A REMARKABLE FREAK
ON VIEW AT THE SHOWGROUND In the sideshow division at the showground on Tuesday and Wednesday there will be a remarkable Freak of Nature in the shape of a HalfHorse, Half-Deer. This unique animal is being exhibited by Mr F. Barclay, of Taranaki. Thd mother was a piebald mare, the sire being Jersey, the trotter. The mother was owned by the caretaker of the Stratford racecourse. Mr J. McKie, M.R.C.V.S., of Wellington, in an official certificate, states: “J. have this day, at the request of Mr F. Barclay, examined the most extraordinary freak of Nature that I have seen in the course of my veterinary experience, being that of a foal built cut of all proportion and an eye situated in the middle of - the forehead, four times the size of the normal eye, and showing unmistakably the hide of a. stag. This is a very unique specimen and fit for exhibition in any part of tho world.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9846, 27 October 1924, Page 2
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161A REMARKABLE FREAK Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9846, 27 October 1924, Page 2
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