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North Otago Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 793, 24 December 1872, Page 1

Stud Notices.

mHE^Y^ESDALE STALLION '"BU'ESTDENT" The property, of James Todd, East Taieri, will , travel^this Season in the HAMPDElN AND • SHAG VALLEY , .„• DISTRICTS.* " Pbebidknt is/out of Nancy, bred by Alex. Findlay, .tfsq!; Sandhills,'* near Glasgow. Nancy vrl.i' gp£ ,b y the celebrated Garrary horse ; ancT'heE dam by Scotsman, the -property of J4mes' f Kirkwood, Kilmars. .Nancy was first sho*wn as a three-year-old and got first prize at Hamilton, first at Bailleston, second afc Glasgow, and second at Kilbride. She was next year shown as a brood mare at Glasgow and Kilbride, where she received similar honors. His sire, the celebrated horse Marquis. Marquia -was "bred by John Brown, Esq., , Preston Hall, Heidelberg, and is allowed by competent judges to be the best horse ever bred in Victoria:,' Marquis has gained the following prizes: — When one year old, two first prizes ; nt two years old, three first ; , when three ypars old, six first and two second, showhigapainsfc imported horses. When four years ! old, showing against all comers, four firsts and one second; and three days before being shipped, he carried off the first prize at- tha Grand Show at Geelong, over 12 I competitors. In Otago he gained three first prizes ani six second. Marquis is by Priuca Charlie, out of Mr Brown's celebrated mare Old Jean. , Old Jean gained -13 first prizes, and never wns beaten in her day. , Pbesidlnt is rising five years old ; is a fine bay, and stands 17 hands high. He is a splen« did worker, and has proved himself a sure foalgetter. " His stock have always turned ,out first-class. Teems : £4. Groom age, 5g» Groom's foo payable at first service, and all demands payable to the Groom on or before the 1st February, 1873, when the season «nd§. Spring Bank, East Taieri.

mHE Thoroughbred Entire Horse - 1 " "RIFLEMAN" , Will Travel in tho Districts of OAMARU, PAPAKAEO, OTEPOPO, HAMPDEN and PALMERSTON. Rifleman, a dark chestnut horse, 16 hands high, bred by Mr G. Duppa in Nelson, got by Sir Hercules out of Norah Creina by Plenipotentiary ; Sir Hercules by Cap-a-pie, out of Paraguay. Dam, Norah Creina, chestnut mare, bred in England, got by Plenipo- : tentiocj^- fl> y "Smilvao, -»uli of Harriet by Pericles ; her dam by Selim, Pipylina by Sir Peter, Rally by Trumpator, imported to Canterbury by Mr Godfrey. Su- Hercules, « bay horse, bred bv Mr 0. Smith in New South Wales; got by Cap-a-pie; dam, Paraguay, by Sir Hercules out of Paradigm by Partisan — Bizarre, by Peruvian j Violante, by { John Bull; Sister to Sky-scraper, bj Highflyer ; Everlasting, by Eclipse. Oap-,a-pieby the Colonel, out of Sultan Mare, (sister to Cactus) ; her dam, the Duchess of York, by Waxy— Moses' dam. The Colonel, by Whisker, out of Delpino Mare i her dam, Tipple Cyder, by King Fergus— Sylvia, by Y. Alarsk ; Ferret, by a brother to Silrio — Regulus. Sir Hercules, by Whalebone j , Peri, by- Wanderer ; Thalestris, by Alexander j Rival, by Sir Peter. Whalebone) by Pot8o's, out of Penelope, by Trumpator— Prunella, by Highflyer; Promise, by Snap. Pot8o's, by Eclipse. Sir Hercules was purchased when a two-year-old colt, on the death of hit breeder (Mr C. Smith) by Mr Icely," of Coombinp, New South Wafes, where he stood and became the sire of Cossack, one of tha best horses that ever ran on the Australian turf/ In 1852 he was purchased by Mr Redwood,and ,brought to Nelson, together with his daughters Flora and Zoe, and after standing in Nelson until 1857, was shipped ngain to Sydney and sold. The stock of Sir Hercules have been most successful on th© turf in New Zealand as well as in Australia, as the names of Flora, Zoe, Potentate, Phoabe, Wetsail, and Misb Rowe, testify. Terms, £3 ; Gboom's Fee, 5s. — payable at at the end of January. SWANSON & WARBURTON.

fTIHE Thoroughbred Entire Horse "NEPTUNE" Will Travel in the OAMARU, OTEPOPO, HAMPDEN. SHAG VALLEY, AND WAIKOUAITI DISTRICTS this Season. Neftune was got by Scud, out of the fin e niare Mermaid. He_is rising 4 years, and wat bred by the well-known breeder, Campbell Thomson, Esq. Tbbms— £2 10s. ; Groom's fee 2s. 6d., payable at first service ; and all demands payable to the Groom on or-, efore the 1st of February 1873, when the reason ends. JAMES TODD, Spring Bank, East Taieri.,

mHE> THOROUGHBRED HORSE "STORMBIRD" Will Travel This Season in MOERAKI HAMPDEN, OAMARU, and PAPAKAIO DISTRICTS. For pedigree and full particulars see Stud Book. 'Tbbms, L5 j Gjsoom's Fee, 5s.— payable at first service. DAVID CORSAN, Proprietor,

npHE THOROUGHBRKD HORSE " CAPTAIN SCOTT " Will be at KOUROO STATION On WEDNESDAY^JAcH—LB[a3L-*iid-»«MiM.