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Opunake Times, Volume VII, Issue 328, 29 October 1897, Page 4

mo STAND THIS A -'- K ■_ SEASON, Between Opunake, Eahotu, -fl'lM. Kauonga, aud Manaia, .8 V I(1S% The Trotting Stallion Ebony, Bred by J. Greig, Esq, Longbeach, Canterbury. Ebony is a beautiful black horse, 9 years old, and stands 1G hands, with immense bone. Sire, Blackwood Abdallah ; dam, Duchess of York, by Traducer, out of Gentle Annie, grand-dam of Calista, Miss Hilda, Princess, and other good performers. Ebony was shown five times, and took four first and one second. Fees—Single mares, L2 10s ; groom's fee, 2s 6d. All fees payable by promissory note, due on Ist January, 1898. Ebony will travel to Eahotu on Monday, and to Kaponga and Manaia on Wednesday, Otakeho and Pihama on Thursday ; the remainder of the week at Opunake. Every care taken, but no responsibility. For further information apply to W. PARKER, Groom-in-charge. «, npo RUN WITH ± MARES, *- On the Farm, at Eahotu, jl—jr The Hackney Stallion Experience. Experience is by Bourbaki; Bourbaki by Traducer. His dam was a Glaucus mare, out of a Wellington mare. Experience is possessed of splendid flat bone and good muscle, aud is just the kind of Jiorse to get good hacks and. useful trap horses. He has left some first-class stock, which are well known in the district. Terms—£l, Paddooking free for two weeks, after which Is per week will be charged. For further particulars apply on the farm to J. H. BLEAKLEY, Eahotu. 10 TEAVEL THIS SEASON, The Purebred Clydesdale Stallion (xLenloch, By the famous Glengyle. Glenloch is a dark bay, rising 3 years, with immense bone and muscle. Glengyle is a bright bay, with immense bone and plenty of hair. He has never been beaten in Otago. As a yearling he was first at Oamaru ; as a two-year-old he was first at Oamaru, Dunedin, and Taieri Shows. In 1890, at Oamaru. as a three-year-old, first and champion for best horse in the yard. He has taken two firsts and champion at Egmoni, and also first and champion in Tara naki. His stock have all turned out well, A filly, Christian Fleming McCormack, was first as two-year-old, and also champion for best mare in the yards. The Canterbury Press says she is one of the best fillies ever shown in an Otago show yard. His sire, Prince of the Isles (imported by Mr Michael Power, and sold to Mr D. McGregor, Westown, for 450 guineas), is by Honest Tom, once champion horse of England, the property of Mr Grant, late the property of Mr Waltham, Parson's Drove. Prince of the Isles took the following prizes:—First prize at Spalding, first at Boston, and first at Lincoln, as a yearling, in a class of 32, open to all England ; as a two-year-old he was second at Horneastle, and first at Peterborough; as a thres-year-old he was second for the Doncaster Cup. Glengyle's dam, Helen McGregor, by Glenroy, by Prince of Wales (imp.) ; dam, Darling, by Redman (imp.); g.d, Lily by George Buchanan (imp.). H«len McGregor's dam, Violet, by Sir Colin Campbell, by King Fergus ; dam, Scotland's Pride, Helen McGregor was bred by Mr Robert Matthews, Temuka, and in 1885 alone she gained the following prizes:—First and champion at Timaru aud Waimate. and second at Christchurch, Oamaru, and Dunedin ; at Oamaru, in 1890, second in dry mare class, and first for mare and progeny, Glenloch's dam, Jess 11., out of Jess 1., by Bruce. Bruce by Sir Robert the Bruce. Jess I. by Renfrew Jock, out of Flower L, by Cornet. Flower 1., out of Flower, by Hampton (imported from Tasmania), bred by Mr Watson. Flower has taken many prizes at Taieri, Oamaru, and Palmerston South. Hampton, bred by Mr Creig, out of Beauty, imported from Scotland, by Blair's Champion (imported). Cornet, bred by MrNimmo, Renfrew Jock, imported from Victoria. Fro*n the above pedigree there is no better bred colt in New Zealand, and as a genuine type of a clydesdale Glengyle's stock are so well known that they need no further comment. 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