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Opunake Times, Volume I, Issue 24, 21 September 1894, Page 3

BAHOTCJ SALE YARDS. WEDNESDAY, 2Gth SEPTEMBER. At 12.80 O'clock. EWT 0 N K 1 N G Will sell by public auction at Lis yards on the above date, — 105 calves an 1 yearlings 85 18-mouth mixed 30 2-yrar mixed 10 springing heifers NEWTON KING, Auctioneer. mw SiK: rjlO TRAVEL FROM MANAIA TO KAPONGA, AWATUNA, AND OPUNAKE, Returning by the Main South Road to Mauaia, 1 he Purebred Clydesdale Horse, Ben More, And the well-known Hack Racer, War Cry. BEN MORE by Jock, out of Kate; Kate by Glenroy (imp), out of Maggie ; Maggie by Baronet (imp), out of Jess ; Jess by Old Wellington (imp). Jock by Victor, out of Young Piide, by Lord Glasgow, out of Lake Pride. Victor by Conqueror, out of Diamond. It is unnecessary to give fuller particulars of Jock’s pedigree, the excellence of which is well known, as is also his succc. s as a piize-taker, being for two seasons champion of Hawera, and later champion of Auckland. Ben More is a bay colt, 17 hands high, showing immense bone and substance. Ho is descended from famous Clydesdale sires and dams on both tides. WAR CRY is a graceful chestnut, full of Tfe and activity. He possesses good jumping strains, being by Volunteer out of Lucy, the dam of Manaia (the Auckland hurdler), and Nganeko. Lucy by Master Rowe, out of an Australian thoroughbred mare by The Sluggard. Master Rowe (u) by. Towton (a), out of Miss Rowe (b). Lucy

Both of these sires are young, healthy, and free from ail hereditary disease. For fuller particulars see cards, or apply to Grooms in Charge. STAND THIS SEASON, The well-known Clydesdale Stallion, Ploughboy, By Champion out of PHI, by Old Wellington ; grand dam Kit, grand dam of Champion Roy ; Champion by Conqueror, Will trawl between Eahotu and New Plymouth this season. Terms : Single mares, £2, Two or more 85s each. For further particulars apply to T. MORROW, Owner, Rahotu. fjX) STAND THIS SEASON, and travel between RAHOTU and OAKURA, and to OPUNAKE, if sufficient inducement offers, The Thoroughbred Sire, Fantastic. FANTASTIC was foaled in 1888, and is highly fashionable, being by the best blood on both sides, and has proved himself a sure foal getter. His sire, Apremont (brother to the great French horse Chamant), was bred in France in 1878, being by Mortemer, dam Arancaria (dam of Rayon d’Or), by Ambros—Pocahontas (dam of Stock-well, etc.), by Glencoe. Mortemer by Conquienge (son of FitzGladiator) —Comtesse, by Baron of Nuncio. Ambros, by Touchstone— Annette, by Priam. Apremont was imported into Canterbury 1882 by Mr G. G. Stead. Fantastic’s dam, Fantasy, is by Traducer, out of Miss Flat, who was by the imported Peter Fiat, out of the imported dam Mountain Nymph, who again, was by Sir Tatton Sykes’ Giselle, by Stockport. Miss Flat is the dam of a numerous family, the greatest of whom was the renowned Welcome Jack, one of the greatest race horses ever bred in New Zealand. Fantastic is a beautiful bay, standing 17 bands high, possessing great bone substance, and symmetry. His sire, Apremont, came out at the top of winning sires in the season of 1882 t beating no less than 186 other sires. The placing at disposal of the breeders of the above districts the services of such a well-bred animal as Fantastic is an opportunity that should not be missed by those who desire to obtain good stock. Terms—£3 per mare, payable by p.n., due January Ist, 1895. All care, but no responsibility. Good paddocks at Puniho for mares. Groom's fee, 2s 6d, to be paid when mares are served. J. CADDY, Owner, Puniho. Preliminary Notice. fJO STAND THIS SEASON, The Stallion Enterprise. Particulars in future issue. J. PHILLIPS, Owner.