THE SPLENDID SPUR.

she said, and pointed to the ladder leading to the loft above—''Climb up there, the both, and pull the ladder after. Is't thou they want—or she?" pointing to Delia. "Me chiefly they would catch, no doubt being a man," I answered. "Ay—bein' a man; the woi-ld'sfull o' folly. Then, Jack, do thou look after her, an' I'll look after thee. If the rebels leave thee in peace, make for the Jews' Kitchen and there abide me." She flung my cloak about her, took my pistols and went out at the door. As she did •o the sun sank and a dull shadow swept over Ithe lnoor. "Joan!" I cried, for now I guessed her purpose and was following to hinder her; but she had caught Molly's bridle and was already astride of her. "Get back!" she called, softly, and then, "I make a better lad than wench, Jack," leaped the mare through a gap in the wal! and in a moment was breast ing the hill and galloping for the high road. In less than a minute, as it seemed, I heard a pounding of hoofs, and had barely time to follow Delia up the ladder and pull it after me, when two of the dragoons rode skurrying by the house and passed on yelling. Their cries were hardly faint in the distance before there came another three. "As a lost man, now, for sure," said one; •'be danged if 'a's not took the road back to Lan'son!" 1 "How 'bout the gal?" asked another voice. "Here's her horse i' the yard." ■ "Drat the gal! Sam, go thou an' tackla her; reckon thou'rt warriors enow for one ?ooman." ; The two hastened on; and presently I heard the one they called Sam dismounting in the yard. Now, there was a window hole in the loft facing, not on the yard, but towards the country behind; and running to it, I saw that no more were following—the other threo having, as I suppose, early given up the chase. Softly pulling out a loose stone or two, I widened this hole till I could thrust the ladder out of it. To my joy it just reached the ground. I bade Delia squeeze herself through and climb down. But before she was half way clown I heard a wild screech in the kitchen below and the Toice of Sam shrieking: '"Help—help I Lord ha' mercy 'pon me— 'tis a black cat—'tis a witch 1 The gal's no gal, but a witch!" Laughing softly, I was descending the lad der when the fellow came round the corner ■creaming—with Jan Tergagle clawing at his back and spitting murderously. Delia had Just time to slip aside, before he ran into the ladder and brought me flying on top of him. And there he lay and bellowed till I tied him, and gagged his noise with a big stone in his mouth and his own scarf tied around it. "Cornel" I whispered; for Joan and her pursuers were out of sight. Catching up her long skirt Delia followed me, and up the tor we panted together, nor rested till we were •afe in the Jews' Kitchen. "What do you think of this for a hiding place?" asked I, with a laugh. But Delia did not laugh. Instead, she faced me with blazing eyes, checked herself, and answered, cold as ice: "Sir, you have done me a many favors. How I have trusted you in return it were best for you to remember, and for me to forget." The dark drew on; but as I think, about 10 o'clock, I heard steps coming over the turf. I ran out. 'Twas Joan herself and leading Molly by the bridle. She walked as if tired, and, leaving the mare at the entrance, fol lowed me into tho cave. Glancing round, I noted that Delia had slipped away. "Am glad she's gone," said Joan, shortly. "How many rebels passed this way, Jack?" "Five, counting one that lies gagged and bound down at the cottage." "That leaves four"—she stretched herself on the ground with a sigh—"four that'll never trouble thee more, lad." , "Why? how"— "Listen, lad; sit down an'let me rest my head 'pon thy knee. Oh, Jack, I did it brave ly! Eight good miles an' more I took the mare —by the Four Holed Cross, an' across the moor past Tober an' Catshole an' over Brown Willy, an' round Roughtor to tho nor' west; an 1 there lies the bravest quag—oh, a black, bottomless hole—an'into it I led them; an' there they lie, every horse, an' every mother's son, till Judgment Day." "Dead?" ■ "Ay—an' the last twain wi' a bullet apiece in their skulls. Oh, rare I Dear heart—hold my head —so, atween thy hands. 'Put on his cast off duds,' said Ailsie, san stand afore a i glass, sayin' "Come, true man!" nine-an' ninety time.' I was mortal 'feard o' losin' count; but afore I got to fifty I heard thy itep an'—hold me closer, Jack." "But Joan, are these men dead, say you?" "Surely, yes. Why, lad, what be four rebels, up or down, to make this coil overi Hast never axed after me!" "Joan —you are not hurt?" In the darkness I sought her eyes, and, peer- Ing into them, drew back. "Joan!" "Hush, lad —bend down thy head, and let me whisper. I went too near—an' one, that was over his knees, let fly wi' his musket—an' Tack, I have but a minute or two. Hush, lad, hush—there's no call! Wert never the man could ha' tamed me—art tho weaker, in away; forgio the word, for I loved thee so, boy Jack I" Her arms were drawing down my face to her, her eyes dull with pain. "Feel, Jack—there—over my right breast. I plugged the wound wi' a peat turf. Pu! lit out, for 'tis bleeding inwards, and hurts cruelly—pull it out!" As I hesitated, she thrust her own hand in and drew it forth, leaving the hot blood to gush. "An' now, Jack, tighter—hold me tighter. Kiss me—oh, what brave times! Tighter, lad, an' call wi' rue—'Church and King!' Call, lad—'Church an'" The warm arm 3 loosened; tho head sank back upon my lap. I looked up. There was a shadow across the entrance, blotting out the star of night. ?Twas Delia, leaning there and listening.

