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Manawatu Herald, 27 September 1892, Page 1

The Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, T E ARO_H;O'U.B, irZ, WE ARE NOW OPENING OUT OUR J ' NEW SPRING FAS HI;O#S Which have arrived by the Steamers Doric, Kuahine, Arawa, and- which comprise all the LATEST NOVELTIES ■ IN SPEING DEESS FABEICS from English and Continental Manufacturers SPEING MILLINERY from the best French Modistes SPETNG MANTLES, Jackets. .Tersßys, Dust Cloaks* SPEING IVATIEAU JACKETS, Lace Capes, Silk Capes, Dolmans SPUING BLOUSES, Dressing Gowns,- &e 4 ,& c. BPBI.NG lUI3BONH, Gloves, Laces, Sunshadeß, (fro., &c. and Spring Novelties in every department. Most of these are now ready for inspection at the Family Drapery Warehouse, TE ARO HOUSE, Wellington.

TO TRAVEL THIS SEASON IN THE OTAKI & FOXTON DISTRICT. The Powerful Thoroughbred Carriage tStalliou TAM O'SHAKTER. TAM O'SHANTER, by Messenger (iaip.) — H.'mphee, hy Sir Charles; gd. iuipvi"(l irom Tas rcnnin. ! »y M chat i .Suuiho \\i>i who bred Jsan»l<eo TAM O'SUANr; R is a grey hois , ten y«ars eld. standing 1(3 hands 2 inches., posse-sing yreat bone and strength, Ht> gained first pviae nt Ashburlon, 1884, first in 1885 and 188G, seoond in Clirifetohnveh in 1886, first in i hristohuroh 1887 and 1888, anil first in Kirwee in 1888. lie took first prize at the Ellesmere A. and P. Show, 1889, in Carriage (lass, and special prize for the best Carriage hi;rse on the ground ; fi st at Ranginra, 1889 ; second at the C. A. and P Apsociatioa Show, 1889, and Earl Onslow's (Governor of New Zetland) silver medal for the best Carriage Horse on tbe ground, the prize being awarded to the horse best adapted for improving the breed of carriage horses, and free from all hereditary unsoundness. TAM O'SHANTER has proved himsi-'lf a very sure foal getter. MESSENGER, sire of TAM O'SHANTER, 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 the Melbourne Cup in two successive years, carrying the top weights of 9st 71b and lOst 121 b, and was one of the greatest two-mile horses ever bred in Australia. Cinderella, dam of Bottler, was also the dam of Tim Whifftev, winner of both Metropolitan and Melbourne Cup in 1867, and numerous other great races ; while Tarragon, out of Messenger's dam, was the winner of the Victorian Champion Race in 1866, after a dead heat with Volunteer -the first heat run in smin 47see, and the second in omin 48sec, carrying 9st 131 b. Bottler was a'so a creditbale performer on the colonial turf. Terms, for the Season. - £8 8a per single mare ; two or more, £3, payable by promissory note from firßt service. Groomage Fee Bs. Ail Mares Sold, Dying, or changing hands in any way, to be paid for. Otalci Mondays, Manakau Tuksi days, Foxton Wednesdays, Oroua ! Downs Thubsdays, shannon Fei- ' days. Levin and home Saturdays. For further particulars apply to Groom in charge, or to H. HE3SSON, Proprietor, Mana'jau.