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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9468, 15 October 1907, Page 3

Stud Notices. I . _— TO stand the season and serve a limite< , - number — 50 — of approved mares fo 1 outside owners, the Champion Clydesdal Stallion LORD ERSKINE. jQnfir^^BwT Five years old. Lord Erskine is a very superior well bred bay horse of the very best quality and true type of the Clydesdale bTeed standing 16 hands 3£ inches high. He h a very massive horse, with clean flat bones strong well-formed joints, beautiful lonj silky hair, and grandly-formed round fee of good quality, with fine broad hoo heads. He has a beautiful head, and eyei characteristic of courage and endurance a good neck amd crest, well-sprung Tibs remarkably good loins, and strong short I coupled back. His action, botih at th< walk and the trot, is all that can' be de sired. Lord Erskine was bred by J. S. Holmes of A-wamoa, Oamaru, and is by the im ported sire Sandy Erskine, who is thk sire of the well-known champion mar< Lady Erskine — owned by A. Alexander Esq., Normonby, Taranaki— <bhe dam oi the champion two-year-old colt Marcellus recently sold at the record price of 75( guineas. Lord Erskine's dam, Pearl 11., is bj j the famous sire Crown Prince, grand dam Sapphire, dam of Accountant, Auditor, and other good horses and winners oi numerous first prizes; this mare has omlj been beaten by her stable companion's great grand dam Pearl, a mare specially selected by the late J. B. Blair and imported on account of the late Hon. Matthew Holmes. In 1906 Lord Erskine gained following awards : — At Ashburton, first and champion ; at International Show, Christohurch, second prize and reserve champion, also first prize for best stallion im the walking competition (beating the champion stallion Pride of Newton), and first prize for Lord Rothschild's silver bowl for the best colonial-bTed stallion (Shire or Clydesdale) by an imported sire, thus gaining the highest number of awards at the show. Lord Erskine was purchased in April, 1907, at a cost of 80^ guineas by Mr F. A. Bremer, of Okciawa, Taranaki, from Mr Robt. Clarke, Roseneath Stud, Ashbuirtoin. Terms : £8 Bs. Payable on or before Ist January, 1908 Good paddocks provided free of charge for mares, but no responsibility. Apply F. A. BREMER, Okaiawa ; Or, A. L. Bremer, Groom in Charge. TO travel the Eltham and Kaponga districts the Imported Shire Stallion &M&/Bbw& LINCOLN TOM. For terms and cards apply J. W. BURKE, EWham. To stand this season on the farm the Well-bred Trotting Colt CADET, (By Rothsohild— Misu Victor II.) For terms and cards apply J. W. BURKE, Elbham. TO stand this season at Kaponga the PuTebred Carline Pony yfejjftrt TASMAN JACK. Tasman Jack is a dark bay, 13.2 hands high, aged 8 years, having been imported from Tasmania. He is a sure foal-getter. Terms: £2 2s. For further particulars apply to J. BULLOCK, Kaponga Stables. TO Stand tbe Season- in Hawera. tlie TlioTough-bred Siro PATRONUS <3), ylff^Hgfi (Placida— Patron.) W^S^l^l^ Bred in Victoria. Patronus, who proved himself a brilliant racehorse over all distances, is bj the celebrated Patron, who, after winning the Melbourne Cup, carrying ovei 9st, was sold for 4100 guineas to go tt England. Patron is full-brother to Ruen alf, Patroness, and Patronage, and half brother to Emmie, dam of the greai Emvr. He is also the sire of the cham pion 2-year-old in France last season, Placida, by Lord Wilton, is Ml-brothei ! to Footstep, who was dam of Footbolt, one of the most brilliamt horses evei bred in Australia. As will be seen from the above Patronus lays claim to tht three famous strains of Stockwell, Fisherman, and Yattendon blood. Good grazing at Is 6d a week. For terms and fur ther particulars, see coTds or apply A. H. GREAVES, Owner. F. TATTERSALL, in charge. TO Stand on the Farm, Bon Accord; Otakeho, and attend a limited number of mares, the Clydesdale colt nHVW McPHERSON. Terms : £3 3s per mare, half guarantee. One half due on Ist January, 1908, bal ante w.hen mare drops a live foal. JAMES SPENCE, Owner. j . ■ ■ I jg&k hpHE Entire Horw j2§jKjsSßa( CLYDESDALE t^mmfflfflffMi Herd Laddie — Young Ws£g§!ssmr Bella, by Crown Prince, Will be at the service of breeders and will travel the same route as Britox did last year. Clydesdale Laddie has 1 been exhibited five times, and taken five champion tickets, beating Chatlengej (champion at Balclutha), Ranfurly Yel (champion at Dunedin), Pride of Newton (champion a.t Exhibition Show at Christchurch). For pedigree, see cards. Terms ; single mares £3 10s each ; two or mow as per agreement. Good paddocking foa mares. All care, but no responsibility. 1 H. EDGAR, I . N«lantown, Hawera. SYRUP of MANDRAKE. Good for that Sluggish Liver, Obtainable only at EDWARDS'.