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Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 420, 23 December 1884, Page 4

The Stud. | 1 r|!HE Thoroughbred Entirp Hors« TOPTHORN Will travel this seawon, in Waikoka, Gore Switzers, and surrounding districts. For pedigree, see cards. Terms, £3 10s ; groom's fee, fis. Guarantee as per agreement. All mares sold or exchanged to be held as in foal. FELIX O'NJi'IL, j Proprietor. riIHE purebred Clydesdale entire hofrse LORD LYON Will travel this season, in the Gore, Waimea, Cbatton, Conical Hillp, Wai pain, and Ofaria district.", remaining in Gore fr«.-m Saturday till Monday. Lord Lyon is a Dappled Brown Home rising eix years old, 17 hands high. vSirc, 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. Sc 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 »3 a threeyear old at the Southland A. & P. Society's ..Annual Show. Terms, £3, payable at expiration ©f season, Ist February, 1885 ; half guarantee, £3 10s ; groom's fee, sb, payable at first service. All mares sold or exchanged, owners at time of service held responsible. KOBERT RiCHAKDSON, Proprietor. TO TEAVEfc ;THIS SEASON, IN THE WYNDHAM and MATAURA DISTRICTS, the pure-bred Clydesdale stallion ROB ROY. S "Bob Roy is a two-year old 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 1 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— £1 ; groomage, 5s j payable at service. D. CRAWFORD, "'fl96 Proprietor. rt\O STAND THIS SEASON, 4- at Edendale, Wyndham, Toi Tois, Fortrose, and Otara, the pure-bred Clydesdale stallion, GENERAL GRA.NT. General Grant is a beautiful dapple bay, stands 16 hands 3 inches high, with pleaty 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 —£3 3s, payable Ist February, 1885. Groomage, ss, payable at first service. Any mares sold after service, owners held responsible. SMITH BROTHERS, fl9B Proprietors, rpHE 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 Nimnao, of the Taieri —by Prince; dam Gentle. Prince, the champion sire of New Zealand is a bright bay ; sire, Prince Charlie (imported) j 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 the 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 priaa as a one-year old in Melbourne in 1854 ; second as a two-year-old in 1855 ; and an honorary certificate aa a three-year old in, 1856, i By the above it will be seen that Young Prince Charlie has descended from the purest strain of Clydesdale blood ever imported inte the colony. Terms : £3, half-guarantee. Groom's fee, ss. All mares sold or exchanged after service will be held as in foal. ROBERT GEMMELL, f237 Proprietor,