FARMING NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume II, Issue 179, 30 November 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)

FARMING NOTES.

, • [Bt AGRICUIiTUBISt;] • , Having heard that an inip'drfced Clydesdale hdrse had Ut&ly been brought down from Auckland by Mr. Caverhill, I proceeded down to the farm to have a look at him o'ri Monday lask ,On inquiring at tHe House for Mr; Caverhill, senior; or one of hie sons, I was told that none* of them were rit home, , I explained my errand, and was 1 told that the groom' would show the horse in a few minutes. Meanwhile, my comp'£|nipn.arid I walked down to the paddock; ana ' had a look at Mr. CavferKill's Old Wallace. He is stall a grand-looking' horse, although little more th'au a ruin compared with what he Has, been: He must be fully 18 years old; but would still girth more thati. many of his younger rivals. The nevv comer," Star and Garter, was then led out. by the groom for us to . see. He zs : a handsome rich brown Lorse; Jot*' sei, well coupled, and witH good limbs j a useful, nuggetty little. animal, witl} flat bone, round feet nicely cldtljeij with good hair, a round barrel, wellr ribbed up, strong back and loin; arid a neat head. His breeding is . undeniable, and he shows plenty df Clydesdale character. "But he is deficient in size, has a plain neck, witfi littie or no hollow where the neck and shoulders join for a collar to rest in.. His deficiency in size is attributed to His having been checked in His growth while on his. vofage fftjiri the oid country, and f rdm Having Been forked at the is'atwolyear-bld c'oli Ho has Ve'en^ tirize^afcer in good con - panjr in Auckland j is apparently very active and good-teriirjered; He ig : not yet in His" prime; and may be. expected to leave first-class, stpek behind Him: In the. show-yard I do not expect- to 1 oi'ten see him first or champion in this district, but I look forward to seeing his progeny constant, prize-winners: , Mr. Caverhill's brb'dd. mares are admittedly the beet in tHe .district; and, iheir pwrier is tod good a judge of horseflesh' ikj buy without first considering the general defects' there are* to counteract among- his : brood maree;, •taexr pedigree; , 'ari<£ eke strain oi Clydesdale bldod lilt'ely i# stiiifctemj