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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 618, 9 October 1858, Page 8

"TO WTOF A THE CELEBRATED HORSE, "TOWTON;' IMPORTED BT MR. THOMAS NEWTON, .-I;atc the property-of Capt. the Hon. S. Hawke. "TOWTON," 7A good bay. black legs, 8 years old, JjL stands 15 hands 2h inches high, Was got by Melbourne, out of Cinizella, by Touchstone; grandatn Brocade, by Pantaloon, — "Bombaziue. 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 'fatten Sykes, 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 Ebor St. Leger, 18i8; 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 (Towton's dam), is own brother to Launcelot, winner of the St. Leger, 1840, 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; Sur- '- pliee, 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. "TOWTON" 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, Sec, 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 NOVEMBER. TERMS, 15 GUINEAS, PAYABLE ON THE Ist JANUARY, 1859. GEOOMAGE, 103. TO STAND THIS SEASON, .. AT THE STABLES OF THE U2\ TDERSIGNED, fjpKE Celebrated Thorough-Bred horse J, SKELETON. PEDIGBEE. '•*' Young Skeleton " is a chestnut horse, branded C H near shoulder, was bred by Mr. Charles Hearne and was foaled in 1843, was got ivy 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 d;im 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. 4.; Egremont by Whalebone out of Talestres, (bred by Mr. Glossip in 1809), by Alexander, her dam Rival by Sir Peter out of Hornet by j Drone. Manilla"by Goldfinder, Mr. Goodriche r s j Old England mare, {vide Stud Book, p. 310, vol. &.) (Signed) Wimjam Russsll, Keeper of the Stud Book. Terms £5 and ss. Groom. N. B. Splendid Paddocks for receiving Mares. JAMES RULE, Caverfeham House. 13 September, 1858. TO COVER THIS SEASON, AXD TO BE AT THE "WHITE HART," The Magnificent pure bred Draught Horse "WESTMINSTER" T>EDIGREE:—This celebrated Horse, X imported .by" J. W. ; Moorhouse, Esq., of the Royal Veterinary .College, was got by Cokqtjeeoe, & pure bred .Clydesdale, and out of Diana, the best b.ed Suffolk mare in England; grand-dam by Euphrates, great grand-.-darn Old Smolensko, who realized by private contract tlie sum of £2.350. WESTMINSTER is a four-year-old, dark iron grey, stands 17 hands high, on short legs, and is allowed by competent judges to be the finest draught Horse ever Imported into the Southern Hemisphere. "Terms :—Mares -5 guineas each, and ss. to the Groom. The Groom's fee to be paid at the time of jcoverin#. Welling ton, Aug. 8, -1858.