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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 617, 6 October 1858, Page 8

"TO WTO N." " . THE : ■ CELEBRATED. HORSE, "TOWTON," IMPORTED BY MR. THOMAS NEWTON, i;ate the property of Capt. the Hon. S. Hawke. "TOWTON," ■ * ' A good bay, black legs, 8 years old, stands 15 hands 2| inches high, •was got by Melbourne, out of Cinizella, by Touchstone; 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 Sykea, •winner of' the 2,000 Guineas Stakes at Newmarket, and Doncaster St. Leger, 1846; Cymber, winner of the Oaks, 1847-; Canezou, winner of the 1,000 Guineas, and Bbor St. Leger, 1848; West Australian, winner of the 2,000 Guineas,; the'Berby 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 (Towton*s dam), is own brother to Launeelot, winner of the St. Leger, 1840, and sire of the following horses, Cotherstone, winner of the 2,000 Guineas, and Derby, 1843 ; Orlando, winner of the Derby in 1844, and sire of Teddington, winner of the Derby, d 85 1; Mendicant, winner of the 1,000 Guineas and Oaks, 2856; 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 Ghuznee, 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, Elthiron, Officious, and Hobbie Noble, which was sold for the sum of 6,000 Guineas, previous to the Derby Race, and several other winners of large stakes. "TOWTOX"'is-entirely free from blemish or disease of any kind, and, from his superior strain of blood, combining that of Columbus, Paynator, Camel, Selim, Sir Peter, Highflyer, <fee, cannot fail to give perfect satisfaction to breeders of first-class horses, for power, speed, and lasting qualities, equal to any on the British Turf. « TOWTON" WILL STAND THIS SEASON AT CHRISTCHURCH, COMMENCING IST NOTEMBEB. TERMS, 15 GUINEAS, PAYABLE ON THE Ist JANUARY, 1859. GBOOMAGE, 10s. TO STAND THIS SEASON, AT THE STABLES OF THE UNDERSIGNED, rjTHE Celebrated Thorough-Bred horse f, SKELETON. PEDIGREE. " Young Skeleton" is a chestnnt 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 Match'em out of Curiosity by Snap, Regulus, Brutus, Childers, (vide Stud Book, p. 409 vol. *■) Egremont. by Whalebone out of Talestres, (bred by Mr. Giossip in 1809), by Alexander, her dam Rival by Sir Peter out of Hornet by Drone. Manilla by Goldfinder, Mr. Goodriche's Old England mare, (vide Stud Book, p. 310, vol. A.) (Signed) William Rxjssell, Keeper of the Stud Book. Terms £o and os. Groom. N. B. Splendid Paddocks for receiving Mares. JAMES RULE, Caver&ham House. 13 September, 1858. TO COVER THIS SEASON, AND TO EE AT THE "WHITE HART," The Magnificent pure bred Draught Horse "WESTMINSTER." PEDIGREE :—This celebrated Horse, imported hj J. W. Moo'rhouse, Esq., of the Royal Veterinary College, was got by Conqueror, a pure bred Clydesdale, and out of Diana, the best bred Suffolk mare in England; grand-dam by Euphrates, great grand- . dam Old Smolensko, who realized by private contract the sum of £2,350. WESTMINSTER is a four-year-old, <krk iron grey, stands 17 hands high, on short legs and is allowed by competent judges to be the finest drought Horse ever imported into the Southern Hemisphere. Terms :—Mares ( 5 guineas each, and ss. tc the Groom. The Groom's fee to bo paid at the time o covering. Wellington, Aug. 8, 1858;