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Lyttelton Times, Volume IV, Issue 210, 4 November 1854, Page 8

To Purchasers of Stock, THE " Watekwitch," may be expected here in the course of a few days with ;* about 150 head of cattle. Sidey & Le Cren, Agents. .^ DUKE. ■ A WELL-BRED, good-tempered, close, active Clydesdale, of great bone and power, a dark bay with black points, 6 years old, will cover this season, at Mr. Fisher's farm on the Heathcole. Terms £3 3s. for each mare. To Stand this Season, At the Royal Hotel, Christchurch, rpHE thorough bred horse " LEADING X 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, 1 was foaled at Nelson, where he won the Leger in 1852, beating Mr. Timlin's Gipsey Queen, and on the following day, the Ladies' Purse, beating Mr. Newcoinb's mare Vesta, and Mr. Godfrey's horse Silver Tail, Leading Article carrying 13 lbs. overweight: distance, one mile and 366 yards ; run in 2 minutes and 21 seconds. Leading Article was trained for the Nelson races in 1853, and was the favourite for the Victualler's Purse of 3 miles against Mr. Bedwood's celebrated horse Glaucus, and Mr. Newcomb's horse Joe Miller, but broke down in tha race through an injury he had sustained in the Fetlock joint, notwithstanding, running a good second with Glaucus. Terms, £5 ss. each mare, payable the 4th of January, • I. Fiseeth. To stand this Season, AT the Royal Hotel stables, Christchurch. The fine young thoroughbred ho^se 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, YVebby 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 Egremont) by Trump out of a Blacklock mare, her dam Camerton's dam 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 January, 1855. For further particulars apply to Mr. William Packard, Norwich Quay, Lyttelton. To Stand for the Season. rTIWO days a week at Rangiora, and tw« -*- days at Christchurch, the entire chestnut horse " SKELETON." Height, 16 hands and 1 inch. Pedigree will be given in a future advertisement. To Stand this Season. At Ham Farm. /TIHE Clydesdale Horse CANTERBURY, -*- imported by J. C. Watts Russell, Esq., stands 16 hands and a half, 7 yrs. old. His sire, "Young Scotsman," gained several prizes in the County Ayr. His grandsire, "Scotsman," gained the two first prizes in the Highland Agricultural Show. Terms, £4 4s.— ss. the Groom. £2 REWARD. STRAYED— and last seen near Racecourse Hill, Mr. Russell's Station—a lightmade BROWN MARE, with black pohn^ branded under the saddle, off side, with the bow and arrow brand 9. Whoever will bring her to my house, Christchurch, will receive the above Reward. H. I. Cridland.