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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 28 October 1907, Page 4

AKMADALiJ STUD, OKA! AW A, TAliANAlii, N.Z. TO STAND TliiS SEASON, Tbe Champion Clydesdale Stallion, LOKD EIiSKINM. T.ORD EllSlilNE is a very superior well-bred bay horse of the very best quality, anil true type of the Clydesdale breed, standing 10 bauds 3'/a inches high, lie is a very massive burse, with clean Hat bones, . strung, wcil-lormcd joints, beautiful long silky hair, and grandlyformed round feet of good quality, with line broad liojf beads, lie lias a beautiful bead, and eyes charaeteristic ol courage and endurance, a good neck and crest, well-sprung ribs, remarkably good loins and strong short-coupled back. His action, both at the walk and trot, is all that can be desired. Altogether he is a most compactly-built, well-put-toge-ther specimen of a draught horse. Lord Erskine was bred by J. S. Holmes of Awamoa, Oamaru, and ia by the imported sire "Sandy Erskine," who is the sire o£ the well-known champion mare, "Lady Erskine"—owned by A. Alexander, Esq., Normanby, Taranakl—the dam of the champion two-year-old colt, iiarcellus, recently purchased by \V. Taylor, Esq., Te Awawutu, at the record price of <SO guineas. Lord Erskine's" Dam, i'earl 11., is by the famous sire, Clown i'liiice, grand dam Sapphire, u:un of Accountant, winner of numerous first prizes; this mare has only been beaten by her stable companion's great grand dam, i'earl, a mare specially selected by the late J. 13. Blair, and imported on account of the late lion. Matthew Holmes. From the foregoing it will be seen that Lord Erskine is descended from the very best blood of good breeding strains, and he is certain to prove a getter of tbe best type of Clydesdales, llis show ring successes prove him to be a horse of individual high-class merit. In 1906 he gained the following awards: At Asbburtou, first and champion; at the International Show, Christchurch, second prize and reserve champion, also first prize for best stallion in the walking competition (beating the champion stallion Pride of Newton), and lirst prize for Lord Rothschild's silver bowl for the best Colonial-bred stallion (Shire or Clydesdale) by an imported sire, thus gaining the highest number of i awards at the Show.

Lord Erskine was purchased in April, 1907, at a cost of 800 guineas by F. A. Bremer, of Okaiawa, Taranaki, from Mr Rolit. Clarke, Rosemeath Stud, Askburton. The Champion Clydesdale Stallion wiii serve a strictly limited number—so—of approved mares for outside owners for ;he ensuing season. TERMS 8 GUINEAS. Payable on or before Ist January, 1908, Good Paddocks provided free of charge for marea, but no responsibility. Apply, F. A. BREMER,

W TRAVEL WAITAEA AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. THE CLYDESDALE STALLION EMPIRE. EMPIRE was bred by J. Morris, Esq., Woudend, and purchased by Lis present owner from Richard Wright, Esq., Ilawardcn. SIRE: Royal Prince—by Crown Prince, by Uird Salisbury (imp.) 1207 C.5.8., by Young Conqueror, by Old Conqueror, by Renfrewshire Jock, by Lofty, by Fancy, by Old Clydeout of Damsel (imported by the late It. McCallum, Esq., Te Ainiers. Southland) # bred by J. M. Martin, Esq., Auchendean, Dumbartonshire, by Crown Prince (207 C.5.8.), out of Darling (241 C.5.8.), out of Lord Salisbury's dam Darling, by Galbraith's Tintock. Lord Salisbury and Damsel have unbroken records. DAM: Empire's dam, by iTmce of Windsor, Royal Prince's dam Maid of Avon; by Young Banker ',l N.Z.5.8.), out of Jean Aikenhead, by Avon Chief (150, Vol. 111., N.Z.5.8.), out of Fanny, by McFarlane's Prince of Wales, out of a Duke of Buceleuch's mare. Maid of Avon, when shown at Oamaru, took Second Prize as a yearling to Mr. M. Holmes' Nonpareil III.; as a two-year-old, second to same; as a three-year-old, also second to same lilly. Jean Aikenhead took Second l'rize as a three-year-old at Oamaru in ISBs—sold to Murray, Roberts and Co. Avon Chief (bred by William Boag, Esq.), by Prince of Kilbride (imp., 10662), out of Grace Darling (30), by Prince Charlie (imp., 4026), out of Bess (35), by Sir Colin Campbell. EMPIRE took First Prize at Amberlcy and Second PrUe at Rangiora as a yearling; as a two-year-old, Second Prize at Leeston and Second Prize at Rangiora. His sire ; Royal Prince, took First Prise at Waimatc Show as a two-year-old in 1893; Second Prize as a three-year-old at Timaru in 1804; and Second Prize in the All-Aged Class in 1800. His stock took First Prizes in all classes pf two-year-olds at Rangiora in 1900; First and Champion at Amberley in yearlings in 1001; First in three-year-olds; Second and Third in yearlings; and also Championship at the Rangiora Show Grounds; Second at Leeston, and Third at Christchurch the same year. Terms, £4 4s, payable at the end of Sea3 ° n ' J. MITCHELL, Waitara.

fpO Stand the Season at New Plymouth, and will visit Waitara and Urenui on Mondays, returning dv Tikorangi, Huirangi, and Sentry Hill on Tuesday; Inglewood on Wednesday, if sufficient inducement oiler, THE HACKNEY STALLION LOED KITCHENER By Albury. Dam Isisis. Albury by Master Agnes by Cassivelaunus (imported), dam Bijou laisis, breci by the late Air. John Grigg, Longbeach. LORD KITCHENER, a dart: chestnut, is now eleven years of age. He is a powerful compact horse standing 15.2 to 3. He is possessed of grand temper, has free action and good bone. He is the type of horse calculated to breed cavalry remounts, light harness horses, milk-cart horses, and hunters if mated with suitable marcs. His record in the show ring is as follows:—First as yearling, Tiinaru, 1897; first 2-year-old, 1898; first 3-year-old, 1899; first 3-year-old, Temuka, 1899; first 3-year-old, Christchurch, 1899; first Chris tchureh, 1900; first, Timaru, 1902; first, Taranalfi, 1903; first, Taranaki, 1904; two firsts, Taranaki, 1905; two firsts, Taranaki, 1906; with several specials,, constituting an unbroken record. Terms: Service, £3 ss, payable Ist January, 1908. Two or more mares as per agreement. Uroomage, 2a 6d, payable at first service. JOE WEST.