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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 17 November 1891, Page 1

I 'HO TFAVEL THIS SEASON { IN THE Ota' i a i < fl Foxton Districts, the Coachinp. Trotting, Hnnting, and Hteeplechasing Sire TiilVl O'SHANTER. Holder of the Governor's special i medal awarded at. th« Canterbury ! A. nnd P f Phow, Nov., 1800, for the bft^t sire calculated to improve the cbarac^r of carriage horses— hunters and horses for. Indian requirements. Ta'l O'SmxTEH, by Messenger (in p.)- l'nnsliee, l»y Sii Cliarles; s fl, impotpd from Tasmania by Mr Michael Suidholme, who bred Banfllipe. Tarn O'Shanter ; s a grey horse, ten years old. standing 16 hands 2 inches, possessinjr great bone and . strength Ie gained first prize at [ Ashburton, 1884, first in 1885 and 1880, pooonrl in Ohrist.cbnrch in 18Sb', first, in Tbristrhurch 1887 and 1888, and livst. in Kirwee in 1888. He took fir?' priz" at the EHesmere ] *. and P. s*how. 1889, in Clnss. and s|iecial pme for the best Carriage H orse on the ground ; first at Barpiorn, 1889 ; pfcond at the C. | A. and P. A» noiation Blmw, 1889, and I' >irl Onslow's (Governor of New Z* aland) pil»er medal l'oi the bfst '. j Carriage Horse on the gronid, the prize bwi g awarded to the horse best adapted lor improving tbe breed <f oarriage horses, and free from all hereditary unsonndness. J Tarn O'Shantkr lias proved him- 1 self a very sure foal getter. Messenger, sire of Tarn O'Shantee, was a bay horse, standing 16 hands 2 inches high, possessing great power, and full of stout and fast blood. Archer, half brother of his sire Bottler, was the winner of tbe Melbourne Cup in twosucceesive years, carrying tbe top weights of 98t 71b and lbst ]2!b, and was ono of the grintot 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 » umerous other grfat races ; while I Tarragon, out of Messenger's dam, i was the winner of the Victori' n ( hampion Eace in 1866, after a dead heat with Volunteer — the first heat run in simii. 47sec, and tbe second in 6min. 48sce.. carrying 9st 181 b. Bottler whs also a creditable performer on the colonial turf. Terms for the season — £8 10 per I single mare ; two or more, £3 Bs, j payable tie first v^ek in Janunry, I 1802. Groomage Fee, ss, pa)able at first service. All Mares fold. Pyine, or changing bands in any way, to be paid for. For fiii'ther particular, apply to ; the Gionm in cliHrye. ' H. HENSON, Proprietor. ! BOATS FOE HIRE. < CS. G. BOUB.KE begs to inti- , mate to the Public of Foxton that he has takeD over the Boats lately belonging to J. Hillary, and : hopes by strict attention and civility i to gain the same patronage as his ! prodeceßso» | £1 ire of IU ats, 3 s per honr, oi' 6s per Hay