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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 20 November 1907, Page 4

ARMADALE STUD, OKAIAWA, TARANAKI, N.Z. TO PTAND THIS SEASON, The Champion Clydesdale Stallion, x OHD EHSKLNE JjORD ERSKINE is a very superior well-bred bay horse of the very best quality, and true type of the Clydesdali breed, standing 10 hands 3/ s inches high. He is a very massive horse, with clear flat bones, strong, well-formed joints, beautiful long silky hair, and grandlyformed round feet of good quality, with line broad hojf heads. He has a beautiful head, and eyes characteristic 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 aud 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 hied by J. S. Holmes of Awamoa, Oamaru, and is by the imported sire "Sandy Erskine," who is the sire of the well-known champio.j mare, "Lady Erskine"—owned by A. Alexander, Esq., Norm:>nby, Taranaki—the dam of the champion two-year-old colt, Marcellus, recently purchased by W. Taylor, Esq., Te Awamutu, at the record price of 750 guineas. Lord Erskine's Dam, l'earl 11., is by the famous sire, Crown l'rince, grand dam Sapphire, dam of Accountant, inner of numerous first prizes; this mare has only been beaten by her stable companion's great grand dam, l'earl, a mare specially selected by the late J. B. Blair, and imported on account of the late Hon. 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 the bc3t type of Clydesdales. His show ring successes prove him to be a horse of individual high-class merit. In 1900 he gained the following awards: At Ashburton, 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 Ncwtyn), and first prize for Lord Rothschild's silver bowl for (he best Colonial-bred stallion (.'-li.re or Clydesdale) by an imported Eire, thus gaining the highest number of awards at the Show. Lord Erskine was purchased in April, 1907, at a coat of 800 guineas by F. A. Bremer, of Okaiawa, Taranaki, from Mr Hobt. Clarke, Rosemeath Stud, Ashburton. The Champion Clydesdale Stallion wiii serve a strictly limited number—so—of approved mares for outside owners for Jie ensuing season. TERMS 8 GUINEAS. Payable on or before Ist January, 1008. Good Paddocks provided free of charge for mares, but no responsibility. Apply, F. A. BREMER,

r JU> Stand the Season at New Plymouth, and will visit Waitara and Urenui on Mondays, returning t>v Tikorangi, liuirangi, and Sentry ilill on Tuesday; Inglewood on Wednesday, if sufficient inducement offer, LORD kitchener By Aibury. Dam Isisis. Albury dj Master Agnes by Cassivelaunu? (imported), dam Bijou Isisis, breu by the late Mr. John Grigg, Longbeach. LORD KITCHENER, a dark chestnut, is uow eleven years of age. He is a powerful compact horse standing 15.2 lo a. He is possessed of grand temper, has free action and good bone. He is the type of horse calculated to breed eavalrj remounts, light harness horses, milk-cart horses, and hunters if mated with suitable mares. His record in the show ring is as follows:—First as yearling, Timaru, 1897; first 2-year-old, 1808; first 3-year-old 18119; first 3-year-old, Temuka, 1891) lirst 3-year-old, Christehurch, 1899; lirsi Cbristchureh, 190(1; lirst, Timaru, 1902; first, Tarannlii, 1903; first, Taranaki', 1904; two firsts, Taranaki, 1905; two' firsts, Taranaki, 1900; with several specials., constituting an unbroken record. Terms: Service, £3 ss, payable lat .Jar.uiry, 1908. Two or more mares te per agreement. liroomage, 2a fld, payable at first serTHE HACKNEY STALLION JOE WEST. TRY A GAS GRILLER.