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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 9, 9 December 1884, Page 1

To Stand this Season the Thoroughbred Entire Horse Diomedes. FOR Pedigree see New Zealand Stud Book. Diomedes is a rich liay with black points, stands 16 hands 3 inches high. He was awarded first pi ize at the Wanganui Agricultural and Pastoral Show, as being the horse best calculated to improve the breed of upstanding saddle horses ; and subsequently won the Wanganwi and Turakina hurdle races, m large fields and good company, besides having run second for several hurdle l-aces and steeplechases under heavy weights. He is from the same dam as Malvina, winner of the Dunedin Cup, and many other important races. Dio7njdes will travel to Palmerston, standing £fc the Royal Hotel Stables on Friday evening and Saturday until noon. Terms : Single mare, £4 ; two or more tho property of one owner, j-3 108 each. For further particulars apply to Mr Fenton. E. G. WILSON, Groom m charge. Or Dukcan Campion, at Mr D. Fbaser's, where paddocking will be provided at 1/6 per week. Every care taken, but no responsibility. THE THOROUGHBRED STALLION Morpheus Will Travel the Palmerston, Feilding, Hal£Oiftbe^__and_Sandon Districts this Season. : MORPHEUS is a golden chesnut, standing 16 hands 3 inchas thoroughly sound m all respects. He is 7 years old, and by that fast and well-known horse Castaway, dam Soinnainbula t-y Towton, imported, dam Opera, by II Barbiere, dam Ciissandra by Priam ; Towton, imported, by Melbourne ; Castaway by Tradncer, imported, 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 van second for the Christclmrch Derby and Great Autumn Handicap. He is fall brother to Lurline and Le Loup. The performances of these animals m New Zealand and Australia need no conn menu. Le Loup won the Canterbury J. C. Handicap and Cup m 1880. Opera, grand dam of MorpJieus, won the Canterbury Derby m 1864. Tarabourini was also from Opera, by Towton, and won amongst other races, the Canterbury J. C. Handicap and Canterbury and Wellington Cups, besides performing successfully over hurdles. Salvage, by Castaway, ran second foe the Wellington Cup m 1882, giving the winner a year and a pound. Won the Great Autumn Handicap at Christchtirch, and ran second to Adamant for the Dunedin Cup giving the wiuner two years and twenty -four pounds. Wou the Auckland Cup and Free Handicap. Towton, imported, is the grand sire of MorpJieus, and the sire of such noted performers as Golden Cloud, Master Rowe, Misfortune. Tambourini, Lara, Puriri, Koran, Atalanta, Ayucena, Cocksure, Maiora, Lillipee, Stirabout, Songster, Lacenfeed, Ramarama, and Twitter. MorpJieus is nearly full brother m blood to Darebin, admitted to be as brilliant a horse as ever trod the Australian turf. Darebin, by The Peer, imported, full brother to Towton, imported, dam Lurline, full sister to Castaway. Terms, £5 ; groomage fee, ss. W. J. CLOUTEfc & Co., Proprietors, Palmerston North. To Stand this Season m the Manawatu and Woodville Districts. THE PURE-BRED CLYDESDALE HORSE Watdmian. WATCHMAN, foaled Ist November, 1878, and is now rising 4 years old ; sire Fowler's Wallace, dam Maggie ; is a. rich brown, is 16J hands hi£?h, lias a clean, flinty bone and nice hair, and is very active. His sire, the pure imported Clydesdale horse, Fowler's Wallace, bred by Mr Donald McKinley, Wouldham Hall, near Gloucester, out of a pure Clydesdale mare, bred »»y Mr J. N. Fleming, Campbelton, Scotland] her sire, the celebrated horse Lofty Wallace, gained i several first prizes before leaving the Old country. Maggie was bred by Mr Sutherland, Taieri, Otago, out of a Napoleon mare, by Sir WilH«m Wallace (imported). Sir William Wallace, bred by William Anderson, Esq., Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, out of Brisk, by Garibaldi. As a yearling took lirst prize at May bole, Kirkmieliae), and Glasgow, and second at Ayr. As a two-year-old, second at Ayr and Glasgow, and also second at the Highland Society's Show held that year at Edinburgh j and when only three days lauded m Otago took second piize against horses of all ages at the Taieri, although only 2£ years old. \ Terms : Single mare, £3 ; guaranteed, £4 10s; 2 or more mares per agreement. Groomage fees, ss. For further particulars apply to groom m charge J, HEALY. Or Colin McKenzie, Owner Ashum.