PURE-BRED CLYDESDALE ELGIN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XV, Issue 5336, 23 December 1878, Page 2

PURE-BRED CLYDESDALE ELGIN.

Auckland bids fair to lead New 7»,i. , the matter of stock-breeding * m ■pint of emulation „nd genuine ex " ts our local ftock-brSSF 1 * b X the recent exhibitions of 2,.?" land-bred and owned stock, and bv ?£" recent importations and shipments t» y - he chronicled by us. CongidS fl, Brnv « risk attending the importation of valnlw' animals, representing large anm3 r™* , from such a distance as England ° *» credit is due to those who have the plnnktJi face the risk and introduce into the connt™ stock of such high quality as must crew a sure source of wealth, and raise land to a very high position, if not the *»' miur place, m the colonies a 3 a stock-hJL mg district. The Messrs. Morrin who fc, within the last two or thre, years com Z the front as cattle-breeders with martrf success, have turned their attention to t h« wants of tho country in respect of W flesh and have just imported the bagaE Clydesdale stallion This Hne ,2 was safely landed in Wellington frorn fl ship Otaki, and arrived here in spUndM condition by the s.s. Hawea. Whether is the intention of the owners to keen It,! ior*e at their stud farm at Remuera or Lm> t°;,i lla p,ako estate is y't kS tut he w 11 prove a very valuable acqut sition to tbe district in which ho it wS ■e-lgin is a pure Clydesdale, a rich W ynth black points. Although only 2 voaw off, he stands over 1G hands, is possessed immense bono of the bjst character withan abundance of hair of the right sort Hi? middle p:cco is remarkably good, and hi. action is that of a Norfolk £ottcr. V lfc gather he is the most symmetrical and masBive of Clydesdales upon the shortest and best-shapeo. legs v.id feet. Tako him to- id? ill .-'II, we have aover seen his like in Ann. | J "r'* . gm wft * Mr. Dwfci RK. V." '• OU tlie i'JCu iViV), iiji 0, J>y .q'.iv stallion Luck, grandsire Lofty, winner of til* Champion premiums of Scotland, including Dalbcatie a first premium two years in sue cession. His dam, Hid.lell'a celebrated brown mare, by Lach Fergus, graudam Champion, winner of the Kircudbright pre. raium of SO guineas throe years in succession, whoso stock obtained the highest Dricej at recant sales of Clydeadalos.