MR. REDWOOD'S HORSE MANUKA.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 570, 21 October 1869, Page 2

MR. REDWOOD'S HORSE MANUKA.

(From the Melbourne Argus.) To the delight of his numerous supporters, Manuka, the celebrated New Zealand champion racehorse, arrived by the steamship Omeo on the Ist October. By the same vessel, Mr Redwood brought Peeress and Misfortune. All three horses were landed in excellent condition, and were at once taken to the bazaar of Messrs M'Kersie and Co., where they were visited by a large number of the sporting community. Manuka is a son of The Peer (who is by Melbourne out of Cinozelli, by Touchstone) out of a Sir Hercules mare, so that it will be seen he is closely related to the Victorian and New South Wales cracks—Fishhook and the Barb. Taken altogether, he is one of the grandest specimens of the thorough-bred horse that has ever been seen in the colony. His condition is all that could be desired, not quite ripe enough for racing, but sufficiently forward to be in excellent trim by the Cup day. Of course the news of the arrival of this renowned animal spread like wild-fire in Melbourne, and his price in the market sensibly decreased as the day wore on, and from the outside odds of 100 to 5 he advanced to 100 to 12. Peeress is a very powerfully-built chesnut-horse. She is not engaged in the Melbourne Cup, but the presence of so excellent a performer will render the weight for age races at the forth-coming Spring Meeting doubly interesting.