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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 314, 13 January 1908, Page 4

y. STAND THE SEASON ' On the Farm, and Travel between NEW : PLYMOUTH AND QKATO, The Standard-bre»< jrotting Stallion COUNT BELDEN (By Judge ,, 2.17. Dam Oountesß, imm -17%). .COUNT BELDEN is a handsome brigut bay with black points, beautiful , conformation, and stands 17 hands high, With a. mnatv rinoila to„,nor wlili, hi. breeding is undeniable, being closely re- • lated to. the great American mare Maud , S. (2.8%). A reference to his breeding ;' will show him to be a very high-class ' stallion, and he is related to most of the best trotters in America. Judge Belden (imp.) was sired by Elmo (1891), time 2.17; first dam, Pren- .. tus, by Niagara, time 2.15, sire of Fairmount, time 2.22, and Fanny Maker, ' 2.15; g dam of the great American mare I Maud ti., time (high-wheeled sulky) 1 2.8%; Elmo, sire Como, time 2.26>/s> . Alfred, sire Como, time 2.21; Elma, sire Como, time 2.24; T. 0. Lee, sire Como, > time 2.15. Mohawk (604), the sire of i Elmo, time 2.12; was also the sire of , Clark's Mohawk, time 2.25; and in turn the Bire of Yellow Dock, time 2.11, and < many others- with 2.30 records. Judge I Belden, sire of Count Belden, was sold i with a publio trial of 2.17, and was the most handsome stallion that ever left , America. At the Koyal Agricultural . Show, Sydney, N.S.VV., he gained First , and Champion Prizeß three years in suc-w cession. Judge Belden (imp.) is the sire of Bellman, winner of the.Auckland Trot, i Canterbury Victoria. Handicap, and Pro- , gressive Handicap ie 1898, and the Auckland Electric.rot in 1897. , Duke C, out of the same dam as Count Belden (imp.), won Epsom Trot of two miles, time 5.7 J /4; June Handicap and Glasgow Trot, at Auckland. COUNT BELDEN cannot be beaten for getting Carriage Horses and Hackneys of the right stamp, as his size and breeding must prevail in leaving good stock and fast trottera. Countess, dam of Count Belden, and sire's pedigree are as follows:—Countess I —by Echo (482) son of Rydks; Hambletonian—from Nita, by Sawel's Hamble-1 tonian—from Betsy Austin, by Montreal, j a Canadian pacer. I

Count. Belden is a sure foal-getter. Terms: £3 3s. Two or more mares m per agreement. Pull guarantees as ||K agmment. Half guarantee, £2 January Ist, and £2 when mare proves in ioal. First-clnsa „r<i»m<. . „„„!. TRAVEIJ.TNG DATES: Tuesday—At Okato, Wednesday—Owner's Farm, Oakura. Thursday—Koru. Friday—On farm. Saturday -At White Hart Stables, New Plymouth. For further particulars apply C. ARDEN, Oakura; GAS GRILLBR