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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3034, 22 October 1888, Page 4

FITZ HERtmLES. FITZIHEKCULES is'adark brown horse, Binding 10 hands high) with iramonfo buno ami; muscle, possessed,■of.» g'Wl temper, and quiot to ride. Howes droit by thit celebrated breeder, W. Ksq., of Auckland,, who'bred' and raced, somo ol tlw fastest and bcßt horses tlm 1 . wet trod tho Now Zealand turf. Among the number wss Fits Uorcuha, By winning tlw Auckland Derby, second to the Dauphin (or tho Canterbury. Derby, and thirdto Grip in tho Canterbury Cnp, all weifjht for age, ho proved that ha was capnblo of holding his own with the best of them under big weights. Having met with an accident, it preumed him from racing again, - Fttz Hercules is by that world-renowned Yattondon, sire ot Urand Flaneur,'winner of. tho Meloourno dip, Champion Race, VEODerby, St Legtr, and' Australian : l)erby; Udy Emma, winner' of tho iDuncdin Cnp, J C Handicap, and Forbury Handicap j Chester, winnrr of tho Melbourne Cup, and V It 0 Doiby j Habeiin, Vulcan, Moriua, all Maribymong I'latu iwicnofs j Diigworth and Hesperian, Metro'politan winners ; and Javelin, AJC Uorby iwinnor, Ohostct'a stock—eight howcs-4 havo won among them during' this season •25 races' of.the not value of £11,9411, and it is abo worthy to nolo that 'since those thrco clinkers, Abercorn, Carlyon, and Cranbrook, commenced.their carter, tho/ have been responsible for 20 races of the value of £12,1145 lis. Abercorn claims tho lion's share, viz, £7,280 18s, Carlyon has £31)90 before his name, and Cranbrook follows with £2595. Fit? Herculi s dam,' Peeress, was by tho Pot, (torn Miss Howe, by Sir Hetcuhs, .Miss Wilier by Young JVamlircr, Tlie tl'ecr by Mo'.bournc, I'inizelli by To .ehotiuic, Brocade liy Pantaloon, dam lijinbazino, by'l'huudorbolt, Yatuhdon by Sir 1 Icrculcr an 1 Cassandra, by jross. dam AlicoGr,iy,by Batf, Emigrant, dim Quiiiare, Sir H ronles by Cap-.vpio, dam Paraguay, by Sir Hettules, dam Paradigan. For pedigrvo and performances Fitz lleiculcs' dam stands unequalled in the Southern rltinis. hero. Pceres won two Canterbury Cups ami Canterbury J' eke'y Chi". Hiniiiop, bo Mcs numerous other rncoa, and was considered the brat mare of •Peeios's' dam, Miesltnwe, vas the best mam in Australia. :md with Bob Ray in the taddlo was never known to he beaten. ' Augur' tho sporting writer of the AustnMan, siiya he bis k'Own them t>\vm (iVery raco nt'u meet ng in Mr Redwood') colours. Afterwards Mr He -wood sold his stud to Mr J. Tate, who won sis Melbourne Cu; s and two Olmmpioua witli the sa in: s sain of blood—al Sir Hercules. Miss liowc is iho (I :m of Una, tho beet m,re thativcrstepped inCanterbury. Una, the dam of Ariel. A'iol winner o tho Canterbury Cup. Duuedin J.C Handicap a d Forbury Hi udicap. Hire Auckland Cups. . Peeress will never bo forgotten-nor will her hali brother Manuka - on tho Melbourne Course having woa tho Canterbury Platts • Citing filencoo and ad tho best liorss in Australia at weight for .'.go, two miles. In t c year ol the imkiofEdinburg's visit to Auckland Peeress won >4 tlie i'liamce all tho races sU'icd in the slakes amount ng to £BOO. The week fallowing at Auckl nd and Klltrslic l'ccrcss also won all she sta.tcd for and e'akes again uinou- ting to over £SOO, Pccr-na' aue, Iho Per, the sire of Darcbin, Darcbin siro of Australian Pcur, wliowou all tho prmcipjl races last season. Yattendon is credited with gettins more winners ilau any other horse iu tho Australian colonies, and hie progeny—both homes sod mares- aro following in h s fojtsteps, Fiist Chester, by Chester, Quibblo audSbah, by St, George, My Idea, dam of Nolson, are all