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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 620, 16 October 1858, Page 8

"TOW TON." THE CELEBRATED HORSE, "TOWTON," IMPORTED IBY ■ MR. THOMAS NEWTON, ■ tiate the property of Capt. the Hon. S. Hawke. „'TOWTON," 'A good baT Wack le £s> 8 years oW > X3L stands : 15 hands 2i inches hig-h, ; ■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 tbe 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, 1847; 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 (Towton's dam), is own brother to Launcelot, winner of the St. Leger, 1840, and gire of the following horses, Cotherstone, winner of. the 2,000 Guineas, and Derby, 1843 ; Or- j lando, winner of the Derby in 1844, and sire of Teddington, winner of the Derby, 1851; Men- ; dicant, winner of the 1,000 Guineas and Oaks, 1856; /Flatcateher, winner of the Dee Stakes ' at .Chester, and the .2,000 Guineas, 1848; Sur--plice, winner of the Derby-and St. Leger the same year; Nunnykirk,'winner of the 2,000 Guineas, 1849 j and Newminster.(own brother 'to Nunuykirk), winner of the St. Leger, 1851. PANTALOON Ts sire of Ghuznee, winner of-the Oaks, 1841; -Satirist, winner of the St. Legrer the same year; Hernandez, winner of the 2,000 Guineas, 1861; and of Clarissa, Caricature, Elthiron, Officious, and Hobbie Noble, which was sold for the sum of 6,000 Guineas, previous to the Derby Race, arid several other winners of large •li takes. "TOWTON" is entirely free from blemish or disease •of any kind, and, from his superior ■strain of blood, combining that of Columbus, , Paynator/<Jamel, Selim, Sir -Peter, Highflyer, > <&c., cannot fail to give perfect satisfaction to breeders of first-class horses, for power, speedy and lasting qualities, equal to any on the British Turf. " TOWTON" WILL STAND THIS SEASON AT /CHRISTCHURCH, COMMENCING IST JTGVEMBEB. TERMS, 15 GUINEAS, PAYABLE ON THE Ist JANUARY, 1859. •6EOOMAGB, 10s. TO STAND THIS SEASON, AT THE STABLES OF THE UNDERSIGNED, ff^KE Celebrated Thorough-Bred horse" J. SKELETON. PEDIGBEB, "Young Skeleton" is a chestnut horse, branded C H near shoulder, was bred by Mr. 'Charles Heame and was foaled in 1843, was got by the imported horse Skeleton, out of-a mare •by the imported horse Steeltrap, her sire tbe -imported horse Egremont. Master Robert the sire of Skeleton was got <hy Buffk ont of Small Hopes by Scaramouch, her dam by Blank Traveller. Ruffa by Pantaloon out of a Herod mare. Pantaloon by Match'em out of Curiosity by Snap, Regulus, Brutus, Childere, {vide Stud Book, p. 409 vol. 4.; Egremont by Whalebone ont of Talestres, (bred by Mr. Glossip 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, &&1. 4J (Signed) William Rcssem,, Keeper of the Stud Book. Terms £5 and ss. Groom. N.. B. Splendid Paddocks for receiving Mares. JAMES RULE, Caverkbam House. 33 September, 1858. TO COVER THIS SEASON, AND TO BE AT THE "WHITE HABT," The Magnificent pure bred Draught Horse "WESTMINSTER." PEDIGREE -.—This celebrated Horse, imported by J, W. Moorhouse, Esq., of the Royal Yeterinavy College, was got by ConQTJERoe, 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, dark iron grey, stands 17 bands bigb, on short legs, and is allowed by competent judges to be tlie finest draught Horse ever imported -into the Southern Hemisphere. Teems.:—Mares 5 guineas each, and ss. to the Groom. The Groom's fee to be paid at the time of .covering. ■ Wellington, Aug. 8, 1858.