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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3046, 5 November 1888, Page 4

FITZ HERCULES. FITZ HERCULES is n dark brown liorao, atinding 1C Immla high, with immense bono mil musclo, possesso;! of a good tomjiur, and quiot to ride. Ho was broil liy tint celebrated breeder, W. Walters, Esq., of Auckland, who bred wad; raced anno of the fastest and best horses that ojcrliodtlio Now Zealand tarf. Among tho number was Fife Hercules, By winning tlio Auokhnd Derby, second to tho Dauphin for tho Canterbury Derby, and third to Grip in tho Canterbury Cup, all weight for ago, ho proved that ho was capablo of holding his own with tho best of_ them undor big weights. Having met with an accident, it pro\ontcd him from racing again. Fitz Hercules is by that worhl-ronowned Yattendon, siro of Grand Flaneur, winner of tho Melbourne Cup, Champion licco, VB 0 Derby, St Leger, and Australian Derby j Lady Emma, winner of tlio Dunecliu Cup, J 0 Handicap, and l'orbury Handicap) Chester, winner of tho Melbourne Clip, and VllO Derby; Habena, Vulcan, Marina, all Maribyrnong winners; Dagworth and Hesperian, Metropolitan winners; and Javelin, AJ C Derby winner, Chester's stock—eight liorscsliavo won among them during this seas on '25 races of tlio net valuo of £11,940, and it is a'so worthy to note that tinco those thrco clinkers, Abercorn, Carlyon, and Uranbrook, commenced their career, tho/ lmvobcen responsible for 20 races of the • valuo of £12,045 IBs, Abercorn l claims 1 tlio lion's slmro, viz, £7,21)0 ISs, Cnrlyon has £3090 befovo his nnino, nnd.Cranbrook follows with £2595.

Fit/. Hercules (lam, Poeress, was by the I'oer, rtam Miss [{owe, by Sir Hciculea, Miss Miller by Yonng Wanderer, The Peer by Melbourne, Cinizclli by Touchstone, Brocade by Pantaloon, dam Bombazine, by Tlmndcrbolt, Yattendon by Sir Hercules and Cnssandrn, by Tross, dam Alice Gray, by Dais, Emigrant, dam Quinare, Sir Hercules by Cap-a-pie, dam Paraguay, by Sir Hercules, dam Paradigm For pedigree and performances Fit?, Hercules' dnm stands unequalled in the Southern Hemisphere. Pcerors won two Canterbury Cups and Canterbury Jockoy Club Handicap, besides numerous other races, and was considered tlio best maro of her day.. Poetess' dam, Miss Bowo, was the best raaro in Australia, and with Bob Ray in tlio saddle was norcr known to bo beaten, ' Augur' tlio sporting writor of the Australasian, says ho has known them to win every race at a meeting in Mr Bcdwood's colours. Afterwards Mr Redwood sold his stud to Mr J, Tate, who won six Melbourne Cups and two Champions with tlio same stialn of blood—a'l Sir Hercules. ; Miss liowo is the dnm of Una, tlio best moro that over stepped in Canterbury. Una, the dam of Ariel. Arid winner of the Canterbury Cup, Duncdin J,C Handicap and Forbiiry Handicap, three Auckland Cups. Peeress will never be forgotten—nor will her half brother Manuka—ou the Melbourne Course having won the Canterbury Plates boating dcncoe and nil the best horses in Australia at weight for sge, two miles. In the year of tlio IJtiko of Edinburg's visit to Auckland Peeress won at tlio Thames all the races skirted in tlio stakes amounting to £BOO. The week following at Auckland and Ullcrslic Peeress also won all she started'for and slakes again amouuting to over £SOO, Peeress' sire, Tlio Peer, tlio sire of Darcbin, Darobin sire of Australian Peer, who won all the principal races last SCISOII.