CHAPTER XIX.

THE ADVENTURE 02T THE HEARSE. The day spring came at last, and in the sick light of it I went down to the cottage for spado and pickax. In the tumult of my tenses I hardly noted that our prisoner, the dragoon, had contrived to slip his bonds and steal off in the night. ■ And then Delia, seeing me return with the sad tools on my 6houlder, spoke for the first time: 1 "First, if there be a well near, fetch me two buckets of water, and leave us for an hour." Her voice was weary and chill, so that I dared not thank her, but did the errand in isiieuce. Then, but a dozen paces from the spot where Joan's father lay, I dug a grave and strewed it with bracken, and heather, and gorse petals, that in the morning air smelb rarely. And soon after my task was done, Delia called me. 1 In her man's dress Joan lay, her arms crossed, her black tresses braided, and her face gentler than ever 'twas in life. Over her wounded breast was a bunch of some tiny pink flower that grew about the tor. So I lifted her softly an once iv this same place she had lifted me, and boro her down the slope to the grave, and there 1 buried her, while Delia knelt and prayed, and Molly

browsed, lifting now and then her head to look. When all was done, wo turned away, dry eyed, and walked together to the cottage. The bay horse was feeding on the moor be low; and. finding him still too lame to carry Delia, I shifted the saddles, and, mending the broken rein, set her on Molly. The cottage door stood open, but we did not enter; only looked in; aad seeing Jan Tergagle curled-be side the cold hearth, left him so. Mile after mile we passed in silence, Delia riding and I pacing beside her with the bay. At last, tortured past bearing, I spoke: "Delia, have you nothing to say?" For a while she soemod to consider; then, frith her eyes fixed on the hills ahead, an swered: ! "Much, if I could speak; but all this has changed me somehow—'tis, perhaps, thatJE have grown a woman, having been a girl— and need to get used to it and think." She spoke not angrily, as I looked for, but with a painful slowness that was less hopeful. "But," said I, "over and over you have shown that lam nought to you. Surely" "Surely I am jjealous? 'Tis possibles—yes, Jack, I am but a woman, and so 'tis certain." "Why, to be jealous you must love me!" She looked at me straight, and answered very deliberate: "Now that is what I am far from sure of." "But, dear Delia, when your anger has cooled" "My anger was brief; I am disappointed, rather. With her last breath, almost, Joan said you were weaker than she; she loved you better than I, and read you clearer. You are weak. Jack"—she drew in Molly, and let her hand fall on my shoulder very kindly—"w« have been comrades for many a long mile, and I hope are honest, good friends; where fore I loathe to say a harsh or ungrateful seeming word. But you could not under stand that brave girl, and you cannot under stand me; for as yet you do not even know yourself. The knowledge comes slowly to a man, I think; to a woman at one rush. But when it comes, I believe you may be strong. Now leave me to think, for my head is all of a tangle." Our pace was so slow (by reason of the lame horse) that a great part of the after noon was spent before we came in sight of the House of Gleys. And truly the yellow sunshine had flung some warmth about the naked walls and turrets, so that Delia's home coming seemed not altogether cheerless. But what gave us more happiness was to spy, on the blue water beyond, the bright canvas of the Godsend, and to hear the cries and stir of Billy Pottery's marines as they hauled down the sails. And Billy himself was on the lookout with his spyglass. For hardly were we come to the beach when our signal—the waving of a white kerchief—was answered by another on board, and within half an hour a boat puts off, wherein, as she drew nearer, I counted eight fellows. They were (besides Billy) Matt. Soames, the master; Gabriel Hutchins, Ned Masters, the black man