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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3830, 25 October 1883, Page 4

Stud Horses. 19lbs, time 3 mins. 41 sees. ; at Wairarapa won the three miles weight for age. beating Lara and eight others; ran second to Mufter at AA r ellington in the Jockey Club Handicap. This race he could have won had he been let, At the Canterbury metropolitan meeting won the Free Handicap, carrying 9st, beating Foul Play, Camballo,' Sinking Fund, Lara, Luna, and others, one mile, "time 1 mm. 40 sees, won Railway Plate, weight for age, -__- mile, and Metropolitan Handicap, carrying Bst libs, Ik miles, leaving behind him Fish-hook, Ariel, Longhinds, Lcaties, Bribery, and others, time' 2 mins. 46 sees. It will be scon by the laurels won by this great son of Traducer that ho was both a flyer, a stayer, and a weight carrier. Phoenix, dam of Tcmpleton,'is by Gownsman (imp), out of Ikamatiikc, by Figaro (imp), out of Brunette by Riddlesworth "imp). Pho-nix has been a.'clipper on tho turf, she has started in 16 races and scored 41 wins, as follows : — First season : Hawke's Bay, G ; AVellington, 4 ; Pararoa, 2 ; Pahautauui, 4 ; Taraneko. 2; Foxton, 4; Taratahi, 2: Opaki, 3. Second season : AA'aianga, 4 ; AVellington, 3: Pararoa, 2 ; Rangitikei 3. The last and greatest performance at AVairarapa was the Ladies' Purse, carrying 12st 4lbs. -Ist 4lbs of which was dead weight. This ends the career on the turf of one of the grandest animals that ever stripped on the New Zealand turf. She has also been a great prize taker as a brood mare. Sho has taken eight first prizes, three at Lower Hutt, AVellington, three at AVairarapa, two at Canterbury, while being with Traducer. Tcmpleton will be at AA r aipukurau ou Mondays, at AVanstead on Tuesdays, and at Pora'ngahau on AVcdnesdays. Terms-Single mares, £5 ; groomagc, 5s ; two or more mares the property of the same owner, as per agreement, Every caro taken, but no responsibility incurred. As Tcmpleton is positively limited to 20 mares, early application is necessary. For further information apply to the <rroom in charge, or - P. J. MURTAGH, Proprietor. ™TO'STAND THIS SEASON AT KAIKORA BRIDGE, ~.-.-j -. r JpilEThorou_rh.v f \ J_ bred Horse ! 7^Ki' v >fr ST - TATRICK. "' f :' " ' p} St. Patrick was 'bw"."-V ■-.--- bred by P. J. Mur- I tagh, of Hawke's Bay. He is a dark golden chesnnt, standing 16 hands 2 inches high, and possesses all the essential qualifications of a sire, viz., good constitution, substance, tempei\ conformation, and vigour. He is admirably adapted to get good useful stock, as well as race horses'.. He is considered by competent judges to be ono of the grandest horses ever seen in New Zealand.

