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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7794, 5 December 1896, Page 4

SIRE OF THE SEASON. '|^5?* I *"^^W : * -^- REASON, i^»BS3^o^©W The Great Son 'of Nordenfeidt, GRAGKSHOT, >y Nordenfeidt (by Musket— Onyx), dam funeawerevere, got by Golden Grape.out of Atalanta.by.Towton mt of Crescent, by Sir Hercules; NORDRNHiiiW (tho sire of Craekshot) was a great acehorse, hts performances being ao f ollows :—W<in he Hawkesbury Produce Stakes, won the AJ O aerby and Craven Hate, Spring Mklden Plate, Randvick Plate (3 miloe, w.f.a.), won the Derby (V.RO Spring Meeting) ; he also ran fourth within a leoirth if tha winner, as a three-year-old, in the Melbourne Jup, in the fast time of 3mm 20Jscc ; he also ran iccond to Tronton in the Canterbury Plate one and k-half miles. The above were the oulj racrs ha itaited lor. Owing- to his thorough gatneness ha waa lick-named the ".bull-dog." llr fennelly (trainer to ihe late Hon. J. Wtutc) pronounced Nordenfeidt the greatest horse that he ever put through a preparation With something to make a desperate pace for him jver a distance, llr Fennoily ' considered that thert was nothing to cope with JJordenfeldt. At the brcaking-up of Sylvia Park Stud, Nordenfeldfc reaJiMd the large sum of 6600 guineas. PUNGAKKBBWEftB, the dam of Crackshot, waa a Very last mare, winning, among other races, the Maiden Plate (Canterbury) and Tradesmen's Handicap the Dunedln Cup, of 400 soys (2 milps and a distance) mid the St. iegcr Stakes ot Canterbury, Puncv worowera is very stoutly-bred, being got by Golden Grape out ol Atlanta. Golden Grape, by fiarntou Dwn brother to Voltigeur, whose descendants, Qalopin and St. Simon, are tvrc of thu most fashionable Birca in Engiaud, commanding no less a fee than 260 guineas. All Pungaworawore's progeny are real fast gallopers. She i« the dam of Tetford (winner of the Kree ilnudieap, i mile, tho Plate Handicap, and tho Flying Handicap at tho Thames J.C. MoetW • tho Wangauoi Cup, 2 milea, tjeatiug Waitiri »nd "eifrUt others ; also, won tho Stakes Handicap at Wanganul autumn meeting ; tLe Victoria Handicap, 1 mile and a distance, in the fast time of Jmio 68isec, at tha A.X.C. summer meeting. Pungawerswere is also tha dam of Brigadier, who won as a two-year-old the Mures Produce Stakes, the Plying Stakes, J-mlie. beating such a /lyor as Afitraii.euse and others ; wou the Ellerslie Plate at the A.X.C. autumn meetlnif boating; five others. She is also tha dam of St. James (winner of the Duuedin Cup), Krupp, Katipo, Puwerewere, and others. Her «on, Brigadior, is golne to make a name for himself at the stud, not alone for getting ibt racers, but flrst-class cross-country Horses. lie is thu sire of Bombardier, tho winner of beveral k U »'?, i ? 1 " t U e . VOD^ 1 , im: ' udin S tho Auckland Grand .National Steeplechase, and ran second to Norton iii tha Craud Nat.onal Stconlechaae at the CUristchurch meeting. Urigadior is also the sire of that good little horse Brigand, winner of several good races, arm numetouß otlier tast horoea. 1.35t, but not loast, is Craoksuot himsell— a really Urat-elass racehorse while on the turf. The fof. lowing are some of his performances: — Won ths Spring Handicap, Hawke's Bay, li miles, 2miii S9Becbeating Stre.ihon, Pearl Powder, Cynisea, BouJancer, and Katmka ; won by a length easy. Won Canterbury Cup, 2J miles, 4niin 4J a cc, beating such horses a< Mcdalhun, and Freedom ; won easily oy three lengths' Won the Auckland Cup, 2 miles, carrying Bat Sib, beating jHilda, Cissy, Dudu, atrephon, St. Anorow and other*, in the fast time of 3mitt 303 se c; won easily by a Jeuftth nnd u-hulf ; this performance has only been beaten once, viz., by St. Hippo, by half a second. Had Cracks, ,ot b b en askud to gallop, he would have caaijy scored tho record. Won Auckland Mute, 14 miles, in 2min «4 sec, again beating Medalliou and Hilda somewhat easily. Won .Birthday Handicap and J.C. Handicap at Heathcote. Won m. ii Hall dicap Cnickshot wou d have been a Melbourne Cup winner, oaly ho conld not be thoroughly prepared, on account ol striking himself when in fist work. He ran eevoral close seconds to flrst-class horses, carrying heavy weights. Craokshot never raced in hack company, but was nominated for tiu steeplechase roeoting »t GUborne Park, In the Winter Oats, and he received tha steadier of lSac r b, being asked to give King Cannibal and others 3at 41b. Crackeliot is a beautiful-lookiDg horse, Btands l(i hatids 2 inches, with good bone and plenty of substancu, and bavin* such a strain of running blood from both his sire and dam, jt must prove to ths moat fastidious Dreedera that mating their mares with such strains of blui- blood, it must end In good results. Craclishot is aa well adapted to get crosscountry horses as his hull-brother Brigadier, and those breeders wishing to breed a fast hunter from an ordinary maro, or a racehorse Irom a thoroughbred maro, could not do better than mate them with Uackshot. He possesses a grand constitution and