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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 552, 2 December 1879, Page 4

.-— I — Horses .TO .STAND THIS SEi^Ok Yt OAKBQURNE STATION, NEAR I PORANOAHATJ. ■■; y & QERENADERS' DOUBLE, K\«Psgs^^ a ; beautiful, dark brown ;HI ffrifflr co^> 3 y earo oldj standing Isi j.,*L_L4-tJL hands high.' Hb ia by the celebrated imported-. -.trotting; sire Serenader, j ojiti ..• o£;- Ja / . firat -i clae,B - Victorian /steeplechase mare. He was purchased ; at a high figure by his present proprietor at the. Bale o£ Samuel Gardiner, ..KsqL'ls, tßendbora' Park/' Victorift,' in' l3?8, andean the. highest-priced trotting stallion ' there sold. From the published pedigree j of hia sire iit will be seen that he possesses the best trojbting blood in the world. SERjEN,A.,DBB, ■was a beautiful biwVn-^vlth'out ■vrhife > 15 hands 3 ihclifts high,'" With Stl'cligth' to carry 10 Stone, and in quality and style was a short - legged hunter, and probably one t>f the finest goers in, England, beinc co^kyi (me'y, filld free. He was bred by 'John .Birkbeck, Esg;,- of ThrOapland Halli-near Skip.ton. He was got by the; Devonshire Trotting Bainbow, by A gar's ! Bainbow,. _ dam' by Hparfc of Oak. Devonshire Kainbow. wae thd slro of the following trotting stalUon3 : — Tempest} Bainbow, Battlcrj Merry legs (winti^v of S? prizes), PrefeUlejnt^ (\Vihhoi' oi 1 I' 2 prizes), Benovator (Winner of Champion Prize Cup at Kirktham,' in 1866, and was second at the .Great Ydrk' 1 sliire, at York, same yenr, 34 Competitors). Serehaday's dam by St. Bennett his perfoiihance, &c, sco .>tud Book), gi-anddam by the far-famed Norfolk Phenomenon, which was undoubtedly acknowledged to be tlie fastest ; trotting , stallion England ever produced ;' he was by the Norfolk Cob, for which J. Theobald, Esq., of Stockwell Surrey, gave 1000 guineas ; he was by Kirkby's Wildfire, who beat Mr Slade's celebrated . black mare,. over (Sunbury Common, for 400 guineas. Serenadcr himself was .the winner of the, following prizes :— In iS66, at Skipton, Yorkshire, first prize as a yearling; IS6B, silver medal at Skiptoh, first at Keighley, and first at Bingley; in 1869, first at Aecvingfcon, first at Bkiptoh, first at Keighley, first at Bingley (nine competitors), first at Allerton (13 competitors), firsts Driglington, 1 also at AdwaUon; in 1870,, he took prizes at Qneensbury, Halifax, Great Horton, .Allerton, Keighley, and "Bingley; in 1871, at Keighley and Skipton; and in' 1872, at Skipton, Keighley, and Bingley, always beating numbers of the same class ; in 1873 he took three prizes, including the great Yorkshire Trotting Stallion Prize, open to. England, France, aud Ainei-iea, for the stallion best calculated to improve the breed of trotting horses, held at Harrowgate (17 competing), August 13th; he there beat Mr Cowton's Lord Stanley, winner of the Royal Prize,! at Hull, in 1873 ; also first at Islington and Alexandra Park, held in London the same year. At Melbourne he was exhibited three ; times, and took honors on each occasio n - ; SERENADER'S DOUBLE is limited to 4J approved mares at six guineas each. : N.B.^-Serenlder's Double Avas the winner as a two-year-old of a special prize, at the National Agricultural Show, Melbourne, in 1878. . : V 'UNG DUGDALTD. This colt, rising 4 years old, and standing 16£ hands high, is a beautiful dappled bay with black points, possessing grand hair, with splendid bone and temper. He •isby Mr .Canning's imported horse Dugdale, dam Gipsy, imported from Warrnanibool. He is .thoroughly staunch and a sure foal getter, having served several of his owner's mares . last season. TuiMS — For single mares; four guineas j for two or moro mares the property, of one owner, £3 10s each. GENERAL TOM THUMB, a piure-bred Shetland pony, imported from Victoria by present owner, is descended from tlie purest Shetland breed, will serve mares at £2 10s each. .'= ... " l - • ' • _____ . KING DICK, by Sprenader, dam Hepburn's celebrated Vie- : torian trotting mare, a bright bay colt, rising 3 years old, will run with a few approved mares. Terms, £4 4s each. N;B. — Well-grassed and watered paddocks foudd gratis until due notice of 1 stinting is given, after which 2s Cd per head per week will.be charged. Every care taken, but, no responsility incurred. •-' : ' further particulars can be obtained from ; JOHN DAVIB CANNING, Proprietor ; Or, A. H..HOEKINSON, 82 In charge. ■pRESEN : TS! PRESENTS!! : PRESENTS!!! COME AND SEE OUR SHILLING ARTICLES. GOOD BARGAINS FOR . H A L P-A-C R O W N. ELEGANT PRESENTS FOB . FIVE SHILLINGS. ALL THE GOODS ARE FAR BELOW THE COST PRICE. , DINWIDDIE WALKER & CO., BOOK AND BTATIONEBT - WAREHOUSE, i Tennyson-street. TdTO RSELY DO W N STORE, I HASTINGS ■/" (Adjoining the Railway Hotel). To the Residents of Hastings and Surrounding Districts. A. E. WARMAN begs to state that he has opened the Premises lately occupied by Mr F. D. M'Dowell, and trusts that by selling first-rate articles, combined, with courtesy r and attention to business, to merit a share of syour patronage. ... . ' !■ ' All goods at Napier prices. ' ; Sub- Agent National Insurance Company. • ' ' -.-.,• 271' CANTERBURY COLLEGE. SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE,, MATRICULATION EXAMINATION. - /^ANDIDATES for admission io'tho Sohpol r-V_/,. of Agriculture are required to, pass a . Preliminary Examination in the. following 'subjects, viz. : — I', English. — Reading, Spelling and Dictation; Grammar iand Composition, t.2. Geogka phy! — Descriptive, Knowledge of /places of Political, Historical, and Commercial importance iv New ' Zealand, British Isles, and on the European Continent, and the Drawing of Outline Maps of New Zealand, British Isles, and Europe. Geography.— rDistri. . bution of Land and W ater, Mountain, and River systems ; Changes effected by agency • of ■ Water ';• and Climate, as in- . ; fluenced by Mouutain, Plain, and Sea. . 3. Mathematics. — Arithmetic, 'Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, iHterest and otherCommercial Ruleßj Square Root, aud simple cases of Mensuration of Surfaces. The first Examination will be held on the Bth December, next, £t, the same places as will be held Examinations for the School of Agriculture Scholarships, ! As there is accommodation at tho School for only 14 itebident Students, in addition to those holding Scholarrihipa, the Candidates will have the option of residing within the School builings according to place on Examination List. The papers of candidates who are unsuccessful in the crmpetitiori for Scholarships may count for matriculation in the aubjects preaoribed for tho Matriculation Examination, and such papers shall be submitted to the Examiners for the Matriculation for the purpose of examination. Any further infoemation may be obtained on applioation to the Registrar Canterbury College. \ F. G. STEDMAN, 219 Registrar.