Sampson, Ben Halliday and two whose full names I have forgot—but one was called Nicholas. And, after many warm greetings, the boat was made fast, and we climbed up along the peninsula together, in close order, like a little army. All this tune there was no sign or sound about the House of Gleys to show that any one marked us or noted our movements. The gate was closed, the windows stood shuttered, as on my former visit; even the chimneys were smokeless. Such effect had this deso lation on our spirits that, drawing near, we fell to speaking in whispers, and said Ned Masters: "Now a man would think us come to bury somebody 1" "He might make a worse guess," I an swered. Marching up to the gate I rang a loud peal on the bell, and, to my astonishment, before the echoes had time to die away, the grating was pushed back, and the key turned in the lock. ! "Step ye in—step ye in, good folks! A sor ry day—a day of sobs an' tears an' afflicted blowiagsof the nose—when the grasshopper is a burden an' the mourners go about seeking whom they may devour the funeral meats. V! are welcome, gentlemen." 'Twas the voice of my one eyed friend as he undid the bolts; and now he stood in the gateway with a prodigious black sash across his canary livery, so long that the ends of it swept the flagstones. "Is Master Tingcomb within?" I helped Delia to dismount, and gave our two horses to a stable boy that stood shuffling some paces off. "Alas!" —the old man heaved a deep sigh, and with that began to hobble across the yard. We trooped after, wondering. At the house door he turned: "Sirs, there is cold roasted capons, an' a ham, an' radishes in choice profusion for such as be not troubled wi' the wind; an' cordial wines—alack the day!" He squeezed a frosty tear from his one eye, aud led us to a largo bare hall, hung round with portraits; where was a table spread with a plenty of victuals, and horn haudled knives and forks beside plates of pewter; and at the table a man in black, eating. He had straight hair and a sallow face; and looked up as we entered, but, groaning, in a moment fell to again. "Eat, sirs," the old servitor exhorted us; "alas! that man may take nothing out o' the world!" I know not who of us was most taken aback. But notftig Delia's sad, wondering face, as her eyes wandered round the neg lected room and rested on the tattered por traits, I lost patience. "Our business is with Master Hannibal Tingcomb," said I, sharply. The straight haired man looked up again, his mouth full of ham. "Hush!" —ha held his fork up, and shook his head sorrowfully, aud I wondered where I had seen him before. "Hast thou angel's wings?" ho asked. l "Why, no, sir; but the devil's own boots— as you shall find if I be not answered." "Young man—young man," broke in the one eyed butler, "our minister is a good min ister, an' speaks roundabout as such; but the short is, that my master is dead, an' in his coffin." "The mortal part," corrected the minister, cutting auother slice. "Ay, the immortal is a-trippin' it i' the New Jeroosalem; but the mortal was very lamentably took wi' a fit three days back— the same day, young man, aa thou earnest wi' thy bloody threats." "A fit?" "Ay, sir, an' verily such a fit as thou thy sel! witnessed. 'Twas the third attack, an' he cried, 'Ohl' he did, an' 'Ah!' —just like that. 'Ohl' and then 'Ah!' Such were his last dyin' speech. 'Dear master,' says I, 'there's no call to die so hard;' but might so well ha' whistled, for he was dead as nails. A beautiful corpse, sirs, dang my buttons!" "Show him to us." "Willingly, young man." He led tho way to the very room where Master Tingcomb and I had held our interview. As before, six candles wore burning there, but the table was pushed into a corner, and now their light fell on a long, black coffin, resting on trestles in tho center of the room. The coffin was closed and studded with silver nails; on the lid was a silver plate bearing these words written: "Hannibal Tingcomb, mdcxuxi," mih 0 text of Scripture below.

