ANNUAL HORSE PARADE AT OHAUPO.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1910, 2 October 1884, Page 3

ANNUAL HORSE PARADE AT OHAUPO.

The annual paiade of entire hnr&es was held at I3uckland b paddock on Tuesday last. The entueb weio very good, there bomy fointeeu horses on jjaiade. Theie weio eight Clydesdales, five thoioughbreds, and one ICunooi pony. Last year theie were thnteon entiles. Tlio hordes, witl) one exception, weie all in the pink of condition. Each hor o e had his admirers, and many a knot of men could bo been discussing the luspectivo merits of their favourites That little model Nutmeg came in for large -Jure of admiration ; he is the perfection of fonn and symmetry, and looked a little beauty. The contiast between the little mite and the big Clydesdales was very amusinp as they walked lound the img. The Clydesdales were in splendid condition, with the exception of Young Wellington, whose owner has only had him a voiy shoit tune, and has not had tune to get linn up in condition, but though not the best m condition, ho was by no means the woibt theie. The majority of people weie, as far as L could hce. inclined to diwdo the hrst honoui-> between Elgin and Bonnie Pi nice. Elgin ib a beautiful dappled In own, with no white, except, peihaps, some on the forehead, while Jionnie PuucMs very light m coloui, with white stockings. The w lute logs woie the onl) objection iaised against him, but whethei that is leally an objection is a niattei oi opinion, i'mice Chaihe and ttu Colin had then admnuis also, as had the ofcheis, but those mentioned and VoungWellm^ton, L think, found most iaumi with the public. The thoiouglibiuds all looked in bplendid older lor the season. Auteios was ver> much noticed, this bjing Ins hist appeal .nice in this disti ict. lie lonkb a gentleman, but peiliaps scaicely as much so as Eo\e That giaud old horse Anel was theio look imj as tush as a t.vo-^eai-old. A good ina:iy luunni^ct'iisus ot Ins lacing caieei woie c ulcd up — how he cairied Sst 131b to \utoiy o\oi the Elloishe cjuise in mud iiLdily to his fetlocks. Tiieie wab auotdei lioi^o heie n.tiued ! ( 'i-lieinuin, new to the \Y ukato, a veiy good looking hteel giey. He lias, I heai, been a good peitoimei also ; lie has j)lenty of bone .ind is an exceedingly well tupped horse. La--t, but by no means le ist, comes Randwiek. This hoiso is .so well known and his grand peifonnances have bi'un so much talked of, that theie is no need to refer to them heio. Many were of opinion with icgaid to Anteios that he would get good racei.s 1 , but they were more inclined tofasom somu of the otneis for hacks. ]''e\em my opinion was tar and away the handsomest hoi-e in the field. \\ o have few of his otock on this .side, so I cannot pietend to say what they aie like, and 1 liave sw-n Anols and those I hawb^en aie a cicdit to Inni, .some out of small mu'cs are up to any weight. Eisheiinan 1 joks hke a lioiseth.it would get stiong hacks. The whole i-ive looked well and each had his adinneis who thought then fa\ounto the best hoi ->e in the held. The following is the list of the owneis and the names of the iioises. Clydesdales, Mr R. X xiuttles J3en Loinoi d, Mi J. Allw ill's '3 iinne I'iinee, Mi C.Johnston' Eailof \Lu, iN.Z. IStud Go's I'jlgm, Mi John Hill's Low den Tain, Mi R Lamb's JSir (John, Mi John ltilTb Young Piince Chailie, ALi (i. Haijiei s Young Wellington. Thoioughbied--, i\ r . Z. [Stud Co's AntcKK-. Mi JJond's Ariel, Mr J. Vllwills Ee\e, Mi Luuisden's Eishernian, Mi K. Lamb's llandwitk. There w.is also Mi limits cxmooi pony Nutmeg. — (Own Coiieapondent.)