the progeny of Yattendon horeos uud marts. Yatteiina, by Yattendon is the dam of Libeller, Fusilio>', Matchlock aud KingG»h, Ihoubovcwill show that Fi'z Hercules is one of to stoutest and l>est bied horse* that luts over been in this dist ict, and with the cross "f Tho Peer and Sir Hercules b;ood should get the right s >rt of lioiscs, both for flat racing, ciO'S country, aud the Indian markit, Thoroughbred nnres 10 guineas; allo'hcre 5 guineas Two or more as pir agreemtnt, P,N Ist Januiry, 1889. m JOHN BUCKBRIDfiB TO TRAVEL THIS- SEASON. Betwoon ilaalcrtuii and tho Bush Dibtriots the well -known siro KEMP, 'EMP is a substantially built Dark I\. Brown horse, four-year old, uud Blntids 10,3 hands high, Ho is largo honed ana being proportionately built should prove himself to bo the very horso required to improve tho present brood of woight-caryhig hacks now in tho District, Kemp, as a yearling, took second prize at tho Mastertim Show, in 1885, also 2nd prize tho same vent for the beat Camden Cult. In 1880 no took 2nd prize aa a two-year old at tho Mnstcrton Show, and also Ist at the same show in 1887 as a three-year old Conehinu Stallion. TERJIS-£2los per maro. For further particulars apply to JOHN DEVONSHIRE. TO TRAVELS THE" WAIRARAI'A DISTRICT. rpHE purebred Clydesdalo 'Stallion— AVON. - AVON is a bay horse with black points, ami stands 17 hands high, with plenty of bono and hair, Heisoomo uf a "icai family. His dim was sold at 800 guineas when good mares wero sold at a fourth of that prion. She is out of a blackleg maro-one of .a family of fuiir, nut of tho snmo dam, and tho quartette, by Ronliow Jock, were tho four hist burses ever bred iu tho Oaraam district. I AVON, by Avou Chief, (150 N,Z,8,8), bred by W, Bong, Esq., Fondalton, near Christohurob, out of Ids famous prize rnaro Oraco Djrliim (30) by Prince of Killbrido imported (602). Grace Darling, bj Prince Charlie, imported (4 and 626), Grace Darling was tho best mare that ever stood in Now Zealand. Shu has been first aud Champion at Chriistchurch many timta, beating thu great Maggie Craig, Glmmpiou of Scotland. Sho was first in Diincdin m her class and cliainpioii of tho yard. In fact her career is unprecedented, " AVOWS dum Gipsy, by Renfrew Jock (185) imported from Victoria; g siro Renfrew imported fr"in Scotland; g dam Jess by 1 Blackleg imported from Scotland. Konfrow' Jock's dam Rose, byCrowden Lad, a famous Clydesdalo imported from Scotland by tho late' David Nesbitt. . Renfrew Jock was a most successtul show horso. Before leaving Victoria ho took many Grata, and ho was tint for three years in succession in Oamani, Timaru, and Duuedin, and Champion of the yard as well. ."• From this history breeders will recogniso that they havo ill Avon not only a horso of good parts, but nu Entire of good linengo, a matter altogether rtif. fcrent to a good-looking homo. Tho great point in horse-breeding is to havo it siro conuected with good families of undoubted character. In the cue case the stock will be uniformly good, while in tho othercaso indivic'iials may snrpuss, but the general character of the stock will bo inferior and disappointing, Nulliingisrnoro grievous ton breeder than to seo weeds spring from a goodlookiug siro. Terms L 5, payable by P.N, at iirst service, duo January 1, 1888. Groomago fee ss. All care taken but no reEpnneibility, For full information apply to G.WATSON, 3020 Proprietor. ■ Or to ' W.WESTBROOK, ;. ■.':..'. Cruoni in Charge. TO STAND THIS SEASON AT HOMEBUSH. MASTERTON. mllE THOROUGBRED STALLION Daniel-O'Connel-forms £2los per inaro. ; Also tho, -...» '.' PUREBIIED CLYDESDAIjESTAL. ; LION ' i Laird o'L.argo. ■ For furthor'partioulaß apply to : ': . ■- i, 'ANGUSFRASER,!,: