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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 315, 14 January 1908, Page 4

J° STAND THE SEASON On the Farm, and Travel between NEW PLYMOUTH AND OKATO, The Standard-brert Slotting Stallion COUNT BELDBN (By Judge Beldea. . ->, 2.17. Sam Countess, imp, U7%). COUNT BELDEN is a handsome bright bay with black points, beautiful conformation, and-stands 17 hands high, with a most docile temper, while his breeding iB undeniable, being closely related to the great American mare Maud 8. (2.8%). A reference to his breeding will show him to be a very high-ilass stallion, and he is related to most of the best trotters in America. : Judge Bclden (imp.) was sired: by Elmo (1891), time 2.17; first danu PTentus, by Niagara, time 2.18, sire of fairmount, time 2.22, and Fanny Maker, 2,15; g dam of the great American mare Maud S., time (high-wheeled eulky) 2.8%; Elmo, she Como, time 2.28J4; Alfred, sire Como, time 2.21; Elm», aire Como, time 2.24; T. 0. Lee, sire Como, time 2.15. Mohawk (604), the sire of Elmo, time 2.12; was also the eire of Clark's Mohawk, time 2,26; and in turn the -sire of Yellow Dock, time 2.11, and many others with 2.30 records. Judge Belden, sire of Count Belden, was sold with a public trial of 2.17, and was the most handsome stallion that ever left America. At the Royal Agricultural] Show, Sydney, N.S.Wi, he gained First and Champion-Frizes three years in sue-

Judge Belden (imp.) is the sire o: Bellman, winner of the Auckland Trot Canterbury Victoria Handicap, and Pro gressive Handicap its 1898, and the Auck land Electric rot in 1897. Duke C, out of the same dam as Count Belden (imp.), won Epsom Trol [ of two miles, time 5.7»/i; June Handicap ; and Glasgow Trot, at Auckland. COUNT BELDEN cannot ba beaten for getting Carriage Horses and Hackneys of the right stamp, as his size and breeding must prevail In leaving good stock and fast trotters. Countess, dam of Count Belden, and sire's pedigree are as follows:—Countess —by Echo (462) son of Bydks; Hambletonian—from Nita, by Sawel's Hambletonian—from Betsy Austin, by Montreal, a Canadian pacer. Count Belden is a sure foal-getter. Termas £3 3s. Two or more mares "S per agreement. Full guarantees as or agreement. Half guarantee, £2 January Ist, and £2 when mare sroves in foal. First-class grazing s per week. TRAVELLING DATES: Tuesday—At Okato. Wednesday—Owner's Farm, Oakura, Thursday—Koru. Friday—On farm. Saturday At White Hart Stables, few Plymouth. For further particulars apply C. ARDEN, Oakura; GAS GEILLERI