"Why have you nailed him down?" I asked. •'Now where ba tby bowels, young man, to fcalksounfeeiin'? Ak'where be thy experi- Bncs, wot to know the ways o' the blessed dead in summer time?" "When do you bury him?" "To-morrow forenoon. The spot is two mile from here." He blinked at me, and hes itated for a minute. "Is it your purpose, sirs, to attend?" "Bo sure of that," I said, grimly. "So have beds ready to-night for all our com pany." "All thy—! Dear sir, consider; where are Veds to be found? Sure, thy mariners can pass the night aboard their own ship?" "So then," thought I, "you have been on the lookout;" but Delia replied for me: "I am Delia Kiiligrew, and mistress of this house. You will prepare the beds as you are told." Whereupon what does that decrepit old sinner but drop upon his knees. "Mistress Delia 1 Oh, goodly feast for this, one poor eye! Oh, that Master Tingcomb had seen this day I" I declare the tears were running down his nose; but Delia marched out, cutting short his hypocrisy. In the passage she whispered: "Villainy, Jack!" "Hush!" I answered, "and listen: Master Tingcomb is no more in that coffin thau I,", "Then where is he?" "That is just what we are to discover." As I said this a light, broke on me. "By the Lord," I cried, " 'tis the very samel" Delia opened her eyes wide. "Wait," I said; "I begin to touch ground." We returned to the great hall. The straight haired man was still eating, and opposite sab Billy, that had not budged, but now beckon ing to me, very mysterious, whispered in a voice that made the plates rattle: "That's—a damned—rogue!" 'Twas discomposing, but the truth. In fact, I had just solved a puzzle. This holy speaking minister was no other than the groom I had seen at Bodmin fair holding Master Tingcomb's horses. By this time the sun was down, and Delia soon made an excuse to withdraw to her own room. Nor was it long before the rest fol lowed her example. I found our chambers prepared, near together, in a wing of the house at some distance from the hall. Delia's was next to mine, as I made sure by knock ing at her door; and on the other side of me slept Billy with two of his crew. My own bed was in a great room, sparely furnished, and the linen indifferent white. There was a plenty of clean straw, though, on the floor, had I intended to sleep—which I did not. Instead, having blown out my light, I sat on the bed's edge, listening to the big clock over the hall as it chimed the quarters, and waiting till Ihe fellows below should be at their ease. That Master Tingcomb rested under the coffin lid I did not believe, in spita of the terrifying fit that I could vouch for. But this, if driven to it, we could discover at the grave. The main business was to catch him; and to this end I meant to patrol the buildings, and especially watch the entrance, on the likely chance of his creeping back to the house (if not already inside) to confer with his fellow rascals. As 11 o'clock sounded, therefore, I tapped on Billy's wall, and finding that Matt. Soames was keeping watch (as we had agreed upon), slipped off my boots. Our rooms were on the first floor, over a straw yard, and the dis tance to the ground an easy drop for a man. But wishing to be silent as possible, I knotted two blankets together and, strapping the end round the window mullion, swung myself down by one hand, holding my boots in the other. I dropped very lightly, and looked about. There was a faint moon up and glimmering on the straw; but under the house was deep shadow, and along this I crept. The straw yard led into the court before the stable, and so into the main court. All this way I heard no sound, nor spied so much as a speck of light in any wiudow. The house door was closed, and the bar fastened on the great gate across the yard. I turned tho corner to explore the third side of the house. Here was a group of outbuildings jutting out, and between them and tho high outer wall a narrow alley. 