THE POPULAR CLYDESDALE.
TWO MORE 1 SCOTTISH PURCHASES. r'lwo ?)noro fashionably-bred Scottish Clydesdales- are about to find .a homo in New-Zealand; The animals have been purchased in Scotland by Mr, John Ewan, of Drummond,. Southland, from the' Stud of Mr. T. I'urdio Somcrville, Sandilands, -I«arnarkshife'..'one;qf the:iClydes'dnles'is. the successful .breeding stallion^'.'ArdimerHe is gotvJ>y,'the'Cawdor Cup champion Prince-'Alexander (8899), one of the -last foals,'anij one of'the' best,- left by-:Merry-! ton Prince -of. Wales, (673). , The dam'of ArdimersayjPrincD was got by the famous: • Baron's.Pride (9122), and his. grand-dam, .'was a. rnare"^by-,;a - .son- of: Darnley ' riaixiely; " Kriight-'bf lothian' ■ (1489). V : ;. Mr .: ■Ewan's now :purchaso. thu3:has ..in him ths: finest, strainsiof known to. the Clydesdale -world.v!:. Hens deSoribed as a big-sized.dark-coloured horse, with spleu-; didi feet and legs, aud: he is a gay and true'mover)'/Araimersay I>rinoe...was sold at::a long the Hatton feale, and 6ince.theniJio.has;ib6en!.vory.popular with .done • well ! m 'tlie -showyard and at public, auction. A yearling"by. him was sold recently for «£9O. . Quite a number -of others have made much more money; . Accompanying ■ this.horse is a four-ycnr-old mare got'by Scotland's Choice (13732) out of a dam by Pride of Blacon (10837), with a:granddarn by Baron's Pride. • :
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1644, 10 January 1913, Page 8
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190THE POPULAR CLYDESDALE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1644, 10 January 1913, Page 8
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