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Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 640, 15 January 1859, Page 8

■^.towton: 1 ; .■.•■, .-THE .•■'■' ■• JELEBR&TED -HORSE,- f«TOWTON.," IMI'ORTEI) BY MR. THOMAS 'NEWTON, f sate the .property of Capt. tho Hon. S. Hawko. "'TOWTON," \ good T>ay, "black legs, 8 years old, wOL stands 15 hands 2^ inches high, ; wits got by Melbourne, out of Cinizella, by Touch- \ stone; grandam Brocade, by 'Bom- \ b'AZIUQ. MELBOURNE, The sire of Towton, was got by Humphrey Clinker, (sire of Roekingham, winner of the St. Leger, f1853) dam by Cervantes; is alsosire of the fol- ' lowing'"-horses, ■Sir, Tatton Sykes, winner of-the/ °2,000 Guineas Stakes .At Newmarket, and Doncister St. Leger, 1846; Cymber, winner of the, Oaks, 1847; Canezou, winner-of the 1,000 Guineas, and Ebor St. Leger, 1.848; West Australian,, winner of the 2,000 Guineas, the Derby and St., Leger, 1853 • and Marchioness (own sister to Tow.ton), winnerof the Oaks, 1855. TOUCHSTONE, (Winner, of the St. Leger, ?1834), 'the sire of Cinizolla (Towton's dam),, is own brother to v Launcelot, winner of the St. "Leger, 1840,^ and siro of the following'horses, Cotherstone, winner of the 2,000 Guineas, and Derby, 1843; Orlando, winner of the Derby in 1844, and sireofTeddington, 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; Nurinykirk, winnerof the 2,000 Guineas, 1849,; and Newminster (own brother to (Nunny kirk, winner .of thaSt. ; Leger, 1851. .PANTALOON Is sire of Ghuznee, winner of the Oaks, 1841*; Satirist, winner of the St. Leger thesame 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 land, and, from his superior strain of blood, combining that of Columbus, Paynator, • Camel, Selim, Sir Peter, Highflyer, "&c, cannot' fail to give perfect satisfaction to'breeders of firstclass horses, for power, speed, and lasting qualities, equal to any on-the British Turf. "TOWTON" WILL STAND THIS SEASON AT MR. RULES' STABLES, -CA'VERSHAM HOUSE, CHRISTCHURCH, COMMENCING IST NOVEMBER. J3PERMS, 15 GUINEAS, PAYABLE ON THE Ist JANUARY, 1859. GBOOMAGE, 10s. TO STAND THIS SEASON, AT THE STABLES OF THE UNDERSIGNED, nPHE Celebrated Thoroiigh-IBred 'horse JL SKELETON. PEDIGREE. "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 gteeltrap, her sire the imported horse Egre;jnont. Master Robert the sire of Skeleton was got by tßuffaout of Small Hopes by Scaramouch, her dam % Blank. Traveller. -Buffa by Pantaloon out of a Herod mare. Pantaloon^ Match'em out of Curiosity by Snap, Regulus, Brutus, Guilders, {vide Stud Booh, p. 409 vol. 4>.) . •Egreinont by Whalebone out of Talestres, (bred by Mr. Glossip in 1809), .by Alexander, her dam Rival by Sir Peter out of Hornet by Drone. Manillaby Goldfinder, Mr. Goodriche's Old England mare, (vide .Stud Book, p. 810,v01."4,.J (Signed) William R-cssell, Keeper of the Stud Book. Terms £5 and "ss. Groom. jN". B. Splendid Paddocks for receiving Mares JAMES RULE, CavenJham House. 13 September -858. TO STAND THIS SEASON. The Magnificent pure bred Draught Horse "WESTMINSTER," Is now standing at the White Hart Hotel, Christchurch. PEDIGREE:— This celebrated Horse, imported by J. W. Moorhouse, Esq., <ef the Royal Veterinary' College, was got by Conqueror, a pure bred Clydesdale, and out of Diana, the best bred Suffolk mare in England; •granSaam 'by Euphrates, great granddam Old Smolensko, who realized-by privatecontract the sum of £2,350. , WESTMINSTER is a four-year-old, dark iron : grey, stands 17 hands high, on short legs, and is flowed by competent judges tobe the finest draught Horse ever imported into the Southern Hemisphere. . . '* ■ Terms—Mares -5 guineas>,ach,payable on the Ist January, 1859. The Groom's fee 55., to be paid at the time of covering. TO STAND THIS SEASON, AT OLD KAIAPOI FARM, THE well-known Clydesdale Horse, "FARMER'S FAVOURITE." Terms £4. ss. Groom. Mares taken in hi enclosed paddocks, at 2s. 6d, per week. Old Kaiapci, Sept. SO, 1858. npHE ENTIRE ARAB HORSE -t- "WANDERER," Will stand at the Royal Hotel Livery Stables, every SATURDAY, commencing on the 2nd of October, and at the Stables, at Cashmere, every divy throughout the season. Charge, £5, and ss. the Groom. N.B. Mares sent to the Horse taken in to Grasp, at the rate of ss. per week. All accounts to be settled on or before the Ist of February, 1859. For further particulars, apply to Mr. W. IRVINE, ■ Cashmere. CANTERBURY . JOCKEY CLUB] "QUEEN'S PLATE OF ONE HUNDRED SOVEREIGNS. RACE MEETING, 1859. mO BE RUN FOR, on WEDNESDAY JL 18fch MARCH, 1859, the QUEEN'S PLATE, of One Hundred.Sovereigns,, added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovereigns each,,'. for1 all horses; weight for age, C. 5. C. Plate weights. Second horse to save his stakes; and the winner to pfiy £5 to the Race Fund. ' Distance,—three milks.