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Lyttelton Times, Volume IV, Issue 207, 25 October 1854, Page 8

To Purchasers of* Stock, a t rpHE " Waterwitch," may be e^Xj< -*- liere in the course of a lortnWit'^i about 150 head of cattle. ° v" Sidey & Lb Cben; Agents, ~ DUKE. ~*~ ) A WELL-BRED, good-tempered- dose 1 -C - active Clydesdale, of great bone and I power, a dark bay with black points, 6 years 1 old, will cover this season, at Mr. Fisher's farm/ I on the Heathcote. / | Terms £3 3s. for each mare. V»* ' SPEED THE PLOUGH; A FEW Mares taken to run in a paddock with this horse, until the Ist of February next, at Mr. Burkes station on the river Halswell, eight miles from Christchurch. Terms £4 each mare, payable on the Ist of January, 1855. To Stand this Season, At the Royal Hotel , Christchurch, npHE thorough bred horse "LEADING ./*" ARTICLE," by Sir Charles out of Brunette. "Leading Article," is a, beautiful Dark Brown Horse, free from white, now rising six years old, with an excellent constitution. " Leading Article,' was foaled at Nelson, where he Won; theXeger in 1852, § beating Mr. Timlin's Gipsey Queen, and on I the following day; the Ladies* Purse, beating | Mr. Newcomb's mare Vesta, and Mr. Godfrey's I horse Silver Tail, Leading Article carrying | 13 lbs. over weight: distance, one mile and' 366 1 yards; run in 2minutes and 21 seconds. I Leading Article was trained for the Nelson J races in 1853, and was the favourite for the f Victualler's Purse of 3 miles against Mr. Bed- | wood's celebrated horse Glaucus, and Mr. New- | comb's horse Joe Miller, but broke down in the I race through an injury he had sustained in the I Fetlock joint,_notwithstanding, running a good I second.with Glaucus. _ 1 Terms, £& ss. each,mare, payable the 4th of 1 January. .•.....- I. Fhketh. | To stand this Season, I \ T the Royal Hotel-stables, Christ- 1 -£*- church. The fine young thoroughl)ieu || horse JOE MILLER; by Jersey out of Miss | Miller, (own brother to Phoenix, half brother to Bay Middleton, winner of the Derby) by Buzzard out of Cobweb, (winner of the Oaks) by Phantom out of Filagree, by Soothsayer, Webby Waxy, &c, [vide Stud Book^ Miss Miller, by Wanderer out of an Arab mare, imported into V.D.L., by Captain Stewart of that Colony;;; Wanderer (bred by Lord Egreniont) by Trump out of a Blacklock mare, her dam Cainerton's dam1 by Precipitate, &c, [vide Stud Book;~] • This promising young horse is now rising five years old, perfectly quiet, free from vice or blemish, stands 16 hands high, a rich dark chesnut. : Terms £o' a mare, ss. groomage, to be paid the first week in Jimua'ry, 1855. For 'further particulars apply to Mr. William Packard, Norwich Quny, Lyttelton. To Stand for the Season. WO days a week at Rangiora, and two -*-.. days at Chnstclnirch, the entire chestnut horse S KEiL E T o^7' Height, 16 hands and 1 inch.r l'\ ■ V Pedigree will be given in a future advertisement. To Stand this Season. At Ham Farm. - rpHE Clydesdale Horse CANTEji! f *V,. J~ importecl; by1 J. C. Wiitts EiS>" /!, %i;> stands 16 hTnds and a half, 7 yrs/olri." His sire, " Y'6iog) Scotsman," gained several pri^s in the Coiinty Ayr. His grandsire, "Scotsman,'' gained the two first prizes in the Big'l' land Agficultural Show. ■•-. \;Terms, £4 4s.—z>s. the Groom. _