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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 280, 23 October 1884, Page 4

TO STAND THIS SEASON AT THIS PINES STABLES, FQXTON. TEE THOROUGHBRED HOUSE Somxms BY the Premier Stallion Traducer, out of the thoroughbred imported mare Hammock, this highclass mare being the property of the Middle Park Stud Company/ As only a limited number of mares will be received, early application will be necessary. ■ For full particulars as to pedigree, performances, terms, &c., see cards \vi(.h photo, thereon, which can -.be seen at the principal business places throughout the district, and can also be obtsiiued on application to tlie undersigned. BAKER & Co., Proprietor^, Foxton. THE THOROUGHBRED STALLION Morpheus WILL TRAVEL THE PALMERSTON, FEILDING, HALCOMBE, AND SANDON DISTRICTS THIS SEASON. . ' . . MORPHEUS is a golden chesßHt, standing 16 hands 3 inches. thoroughly sound m all respects. H« is 7 years old, and by that, fast and well-known horse Castaway, dam. Somnatnbula »>y Towton, imported, dam Opera, by II Barbiere, dam Cassandra by Priam j Towton, imported, by Melbourne ; Castaway by Traducer, imported, dam Mermaid, imported. Morpheus comes from a great racing family, claiming some aristocratic and high-class performers as his relatives. His sire won the Wellington Cup and ian second for the Christchurch Derby and Great AutJtmin Handicap. He is full brother to Lurline and Le Limp. The performances of these animals m New Zealand and Australia need no com* ment. Le Loup won the Canterbury J. 0. Handicap and Cup m 1880. Opera, grand dam of Morplieus, won the Canterbury Derby m 1864. Tarn* bourini was also from Opera, by Towtou, and won amongst other races, the Canterbury J. C. Handicap and Canterbury and Wellington Cups, besides performing successfully over hurdles. Salvage, by Castaway, ran second for the Wellington Cup m 1882, giving the winner a year and * pound. Won the Great Autumn Handicap at Christchurch, and ran second to Adamant for the Dunedin Cup giving the wiuuer two yeara and twenty four pounds. Won the Auckland Cup and Free Handicap. Towton, imported, is the grand sire of MorpJieus, and the fiirg. of .such noted performers as Golden Cloud, .Master Rowe, Misfortune. Tanibourini, Lara, Puriri, Korari, Atalanta, Ayucona, Cocksure, Maiora, Lillipee, Stirabout, Songster, Lacenfeed, Ramarama, aud Twitter. . Morplww is nearly full brother m blood to Darebin, admitted to be as brilliant a horse as ever trod the Australian turf. Darebin, by The Peer, imported, full brother: to Towton, imported, dam Lurline, full sister to Castaway. ... , . Terms, £s'; groomage fee, ss. W. J. CLOUTS R & Co., Proprietor*, Palruerston North. Central Seed Store, MANNER&STREET, WELLINGTON. Nursery Grounds — Taranaki-street and Lower Hutt. Established 1866. F. GpOPER^ Wholesale and Retail SEEDSMAN & FLOBIST. Flower, Garden, Farm, Agricultural and Pastoral Seeds ; Con if era and other Tree Seeds; Clover and Natural Grass Seeds. The Choicest Seeds Only Kept. On Sale—Every Description of Horticultural Requisites and Requirements. Wellington made Flower Pots at Pottery Prices. r All Country Orders Attended to with Dispatch. " ■ ;'■■ '-»,. GRATEFUL — COMFORTING.; Epp's Cocoa. BEEAKFAST. " By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which ;govern the operar tions of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which, may save us many heavy doctors' . bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready .to attack wherever there is a weak jppiut. We may escape many « a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished = frame." — See article m the Civil Service Gazette. - Made simply with, boiling water o» milk. Sold m £lb packets, by Grocers, labelled thus:—; JAMES EPPS AND CO;, HOMOEOPATHIC CHEMISTS,LONDON, ENGLAND.