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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3006, 18 September 1888, Page 4

General Notices. FITZ HERCULES. FITZ HERCULES is a dork brown horse, standing 16 hands high, with immense bone and muscle,- possessed of » good tomper, and quiet to rido, . Ho was orod by that celobrated breeder, W. Walters, Esq., of Auckland, who bred and raced somooltho fastest and befit hones tba f , cverlrodtho New Zealand turf. Among tho number was Fitz Hercules. By winning tlio Auckland Derby, second to tho Dauphin for tho Canterbury Derby, and third to Grip in the Canterbury Cup, all weight for age, he proved that ho was capable of holding his own with tho best of them under big weights. Having met with an accident, it pronntcd him from racing again. Fili Horculfs is by that world-renowned Yattendon, sire of Grand Flaneur, winner of the Melboumo Cup, Champion llaco, VR 0 Derby, St Leger, and Australian Derby j Lady Emma, winner of tho Dunedin Cup, J 0 Handicap, and Forbury Handicap j Chester, winner of tho Melbourne Cup, and YRC Derby j Habcna, Vulcan, Merina, all Matibyrnong Plate winners; Dagworth and Hesperian, Metropolitan winners; aud Javelin, AJC Derby winner. Chester's stock—eight horses—havo won among them during this season 25 races of the net valuo of £11,910, and it is also worthy to note that since those thrco clinkers, Abercorn, _ Carljon, and Cranbrook, commenced their career, the/ have been responsible for 20 races of tho value of £12,045 18a. . Abcrcom claims tho lion's sharo, viz, £7,280 18s, Carlyon has £3OOO beforohis namo, and Cranbrook ' follows with £2595. Fitz Hercules dam, Fceresa, was by the Pocr, dam Miss Kowe, by Sir Heicules, Miss Miller by Young Wanderer, Tho Peer by Melbourne, Cinizclli by Touchstone, Brocade,by Pantaloon, dam Bombazine, by Thunderbolt, Yattendon by Sir Hercules and Cassandra, by Tross, dam Alice Gray, by Bass, Emigrant, dam Gulnaro, Sir Hercules by Cap-a-pie, dam Paraguay, by Sir Hercules, dam Paradigan. For pedigreo and performances Fit?. Hercules' dam stands unequalled in tho Southern Hemisphere. Peeress won two Canterbury Cups and Canterbury Jockey Club {Handicap, besides numerous other races, and was considered tho best mare of her day. Peeicss' dam, Miss liowe, was tho best mare in Australia, and with Bob Itay in tho saddle was novcr known to bo beaten, 1 Angur' tho sporting writer of the Australasian, says lie has known them tj win every race at a meeting in Mr Redwood s colours. Afterwards Mr Redwood sold his stud to Mr J. Tate, who won six Melbourne Cnps and two Champions with the same strain of blood-all Sir Hercules, Miss liowo is tho dam of Una, the best mare that ever stepped in Canterbury. Una, tho dam of Ariel. Ariel winuer of the Canterbury Cup, Dunedin J,C Handicap and Forbury Hcndicap, three Auckland Cups. , ' Peeress will never bo forgotten—nor will her hali brother Manuka—on tho Melbourne Co-irse having won tho Canterbury Plates bo..ting Glencoo and all the best horses in Australia at weight lor age, two miles, In tho year of the Duko of Ediuburg's visit to Auckland Peeress won at tho Thames all the races started in tho stakes amounting to £BOO. The week following at Auckland and KUerslio Peeress also won all she started for and stakes again amounting to over £SOO, Peeress' sire, The Peer, the sire of Darebin, Darchin aire of Australian Peer, who won all the principal races last season. ~ ... Yattendon is credited with getting moro winners than any other horse in tho Aratraliaa colonies, and his progeny—both horses and marcs-are following in ha footsteps. First Chester, by flitter, Quibble and Shah, by St. George, My idea, dam of Nelson, nre all the progeny ( of Yattendon horsos and wares. Yatterina, by Yattendon, is tho dam of Libeller, Fusilier, Matchlock and Kingfish, _ Tho abovo will show that Filz Hercules is one of tlio stoutest and best bred horses that has over been in this district, and with the cross of Tho Peer and Sir Hercules blood should get the right sort of horses, both for flat racing, crosa country, aud the Indian market.

TERMS:_ Thoroughbred marcs 10 guineas; all others li guineas, Two or more as per agreement, payable by P.N Ist Janunry, 1881). md JOHN duckkridge, T 'l'O STAND THIS SEASON. IHE fashionably bred Stallion PRINCE ALBERT. Who will travel through tho TiVairai'apa thiß Season. Princo Albert is a dapple bay horse, five years old, stands 17 hands hi}(li| with immense bono and hair, good feet and splendid action. His siro Princo of Wales, imported from Victoria, is by that unprecedented liorao, Cox. Princo of Wales, acknowledged to bo tho grandest horso over brought to tho colonics, has never been beaten on any show ground in tho world. Princo Albert's dam, Diamond, was got by taut famous hcan Lincolnshire Hero, imported by tho lato Mr G. R. Kornside. Esq., Tasmania, and was showily at all tho principal shows iu Tasmania, but was nefor beaten Diamonds dam. Blossom, by Matchless, imported to Tasmania by J. L Fislior Esq., is by Roses Lincoln. Blossom commenced her career as a yearling, taking first prize at tho Grand Northern Show, and first at Weatbury samo year, and as a two year old took first prize against twelve others in her own class, and tho same day took first prizo against eight three year olds. Was shown for ten years at all the principal shows in Tasmania and liovor suffered defeat, and was then sold for two hundred guineas to go to Queensland. Tho abovo is tho ovinia of Princo Albert, and hia pedigree will show that there is no better blood iu tho colony Ho has tho Shiro Blood brought in by Lincolnshire Hero, which tliero is so muoli run on in tho Homo Country at tho present time. Tho four horses drawn first at the Glasgow Show in 1884 had all, more or r less, Shire blood in them, this showing that fliioh sires woro proving thomsolves, in getting stock of tho right sort,' suitablo for the home market, and tho demand for exportation, Terms—£4; Groomago fee, ss. fto«uarantei) will bo acknowledged PFELIMINABY NOTICE, TO TRAVEL IN THE WAIRARAPA, THE PURE CLYDESDALE SI'ALLI°N AVON. . For full j, g94 ' Proprietor. TO STAND THIS SEASON A X W. Keill's Jfrinco of Wales Horse A Repository, Masterton, and to »tho district if sufficient induceliiont offers, thohandsomo thoroughbred on ° Lord Mandeville-. First class paddocks With plenty of water provided free for mares until _i!„i„.l /Inn nhtinn will DO fflVOlh » Full particulars aa to torms, nuu mutilated pedigreo can bo obtained on apP licatio,,to Proprietor.