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Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 407, 7 November 1884, Page 4

The Stud. mHE Thoroughbred Entire Horse ! i TOPTHORN j Wili travel this season, in Waikaka,. Gore Switeers, and Burrounding districts. For pedigree, see cards. Terms, A3 10s ; groom's fee, 6s. Guarantee as per agreement. All mares sold or exchanged to be held as in foal. j FELIX O'NKIL, I Fropriet»r. mHE 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 .Colm Campbell, dam, Blossom, by Thane of Clyde (imported) ; grandam, Darling ; great-grandam, Old Dar; ling (imported). Lord Lyon, as a yearling, took First Price at the Mataura P. k 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. & A. Society's Annual Shaw, and Second Prize as a threeyear old at the Southland A. & P, Society's Annual Show. Terms, £5, payable at expiration of season, Ist February, 1885 ; half guarantee, £3 10a ; groom's fee, 53, payable at first service. All mares sold or exchanged, owners at time ef service held responsible. ROBERT RICHARDSON, Proprietor. TO TRAVEL ITHIS SEASON, IN THE WYNDHAM and MATAURA DISTRICTS, the pure-bred Clydesdale stallion ROB ROY. I i Rob Roy is a two-year eld Celt, foaled 22nd October, 1881 ; sire, Prince Victor imported; dam, Heather Bell (248 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 and Thomson, Victoria ; her sire was Heather Jock, by the renowned prize-taker, Blackleg. Terms — && ; groomage, 5s ; payable at service. D. CRAWFORD, f 196 Proprietor. mO 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 the imported stallion Young Prince of Wales. Dam, Blossom, by Mr Crawford's Lord Clyde (imported), a successful prize«taker in Scotland and Victoria, Terms — Bs, payable Ist February, 1885, Groomage, 63, payable at flnst service, Any marea sold after service, owners held responsible. SMITH BROTHERS, fIDS Proprietors. mHE pure-bred Clydeaadlc Entire YOUNG PRINQE 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 o£ New Zealand is a bright bay } sire, Prince Charlio (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 1812 and 1873 j also first at tbe Bluejskin 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 a3 a one-year old in Melbourne in 1854 ; second as a two-year-old in 1855 ; and an honorary certificate as a three-year eld in 1856. By the above it wiU be sicea that Toung Prince Ch,arUs h,a.& descended from the purest sftafc 0$ Clydesdale blood ever imported into the colony. Terms : £3, half.guarantee. Groom's- fee, Jss. All mares sold or exohaiaged after service will be held %s in foal. ROBERT GEMMELL, f?3Z Proprietor