'Twas with difficulty I groped my way here, for the passage was dark as pitch, and rendered tho straighter by a line of ragged laurels planted under the house; so that at every other step I would stumble, and run my head into a bush. I had done tins for the eighth time, and was cursing under my breath, when on a sud den I heard a stealthy footfall coming down the alley behind me. "Master Tingcomb, for a crown 1" thought I, and crouched to one side under a bush. The footsteps drew nearer. A dark form parted the laurels; another moment, and I had it by the throat. "Uugh—ugh—grrl For the Lord's sake, sir!" I loosed my hold; 'twas Matt. Soames. "Your pardon," whispered I; "but why have you left your post?" "Black Sampson is watchin', so I took the freedom —ugh! my poor windpipe I —to—to"— He broke off to catch me by the sleeve and pull me down behind the bush. About twelve paces ahead I heard a door softly opened and saw a shaft of light flung across the path between the glistening laurels. As the ray touched the outer wall I marked a small pos tern gate there, standing open. Cowering lower, we waited while a man might count fifty. Then came footsteps crunching the gravel, and a couple of men crossed the path, bearing a large chest be tween them. In the light I saw the handle of a spade sticking out from it; and by his gait I knew the second man to be my one eyed friend. "Woe's my old bones!" ho was muttering; "here's a fardel for a man o' my years!" "Hold thy bjreath for the next load!" growled the other voice, which as surely was the good minister's. They passed out at the small gate, and by the sounds that followed we guessed they were hoisting their burden into a cart. Pres ently they recrossed the path and entered the house, shutting the door after them. "Now for it!" said I inMatt.'seai 1. Gliding forward, I peeped out at the postern gato, but drew back like a shot. I had almost run my head into a great black hearse, that stood there with the door open, backed against the gate, tho heavy plumes nodding above it in the night wind. Who held the horses I had not time to see; but, whispering to Matt to give me a leg up, clambered inside. "Quick!" I pulled him after, and crept forward. I wondered the man did not hear us; but by good luck the horses were restive, and by his maudlin talk to them I knew he was three parts drunk—on the funeral wines doubtless. I crept along and found the tool chest stowed against the farther end; so, pulling it gently out, we got behind it. Though Matt. was the littlest man of my acquaintance, 'twas the work of the world to stow ourselves in such compass as to be hidden. By coil ing up our limbs we managed it; but only just before I caught tho glimmer of a light and heard the pair of rascals returning. They came very slow, grumbling all tho way; and, of course, I knew they carried the coffin. "All right, Sim?" asked the minister. "Ay," piped a squeaky voice by tho horses 1 heads ('twas the shuffling stable boy)—"ay, but look sharp! Lord, what sounds I've heordl Tho devil's i' the hearse, for surel" "Now, Simmy," the onefeyed gaffer expos tulated, "thou doesn't think the smoky king

(To be continued.)

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i fcsiucl JNotiees. < r| »O STAND This Season at Owner's . 1 Stable AfchbuHon, the STAfcDARD-BRED TROTTING HORSE, ; BLACKWOOD ABDALLAH, rJ he sire of the fastest horses in INew Zealand. DUNCAN ABDALLAH, and YOUKG j NEW STYLE, will stand at the Owner's \ Stable % Lyndhurst. I For terms apply I(L!£_- ___Mll2i Fllli-DLAKBVR. TO TRAVEL in the Ashburton, Long beach and Lagmhor districts, and to stand at owner's place, Mehese Farm, Wakanui; also at the training stables, (Aahburton, from Saturday to Monday, THE THOROUGHBRED STALLION GORTON, (By Thunderbolt —Lyra, by Thormanby- Clotilde by Touchstone.) GORTON'S Pedigree shows him to be descended, both on dam and sire's sides, from the mosfc successful racing stock in England. Thunderbolt was probably the most brilliant horse in England of his day, having btaten Buc caneer (who is credited with the fastest mile on record—l-38) the only time they met ; he is also the sire of some of the greatest racehorses in England. The pedigree of Lyra speaks for itself, being by Thormanby (sire of Albany), one of England'o most fashionable sires, out of Touchstone mare. Gortoa is the sire of such well-known performers as Blizzard, St. Ives, Sb Malo, Pique, Conjurer, Emmason, Lansfley, Eniield, Mistral, Rothamsted, Warring ton, Errington, and others*. Tekms —One mare, £5 s<j; two or more mares, £& 4s each. Groom's fee, ss. Owner at time ef service held responsible for fee. Good paddocking free of charge till January 1, 1894. For further particulars apply to groom in charge or to SAMUEL BROWN, Proprietor, 10 10 Melrose Farm, Wakanui, TO STAND at Methven and travel the surrounding districts, THE THOROUGHBRED STALLION YOUNG HUNNINGTON. YOUNG HUNNINGTON is syrs old and is a bay horse with black points, with plenty of bone of the riaht sort. He is by Hunnington, dam Minx, by Anteros-- Leevina. Hunnington by Talisman dam Nancy by Diomedes, imp., Talisman by Traducer. Young Hunnington was bred by M. I. Brown, Esq., of Highbank, who has used him solely for stud purposes. Anyone wishing to inspect this horse's stock should pay a visit to Highbank and have a look at thn young ones got by him on the station. Terms—Season ±2, payable J.nuary 2, 1894 ; Guarantee f3, payable July 1, 1894. All mares sold or changing hands to be paid for as season mares. Groomage fee ss, payable first service. For further particu lars app'y Groom in charge, 0£ JUH]V BLAKE, Proprietor. 