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Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 403, 24 October 1884, Page 4

The StudnpHE Thoroughbred Entire Horse TOPTHORN Will travel this season,. in Waikaka, Gore Switzers, and surrounding districts. For pedigree, see cards. /Terms, £3 10s ; groom's fee, ss. Guarantee as per agreement. All mares sold or exI changed to be held as in foal. j FELIX O'NEIL, 1 Proprietor. nnHE pure-bred Clydesdale entire horse LORD LYON Will travel this season, in the Gore, Waimea, Chatton, Conical Hills, Waipahi, and ©taria districts, remaining in Gore from Saturday till Monday. Lord Lyon is a Dappled Brown Horse rising six years old, 17 hands high. Sire, the imported horse, Sir Colin Campbell, dam, Blossom, by Thane of Clyde (imported) ; grandam, Darling ; great -grandam, Old Dar; ling (imported). Lord Lyon, as a yearling, took First Prize at the Mataura P. & A. Society's Annual Show ; also at the Southland A. &P. Society's Annual Show. As a two-year old, he took First Prize at the Mataura P. k A. Society's Annual Show, and Second Prize as a threeyear old at the Southland A. & P. Society's Annual Show, Terms, £3, payable at expiration of season, lst February, 1885 ; half guarantee, £3 10s ; groom's fee, ss, payable at first service. All mare 3 sold or exchanged, owners at time of service held responsible. ROBERT RICHARDSON, Proprietor. TO TRAVEL ITHIS SEASON, IN THE WYNDHAM and MATAURA DISTRICTS, the pure-bred Clydesdale stallion ROB ROY. j! Rob Roy is a two-year eld Colt, foaled 22nd October, 1881 ; sire, Prince Victor imported ; dam, Heather Bell (243 N.Z. Stud Book). Heather Bell, since coming to New Zealand, has been for seven years the champion mare at the Timaru and Oamaru Shows. Her dam. Princess Maggie, the winner of 27 first and three second prizes, was ,-bred by Messrs Nelson Thomson, Victoria ; her sire was Heather Jock, by the renowned prize-taker, Blackleg. Terms— £4 ; groomage, 5s ; payable at service. D. CRAWFORD, f 196 Propiietor. TO STAND THIS SEASON, at Edendale, Wyndham, Toi Tois, Fortrose, and Otara, the pure- bred Clydesdale stallion, GENERAL GRANT. General Grant is a beautiful dapple bay, stands 16 hands 3 inches high, with plenty of bone and fine, silky hair ; was foaled in December, 1879. He^ is by imported stallion Young Prince of Wales.; Dam, Blossom, by Mr Crawford's Lord Clyde (imported), a successful prize- taker in Scotland and Victoria, Terms —£3 3s, payable lst February, 1885. Groomage, ss, payable at first service. Any mares sold after service, owners held responsible. SMITH BROTHERS, fl9B Proprietors. nnHE pure-bred Clydesadle Entire YOUNG PRINCE CHARLIE Will travel the Riversdale, Waikaia, and Waimea Plains districts. " Young Prince Charlie " is a beautiful dark bay horse, four years old — bred by Mrs Nimmo, of the Taieri —by Prince ; dam Gentle. Prince, the champion sire of New Zealand is a bright bay ; sire, Prince Charlie (imported) ; dam, Princess Maude First. Prince has gained many first prizes in Victoria, and his stock cannot be surpassed. He also took first prizes at the Waikouaiti and Shag Valley Shows of 1872 and 1873 ; also first at tbe Blueskin Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Show, 1873. Prince has an excellent temper, immense bone, superior action ; is a sure foal getter, and is acknowledged by competent judges to be the best' Clydesdalebred horse in the colony. Gentle, by Champion, out of Betty, by Performer (imported) ; dam, Bess, imported by Captain Gardiner. Betty gained first prize as a one-year old in Melbourne in 1854 ; second as a two-year-old in 1855 ; and an honorary certificate as a three-year old in 185 G. By the above it.will be seen that Young Prince Charlie has descended from the purest strain of Clydesdale blood ever imported into the colony. Terms : £3, half. guarantee. Groom's feo, ss. All mares sold or exchanged after service will be held as in f m\^ &QB.ERT GEMMELL, f2?7 Proprietor,