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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 39, 11 January 1883, Page 1

Horses. The Thoroughbred Stallion MORPHEO» will trayej the Palmer!>i *• ston, Feildihg, aid Sahsbn Dis- * ' tricts this station;*Jf ORPHEUS is a golden chestnut, JjJX standing 16 hands 3 inches; thoroughly sound iv all , respects. He is i> year* old; and by that fast and wellknown horse Castaway, dam Somnambula by Towtohj dam Opera by II Barbade; dam Cassandra by Priam ; Towton 1 by Melbourne ; ; Castaway by Tra« $&tei? dam-Mermaid. Morpheus comes irom a great racing family, claiming some aristocratic and high*class per* formers as his relatives. His sire won the Wellington Cup : arid ran second for the Canterbury Derby and Great; 3£uttimn Handicap. - He is full brothel $6 Lurlirie and jLeiLoup. 'The perform-, ances of these' animals m Kew Zealand and Australia need no comment. Le lioup^n: the Canterbury J, o.' Handi<Jap* andS Cup m 1880. Opera, ' g'rarid dam of Morpheus, s won the Canterbury Derby- in \LB64. Tamboiirini was also from Opera, by Towton, and won, amongst other races, the Canterbury J. C. Handicap and Canterbury and Wellington Cups; besides performing sue* cessMy over ■ hurdles. Salvage by Castaway ran second for the Wellington Cup last year,< giving the winner a year .and a pound. Won the Great Autumn ' Handicap at Christchurch, and is nominated for the Melbourne Cup. - "Terms, £5, and 5s groom age fee. For furiner particulars apply to FRANK PALMER. ij?o' Travel, thi Season, m the Rangir '*' tikei and Manawatu Districts, the Thoroughbrecl Entire r Horse ikOMEDES. DIOMEDBB by Tbtara, dam Plover, by Sir Hercules— Por particulars Bee tfew Zealand Stud Book. Plover is the dam of Malvina and other winners. 'Diomedes sfends sixteen and ahalf hands, is a rich bay with black points, and well suited to improve the breei -of torses such as are required for useful purposes. * ■'' ' / Tbbms— Single Mare, £4. .!• Two oi more, the bona tide : ■■■••'»■ ■. ■ property of one owner; '"'. Apply to the owner Hi <M J : STEVENS; Or the Groom m Charge. To Travel this Season m the PalmerBton and Manawatu Districts, The Purebred Clydesdale Entire Horse SPRINGE OF THE VALLEY. T)RINCE OF THE VALLEY, by X Royal Conqueror out of Gipsy* by Clyde. Champion (imported), out of J. Andrews', well-known mare Polly, by. farmer ■ (imported),, and grand dam Jiinported)^ cl Royal Conquerori a pure CSydesdale,ty)6k' first prize at Batter* gea, as a»twb-yearrold, at the United Exhibition, of the Royal Agiicultural Society of England and the Royal Highland Society^ and was therefore entitled to be regarded as the best colt m England and Scotland m his year; He was selected and imported for Mr BL Redwood by the Hon. W. Robinson. Gipsy has taken two first "prizes at the Richmond Agricultural Show. : Prince of the Valley took first prize at the Richmond Agricultural Show for fliree-year-olds m 1875, first prize for provincial bred m 1876, first prize ior provincial bred in,A8.77, and also. first prize against all comers, beating the imported horses Sir Walter Scott and British General • Prince of the Valley will be at Ashtitst every 'Mondays Woodville Tues- \ day, Palmerston Wednesday, Awahuri Thursday, Jackeytpwn Friday, Palmer-, stbn Saturday. .' '/^irms.— Single Mares, £3 10s ; redHm?&n two or more mares; groomage fee] 2s 6d. Fees payable on or before lstJFebruary • . Paddocking free for three weeks. Every care taken but no responsibility. ' For further particulars apply to the (jroom m charge at the Royal Hotel, .- to advertisers; ADVERTISEMENTS for the daily •»• country edition' must be left at the officeby 1 p.m., and for the town edition not later than 3 p.m. NBv—AU advertisements appear m both town and country editions without extra charge to advertisers^ . j:. . ■ ." 'v ; THE Manawatd Standard is the only Palmerston paper that has any circulation m Fielding or the Mancifdßter Block, m which it has a daily Una fide issue of over three hundred copies.