St. Patrick is now 6 years old, is by the celebrated horse The Premier, by Malton (imported) out of Revoke, mother of Trump Card, one of the grandest horses ever bred in New Zealand. As a two-year-old he won tho Champagne Stakes at Canterbury, after which he was purchase:! by Mr Stead for 1500 guineas. As a three-year-old he carried oti three Derbys—Canterbury, AVellington, and Dunedin. At Canterbury he ran second for the Cup, weight for age, and on tho following day won the Christchurch Plate. At AVellington, after winning the Derby, ran Lara to a neck for the Cup, giving him two years and Olbs. Afterwards hi Dunedin he won the Publicans' Purse Handicap, defeating Isaac AValton over bis favorite distance, giving him two years and 71bs. At the same meeting ho cantered home in front of the wonderful horse Tcmpleton for tho Queen's Plato. lor further performance see Turf Register. The Premier has also been a grand performer on the turf, having won the Wairarapa Stakes, three miles, beating Koarria, Fishhook, and eight others. He also won the Empire Plate at AVellington, beating a large field: but, like St. Patrick, ho was put to the stud too soon without giving him a chance to distinguish himself, as his family has done before and after him. St. Patrick is one of the handsomest horses ever bred in New Zealand. He is thoroughly sound, has a beautiful head and muscular neck let into slanting shoulders, short back, grand quarters, long gaskins, good legs, and flat bono. He possesses all that is necessary in a sire, size, bone, and breeding. He is out of that far-famed marc Phoenix by Gownsman (imported), out of Ikamataki by Figaro (imported), out of Brunette by Riddlesworth (imported). Phoenix has been a clipper on the turf. She started in 10 races and scored -11 wins as follows:—First season: Hawke's Bay, 0 : AVellington, 1 : Pararoa, 3: Pahautauui, -1; Taranccau, 'J; Foxton, 1 : Taratahi, 2 : Opaki, 3 ; AVoyanga, -1. Second season: AVellington, 3; Puraron, 2 : Rangitikei, .'!. Her last and greatest performance iv the AVairarapa was in tho Ladies' Purse, carrying 12st lib—lst lib of which was dead weight—ending the career of one of the grandest animals that ever stripped on the New Zealand turf. She has also been a great prize-taker as a brood mare. She has taken eight first prizes, three at Lower Hutt, AVellington, three at AVairarapa, aud two more at Canterbury, while -with Traducer it can bo plainly seen that St. Patrick's ancestors came from a racing family, and were racers themselves. St. Patrick never had a chance to show whether ho could race or not, as he never started in anything. I had him under preparation forSJmonthstwo years ago, whcn_t.be disqualification by the Hawke's Bay Racing Club was placed upon mc, and under these circumstances poor Pat had to return to the paddock. Last season I had to turn him to account by standing him at the Wairoa, where ho served 92 mares, which I also hope to see him do this season in his new field.

Terms: Single mares, £5; groomagc, Two or more, the property of the same owner, as per agreement. Every care will bo taken, but no responsibility incurred. As Mr Murtagh has taken the "farm lately in the occupation of MiLewis Evans, with abundance of grass, owners of mares may depend on getting their marcs returned in good condition. Paddocking Is per week until notice of removal is given. -A.II 0...-r-c-.s to bo pritd before i-emov:i.l. For further information apply to the Groom in charge, or to ' P. J. MURTAGH, Proprietor. AND STILL THE SIRE OF THE SEASON. .*- /J'viss. '^ 1C Thoroughbred - -HorsepOHOKURA. Pohokura by Pacific, out of Villctte (by Young Plover, out of Ada—Young Plover by ..Ether) ; Pacific by Flatcatcher, dam Disagreeable by Agreeable—her dam by Sam, out of Morel by Sorcerer. Flatcatcher by Touchstone, out of Decoy by Filho da Puta, Finesse by Peruvian, Alsoount by John Bull, sister to Skyscraper by Highflyer. Touchstone by Camel, Banter by Master Henry, Boadicea by Alexander, Brunette by Amaranthus—Mayfly by Match em—Camel by AVhalcbone, out of Selim marc—Maiden by Sir Peter—Phenomenon. Pacific was imported from England, and got the celebrated performers Orlando, Nebula, Glengarry, Satellite (the fastest horse foaled in the Southern Hemisphere), Moonshine, Moss Rose, Dundee, Resolution, Hailstorm, and Rangipo. Pohokura is also fortunate on the dam's side, for Young Plover, the sire of Pohokura's dam, was not only a first-class racehorse, but was most successful at the stud, as all his progeny were clippers under heavy weights—be the distanco six furlongs or three miles. Pohokttra's dam was half-sister to that grand mare Deception, the best mare that over trod the Now Zealand turf—she ran fifth in the Champion Race in Sydney, in 1800, in a large field, three days after landing from New Zealand, Villette (dam of Pohokura) raced with great success as a three-year-old, but was early put to the stud, and became the dam of several well-known winners. Pohokura promised to be a great performer, both on tho flat and over fences, but his racing career was unfortunately cut short by an accident which, though it deprives the turf of what bid fair to bo one of the grandest performers in the colony, will prove a boon to breeders desirous of producing racers, steeplechasers, or excellent weight-carrying- hacks. Ho is a beautiful dark-brown (almost black) with black points, S years, stands 15 hands inches high, his whole contour being handsome, powerful, and racing-like, and in his veins runs blood of the most patrician quality, tracing back to tho grand Touchstone fountain, whose deserved praise we should novcr cease to sing. "Touchstone—the renowned "founder of a line of kings"—who was'