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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1199, 19 February 1880, Page 4

STALLIONS THE THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE, HORSE Bedo u i n Will travel this.season between •MAEpREWHENUA AND." HAMPDEN. BEDOUIN is a' dark brown with black points ; free from all blemish, and has,great muscular power. , ; •;,.. - ; : ' When a 3-year old, Bedouin .beat. a r go6d field of -7 horses, including Waterwitch, Queen Bee, Kettledrum, and Lady of the Lake—distance, 1J mile. He also won the , Clutha Ferry Handicap, beating Lady Ellen four' miles. He ran second tp Backbiter for the Lawrence Town Plate, in IS7I ; and won the Publicans' Purse at Waiwera —distance, 2 miles. His latest performance was winning the Cromwell Spring Handicap (distance, lj mile), easily, and lie has also'been victorious in many other events. BEDOUIN is brother to the-well-known colt Saladin, the winner of many big events at all distances, from 1 mile to 3, in good company. BEDOUIN is by the well-known horse The Colonel; a dark chestnut, 16 hands high, free from white; remarkably . handsome, long and powerful. The Colonel', by Cos* sack, out of Edith, by Emigrant. ' Cossack, by Sir Hercules, out of Flora M'lvor, .by. Cap-a-pie; grand-dam Cornelia, by Grasshopper, out of Hebe, by Hector, both imported. Sir Hercules was sire of Coronation, Faugh-a-ballagh, Irish Birdcatcher, Warlock, Daniel O'JRourke,. Knight of St. George, and Songstress—all Derby and St. Leger winners in: England. His grandson was sire of Stockwel], and grandsire of Blair Athol, Colleen, St. Albans, The Marquis, and Whalebone—:eimbracing; the; representative of, the purest.. and. most, successful racing'strain of the present day;. Bedouin's, dam, Gunsara, is a dark brown, with black points, . imported direct from Arabia, 1 .by ,Mr,. A. Pilaris, having been .selected from the purest of the racing stock in the country. Gunsara is remarkably handsome and powerful, 16 hacAl V'gh, tip to almost any weight, and has wen many events of 3 and 4 mile distances, ' TERMS, £3 3s. Payable first of January,. 1880; Groom's Fee, ss, payable at first service. Paddocks provided 2s per week ; every care but.no responsibility. • T. C.&G. M. EVANS, 939 Clo'on Eavin, The Celebrated Norfolk Trotting Stallion GO L D F I N PER, Will' travel'the Districts of: Papakaio, Macrewhenua, Ngapara, Otepopo, : and Hampden, this season. GOLDFINDER is a steel grey, with black points; stands 15 hands 3 inches high, is very powerfully made, and has nice symmetry of form, with splendid action. Goldfinder was bred by William Webb, Esq., of LUccartoii, near Christchurch; is by the imported 1 horse ■ Quicksilver, out of. Lady Margaret, by. Wellington (imported); granddam; Fanny, by Sir Hercules-r-Sir Hercules being the progenitor of the New Zealand Turf, and long proclaimed and proved to be the,best blood sire in the Australian Colonies.-' Quicksilver was imported from England by J. W. Ladbrook, Esq., to Canterbury in 1864. 'He was bred by John Coker, Esq., Lynn, Norfolk, by Prickwillow; His dam, a Phenomenon mare, the property of John Bond, Esqi, Old Prickwillow, was the champion of all roadsters. • ; ■ GOLDFINDER 'has taken several first prizes as the best-Hackney Stallion at some of the principal shows as ,a weight-carrier and roadster ; his equal is not in the Province. He is one of the best stock gettbrs that ever travelled. His stock, like himself, show unmistakable signs of being excellent trotters. From his well-known character, as well a3 the value of his stock, further comment is unnecessary.! Good paddocks provided for mares from a distance. One month's' grass free for mares during the season ; after that,,2s 6d per week will be charged. TERMS ... £3los. Payable on or before the end of January, ISBO. Groom's Fee, ss, payable at first service. All care taken, but no responsibility. Further particulars can -be obtained on application to JOHN HENDERSON, R. ORR, or to A. PATrERSON, 953 Oamaru. TO TRAVEL IN THE OAMARU DISTRICT— The Puke Clydesdale Entire NAPOL E O N. NAPOLEON was foaled the first day of November, 1875, and is out of the celebrated Brood Mare- Jess, imported from Tasmania, and selected by the late John Nimmo, Esq., West Taieri. Jess is the grand dam of the famous sire Sir William Wallace. , NAPOLEON'S sire is that grand old horse Emperor, the. property, of Mrs. Nimmo,' Taieri, that has got more prize-takers than any other horse in New Zealand. Emperor out of a mare imported from Scotland by Napoleon imported. Teems : L 4 4s. Fee, ss. Payable at first service. Good paddocks provided free for six Weeks,. after which : 2s 6d per week will be charged. - All accounts payable to the groom on ■or before the" Ist February, when the season ends. . 94S JAMES M'KEOWN, Owner. t TO STAND THIS SEASON AT ELDERSLIE, : - The Pure-bred Clydesdale, Stallion H E A T HE R J 0 C K. HEATHER JOCK itt a bright dappled bay ; stands 16£ hands high ; has immense bone,,with plenty of hair; great muscular power;: ail- excellent temper, and superior action. He has proved himself- one of the best and surest foal-getters in the Colonies. HE ATHER JOCK , has won 48 First Prizes ; which is more than any other sire, in the Australian Colonies has done—-barring his aire Blackleg. ! Heather Jock's stock in Victoria have taken; First Prizes at the Grand National Shows in- Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, and Kyneton, and at Agricultural Societies' Shows too numerous to' mention. In New Zealand, his stock have beferi; equally successful.' Mr. Menlove's : HBA-TH I£R BELL, ,the ; Cham L pion Mare of Victoria, andNewZsaland, is one of his daughters. . .•; - PEDXGKEE : . "'HEATHER JO C& was bred an Victoria, i by Thos. Watson, Fsq. His sire wa.s the, celebrated imported : horse Blackleg (71. . Scottish Clydesdale Sty d Book)*., who won th'e ' Highland and Agricultural Society's Gbld; Medal in 1859, ,and the Champion' Prize at the Grand National Society's Sliow in Victoria. Blackleg won' altogether 54 First and ; 2 Second Prizes. , t r , Princess Maude, the beat mare, .that', ever left: Sco.tlaud, Tyas half-sister to Blackleg. ' 1 Heather' Jock's .dairi wasi Lily Crothw ell;' the:wiiiner of 13' First Prizei' at Melbourne, Kynetou, Melton, Bacchus Marsh, Castle*' ruaine, Gisborne, and Carisbrook,.; : She wasi , got by Old Cromwell; (imp.) -r. -- t ~ ~ His grand-dam was R. M'Dougall's inare Pld Lily, l>y Grey Champion (imp.), ~ f, Jock's great-grand-dam was a celebrated 'Clyidesdale mare importe'd'froni Scotland. t .; . .Terms—£s, payable WM» befpre Ist, Jan., | 1880.' . Groom's 'Fee,' 55,, payable 'at' first •; - service. Guarantees as per- -agreement. Good paddocks provided for mares for one .month-, after ; which: 2s: 6d peri week willibft Jjharged. For further. particulars, apply, to I~p-} .*..11 - J, Fi REJ!I). 11 . r , , M