Beautiful temper, and being » young sire and sure foai getter, should prove a boon to the district, track-shot was awarded First Prize and the Society's medal for tho beat thoroughbred sire at the 1893 A. aafl IP. Society's Show, beating Hukatere, Kalo, Maori and Cbackshot's services this season will be placed as ow aa possible (or a siro of his class. The teimts will bo bKvwf GDiKu.a each mare, aod Twulvk Quisius lor tivo maresi which sum must be paid beiore the delivery of marua will bo utvon. Every caro will bo taken of mares, but uo responsibility incurred. Ail mares must to removed on notice of being For further particulars, apply to— OAINE CARRINGTON, Makaraka. €hF>Vm<<sM T° STa -ND THE %mS^M( ■*• SEASUN » ;^T^B«i. IURIHAU4, The Arab-bred Hackney Stallion SARACJfiN. SAUACKN is livo jears old, by CrdsAdbs (imp.), dam Bbm,e, by Akab Child (imp.), grand dam Mary (toP). hunting mare. Crnside? 'w& taJortSd from India , by A. ileX-oan. Esq., of Hawke's Bay, and U considered one of the hjghesS caste Arab' stallion* ever imported into the Australaeian colonies, 'ihe Australasian says .--"This is certainly the most , beautiful Arab horse ever imported. He stands over | 16 hands, and has immense bone, with plenty of ■ substance and quality all over. He Is acknowledged ! to bo the very best Arab that ever ran in India, a I proof 01 that being that at one meeting in Calcutta he had no less than three walk-ovcra, tha Indian I Herald remarking : 'No owner caring to start against I the great Crusader at weight-for-Ige, tho iieaett Plate, distance two miles, resulted in a walk-over.' Crusader won tho Dehra Derby UmbalU Derby, I Desert St»kes, Asian Plate, Msdrak Dcrby7and many I other races. After racing jn Indh for five years, at ■ all distances, under big weights, Crusader roHwd ! from the turj with an unbeaten record." BAtt_Ss, 1 now five years old, ia a blood bay with black points! standing 153, with plenty of bone and substottcoVffe is quiet and good-tempered, and, from the atotttness of his breeding, his progeny are wtata toto most valuable cither for hacks, hunters, or carViaea horses. Secure paddocking will he providedV wRh abundance of feed and nator Every care taken, but no responsibility. B_bacbn will be limited to « Tebms: £3 single maro ; two or more as per aKreement. Covering fees mm be paid before Tremoraf _1 I for full particulars, apply at Turlhaua, GORDON BBEMNEK. rj^A "pO STAND (THIS uflnfii wabr enga-a-mka The Thoroughbred Stallioa^ BULLDOG, By Nordenfeidt— Cressina, by too]um3~fiosarina by Traducer— Yatterina, by Yattendon ; Nordenfeidt by Musket-Onyx, by Angler-Chrysolite, by atockwelt. BULLDOG is a low level style of thoroughbred, * handsome brown in color, full of quality from his head to his heels, and possesses a splendid temper. Combining the strains of Mu9kct, Fisherman, Stockwell, Loollnus, Traducer, and Yattendon blood, there are few young sires commencing stud career the present season for whom a brilliant future can be more confldontiy predicted than this grandly-bred son of the famous Nordenfoldt. Terms : £2 100. wV>>J^ HP 0 STAND THIS L^^ B^^ s^**^ WAERENGA-A-HIKA. The Purebred Clydesdale Stallion,. THE COUNT, rmported from Otago, Augus 23, 18W; THE COUNT will travel the surrounding district throe days a weok ; tlie rest of tho week at the Stables. Tbkms: £2 10a Bingle maro ; two o. more S per agreement: Grazing freo for one month, after which. 2s 6d por wook will bo charged. -««.<» ALBERT PRITCHARD, Waerenga-a-hika. jgfaatorfggra to stand this irmillllllllllJS WAERENGA-A-HIKA, The Pashionably-bred Brown Horße, BRIGAND (Foaled 2nd December, 1888)^ By Bkioadibr — Dam Ganvect worewere (winner of Dunedin Cup and S^f innumerable winnors). Gannott wm never Sed and wcut early to the stud. Matte "toe sire of Albatross, was a good racehorse and won the food ffi'othn, 1 " 0 V 9 S bDft , tinff Blehmond. Bobln finSr'of i ; KR " a nlso won tho a-J-u. Profluco btakes and other racos. Auk, the dam of n^ tlo^'n I - by Tho M»muiß. winner of flu, TwS by TS forTheTrby 3 ' Ond WM ° nly beaten vJ^w^'i" 10 a ™ oC thi3 mate ' a Pr° d u<:e, waa \cry last, and won, ai a two-ytar-old, the HobsOQ Handicap at the Takapuna J.C. Summer Meeting, beating lioie, Brigade and Lady Belle ; and at the fcft'in £ . Uco ' ln ff w ° n the Onslow Stakes, »S!tT £ i . sh < snou r and Brigade: Aa a three-year-oldl non tho Gjeborts Spring Handicap, 125 eovs, one mite »nd a-lmlf; an». at the A.R.C. Spring Meetln^woo ho Auckland Guineas, Deating that good colt The ' orKraan ; and <m the aame day came out and won. the Prmcu of Wales Handicap, beating that irre&fe Dyer Reprisal, and a big field. At four years? ran second lv the Auckland Cup, of 600 soys, t«o miles, to kt "'PP't beating Merganser (the fastest mare to New Zealand), also The Workman (a great performer jn Australia), Impulse. Pioflre, Coalscuttle, and Scot b ree, the two niilos being cut out in 3mln 30Jsec: iKßiis : 3 guineas for single mare : two mares or aoro, aa per aeroemsnt. For further particulars, apply to— ALBERT VRITOHAttD.