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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3067, 29 November 1888, Page 4

FITZ HERCDLES' FITZ HERCULES is a dark biwii horaq. standing lli hands high,. with iiiiinenEo bono anl mnsclo, possessed of it good taper, mid'qiiiet to ride, Ho. was taxi liy that celebrated brocdor, W. ;Wiilt'. j ra, Kiq i of Auckland, who' bred 'tiiul raced sorooof tho. fastest end best' horees tlmS evertredtho New Zealand turf. Among tlioniimbor \m Fitz Hercules. 'By winning the AuckUwl Derby, second to thoDauulriu for the Canterbury, Derby, and third to Crip in tho Canterbury Cup, oil weight for age, ho proved that bo. was capable _of holding liis own .with the bcal of them under big wbighta., Having .met with, on accident, it; prcunted him froin racing again. . '.. Filz Uciciilru is by that wovld-roiiowned Yhttendon, eiro of Grand Flaneur,'winner of the'Meibourno Cuj). Choinpiftn Race; Vlt 0 Derby, -St Leger, mid Australian Derby; Lady' Emma, winner of the Dunedin Cup, J 0 Handicap, and Forburv Handicap | Cliestor, winner of tho Melbourne Cup, and VllO Doiby j Haltcnn, Vulcan, iilerina, all Maribyruong Plato winners'; Dagworth and Hesperian, Metropolitan 'winnersntiil Javelin,-A J 6 Derby winner. Ohdstur's stock—eight horses—liavo won among them during, this season 25 races of tho. net valuo of $11,940; ; and it is a's'o' woithy to note that' siuco those threo cliukors, Abereorn,. Carlyon,' and Cranltrooh, commenced their career, they have been responsible for-20 races of. the valuo , of £12,945 lSs. . Abereorn iclaims the lion's share, viz, £7,290 18s, Carlyon lias £3090 before his name, and Cnwbrook follows with £2595, Fifes Hercules dam/ Peered, was by tho Peer, (lam MißsKowe, by Sir Heicules, Miss , Millor by Young Wanderer; The I'cer by Melbourne, Cinizelli by Touchstone,'firocado by Pantaloou, (lain Bombazine, by Thunderbolt, Yattcmlon by Sir Herculea and Cassandra, by 'irosi,' tlam Alice Cray, by ]ia;a. Emigrant, dam Gulnare, Sir Hercules by Cap-a-pic, dam Paraguay, by Sir Hercules, dam l'aradigan. ' For pedigree and performances Fitis Hercules' dam stands unequalled, in the Southern Hemisphere. Peeress won two Canterbury Caps ami Cuutcrbury Jockey Club Hamlioip, besides numerous other races, and was considered the best mare of her day. l'eeioss' dam, Miss llowe, was tho best mare in Australia, and with Bob Ray in the saddle was never known to be beaten. ' Augur' tho sporting miter of the Austinlifian, says he has known them b win every raco at a meeting in Mr Redwood's colours, Afterwards Mr Redwood sold his stud to Mr J. Talo, who won six Melbourne Cups and two' Champions with the sumu strain of blood-a'l Sir Hercules, Miss llowo is llio dam of Una, tho best mure that ever stepped in Canterbury. Una, the dam of Arid. Ariel winner of the Canterbury Cup, Dunedin J,C Hatidicap aud Forbury Handicap, three Auckland Cups,'

Peeress will never lie forgotten-uor will her half brother Manuka—on the Melbourne Course having won tlio Canterbury l'latcn boating (Jleucoe and all the best horss in Australia at weight for sgc, two miles. In the year of the Luko o( Edinburgh uiit to Aucklanjl Peeress wonattho Tlimnes nil the races fitavlcil in tho stakes amounting to £BOO. The week following at Au'cltliml aiiil Kllerslic Peeress also won all she stinted for and slakes again amounting to over X3OO. Peeress' sire, 'J'he Peer, the sire of Darebin, Darabin sire of Australian Peer, who won all the principal races last season, Yattcmlon is credited with getting more wieners than any other horse in the Australian cololiies, and his progeny—both horses and mares-are following in lis footsinps. Fiist Chester, by Chester, Quibble and Shah, by fit. George, My Idea, dam of Nelson, are all the progeny of Yatteiulon horses and mures, Yatterinn, by Yattendon, is.tho dam of Libeller, Fusilier, Matchlock and; Kingfish, ' ' ; THo'abovc will show that Fitz Hercules is one of the stoutest and best bred horses that has ever been in this distiict, and with the cross of The Peer and Sir Hercules blood should get the right sort of horses, both (or Hat racing, cro : s country, aud the Indian market.

