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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 3 December 1880, Page 4

STALLIONS THO iiO UG KB KM i> tlmy R RI N G L E- A D E T, Will travel this season in the Oamaru, Windsor, Otepopo, Kakanui, and Surrounding Districts. RINGLEADER stands hands hir;h, and is a dark brown ; bred by Mr, GerraVd, of South Australia (breeder of Pride of the Hill, the Ace, Rapid Bay, &c.); by South Australia, imported by Mr. Charles Fisher ; his dam, Ringleader, by Jersey (imported); grand-dam, Fairy Queen, by Mosart; great-grand-dam, Fairy, imported by Colonel Lautour for the Creasy Company and pronounced to be one of the finest mares that ever left England; South Australia by Cotherstone; dam, Johanna, by Priam ; grand-dam, Johanna, by Sultan; great-grand-dam, by Philagree, by Soothsayer; Mozart by. Wanderer (imported); r'.arn Merino (imported), by Whalebone.

TERMS ... £4 4s. Groomage, ss. Mares forwarded to Mr. Richards, Commercial siables. Oamaru will be padiceked at 23 per week. All due cam taken, bat no responsibility. Groom in full charge, and will make a)l arrangements for patrons. N.B.—Pembesley, by Ringleader, was the winner of many races this season in Victoria, and his owner has refused 500 guineas for him. EDWARD DEVINE, 485 Proprietor,

THE PURE-BRED CLYDESDALE STALLION, OUNG MUIR LAD Will travel this season Through Maerewhenua, Ngapara, Papakaio, and the Waitaki Districts. YOUNG MUlii LAD is a bright bay, stands 16£ hands high ; has immense bone and muscular power, aa excellent temper, and superior action ; is by the celebrated horse Muir Lad, imported from Scotland by David Nesbitt, Esq., and is the champion horse of the Australian Colonies, having been awarded that position at the Sydney Exhibition. Dam, Jessie Bowman, out of Old Blossom (imported), by Prince Charlie (imported). Young Muir Lad has proved himself a sure stock-getter, and his stock is acknowledged to be equal to anything in the district.

Terms, £5, payable to groom at the end of the season. Groom's Fee, sa, payable at first service. Good grass paddocks provided for one month free ; afterwards 2a 6'd per week will be charged. All care taken, but no responsibility. Ail mares sold or exchanged the seller held responsible. GEO. HUTCHISON, 568 Proprietor, WILL TEAVEL THE OAMARU, AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.

THE' PURE-BRED CLYDESDALE STALLION RINCE ROYAL. PRINCE ROYAL, 5 years, is a beautiful bay with black points; stands 17 hands ; of splendid proportions, with great weight and quality of bone, finely feathered. Dam—Jean, by Emperor. Sire—Young Prince of Wales (imported). JEAN was bred by Alex. Todd, Esq., East Taieri, out of his famous brood mare Kate, by Blair's Champion (imported). Kate, out of old Gipsy, by Prince Charlie (imported). Jean, as a 2-year-old was placed lirst at the Taieri and first at Dunedin ; as a 3-year-old took first at the Taieri and second at Tokomairiro. Jean's dam, Kate, as a •2-year-old secured second at Taieri and first at Dunedin ; a3 a 3-year-old was first at Taieri and fiist at Dunedin, while the following year she not only took first as the best brood mare, but was awarded the Champion Cup, presented by Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co., for the best animal in the yard. YOUNG PRINCE OF WALES, imported by Henry Hiile, Esq., Wautwood, Southland, and bred by Lawrence Drew, ICsq., Merry ton, Hamilton. Before leaving Home he was awarded two firsts, and ha* beaten all the horses of note in the Colonies. His sire, Old Prince of Wales, stands, and has stood for the last four years, at £4O. PRINCE ROYAL, as a yearling, took second prizs at Timaru, first at Christchurch, and first at Oamu.ru. "When 2 years, was second at Timaru, and first at Oamaru; when 3 years was second at Oamaru. Ht is now reckoned t.l;e best horse of his years iu New Zealand, and has proved himself a sure foal-getter. Terms I —£s, and 5s Groom's Fee. PEDIGREE.

Groom's Fee payable at first service. Paddocks provided for mares. Every care taken but no responsibility. All charges payable to the Groom at the end of seasor DANIEL M'GIIEGOR, Owner, 563 Weston, Cave Valley, THE PORE-BEE D CLYDIi-jDALE STALLION O 0 0 T L A N D YET Will t.-avol this season through Maerewhenua, Ivgaf.ara, Duntroon, Kaicanui, and the Waitaki Districts.

PKDIGREE. Scotland Yet is rising four years old, ani stands hands high. He is a rich dark bay, with capital short hairy legs, and four black points. He possesses good sound feet—a very important requisite in a sire for producing draught stock. He is short in the back, well ribbed-up, with good quarters and splendid action. He has proved a sure foal-getter, and is a Bpleudid worker. Bred by Mr. Janm3 Eurges3, Southland, frii'P, Young Prir.ce of Wales, by Drew's Prince of Wales, by General, by Sir Walter Sc..tt, by Old Clyde, by Scotland, by Champion, which takes us fully fifty years back amongst the grand old sires of Clydesdale blood in Scotland. Scotland Yet's dam was bred by Mr. A. Steele, which was got by the well-known Thane of Clyde, imported by Hugh M'Lean, Esq., of Benmore.

Thane of Clyde, bred by Thomas Young, E»q. f Renfrewshire, Scotland. He took several first prizes in Scotland when uvo aiid three years old. His dam was the celebrated mare Matchless, never beaten in her day. He also gained the first prize, against all comers, at the Southland Agricultural and .Pastoral Society's Show in 1867, being there for the first time shown in New Zealand. The following year he gained the Gold Medal at the Tokotnairiro Agricultural and Pastoral Society'j Grand Show, and was reckoned by competent judges to be the best bred horse in Otago ; also, the Gold Medal at the Clutha. Scotland Yet gained second prize at the Southland Agricultural and Pastoral Socety's Show in 1877 ; and in IS7B he gained the same Society's first prize, beating a field of seven, and he was admitted by the judges on that occasion to be the best colt bred from the Prince of Wales,

Terms— Single Mares, : g5; payable on or before Ist February, 1881. Groom's Feej Five Shillings, payable at the time of service. All moneys to be paid to the Groom. For particulars, apply to Alex. Forbes, Groom, in charge of the horse. MR. W. M'EWAN, 588 Proprietor,