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Hastings Standard, Issue 462, 28 October 1897, Page 4

as. IL. WL2¥E»IIT. HASTINGS TIMBER YAEDS. D EALER in Coals, Firewood, Drain Pipes, Lime,"and Cement. Orders executed for all class of Joinery, Turnery, &c. B. L. KNIGHT. &aUCBV BALL' E VERY Household Requisite the Lowest Price. at NOVELTY DEPOT Hastings & Napieh. N GAPUKE STUD NOTICE. The Musket-bred horse WONDERLAND, Out of Fairyland, will be at the service of breeders for a limited number of mares this season Service Fee - - £5 ss. Two or more mares, property of same owner, at a reduction. Also the pony stallion Jubilee, Acknowledged by competent judges to be one of the most perfect specimens of his kind in existence, combining the fleetness and docility of the high-class Arabian with the strength and vigor of the cart horse. Service Fee - - j£3 Bs. Two or more mares, property of same owner, at a reduction. Well-grassed and watered paddocks for mar'es ; charge, 2s per week. Every care taken ; no responsibility incurred. For further information apply to WM. M. BROUGHTON, Ngapuke. N.B.—Mares for either of the above sires will be brought from, and returned to Mr Beecroft's stables, Hastings, free of charge. Thoroughbred t; Stallion sours, Traducer—Hammock.

This stallion is the sire of so many winners that comment is unnecessary. Two need only be mentioned here : Dudu, who won the Wanganui Cup three times, the Egmout Cup twice, the Burke Memorial Stakes, &e. ; The Artist, winner Flying Handicap and Wanganui Stakes last year, and the Metropolitan Handicap Canterbury Jockey Club November, 1895. The breeding of Somnus need not be enlarged upon, only to say that he descends (both from sire and dam) from the mighty Eclipse, viz., Hammock, bay mare, bred in England in 1871, got by Orest (son of Orestes, by Orlando), her dam Mother Neasham, by Buccaneer, out of Little Hannah, by Lanecost, Phcenix— Miss Clifton, by Partisan —Isis, by Sir Peter —Ibes, by Woodpecker—lsabella, by Eclipse—Squirrel Nancy, by Blank—Naylor, by Cade—Spectator's dam, by Partner —Bonnie Lass, by Bay Bolton —Darley —Arabian—Tyerly Turk —Taffolet —Barb —Place's White Turk—Natural Barb mare. Traducer, brown horse, bred in England in 1851, got by The Libel, dam Arethusa (dam of Fernhill) by Elis—Languish (sister to Languish by Cain—Lydia, g.d. of Gliuznee), by Poulton (son of Sir Peter, Variety, by Hyacinthus, sister to Swordsman, by Weasel (son of Herod and Eclipse mare), Fanny's dam, by Luck. The Libel by Pantaloon (son of Catstrel) dam of Pasqunade (sister to Touch'stone). He will stand at Stortford Lodge, Hastings, this season. Fees —£6 6s each mare. Well grassed paddocks at 2s 6d per week. Every care taken, but no reeponsibility. Further particulars may be obtained from WILLIAM STOCK, Stortford Lodge. And JOSEPH SCOTT, Groom-iu- Charge,