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Dunstan Times, Issue 764, 8 December 1876, Page 4

fpßt THOROUGHBRED HORSE ARCHITECT WILL TRAVEL fDHE DUNSTAN AND 'CROMWELL 'DISTRICTS ■ DURING’iTHE SEASON. 'Architect is a i-jcli bay, with black points; stands 164 bands, with great substance and ■quality. He has proved himself a sure foalgetter. He was bred byJolm Field, Esq., of Tasmania, and bis stock in that island have turned- out remarkably good on the turf, as hunters, arid as -weight-carrying 'hacks. He sire of “Mechanic,” who last year, as a three-year old,;(proved himself one of the best colts in Tasmania at two miles, welter weight. Architect’s sire, “ Peter Wilkins,” is the ■sirealso of the “Quack,” winner of the Melbourne Cup; “ Benvolio,” winner of the Sydney Derby; “ Flying Dutchman,” the hero of the Australian Cup of 1872; “ W.F.” the hurdle racer, and other horses; and is full brother to “ Rose de Florence,” the dam of “'Maribyrnoag " (the most '■fashionable sire in Australia), “Ferryman,” “King-bf the-Ring,” &o. ’ Pbdiqeee : Architect by Peter Wilkins, by the Flying Dutchman from Boarding-school Miss, by Plenipotentiary from Marpessa, the data of Pacahontas (Stockwell’s dam). His dam, Governess, by Conrad from Bequest, -'by Snoozer from Medea, by Mozart from Whizgig by Whalebone. For full tabulated pedigree, see Vol. V., New Zealand - Stud Book. TERMS - - £4 4s. (payable on or before February Ist, 1877); Groomage, ss, payable at service. A libera allowance made for mares missed to Architect last season. f-t/.-T 1 Guarantees as by arrangement. Sept.'l 9, 1876. J. J. LAING. *7TOE THOROUGHBRED ENX TIRE HORSE ROEBUCK WILL TRAVEL THIS SEASON lln Clyde, Cromwell, Blacks, Ida Valley, Alexandra, and Speargrass Flat Districts. TERMS - - £4 4s. ■ Groomage Fee, 65., payable-in advance. Paddocks provided for Maresirom a distance. Every care taken but no responsibility. Guarantee as per agreement. A reduction made to the bona 'fide owner of more than three Mares. All fees, if not paid on or before the Ist February, >1877, one:-£l extra will be charged. All information can be obtained of the Groom, W. G. Wells, Clyde, to whom all monies are to be paid, and by whom all debts will be settled. ROEBUCK’S well known and superior pedigree can bo seen in the Stud Book, or • on the Cards. W. G, WELLS, Clyde. | ITHE ;CLYDESDALE (HORSE. ENTIRE SURPRISE, WILL travhlf this Season in the Clydey-Oromwell, Alexandra, and Black’s districts. SURPRISE, bred by John Hamilton, Esq., is by that well-known Clydesdale sire Thane of Clyde, imported to Southland, by Hugh M'Lean, Esq. Dam bred by A. Clerke, Esq., Longford, Tasmania, and imported into this Province by the Messrs Clerke, Brothers, for breeding purposes on their farm. SURPRISE is a dark, dappled bay, stands seventeen hands high, and is now rising ten years. He is a remarkably compact and powerful horse, with immense bone, ' fine flat leg, unequalled action, and docile tamper. He has proved himself a sure foal getter, and his stock are not surpassed by the progeny of any horse which 1 has ever served in the Southland district, 'Where he ■ has travelled three years in succession. SURPRISE took second prize at ' two, throe, and four years’ old at the Invercargill Annual Show, against all comers. A paddock for the accommodation tof mares coming from a distance will 'he provided at Wai Karl Kcri, free of charge, without responsibility. The greatest care taken. Terms, £3, payable on the Ist of February, 1376; Groomage, Gs. Noth. —All mares tried by “Surprise” will be considered as served, and the owners will be responsible for the service fees un’lass otherwise agreed to by the groom. J. M‘ARTHUR, Wai Kcri Ken,