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Otago Witness, Issue 2949, 21 September 1910, Page 54

tO STAND AT URY PARK.AND TRAVEL THE IMMEDIATE NEIGH- I 1 , BOURHOOD. ' THE CHAMPION BREEDING STALLION SHEPHERD LAD. Sire Herd Laddie, (imp.); dam Maggie M'Cormick, aire Lord Salisbury (imp.); g. dam Miss M'Cormick I. UN, bir ™yam Wallace: g.g. dam Miss M'Cormick, sire Lincolnshire Hero. Sheuherd Lad is a bay horse bred by Walter Blaikie, Esq., Byal Bush. Southland with pleniv of bone and bair of the right quality. He is the winner of a great number of prizes, having been champion hor&e of Southland for several years. His stock prove him to be absolutely the best breeding Horse in the Dominion, as he. is the sire of Nelly Gray, champion mare of Southland for years; Daisy Bell, champion mare of Oaraa.ru and Dunedin shows; Queen Agg, champion mare of tha North Island; ~H> Anarima Fancy, and scores of others -m fact, almost"; all the prize-winning-mimals throughout the South Island last year were either by Shepherd Lad or out of mares got by Shepherd Lad. Shepherd Lad's sire, Herd Laddie (imp.), from "Scotland to Victoria, and thence to New Zealand, is one of the best breeding horses ever imported. Shepherd Lad's dam, Maggie M'Cormick, was a champion showyard mare, being beaten only by her daughter, Queen, a- half-sister to Shepherd -Lad. Maggie M'Cormick and Queen were sold to the late Mr Walter, of Victoria, and after several . times winning the. tiiajnpionship of Victoria, was generally admitted to be the be3t stamp of a Clydesdale mare seen south of tha line. At the late Mr Walter's dispersal sal© on March 23, 1904, Maggie M'Cormick, the dam of Shepherd Lad, then in her sixteenth year, brought 250 gs. and her yearling filly 230 gs. Shepherd Lad is a very sure foal-getter, and he again proved very successful with his nuares last season. He will serve a limited number of mares only; so early application is necessary (as last season he had to refuse a number of mares). Terms: £i is, half guarantee; £4 4s at tho end of the season and £i is when the mare proves in foal. Groorwage, ss. Good grass paddocks provided for ran res at 2s 6d per week, and all care taken, but no responsibility. ' Owners of mares at first service held responsible. For further particulars apply to John Kirby, groom-in-charge; or to WM. CHARTERS, 21s Owner Ury Park, Mosgiel. ~\o STAND AND TRAVEL THE TAIERI DISTRICT, THE THOROTTGH- _- BRED HORSE BLACKSTONE, By Grafton (imp.), champion sire of Aus"tralia, from Consistence, by Melos (winner of Champion Stakes, beating Carbine), by Goldsbrough from Melody (g.d. of, Wallace), by The Barb. Blackstone won several rases, and sired Adjudge and My Lawyer, two good performers, who have been his only representatives on the turf. Blackstone stands over 17 hands, and is 9Jin below knee. For further particulars see future issue; or apply to J AS. PATRICK, 21« Lee Creek Farm, Outram. TO STAND AT " THE CLINTON, THB TROTTING STALLION TUXEDO CHIEF, By Tuxedo (imp.) from Gold Dust. Tuxedo Chief won in 3rnin 46 l-ssec, 2min 38sec. and Smin Ssec; second in 4min 50sec, and second in 3min 35 4-ssec. Terms: £2 at end of season and .£2 on mare proving in foal. Groomiage fee, ss. For further particulars apply to ALES. CULLEN, 21s Stud Groom. « . TRAVEL • The S-eason in the k ROXBURGH and SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, Thfc Thoroughbred Herat ROBERT MACARTHY, By Robinson Cru-oe (son of Angler), from Bessie Macarthy, by Ingomar (imp.), from Florence Macarthy (dam of Tirailleur), by Macaroni. Robinson Crusoe won the A.J.C. Si. Legier, A.J.C. Derby, etc. TERMS: 4- guineas; 2 guineas on the Ist February, 1911. and 2 guineas when mare proves in foal. /Groom's foe (ss), at first service. For further particulars apply to MURDOCK GORDON, Owner, 7s Roxburgh. The Thoroughbred -> Stallion BUCCLEUCH. BENZOIN—REVERIE. Winner of the Groat Easter Handicap and other races. ier of Great Easter Handicap with 8.4 in lmin 27 2-ssec; Islington Handicap, one mile, with 10.8, m lmin 43 4-ssec; North Otago Cup, one mile and a-quarter, with 8.10, in 2min lOJsec; President's Handicap, cue mile, with 10.5, in lmin 44sec; S.C.J.C. Farewell, six furlongs, with 9.11, in lmin 15 l-ssec; Makowai Welter, with 10.3, in lmin 28 2-ssec; and several other races. Terms, £5 ss. Apply to 17au '3. O'BRIEN,