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Opunake Times, Volume I, Issue 48, 14 December 1894, Page 4

10 STAND THIS SEASON, and travel between RAHOTU and QAKUEA, and to OPUNAKE, if sufficient inducement offers, The Thoroughbred Sire, Fantastic. FANTASTIC was foaled in 1888, and is highly fashionable, being by the best blood on both sides, and has proved himself a sure foal getter. His sire, Apremont (brother to the great French horse Chamant), was bred in France in 1878, being by Mortemer, dam Arancaria (dam of Rayon d'Or), by Ambros—Pocahontas (dam of Stockwell, etc.), by Glencoe. Mortemer by Conquienge (son of FitzGladiator) —Comtesse, by Baron of Nuncio. Ambros, by TouchstoneAnnette, by Priam. Apremont was imported into Canterbury 1882 by Mr G. G. Stead. Fantastic's dam, Fantasy, is by Traducer, out of Miss Flat, who was by the imported Peter Flat, out of the imported dam Mountain Nymph, who again, was by Sir Tatton Sykes' Giselle, by Stockport. Miss Flat is the dam of a numerous family,' the greatest of whom was the renowned Welcome Jack, one of the greatest race horses ever bred in New Zealand. Fantastic is a beautiful bay, standing 17 hands high, possessing great bone substance, and symmetry. His sire, Apremont, came out at the top of winning sires in the season of 1882, beating no less than 186 other sires. The placing at disposal of the breeders of the above districts the services of such a well-bred animal as Fantastic is an opportunity that should not be missed by those who desire to obtain good stock. Terms—£3 per mare, payable by p.n., due January Ist, 1895. All care, but no responsibility. Good paddocks at Puniho for mares. Groom's fee, 2s 6d, to be paid when mares are served. Opunake; Tuesday, returning on Wednesday ; Oakura : Friday. J. CADDY, Owner, Puniho. rpO STAND THIS SEASON, The Clydesdale Stallion Enterprise. ENTERPRISE is an upstanding dark bay, black points, standing 16.1, rising three-year-old. Enterprise is by Laird O'Largo, dam, Rose the First. Rose the First is by Ravenwood, out of a Wellington mare. Laird O'Largo (by Glengary) out of Lochleven. Lochleven by Lothian Lad, dam by Lord Clyde. Lochleven gained first prize at Aberdeen in 1879, first at Glasgow in 1878, second at the Highland and Agricultural Show of England at Carlisle in 1880, second at the Highland Agricultural Society Show, Berwick-on-Tweed, in 1880, and Lochleven as a brood mare has never been beaten in the colony. Terms : Single mares, £1 10s. Mondays to Oaonui. Saturdays to Warea. Remainder of week at farm, Rahotu. For further particulars apply to J. PHILLIPS, Rahotu, Or Groom in Charge. mo STAND THIS SEASON, The well-known Clydesdale Stallion, Ploughboy, By Champion out of Poll, by Old Wellington; grand dam Kit, grand dam of Champion Roy; Champion by Conqueror, Will travel between Rahotu and New Plymouth this season. Terms : Single mares, £2. Two or more 35s each. For further particulars apply to T. MORROW, Owner, Rahotu. rno STAND THIS SEASON, On Mr Deegan's farm, on the Watino Road, The Clydesdale Stallion, Prince Charlie, By Glasgow Geordie. PRINCE CHARLIE is a bright bay, with black points, standing 16 hands, rising four-year-old. Terms : Single Mares, £l. Grazing for one month free, after which Is per week will be charged. For further particulars apply.to D. M. HOLMES. Pihama Smithy. "Pi TT ATC HE R Begs to notify to the public of Pihama that he has opened a Blacksmith's Shop, where they can get their shoeing done in the best style, and at reasonable rates. All kinds of repairs to Agricultural Implements and Machinery effected on the shortest iK'tioc.