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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 616, 2 October 1858, Page 8

"TO WTON." THE CELEBRATED HORSE, "TOWTON,"' IMPORTED BY MR. THOMAS NEWTON, F&ate the property of Capfc. the Hon. S. Hawke. "TO WTON," A good bay, black leg-s, 8 years old, stands lo hands 21 inches hig-h, ■•was got by Melbourne, out of Cinizella, by I'ouehstone; grandam Brocade, by Pantaloon, — Bombazine. MELBOURNE.. The sire of Towton, was got by Humphrey Clinker, (sire of Rockingham, winner of the St. Leger, 1853) dam by Cervantes ; is also sire of the following -horses, Sir Tatton Sykes, winner of the 2,000 Guineas Stakes at Newmarket, and Doncaster St. Leger, 1846; Cymber, winner of the Oaks, 1547; Canezou, winner of the 1,000 Guineas, and Ebor St. Leger, 1848; "West Australian, winner of the 2,000 Guineas, the Derby and St. Leger, 1853 ; and Marchioness (own sister to Towton), winner of the Oaks, 1855. TOUCHSTONE, (Winner of the St. Leger, 1834), the sire of Cinizella (Toivton's dam), is own broth-er to Launcelot, winner of the St. Leger, IS4O, and sire of the following horses, Cotherstone, winner of the 2,000 Guineas, and Derby, 1543 \ Orlando, winner of the Derby in 1844, and sire of Teddington, winner of the Derby, 1851; Mendicant, winner of the 1,000" Guineas and Oaks. 1856; Flatcatcher, winner of the Dee Stakes at Chester, and the 2,000 Guineas, 1848; Surplice, winner of the Derby and St. Leger the same year; Nunnykirk, winner of the 2,000 Guineas, 1849; and Newminster (own brother to Nunnykirk), winner of the St. Leger, 1851. PANTALOON Is sire of Ghaznee, winner of the Oaks, 1841; Satirist, winner of the St. Leger the same year ; Hernandez, winner of the 2,000 Guineas. 1851; : and of Clarissa, Caricature, Eithiron, Officious, and Hobbie Noble, which was sold for the sum of 6,000 Guineas, previous to the Derby 3Jaee, and several other winners of large stakes. "TOWTON" is entirely free from blemish or disease of any kind, and, from his superior strain of blood, combining that of Columbus, , Paynator, Came!, Selirn, Sir Peter, Highflyer, &c. cannot fail to give perfect satisfaction to breeders of first-class horses, for power, speed, and lasting qualities, equal co any on the British Turf. "TOWTON" WILL STAND THIS SEASON AT CHRISTCHURCH, COMMENCING IST XOYE3IBE2. TEEMS, 15 GUINEAS, PAYABLE ON THE Ist JANUARY, 1859. GEOOIIAGE, 10s. TO STAND THIS SEASON, AT THE STABLES OP THE UNDERSIGNED, TsHE Celebrated Thorough-Bred horse SKELETON. PEDIGBEE. i 41 Young Skeleton" is a chestnut horse, branded C H near shoulder, was bred by Mr. Charles Hearne and was foaled in 1843, was got by the imported horse Skeleton, out of a mare by the imported horse Steeltrap, her sire the imported horse Egremont. Master Robert the sire of Skeleton was got by Buffa out of Small Hopes by Scaramouch, her dam by Blank Traveller. Buffa by Pantaloon out of a Herod mare. Pantaloon by M&tch'ern out of Curiosity by Snap, Regulus, Brutus, Ohiklers, (vide Stud Book, p. 409 vol. 4>.) Egremont by Whalebone out of Talestres, {bred by Mr. Glossip in 1809), by Alexander, her darn Rival by Sir Peter out of Horaet by Drone. Manilla by Goldfinder, Mr. Goodriche's Old England mare, (vide Scud Booh, p. 310, vol. 4.J (Signed) William Russell, Keeper of the Stud Book. Terms £*5 and ss. Groom. N. B. Splendid Paddocks for receiving Mares. JAMES RULE, Caverbham House. -13 September, 1858. TO COVER THIS SEASON, AND TO BE AT THE " WHITE HART," The Magnificent pure bred Draught Horse "WESTMINSTER." T>EDTGREE:—This celebrated Horse JL imported by J, W. Moorbouse Esq., of the Royal Veterinary College, was go by Conqueror, a pure bred Clydesdale, an< ■out of Diana, the best hred Suffolk mare ii England.; grand-dam by Euphrates, great grand dam Old Smolensko, who realized by privat contract the. sum of £2,350. WESTMINSTER is a four-year-old, darl iron grey, stands 17 hands high, on short leg.< and is allowed by competent judges to be th finest draught Horse ever imported into tli Southern Hemisphere. Teems :—Mares 5 guineas each, and ss. ti th« Groom. The Groom's fee to be paid at the time o .covering, Wellington, Aug. S, 1858.