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Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 139, 22 November 1884, Page 4

To Stand this Season at the Pines Stables, Foxton. THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE Somnus BY the Premier Stallion Tradiicer, out of the thoroughbred imported mare Hammock, this highclass mate heiog the property of the Middle Park Stud Company. As-only a limited number of niares will be received, early application will be necessary. ' For full particulars as to pedigree, performances, terras, &c. t see cards with photo thereon, which can be seen at the principal business places throughout the district, and can also be obtained on application to . the undersigned, ! BAKER & Co., Proprietors, Foxton. THE THOROUGHBRED STALLION Morpheus Will Travel the Palmerston, Feilding, .;. Halcombe, and Sandon Districts this Season. MORPHEUTS is a golden chesnur, standing. 16 hands 3 inches thoroughly sound m all respects. He ia^years..ol<j, and by that fast and . well-known horse Castaway, dam Somnambula, by Towton, imported, dam .Opera',, by II 'Barbiere, dam Cassandra by Priam ; Towton, imported, by ; Melbourne Castaway.' by Traduceiy impoi'ted, dam Mermaid, imported. Morpheus comes from a great racing family, claiming some aristocratic and high-class performers as his relatives. His sire won the Wellington Cup and ian> second for the. Ohriatplmrch ' Derby and Great Autumn Handicap. He is full brother toLurlihe and L'e Loup. The performances of these animals m New Zealand and Australia need no comment. Le Lbup won the Canterbury J.C. Handicap and Cup m 1880. Opera, grand dam , of Morpheus, won the Canterbury De r by m 1864. Tambourini was also from Opera, ,by Towton, and won amongst other races, the Canterbury J. C. Handicap aud Canterbury and Wellington Cups, besides performing . successfully over ; hurdles. Salvage, by Castaway, ran sectmd for. the Wellington Cup m 1882, giving the winner a year and a pound. Won the Great Autumn Haudicap at Christchuixjh, and ran second to Adama-nt for the Dunedin Cup giving the winner two years and twenty four pounds. Won the Auckland Gup and Free Handicap. Tow- *?"»■ imported, is the grand sire of Morpheus, and the sire of such noted performers as Golden Cloud, Master Rowe, Misfortune. Tambpurini, Lara, Puriri, Korari, Atalarita, Ayucena, Cocksure, Maiora, Lillipee, Stirabout, bongster, Lacenfeed, Eanmrama, and Twitter. Mdirphms is nearly fall biotHer m blood to Darebin, admitted to be as brilliant a horse as ever trod the Australian turf. I)arebm, by The Peer, imported, full brother to Towton, imported, dam Lurline, full sister to Castaway. Terms, £5; groomage fee, 58. W. J. CLOXJTER & Co., . : Proprietor?, Palmerston Kortk. -Ceritral Seed Sfcoxte, MANNERS-STREET, WELLINGTON. Nuraery Qrounds •— Taranaki-street and Lower Hutt. Established 1865. F. COOPER, Wholesale and Retail SEEDSMAN & PIiOEIST. Flower, Garden, !Farm, Agrioultnral and Pastoral Seeds ; Conifera sai. other Tree Seeds j Clover and Natural Grass Seeds. The Choicest Seeds Only Kept. On Sale—Every Description 'of Horticultural Requisites and Requirements. Wellington made Slower Pots at Pottery Prices. All Country Orders Attended to with Dispatoh, ... : . , ~" •' ■ ■■- ■■"■.■ -^ GRATEFUL — COMFORTING. Bpp ? s Cocoa. . BREAKFAST. :. " By a thorough knowledge of the natural la^s which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast 1 tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many hei^y doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until steong enough to resist every tendeucy to disease. Hundredf of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attaok wherever there ia a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame." —-See article m the CipU Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water ox milk. , Sold m £lb packets, by Grocers, labelled thus:— JAMES EPPS AND CO* HOMCEOPATHIO CHEMISTS, LONDON, ENGLAND.