' Tl'MB: 'lVrmiglibrcd marcs 10 guineas; all others 5 guineas Two or nioro as per agreement, pay ible by F,N lat JiiuiHry, 1889; - « JOHN BUCJUSRIJHJB. ~~ TO TRAVEL THIS SEASON, Botweon Mastorton aud the Bush Dibtricts the Woll-linown aire KEMP. RUMP is a substantially built Davit liroivn librae, four-year old, aiid stands 16,1) hands high. Ho io largo boned una being proportionately built should prove liimselt to be the very horse required fo 'improve the present breed of weight-caryiug hacks now' in the District, Kemp, as a yearling, took second prizo at the Masterton Show, in 1885, also 2nd prizo the same vent for the best Camden Colt, In 18SU lie took 2nd prize as a two-year old at tlio Masterton Show, and also Ist at the same show in 1887 as a three-year old Concilium Stallion. TERMS—£'2lOs per mare. For further particulars apply to JOHN DEVONSHIRE, TO TRAVEL IN THE WAIRARAPA DISTRICT. ipHE purebred Clydesdale Stallion— AVON. AVON is a bay horse with blaek points, and stands 17 hands high, with plenty of bona und hair. Heisooine of a great family. His dani was Bold at 800 guineas when good mares wero sold ut n fuurtli of that prico, Slio is out of a blackleg mare—ono" of a family of four, out of the same dam, and the quartette, by Renfrew Jock, 'were the four best horses ever bred in tlio Oamaru district. AVON, by Avon Chief, (JSO N.Z.S.Ii). bred );y ])', Boag, Eaq., Fcndalton, near Christohuroh, out of his fnnipuit prize mare Grace Darlintj (80) by l'rlnoe of Killbrido imported (002). Grace Darling, by Priuco Charlie, imported (4 audi G'26). Grace Darling was the best inare that ever staid in New Zealand. She lias been first and Champion at Christchurch many times, beating'the great Maggio Craig, Champion of Scotland. She was first in Duuediii in her class and champion of the yard, In fact her career is unprecedented. AVON'S dam Gipsy, 1 by Renfrew Jook (185) imported from Victoria; g siro Renfrew .imported from Scotland; gdfim jessby 1 lilaclileg imported from Scotland- Renfrew Jock's' dani Rose, by Crowden Lad, a famous Clydesdale imported from Scotland.by; the' lute David Nesbitt. Ronfrew Jock was a most successful show horse, Before leaving Victoria he look many firsts, and lie wns first for throe years in succession in Oamaru, Timaru, and Dimedin, aiid Champion of the yard as well. Front this gnißO that they havo in Avon not only a house of gijfld pgrtg, ljut an Entire of good lineage, it waiter, .alfffljithcr dif. feront to good-looking horse; Tim great point in horse-breeding is to havo it sire connected with good families of undoubted character, In the one ease the atpek will bo uniformly good, while inthe othorcaso individuals may surpass, but the general character of the stock will be inferior and disappointing. Nothing is more', grievous to a breeder tip to boo weeds'Bptiiig from a goodlooking Biro. : Terms LC, payable by jP.N. at Jirst service, dije JanuaryJ, (jroomago foo ffs. All dare tokoii lmt no rii: ponsibillty. l'or fi|jl i||fprniatii)n apply to

G. WATSON, 8026 ■ I'iopriotor, , Of to W, WESTIiUOOK, : Groom !n Charge. TO STAND THIS SEASON AT HOJIEBUBH, MASTEItTON. Daniel O'ConneL forma £2los petiimvo. ; fAMBSFItASjify .. {frutfbusli,