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North Otago Times, Volume 1743, Issue XXVI, 20 November 1877, Page 1

Stiul Notices.

rpilE Imported Pure-bred Clydcsdnio Siro PRINCE CHARLIE, WILL STAND AT WINDSOR PARK DURING Till!! SEASON. Fkb £7. Guoom's Fbb 6«. Pkdiokrk — PRINOFJ OHARLIK was bred by Mr James N col Fleming, of Knookilon, Ayrshire, S<o Iniul. Dam llio colebratod maro Darlinp, siro Princo Alfiorl. Dir i»u lins boon n very successful prizehiker, and ne a brood maro nnparallolod. Among tlio mnny prizes flio lias taken, tlio following may bo mentioned, viz : First ns b three-year old, at tho Highland Society's ■liow.nt Stirling, IBfi4,nnd first as a brood mnre nt tlio samo chow, bold nt Tnvernes*, 1865; *ho also gun d (list prizo nt Ayr show time year. In 1808 »ho pained (besides the Sooio'y's prizo at Ayr) n prize of ten pounds, offered bv ibo Highland "o-iefy for the best brood maro, noon to q ootliind. Slie wm first nt Mnybolp, 1P69, and flrnt nt Ayr and Mayb>li> f '870, thus finishing her show career xrver boing bpnirn. As lo her progeny, her first foul, Prince cf Wales, as a yearling gained fit-it prize at \yr, and second at the Highland Souioty's Show at Glasgow. As n Iwo-yenr-old, wm first at Ayr, and first nt Gl'Uijnir, ben ting tlio colt tlmt wnt plneed before him ne n yenrlinir, nndniso n champion prizo of twenty pounds, open to Scotland. An a three-yenr»old, bo jjninod fliet prizo nt the Royal . s ooiety's Show of Fngliind, held nt Munohester, ag'Unst stallions of nil ages, nnd the fdllowing week ortrried off the lauruli nt tho Highland Sooietj'a Show, held at Kdinbnrgh, wbon bn wi»s sold to Mr Duvid Riddle, Kilbowie, for d 6500 | ho wns afterwards sold for the mm of 1500 jninons to Mr Dr<-w of Merry ton, the preatpst breeder in Great Britain j ho is now in the Merry ton stud, and sttindt for £40 pnr mare. I mny also ment on that Time of Dny, the ohnmpion horse at the Highland Society's Show, held at Gl»sgow, 1875, and sold afterwards for the turn of 1500 guinons, to goto Australia, wns n son of the Prineo ••£ Wulos s and Noror Mind Him, the champion horso nt the Koyal Sfciely's Show of England, hold at Tantiton, 187 A, wns also a son of the Prineo of Wales j nnd in imy other prizo winners and high priecd horses too numeious to mention, ono of which, a two-year-old filly, bred by Mr Drew, brought tho turn of 410 guinea". Her next fnal wns n filly, which wns six times «hown by Mr Fleming, nnd was six times first, viz,, twice at Mnobole, twice at Ayr, onoe at Gln*i»ow,* and once nt the Highland Socict/c Show, held at Edinburgh. Sho was then sold to Mr Drew, as a twoyear old, for LlOO, who exhibited hor throughout Scotlund and England, nnd nerer sufiered defent, oscopt from one of hor own family j he < hen sold her for 500 guineas. Her next foal wns Prince Charlie, which gained first prizo at Mny bole, (list at Ayr, and second at Glnn'ow. Ho wns limn s>>)d nt n yoarling, at a very hiuh price, to go to New Zealand. His sire, Piinoo Alfred, wus bred by Mr Fleming, from his maro, jean, which is snid to have gained inoro prizes than anj mare in Scotland. Prim 1 * Alfrod gained 3rd priio at Ayr, as a yenrol'l, nnd 3rd prize at the same plaoe, anil 3rd prizo nt Glasgow ns a two-year-old, all of which shows bo was competing with tho Invincible Prineo of Wales j when threo yei»r« old he was sold to Mr Dnrid Riddle, Kilbowio, after wbich he gained tho Campbelltown pienium of £50. The General, tho siro of Prince Alfred, wns also the siro of Prineo of Wales, making Prineo Charlie and Prineo of Wales vory ob»ely related. Tho excellency of this breed is further shown from the f>iot that a year-o'd filly got by Prince of Wales brought th* hnndcom* sum of £100, at Mr Floming's Into sale at Drumburlo ; which nftorwirda carried away first prize nt the Highland Society's Show, held at Stirling in 1873, the owner refusing to take a lower pr cc than £750 for her. As a proof of the superiority of the breed OTor uny oilier in Scotland, I may mention that at tlio Hiiiblimd and Agiioultural Show, hold ot Perth, 1871, all the fint and second prizo winners in tho threo olussoa of Clydeidulo fillies b&loiiKod to or wero bred by Mr Fleming, Prmco Charlie* dam being tho dam of one and tho gran-1-dnm of four. Prinoo Arthur — full brother to Prineo Chnrlio— took second prizo at the Highland Society's Show, held at Stirling, 1873, in a class of 36 oompetitors, nnd was afterwards sold for 800 guinea* to go to Australia. irinco Chwrlio'f dam had 7 colts and fillies, tho money valuo of which amounted to LSI 00. PRINCB CHARLIE is a beautiful dapple brown, stands 17 hands high) with gient substnnor, beautiful sjmmotry, »ud quality unequalled. PRINOIS CHARLIE hns taken tho obnmpion prize in Christchuroh thiee years in succession, and his stock are equally successful wherever ihown, both hero utid in tho North Island. 0c22

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