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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2049, 3 January 1887, Page 4

To Stand this Season in the Blenheim District. The well known American TROTTING STALLION. Grove. OAK GROVE ia a blood horse with black points, fight years old stands 16 hand' high, of splendid bone temper and symmetrical proportions, he ig considered by competent judges to be o of the beat carriage horßes ever impor ed to this Colony. He was broughtjfrom Arne..ca by John Kerr, Esq., M.H.R. four years ago and has since that time left an excellent re> cord in the districts in which he has travelled. His progeny at an early age riiftinctiy show the gait and pace peculiar to the American Trottrr whose n"cestors for generations h»\e been trained on the track.” OAK GROVEi a son oft he celebrated Trotting S allion •'lrvington,” whose performances are familiart t el I breeders in the Colony. His '• o> •• )ruidess ” Waß bred on the OAK Gt»r < VEEstate and in her day was one of the fastest mares in the States. Oak Grove is a fast Trotter, hss a graceful and elegant style of of action and was specially selected by the importer t.o put with the valuable American mares introduced into the colony at the same lime. OAK GROVE will travel in the Spring Creek, Tua Marina, Wairau West; and Renwick Town districts. Mares from outside places must be sent in. for which good paddocks are provided at Is 6d per wek, every care taken but no respousiliili y. .Teems : 50s per mare, groonnige fee 5s to be paid at time of first service. All fees to be paid by Ist January, ISB7. rt2rMares from Awatere, Elaxbourne, lvekerangu aud Southern Districts for bis horse will be brought to Blenheim y Mr W. J. Allen. Mail contractor, with whom arrangements etn be made. For further particulars apply to JOHN ROSS, Groom in Charge, or to 1)45 CLARK AND PICKERING, Criterion Stables.

To Stand this SeasonBLENHEIM DISTRICT. '{WE PURE BRED CLYDESDALE 1 ENTIRE HORSE. Conqueror. CONQUEROR is a bright bay, now 10 years old, standing 17 hands high, bone of unequalled quality, immense muscular power splendid action, and most docile temper He was bred by Mrs Miller, West Taieri, out of her celebrated mare Duchess, and is by Empeio', out of the pure Clydesdale mare Kale (imported by rhe late Mr Janus Strachan). Emperor has gained three first and three second prizes, and is got by the renowned Napoleon (imported by Mr J. Nimmo). Napoleon. by George Bncliananjs Emperor, o"t of Nancy, bred by Alexander Finlay. ..ueg. Kandy hills, near Glasgow, Nancy by the celebrated Garnary horse ; her dam is Scot man. Conqukrok took the first prize as a two-year-old »t the Bluest in Show, 1876 and second prize for ail comers and aged horsts at the same show ; and at Oamaru the following year took second prize hh a three-year-oid in a field of ninecompeti. tors. At five years old he took first prize at Tinuw u, 1870, and special pr'ze of 12 guineas os a colonial-bred horse to stand in the district that season. Second prize at Wanganui. ISSO, against all comers ; the first prize at Patea same year against the same horse that took first prize at Wanganui. First prize at Taranaki, 18S1. Conqueror’s stock are allowed by com petent judges to be the best ever hied in j this Colony: having plenty of size, abuoI dance of hair and bone, and Hocks of unexceptional quality, combined with general symmetry. Terms :—Single man j, £ two or m re, reduetier. as per v'.' gement groomage, ss. Conqueror will ho limited to forty mares besides owners’. Good Paddocks, Is Gd per week, every care taken but no liabiii y. For further particulars apply to JOHN Ri'.uS, Groom, or CLARK AND PICKERING, Criterion Stables. <M2

t TO STAND THIS SEASON AT MARLBOROUGHTOWN. THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE {TO LOUIS D’Or is a chestnut Horse g years old standing’ over 16 hands high with great power and is by that celebrated liov.-e TRADUCER. sire fo Lurliue, Calumny, Templeton, Sir Modrcd and a host of veil known winners out of the imported mare Rupee, (late Half Crown). Rupee is by Dollar, the best son of the Flying Dutchman winner of the Derby and St. Ledger of 1819. Dollar won the Northamptonshire Stakes and Goodwood Cup in 1864, and is the sire of Salvator, winner of the Grand Prix de Paris in 1875. Salvator was the sire of the sire of the Duke cf Hamilton’s Ossian, which won the St. Lodger. 18S3, and ran second in the Goodwood Cup in 1884, Louis D’Or received first honors three years in succession as the best thoroughbred entire at the Marlborough Agricultural Show, and ran second to Grip in the C.J.C. Handicap when a three year old. Mionouche dam rf Rupee is by ihe Baron, sire of Stockwell and Rataplan. Louis D'Or will visit Havelock on Mondays (weather permitting); at Spring Creek, on Tuesdays ; Blenheim, Wednesdays and Saturdays ; Pictoiij Fridays ; at our stables Thursdays. Terms —For thorougbnpH maros LG, others L 3 10s with « grc. *ni»e fee of os to be paid on first servioe. A Liberal re* duction, as per agreement, will be made if two or more mares, the bona fide pro* perty of one person be sent. All fees must he paid by January Ist, 1887. Good paddocks Is 6d per week, g jal I care but no responsibility. 930 G. RICHARDS. ON IS AL E at CARP & KABONE’SFrou tie’s OCEANA. Hugh Conway’s “Carristons Gift ” and other Stories. Ouidas” A BaiDy June.” (100,000 copies of this hook have been sold.) A variety of other new Novels, Fo elettea, etc,