HORSES SHIPPED.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1901, 8 November 1913, Page 6

HORSES SHIPPED.

TWENry.THREE SENT SOUTH. , Twenty-three racehorses left Wellington forLyitelton by the Union Cq.'s MaungaJttii last evening, They were; l'otoa, Jiilram, Secret Link, Bliss. MyEteriach. Uiarlerose, Imagination, Vocation,' BeU datiie, Balbao, Unity, Black Lupin, AUngaroa, Mount Victoria, Turna, ImSinapia, Seatondale, Bravest, n a ®, Cadonia. Two trotters— gelt Uoy and a matfe owned by Mr. T. ltoe, of . Hastings—.also went south. •In comparison with the complete prepara- ■ tions which were made oil tko last occqrslon °i which tho Maunganui took 32 racehorses to . L'yt-tel.fcon, 'yesterday's operation was quite a tamo affair, The horsey wore taken off the train at Lambton Station, and walked through the streets to tho Queen's Wharf, where the Maunganui was berthed. Although there wag a crowd of several hundred people m the Square listening to tho watersiders band, hardly any notice was taken of tho horses. A few men, who were evidently interested in -horseflesh, left tho main, body of tho crowd; and stood in groups discussing tho merits of the various animals as they went past, there was no demonstration, and one by one the'racehorses passed through the mam gates and 011 to the wharf. When they had reached the Maunganui tho 1 work 01 shipping commenced.' AH hands turned to (including Unifln Company's officers, owners, and horse attendants), and without much difficulty tho twentytiwe© animals were placed in the horseboxes and landed in ono' of tho forward 'holds of ■the Maunganui. A small-num- : ber of spectators watched the proceedings with interest.