the sum of .£7OO was paid, with Kate, of Tillyochie,, by the noted Jordanshaw (33J3), as grand-dam, and Miss of Tillyochie, by Farmer's Fancy (802), as ; great-grand-dam. Mattie... of Hatchbank, it is stated, has a big, squareframe -with a .fine depth of rib, and her legs are of-the best order, having lots of tho flat flinty bone bo much appreciated in the Clydesdale, while her ankles and r feet are true to . draught type. Mr. Wyllie has also bought the yearling filly Nell of Lickprivock ■ (31830) from her breeder, Mr. Win. Allison., Lickprivock, East Kilbride.- She is a daughter of the noted Sir Hugo (10924), and out of Mac' 6 Comely (16307), bv M'Raith. (10229), . with Comfort (10957), by Lord Dunglass (2961) or Westfield Chief (6390) as grand-dam'. '/ ■. Mr. Donald M'Donaldj • Edendale, Southland, has bought from Mr. It. Todd, Blackmoss,- Strathaven,-the yearling filly Nancy Young (31828), by Apukwa (14567), out of Flora of East Grange (24470), by Baronson. (10891), the sire of the Cawdor Cup champion , Oyama (13118), 'with Black Bess, by St. Stephen (7231) as grand-dam, and Bessy of Gallin Cottage, by Prince Victor (G52), as; a great-grand-dam. Apukwa is perhaps one of the best- breeding sons of the: fereat-Hiawatha, whiclf won the Cawdor 'Cup''on'four occasions. ' Jilr.'Alex'. Alexander, New Zealand, has bought •- from■ ' Mr. James Kilpatrick, Craigie Mains,, Kilmarnock, a three-year-old colt named Omyo (1677). He is a get of the Cawdor Cup champion Oyama, ani| his dam, is by Baron Beaulieu (11257), . with graind-dam by Crusader (9178).
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1634, 28 December 1912, Page 8
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335THE POPULAR CLYDESDALE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1634, 28 December 1912, Page 8
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