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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1217, 11 March 1880, Page 4

STALLIONS THE THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE Iff HORSE Bedo n i n Will travel this.season between MAEREWHENUA AND HAMPDEN. BEDOUIN is a dark brown horse, with , plack points ; free from all blemish, and < has great muscular power. „ When- a 3-year old, Bedouin beat • a good . field of 7 horses, including Waterwitch, I Queen Bee, Kettledrum, and Lady of the j Lake—distance, 1J milo. He also won the { Clutha Perry Handicap, beating Lady Ellen : four others—distance, 24 miles. He ran J second to Backbiter for the Lawrence Town < Plate, in 1871; and won the Publicans' < Purse at Waiwera—distance, 2 miles. His { latest performance was winning the Cromwell Spring Handicap (distance, 1J mile), easily, and he has also been victorious in many other events. ■ BEDOUIN is brother to the well-known colt Salads the winner of many big events at all, distances, from 1 mile to 3, in good oonapany. BEDOUIN is by the well-known horse The Colonel, a dark chestnut, 16 hands high, free from white; remarkably handsome, long arid powerful. The Colonel, by Cossack, out of Edith, by Emigrant. Cossack, by Sir Hercules, out of Flora M'lvor, by Cap-a-pie ; grand-dam Cornelia, by Grasshopper, out of Hebe, by fleotor, both imported. Sir Hercules was sire of Coronation, J?augh-a-ballagh, Irish Birdcatcher, Warlock, Daniel o»Eourke, Knight of St. George and Songstress—all Derby and St. Lege? winners in England. His grandson was sire of Stockwell, and grandsire of Blair Athol, Colleen, St. Albans, The Marquis, and Whalebone— embracing the .representative of the purest ai&d most sue* cessful racing strain of the present day. Bedouin's dam, is a dark brown, with black points, imported direct from Arabia, l>y Mr, A. Pilaus, having been from the purest of the racing stock in the country, Gunsara is reirarkably handsome and powerful, 16 harifJi Vlgh, up to almost any weight, and has won many events of 3 and 4 mile distances, TERMS, £3 3s. Payable first of January, ISSOj Groom's Fee, ss, payable at first service. Paddocks provided 2s per week ; every care but no responsibility. T. C. & G. M. EVANS, . 939 Cloon Eavin. The Celebrated Norfolk Trotting Stallion G O L D F I N DER, Will travel tlia Districts of Papakaio, Maerewhenua, Ngapara, Otepopo, aftd Hampden, this season. GOLDFINDER is a steel grey, with black points, stands 15 hands 3 inches high,'is very powerfully made, and has nice symmetry of form, with splendid action. Goldfinder was bred by William Webb, Esq., of Kiccarton, near Oliristchurch; is by the imported horse Quicksilver, out of Lady Margaret, by Wellington (imported).; granddam Fanny, by Sir Herculfas— Sir Hercules being the progenitor o| the New Zealand Turf, and long proclaimed and proved to be the best blood aire in the Australian Colonies. Quicksilver was imported from England by J. W. Ladbrook, Esq., to Canterbury in 1864. He was bred by John Coker, Esq., Lynn, Norfolk, by PrickwilJow. His dam, a Phenomenon mare, the property of John Bond, Esq., Old was the champion of all roadsters. GOLDFINDER has taken several first prizegas the best Hackney Stallion at some of the principal shows as a weight-carrier and roadster; his equal is not in the Province. He is one of the best stock getters that ever travelled. His staqji, like himself, show unmistakable Bigns of being excellent trotters. From his well-known character, as well as the value of his stock, further comment is unuecessary.} Good paddocks provided for marcs from a distance. One month's grass free for mares during the season ; after tlftat, 2s 6d per week will be charged. TERMSt £3 10s. Payable on pjr b-ufore the end of January, 1860. Gloom's Fee, ss, payable at first service. All care taken, but; no responsi bility. Further particulars can be ob tained on application to JOHN HENDERSON, a. ORR, or to A. PATTERSON, 95S . Oamaru. TO TRAVEL IN THE OAMARU DISTRICT— . The Pujre Clydesdali; Enure NAPQL S O N . NAPQLEON was foaled the first day of November, 1875, and is out of the celebrated Brood Mare Jess, imported from Tasmania, and selected by the late John Nimmo, Esq., West Taieri. Jess is the grand dam of the famous sire Sir William Wallace. NAPOLEON'S sire is that grand old horse Emperor, the property of Mrs. Nimmo, Taieri, that has got more prise-takers than any other horse in Now Zealand. Emperor out of a nfiare imported from Scotland by | Napoleon imported. Teems : L 4 4s. Groom's Fee, ss. Payable at first service. Good paddocks provided free for six weeks, after which 2s 6d per week will be charged. All accounts payable to the groom on or before the Ist Febru,syy, when the season ends. 946 JAM-PS M'KEOWN, Owner. TO STAND THIS SEASON AT ELRERSLIE, Th,e Pure-bred Clydesdale Stallion HEATHER J 0 C K. HEATHER JOCK is a bright dappled bay ; stands ISJ hands high ; has immense bone, with plenty of hair; great muscular power,: an excellent temper, and superior action. He has proved himself one of the best and surest foal-getters in the Colonies. HEATHER JOCK has won 48 First Prizes ; which is more than any other sire in the Australian Colonies has done—barring his'sire Blackleg. Heather Jock's stock in Victoria have taken First Prizes at the Grand National Shows in Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, and Kyn eton, and at Agricultural Societies' Shows too numerous t<& mention. In New Zealand his stock have been equally successful. Mr. Menlove's HEATHER BELL, the Champion Mare of and New Zealand, is one of his daughters. Pedigeee : HEATHER JOCK was bred in Victoria by Thos. Watson, Esq. His sire was. the celebrated imported horse Blackleg (71 Scottish Clydesdale Stud Book), who won the Highland and Agricultural Society's Gold Medal in 1859, and the Champion Prize at the Grand National Society's Show in Victoria. Blackleg won altogether 54 First and 2 Second Prizes. Princess Maude, the best mare that ever left Scotlaud, was half-sister to Blackleg. Heather Jock's dam was Lily Cromwell, the winner of 13' First Prizes at Melbourne, Kynetou, Melton, Bacchus Marsh, Castlemaine, Gisborne, and Carisbrook. She was got by Old Cromwell (imp.) His grand-dam was R. M'Dougall's mare Old. Lily, by Grey Champion (imp.) Jock's great-grand-dam was a celebrated Clydesdale mare imported from Scotland. , Terms—£s, payable on or before Ist Jan., 1880. Groom's Fee, 5a., payable at first service. Guarantees as per agreement. Good paddocks provided for mares for one month, after which 2s 6d per week will be charged. For further particulars apply to J. F, REID. Elderslie, Ist Ooti 187% 956