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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1485, 10 October 1918, Page 4

LEADING SIRES — coirvunm. mO STAND THIS SEASON AT A TE MAHANGA. THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE, MOUNTAIN KNIGHT (MOUNTAIN KING-—LA VAILLE) Sire MOUNTAIN KING, by Wallace (son of Carbine and Melodius), dam Bonnie Rosette (imp.), by Barcaldiue, dam Bonnie Rose. Dam LA VEILLE, by Mostyn, imp. (son of Clairvaux and Miss Mostyn), dam Vigil, by Trenton, dam Nightmare. won this horse were over £lO,OOO. Mountain Knight won Sydney Tattersail s Club Nursery Handicap, A.J.C. Derby (beating Woorak, Carlita and Linlithgow Stakes, V.R.C. C.B. Fisher Plate (beating Car9 arwyne - Poafnatus, etc.), V.R.C. St. Leger, A.J.C. St. Leger. Terms: 20 guineas. Grazing free to December 31. Grooming 10/6. Every care taken but no responsibility. For further particulars apply The Exon. Est, x,at» w, j. Douglas, TE MAHANGA, NAPIER. Telegrams: Te Mahanga, Hastings. fpO STAND NEAR HAMILTON. WINTERBOURNE <u> A handsome, rich quality, 16-hand, well-proportion, muscular, dark bay or brown horse, with nearly 8% inches of clean sound bone, and good feet. Sire MARTIAN (1), leading New Zealand sire, and, like his half brothers BONIFORM and Sungod, a good performer. Dam NEVA, 14 (dam of Danube, winner of oyer 5000sovs, and five other winners in New Zealand and Australia), by Stepniak (5), a good racehorse and sire of more winners and more dams and sires of winners than any horse bred in the Dominion. 1 WINTERBOURNE ran second as a two-year-old in the Dunedin Stakes and beat a field of 16 in the Plunket Nursery of five furlongs (Wellington), in 60 seconds. Terms: £5 55.; good grazing. All other-particulars from F. C. LOUGHLIN, HAMILTON. ROBERT THE BBUCE <’>■ 1999 - By SCOTTISH KING—MOOROOROO. Rich dark bay, seven years old, stands 16 hands 2 inches, Will Stand at Ellerslie this Season. Scottish King is by Wallace (Carbine —Melodious) out of Bonnie Rosette (imp.), by Barcaldine — Bonnie Rose. Moorooroo is by Trenton (Musket, imp. —Frailty), out of Nightmare, by Panic (imp.)—Evening Star (imp.). Scottish King won the V.R.C. St. Leger, ran second in the Australian Cup as a three-year-old, with 8.0; he also won some w.f.a. races at Flemington. He is full brother to Mountain King, Bonnie Chiel and other well-performed horses. Wakeful is by Trenton, from a daughter of Nightmare, Noctuiform, Midnight Sun, Bon Reve, Eyeglass, Radnor. ROBERT THE BRUCE will travel Pakuranga, Mangere and Otahuhu if sufficient inducement offers. Terms, £5 55.; groomage fee, 2s. 6d. All fees payable on January 1, 1919. All care taken, but no responsibility. For further particulars apply to ___ F. STENNING, Green Lane.

mO STAND AT OWNER’S FARM, J- TAKANINI. CHESTERFIELD. Sire WAIRIKI (Auckland Cup and Derby), by Soult (son of St. Simon) from Rose and White, by Nordenfeldt, from Rosarina, by Traducer, from Yatterina, by Yattendon. Dam MANTLE, by Tasman (N.Z. Cup) from Mantilla, by Anteros (imp.) from Matana* by Goldsbrough (A.J.C. St. Leger), son of Fireworks (V.R.C. Derby and Leger) from Sylvia (V.R.C. Oaks and dam of Martini-Henri), from Seabreeze — The Barb, by Fisherman. CHESTERFIELD is a big-boned chestnut horse, standing 15.3 hands. Owing to a slight accident (wire) was not raced. A sure foal-getter. His stock show plenty of size and quality. Fee, 3gns. Good grazing, 2s. 6d. per week. J. P. SINCLAIR. TROTTING SIRES. mO STAND THIS SEASON AT PALMERSTON NORTH. VAN CORONADO (53732), BY DEL CORONADO — QUEEN DIRECTOR. This Imported Stallion is one of the best bred Trotting Stallions of the present day, is a handsome brown horse, of superb conformation and faultless gait. His sire, Del Coronado, is a son of the great McKinney, and a sire of the famous mare White Sox, who won the world’s Greatest Free-for-all (£4000) at the Panama Exposition, and last year gained the World’s Record for the three fastest miles, over a half-mile track. Time, 2.4%. His dam, a 2.5 pacer at three years old, and is a descendant from the famous Director, so that Van Coronado combines the best blood of two of the most celebrated families in America. Fee: Eight Guineas, payable when mares are taken away, or at time of service. Grazing, 3s. per week. Usual return privileges. ,No responsibility for accident. For further particulars apply JAMES CONWAY, ' "The Oaks,” Pahiatua St., Palmerston North.