CLYDESDALES, SHORTHORNS, AND HEREFORDS FOR NEW ZEALAND.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1150, 8 November 1879, Page 1 (Supplement)

CLYDESDALES, SHORTHORNS, AND HEREFORDS FOR NEW ZEALAND.

"We take the following from the Field oi the 6th September : — " Messrs Maclean and Co., of Auckland, New Zealand, are large breeders of pedigree ca title and horses, and their Hereford herd, numbering about 300 head, is probably one of the largest m the world. Two very fine Shorthorn bulls, styled Buke of Cambridge and Buke of Newcastle, of the Anemone tribe, by a sire bred by Mr Bowley, of Buchess and G-wynne blood, won first prizes m their several classes at the Intercolonial Show at Sydney last, and Bake of Newcastle woq the champion pn*Zß also, m competition with all other breeds, and was described at the time by the Sydney journals as the best Shorthorn that had ever trod New Zealand soil. Messrs Maclean & Co. had several offers of 1500 guineas for him, but preferred to take him back to their Penrose herd m Auckland. |{ Since the Australian ports have been thrown open, the Hon. Thomas Russell, C.M.G. and Mr James Bailey, C.B. of the firm, have taken a tour of inspection m the mother country, wifch the view of enriching their herds- of bofch Shorthorn and Herefords, with more fashionable blood than they previously owned. Their most important purchase of animals of the former breed was made about a fortnight since, of Mr R. Loder, of Whittlebnry, whoso high class herd is well known to be distinguished for its choice materials. Four young bulls were obtained of him, the pedigrees of which are so fashionable and good as to merit a fall description. " One of the best bre«T Oxfords m thekiogd©m is. among them— Oxford Royal (4043) red and white, calved September 13/1877, by 3rd Buke of Glo!ster, a pure Buchess sire m high estimation, who was so highly esteemed by Mr E. H. Cheney, his breeder, that, after parting with him, he bought him back at Mr Coleman's sale, May 17, 1876, at a cost of 1250 guineas. But Oxford Royal's dam is the beautiful 10th Maid of Oxford, by 4th Buke of Geneva, (30,958), purchased by Earl Bective at the Gaddesbury sale of 1877, for 1680 guineas, when her daughter, 11th j Maid of Oxford, an elder sister of Oxford Royal, made as a yearling, «£1470 c " Two of the others are of the Wild Eyes tribe, and both by Grand Buke 22nd (34,062). Prince Wild Eyes, a handsome roan, was calved May 5. 1878, and is out of that truly magncent cow Velvet Eyes, bred by Colonel Kingscote, who has been sold for 900 guineas, the highest sum any female Wild %es has realised. Her sire was Buke of Hillhurst (28,401), who, after being brought across the Atlantic from America, was let to three breeders at 850 guineas for less | than a year's service — the highest ! sum ever paid for a bull on hire. " Buke Winsome, another Wild Eyes young bull, which has been burchased from Whitlebury, is the by the same sire as Prince Wild Eyes, and also a roan. He was calved September 27, 1878, from Winsome 6th, a very fine good cow, bred by the Buke of Bevonshire, and of lineage very highly prized at Holker. She was sold at Mr Phillip's sale m 1875 for 610 guineas. " The fourth young bull, Baron Tregunter, selected from Mr Loder's herd, is a . red and white, son of Grand Buchess Fawsley 3rd, calved January 23, 1879, by 7th Buke of Tregunter (38,194). He thus combines very intimately the Buchess Knightley and Oxford blood, as 7th Buke of, Treg"nter is by Baron Oxford 6th and out of Buchdss 10th, wtyte Qrqncl Buehej9S Fawsley 3r<J is

by Grand Duke 22nd and out of Lady GS-er trade Eawsley by. Grand Duke of Kent (20,289, with -two other crosses of Grand Duke 4th (19,874) and Duke of Cambridge (12,742) infused on the Knight-ley .Rosy stock.' "Messrs. Maclean and Co., a little earlier, bought some well bred Shorthorns from the herd of Mr Bult, which have ahead v been shipped for New Zealand, and the particulars of which have already been made public ; bub the purchase of two remarkably grand Hereford bulls and two splendid Hereford heifers has only taken place very recently, and the public have as yet received scarcely any information respecting it, One of these is the bull calf Coomapsie, with whom Mr Edwards has taken a premier position m every show where he has competed this year, including the Royal International at Kilburn. Tho other is Horace 2nd, also a | showyard ball, who won a second Royal prize at Bristol last year. With these have been shipped Leonora 2nd, a young sister of that inestimable Leontfra with whom Mrs Edwards has gained no end of first j.rizes and cups, including the champion prize at Oxford last year, where she beat all the females of every breed. The other is Buchess 3rd, from Mr Platt's herd, who has also been a well-known prize winner. As stated m our report of the Bunmore s tie last week, two very well-bred Shorthorns of the Oxford Rose tribe, so highly appreciated at Holker, were sold to Mr Russell ; also, Blair A thole, the highest priced Clydesdale stallion, who has had a noted showyard career, carrying off first prizes as a yearling at the Highland Society's Bunafries meeting, and likewise .at Ayr and Stirling, while during the past season he won prizes at Ealkirk, Stirling, Ayr, Glasgow, and Kilburn. Two of the Bunmore fillies were also bought— Lady Augustus, by the renowned Time o'Bay, whose dam, Lady Stanley, and g. d. Stan-ley-Muir, wero both highly distinguished j and Myrtle, by Black Comet. Both of these are handsome, good mares, which have won first prizes wherever shown. At the Auchendenan sale on the following day, Mr Russell also bnughD tbe powerful Clydesdale mare Mamse Headrigg, by Paisley Jock." The following appears m the " Live Stock Journal " of the sth of September :— "The Hon. Thomas Russell, of New Zealand, was a buyer of both Clydesdales and Shorthorns at Lord Bunmore's sale, and he also bought Wo valuable fillies at Mr Martin's important sale iv Dumbartonshire, which was held on August 28, the day following that at Dunmore. About a week ago Mr Russell, however, made a still more noteworthy purchase ot four very high-class young Shorthorn bulls of fashionable pedigrees from the herd of Mr R. Oliver, of Whittlebury, consisting of one of the purest bred Oxfords m the kingdom — Oxford Royal, by the 3rd Buke of Gloster, Mr Cheney's celebrated Buchess bull, and from 10th Maid of Oxford, a cow sold to Earl Bactive at the lasb Gaddesby sale for 1600 guineas ; Prinoo Wild Eyes and Buke Winsome, two exceedingly well-bred animals of the Wild Eyes tribe, the former by Grand Buke . 22nd and out of Velvet Eyes, the the latter by the same sire and from Winsome 6 th, brsd by the Buke of Devonshire,, and so highly prized at Holker ; also, a son of 7th Buke of Tregunter and Grand Buchess Pa wnly 3rd, the former a purebred Buchess bull, bred by Col. Hunter, the latter a well-bred cow ot mixed Qoantes auti KQigUtley

blood. Mr Russell has one of the largest Shorthorn herds m the worLl m New Zealand, and a herd of purebred Herefords al most as large, and for the latter he has been enabled to select some of the best bred animals m England of the white faced breed — such as Coomassin, the Royal first prizo calf at Kilburn, aud who has been unconquered at all other shows this year ; Horn c 3 2nd, who won a Royal vSecond prize afc Bristol ; and a full sister to Leonra, Mrs Edwards's champion cow."