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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 883, 13 February 1879, Page 4

STALLIONS I THE PURE-BRED CLYDESDALE ENTIRE HORSE Young prince charlie Will Travel This Season In the OTEPOPO and surrounding districts. As a Yearling, Young Prince Chaklie gained First Prize at Blueskin in IS7(>. also First at Waikouaiti same year; in 1577, he gained Second. Prize against all comers at the Taieri and Dunedin. ■ Pedigree._ Sire, Prince —Prince is a dark Bay, stands 16J hands high, by Prince Charlie (imported); dam, Princess Maud the First, the Champion Mare in the Colony, the winner of 18 first prizes in Scotland, and several' in Victoria. Prince has gained many first prizes, and his stock cannot be surpassed. The Kyneton Agricultural Society awarded him first prize for the best four yearlings, competing against the stock of two imported horses. At a recent National Show in Victoria, a yearling filly by Prince gained first prize. He also took first prize at the Waikouaiti and Shag Valley Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Shows of 1572 and 1573 ; and the first prize at the Blueskin Agricultural and Pastoraj Association's Show, 1573. A two-year-old filly by Prince, belonging to Mr. John Duncan, Cherry Farm, Waikouaiti, took first prize at Oamaru in 1876, and second at Taieri the same year. Prince has an excellent temper, immense bone, good action, is a sure foal-getter, and is acknowledged by competent judges to be the best Clydesdale Horse bred in the Colony.^ Dam, Bt.ossom —Blossom, got by Kettle's Sir William Wallace (imported) ; granddam by Miller's Wallace (imported). Blossom gained the first prize at Blueskin in 1872, as a yearling ; first prize at Blueskin in 1873, as a two-year-old ; as a three-year-old, was first at Palmerston and first at Blueskin iu 1574; as a four-year-old, was first at Blueskin, as a brood mare, in 1875 ; as a five-year-old, in 1576, was placed second at Palmerston, and first at Blueskin as a six-year-old in 1577, was first at Blueskin, and was also awarded first prize for the best animal in the vard. Terms : L 4 4s ; Groom's fee, 5s ; payable at time of service. All demands payable at the end of the Season to the Groom. THOMAS MEE, 991 Proprietor. THE THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE !~r| HORSE lAN Will Travel this Season in the Oamaru, Kakanui, Otepopo, and Papakaio Districts. PEDIGREE : Chestnut Colt, 16 hands 1 inch high, 5 years old, by Mail Train, imported, out of imported English mare Bolina, purchased itt Sydney by Messrs. Knight and Be Mestre, and sold by them to L. Markey, Esq., Canterbury. PEDIGREE OF THE IMPORTED THOROUGHBRED HORSE MAIL TRAIN : Mail Train, foaled IS6I, is a Chestnut Horse, got by Grosvenor out of Celerity by Sleight-of-Haud, her dam Queen of Carthage by Velocipede out of Dido by Whisker, her dam Miss Garforth by Walton, her dam by Hyacinthus out of Zara by Delphini out of Flora by King Fergus out of Atalanta by Matehem, Lass of the Mill by Oroanoko, Old Traveller (sister to Clark's Lass of the Mill), Mr. Holmes' Miss Makeless by Young Greyhound Old Partner Woodcock (dam of the Lambton), Miss Cloe Croft's Day Barb (graaddam of the Ancaster Starling, Makeless (Desdemona's dam), Brinomer Dicky Purson (son of Dagworth), Burton Larb mare. . Grosvenor, bred by Mr. Webster in J o-«o, got by Touchstone out of Miss Beverley by Stockport, her dam sister to Svrinton by Comus—Shuttle. (Stud Book, vol. —, page 246). Stockport, bred by Mr. Robinson in 1532, got by Langer out of Olympia by Sir Oliver, her dam Scitilla by Anvil out of Scota by Eclipse—Herod, &c. (Stud Book, vol. 4, page 335.) At five years old, Mail Train ran second to John Davis for the Northampton Stakes, one of the best races ever ran in England. At six years old, he won the Gold \ase at Ascot, two miles, beating Regalia (winner oi the Oaks), and fourteen other good horses. PEDIGREE OF BOLINA (IMPORTED). Bolina, ch. f., foaled 23rd May, 1566, bred bv C. E. Johnstone, Esq. ; hy Marionette, dam Laverna by Tom Tulloch, <r. dam Lizzie by Theon, g. g. dam Velure, by Muley Moloch, g. g. g. dam Zenana by Sultan, &c. . Marionette, by Touchstone dam Manor by St. Martin g. dam Rebecca the dam ol Alice Hawthorne by Lottery, &c. Terms—s Guineas; Guarantee, 7 Guineas. A liberal reduction made to owner of tlire or more mares, payable not later than Is January, 1579; guaranteed mares, Is August, 1579. Groom's fee, 55., payable at first service. All mares guaranteed to this horse, sold, dying, or changing hands in any way, to be paid for. R. RICHARDSON, Royal Hotel, 404 Proprietor. Oamaru. TilE PURE - BRED CLYDESDALE ENTIRE COLT SIR C(3LIN CAMPBELL Will Travel the districts surrounding Oamaru for the coming season. Sir Colin Campbell is a Dapple Grey, rising 3 years old, and stands 16A bands high,- fine action, and plenty of bone and hair ; fine temper and sound constitution. Sir Colin Campbell was bred by Mr James Smith, Gladfield, North Taieri, out of the celebrated Mare Diamond, by Young Iron Duke. Diamond imported from Tasmania by the late D. Nesbitt, Esq. Sir Colin Campbell's Sire, Young Iron Duke, by Iron Duke (imported), out of Ducro, sister to Mr Jellies' prize mare. Young Iron Duke gained the first prize at Warrnambool Show, Victoria, and first for the Best Draught Entire exhibited, beating all imported and colonial bred horses on the ground. At the Grand National Show held at Kyneton, 1569, he gained the first prize for the best colonial bred Stallion, beating Dan O'Connell, the celebrated prizetaker, and the renowned Prince Charlie, in the class open to all comers. At the same place he gained the first prize in 1870, also first in 1872, never having been beatea in Sir Colin Campbell's dam Diamond, bred by Mr. Paterson, Quamby, her sire Sir Colin Campbell (imported) by James Ross, Esq., of Bishopbourne, Tasmania. Her dam was the celebrated mare Blossom. Blossom's sire, Clyde, imported to Tasmania by M. Field, Esq., of Enfield. Diamond when two years old, took first prize at Westbury ; when three years old, first at Longford, and first at Westbury; when four years old, first at Westbury; and in 1870, first at Launceston, and first at Westbury, being six first prizes in all, never having been beaten in Tasmania. Terms —L 5, payable January lst,_ 1579. Groom's fee, 55., payable at first service. JOHN DONALDSON, Proprietor, 952 Burnbank. TO STAND THIS SEASON AT INCHOLME. THE PURE-BRED CLYDESDALE . ENTIRE Duke of Edinburgh, the property of James Gemmell. Terms—Ls ss; payable on the Ist February. Groomage, ss, payable on first service. . First-class grass paddoeks provided free for three weeks. After that, 2s 6d per Every care taken, bat no responsibility. 981