ENTIRE HORSES. mo STAND THIS SEASON. The Pure-bred Clydesdale Horse VICTORY. At Hawera and surrounding district. VICTORY will bo three yours old in November; is n rich, dark bay, with black points, and took the first prize at the Blonlioiiu Agricultural Show in March last sis a two year old. His biro, ttoyal Conqueror, took the first prize as a two-year-old at, tho .tfoyal Agricultural Show in England, hold at Biittorsea, and was purchased ibv If. Redwood, Esq.. at a cost of iITOO. and imported dhTot to Now Zealand. "The dam, Blossom, was brod by Mr Wall, of Canterbury, and took first prize whoiovor exhibited. TKKMS, £3 10s : G.UOOM'S FF,R f>s. I l\ynblo on or before Ist .Fob., i 187-1. G\)od secure paddocks, at Is per week, without responsibility. W. F. OAKES, Hawera. Sept 4, 1873. mO STAND THIS SEASON, The pure-bred Clydesdale Horse LOCH LOMOND, Bred by James Hughes, Esq., of Wanganui. Loch Lomond is by Loch "Ryan, out of the celebrated mare Gipsey, imported from Melbourne. Gipsey took the first prize three successive times at the Agricultural Shows, Wanganui. Loch lomond will stand at Quinlivan's Albion Hotel, Patea, on Monday's, Tuesday's, and Wednesday's, and the remainder of the week at Manutahi and Hawera. Terms—£3 3s for single mares. Two or more mares the bona fide property of one owner as per agreement. Secure paddocks free for four weeks, without responsibility. THOB. QUINLIYAIS. Patea Sept 4, 1873. TO STAND THIS SEASON, ~" THE CLYDESDALE HOKSE, JJ A P O__L EON. | Will serve Mares at Bull's, Mondays.—Turakina, Tuesdays.—Marton, Wednesdays. The remainder of the week at Mr Alex. ! Cockburn's, Hill Side, Rangitikei. NAPOLEON was bred by Charles Withell, Esq., Selwyn; out of an imported Tasmanian mare. His sire, Napoleon, was imported from Scotland. 1864, to Dunedin, -and purchased by William Boag, Burnside, Canterbury, and was bred by Mr Macadam, Kepkullock, out of a pure Clydesdale mare, purchased from Lorn Campbell, Esq., of Roseneath, whose well-known stock of brood; mares surpasses any in the West County for symmetry and purity of breeding. His sire was bred by Mr Buchanan, of Coldrack,, out of a very superior mare, which gained a number of first-class prizes at Drymen Show, and also the Highland Society's prize of .£lO. She also bred some of the most valuable stock that has been exhibited in the West of. Scotland, namely^ Napoleon's sire; George Buchanan, by Tom, who gained the premium at Cupar, Pife —(George Buchanan was sold for .£2OO when three years old)—a mare which gaiiied a greap number of of first prizes at local shows, and the third prize at the late Highland | Society's, show in Glasgow, and was sold for the handsome sum of £150 ; a colt, Ben Lomond, full brother to Napoleon, when, one year old, sold to Mr Peter Brawford,Dumgoyack,' for £100, and which gained the first premium at the Highland Society's Show at' Aberdeen, in 1858, and the first prize at Glasgow, and was sold at the end of the season for £250 to go to Australia. ;i Ben Lomondjtook the second prize, .when shown in Melbourne, in 1864, out of fourteen imported horses, only beaten by Black Leg, which has never been beaten. ~ Napoleon stands 16 hands high, and is compactly built, strong bone, 5 years ,old, and has proved himself a sure foal rgetter. Terms, £3 3s; payable January 1,1874. .. Allowance for two or more mares as per agreement. W Paddock'ing fiee to Ist Jan., 1874. Every attention paid, but no responsibility incurred. ALEX. COCKBTJRN, Hil] Side, Bangitikei. Aug 22,1873. ■■■■ i I , ■•■■■-.