TROTTING.
IMPORTATION OF TBOTTING HOESBB TO AUSTRALIA. The Zealundia carries a shipment of ten trotting horses to Australia, the property of Mr John Weir, a man well known in American trotting circles; also in connection with tho horse trade, now so largely carried on between the United States and England. Mr Weir is an enterprising Scotch gentleman, a V.B. of Edinburgh, also a member of tho Pacific Blood Horse Association of America. Ho ought, therefore, to know the best strair.s of blood required to produoe fust trotters in the colonics; and, judging from the appearance of the stock he has in transit, there can be little doubt as to this boing tho first of many shipments. Although a few single horses have from time to time been brought over by residents, this is the first shipment made with a yiew to establish a regular trade. His arrival will, therofore, no doubt be looked forward to with much interest by many Australian horsemen ; and may also be expected to give considerable impulse to a comparatively new epooh in the colonies. He proposes taking return shipments to California of Hereford and foil Angus cattle; also of various breeds of snoop. Mr Weir means to remain in Sydney for several weeks, where he will put up at the Imperial Hotel, Wynyord square.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2349, 13 October 1881, Page 4
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219TROTTING. Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2349, 13 October 1881, Page 4
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