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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 14 November 1891, Page 1

I j >P;) TKATEL THIS SEASON J IN THE I Otaki and Foxton Districts, the Coaching, Trotting, Hunting, and Steeplechasing Sire | TiLIVI O'SHANTER. Holder of the Governor's special medal awarded at th« Canterbury I A. and P. Show, Nov., 1890, for t*)e | hest sire calculated to improve the character of enrviajre horses— hunters j ami horses for Indinn requirements. i . i *■ Tavc . O'Ripxteh. by Mes-spngpr (iipp.) -1 mis' cc, iiy Sir Ghnrles ; «» impo'twl from Tasmania hyMr Michael S'.ndholmo, who bred Ban- «!>' c. I Tarn O'Shanteti : « a grey horse, tenyears old, standing 10 hands 2 I inches, possessing great bone and strength Pc gained first prize at Ashburton, 1884, first in 1885 and 1880, second in Christchnrch in 188G, first in Dirietrhnrch 1887 and 1888, and first in Kirwet in 1888. He took first pviz" at the Ellesmere A. and P. Show. 1889, in Daninge Class, and special prize for the best Carriage Horpe on the ground ; first at Bai giorn, 1889 ; ncond at the C. A. an 9P. As ociation Show, 1889, aud Karl Ohklow's (Governor of New Zealand) silver inedtil for the best Carriage Horse on the grrui d, Ihe prize being awarded to the horse best adapted for improving the breed of carriage horses, and free from all hereditary unsonndness. Tarn O'Shantek has proved himself a very sure foal getter. Messenger, sire of Tarn O'Shanter, was a bay' horse, standing 16 hands 2 itches high, possessing gieat powor, and full of stout and fast blood. Archer, half brother of his sire Bottler, was the winner of the Melbourne Cup in two successive years, carrying the top weights of i 9st 71b and lOst 121 b, and was ono of the greatest two-mile horses ever ' bred in Austra'ia. Cinderella, dam of. Bottler, was als-o the dam of Tim Whiffler, winner of both Metropolitan and Melbourne Cup in 1867, and ! numerous other great races ; whiie , Tarvapron, out of Nfessenger's dam, ■ was the winner of the Vie tori m r.hampion ftoce in 186H , after a dead heat with Volunteer — the first heat run in omin. 47sec, and the second in smiu. 48spe., carryinsr 9st 181 b. ; Bottler was also a creditable per- ! former on the colonial turf. Terms for the season — £8 10 per single more ; two or more, £3 Bs, i paynl'le the first vf-ek in Janunr}*, ' 1892. Grooinn»e Fee, sa, pa} able at first service. ', All Ma its ?ol<! I\vin», or chang- - ing Lands in any way, to be paid for. For fi-rfher pnriioulrtip, apply to > the Giooiii ir. (*linr.:e. . : H. HENSON, . Proprietor. t BOATS 10R HIRE. I 1 CS. G. BOURKE begs to inti- , aaato to the Public of Foxton that he has taken over the Boats ' lately belonging to J. Hillary, and .: hopes by strict attention and civility . to gain the sarue patronage as his * ; predeceseoi | ' Hire of P« nts, Is per hour, or 6f pev Hny' ;- .-...;•