Yattcndon is credited with getting mora winners than any other liorso in the Australian colonies, and liis progeny—both horses and marcs-aro following in lis footsteps. First Chester, by Chester, Quibblo and Shah, by St. Georgo, % Idea,; dam of Nolson, aro all the of, Yattcndon horses and mares. Yattorina, by Yattewlon. is tlio dam of Libcllor, Fusilier, Matchlock and Kjngfuh, Tho aliovo will show that Fila Hercules is one of tho stoutest and best bred horses tjpt has over boon in this district, and with tho cross of Tho Pcorand Sir Hercules blood should get the right sort of horses, both for flat racing, cross country, aud tho Indian market. TERMS: Thoroughbred mares 10 guineas j all others 5 guineas, Two or inoro as per agreement, payable by P.N Ist January, 1889. 2999 JOHN'DUCKERIDGE. "" TO TRAVEL THIS SEASON. Botween Hastorton and tho Bush Districts the well-known aire KEMP. KEMP is a substantially built Dark Brown horse, four-year old, and stands lC.ii hands high. _ Ho is largo boned and being proportionately built should prove liimsolt to be tho vory horse required to improve tho present breed of weight-carying hacks how in the District. Kemp, as a yearling, took second , prj.zo at tho Masterton Show, in 1885, also 2nd prize the samo year for the best Uamdon Colt. In 188G ho took 2nd prize as a two-year old at tlio Masterton Show, and also Ist at tho samo show in 1887 m a tlifeo-pf old Coaching Stallion. TERMS—£2IOs per • maro. For further particulars apply to JOHN DEVONSHIRE. TO TRAVEL IN THE AYAIRARAPA DISTRICT. /J|HE purebred Olydcsdalo Stallion— AVON, AVON is a bay horsowith black points, and stands 17' hands high, with plenty of bono and hair. Hoisoomo of a great family. His dam was sold at 800 guineas when good mares wore sold at a fourth of(hat price. She is piifc of a blackleg maro—one pf a family of four, out of tho samo dam, and tlio quartette, by Renfrew Jock, wero tho four best horses ever bred in tho Oauiaru district. AVON, by Avon Cliiof, (150 N.Z.S.B). bred by W, Boag, Esq., Fondalton, near Cliriatchiircji, out of his famous prize maro Graco Darling (IJU) by l'linco of Killbrido imported (602). Graco Dar, ling, by Princo Charlie, imported (4 and G'iti). Grace Darling was tlio best maro that ever stood in Now Zealand. Sho has be,en first and Champion at Christchurch many times, beating tho great Maggio Craig, Champion of Scotland, Sho was lirst iuDutiediu in her class and champion of the yard. In fact her career is unprecedented. AyON'fS dam Gipsy, by Renfrew Joc}( (135) imported from Victoria; g siro Renfrew imported from Scotland; g dam Jess by JiJacklcg imported from Scotland, lionfrow Jock's' dam Roso, by Cl'owdoi) I(ad, a famous Clydcsdalo imported from (Scotland by the lato David Nesbitt. lionfrow Joel? was » most successful show horso. Bcfofe leaving Victoria ho took many firsts, and ho was first for three years in succession in Oamaru, Timaru, and Duncdin, and Champion of the yard as well. From this history brcedors will recogniso that they havo in Avon not only a horso of good parts, but an Entire of good lineage, a matter altogether dif. ferenfc ty'p go.od-lopking horse. Tho great point |i) hnrse-brce.ding.is to have a siro connecica wjtli'jtyod fnniilies of undoubted character. In tjie "one" t caso the stftcji wjll bo |ii)ifprmly good,' while in tho other cgso individuals may' sjirpass, but tho general enactor of the stock will bo inferior and disappointing. Nothing is moro griovous to a breeder than to sco weeds spring from a goodlooking siro. Terms L 5, payable by P.N. at lirst toivic/i, (l|jo January 1,1888. ■, Groomngofpofis, Alf csfflfokoiibut no rcepoiisjbilitj, Portyjlijffofijiijjiff/n apply to C, WATSQN, . 3026 Proprietor. Or to W. WESTBROOK, Groom in Charge. TO STAND THIS SEASON AT ' IIOJIEB.USIJ, MASTERTON. rjIHE mOSOP'pRED STALLION Daniel O'Connel Terms £2los per mare, Also tho PUREBRED CLYDESDALE STALLION Laird O'Largo. For further particulars apply to - ANGUS FRASER, , 80S17 ■ ; Homebiisli,