'LO SI'AND this Season, and travel the Wakauui, Rakaia, Lauriston, and Ashbur ton Forks Districts' Thk PUREBRED CLYDESDA LE ENTIRE IMPEROB. EMPMi Kis a beautiful bright bay, stands i(j li an (Is 'A inches high, on short, legs, wnh great strength and bone, fine symmetry, and superior action, and was foaled Novem ber 23, 18S7, and was only shown once (in 1890), wheu he ttok second prize at Ash burton A and P. Association's Show. IiMPJ^UOR was bred by James Byrnes, f Esq., Doyleston; his sire, that well-known j horse General Gordon. General Gordon has gained six first prizas, three seconds, and ihree special prizes, for ! est draught entire in the sliow yard. General Gordon's dam is Marchioness 1., the noted prize-taking mare. In her show yard career she has taken no less than sixteen first prizes, seven second prizes, and eighteen special prizes, including champion gold medal, and has been first seven times in succession for best mare (and two of her progeny), and in this respect she has never been btaten. General Gordon, sire Victor. Victor ha& been very successful in his show yard career, gaining seven first prizes, four second prizes, and four special prizes, including champion gold medal twice : Victor's dam, Diamond, a noted prize-taker in Southland, always gaining first prizes when shown. Victor's sire, Conqueror, imported from Scotland ; his grand-sire, Scottish Champion. Emperor's dam, Jess, by Gienroy, also a noted prize-taker ; grand-dam, by Old Major. Gienroy was bred in Victoria, his sire, Prince of Wales, dam Darling, by Redman. The above will tend to show that Emperor has the best strains of blood in him that it is possible to procure. TERMS —Season, £2 10s, payable January 1, 1594; guarantee, £8 10s; payable August 1, 1894. Groomage fee, 53; payable first service. Mare 3 changing hands to be paid for as season mares. For other terms, apply to Groom n charge, or NICHOLAS FITZGERALD, 9 202 Proprietor, Seaview. TO STAND at Methven and _ TRAVEL in the Rakaia and Methven Districts, THE PUREBRFD AND HIGH-CLASS CLYDESDALE ENTIRE AWAMOA. AWAMOA is by the champion horse Your-g Banker (1, N Z. Stud Book) imported from Scotland by the Hon Matthew Holies. Dam, Leva, imported from Scot land, by Luck's Ail; g.d. Jessie Brown, imported, by Old Times, dam by Lochfergu Champion. AWAMOA is therefore a horse of great lineage ; in fact he is oue of the best bred horses in the world On one side he is sprung from Prince of Wales, and on the other from Loehfergus ; and anyone wko pretends to knowledge in these matters understands that these two sires were the most successful stud horses that the world has ever known. Awamoa hss been a most successful breeder. The colt Regent was never beaten in the ring, and lowered the colors of the famous British Lion when only two yeais old, and was sold at 350 guineas The filly Nonpareil 11. lias never been be iten wherever shown. It would occupy too much space to enumerate and comment on all prizetakers that have sprung from Awamoa Besides being a great breeder, Awamqa had a good career in the show ring, Aa a yearling he took first prize at Oamaru, firs at Christchurch, first at Timaru, and first at Dunedin ; as a two-year-old, first at Christ church and second at Oamaru ; as a three year-old, first at Oamaru and champion of the yard ; following year second at Qaniftru and «eoond a>, Timaru j and \vl\en seven years old was cham|,ion at Oamaru. It will thus be seen that Awamoa has been successful in the ring j he has been very successful as a breeder ; he has proved himself a sure foal getter ; hence his value as a sire, and breeders should not miss such a chance, as they have not had such a stallion in the district before. Terms—Guarantees, four guineas. Season mar ens as yer agreement. Groomage fee ss, payable first service. All mares changing hands in any way, first owners will be held liable. 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\ . Stud Notices. V-ff"^ PEEKIN WARBEOK 11., WILL STAND at; Grove Farm this Season. Good Paddocking at Is 6d per week. E. GATES, 0 106 Proprietor. TO STAND this season at Lona;beach THE STANDSRD-BRED AMERICAN TROTTING HORSE GENERAL TEACEY Services—s guineas. 'I'HE Standard-bred American Trotting t Stallion, GENERAL TRACEY, is full brother to the well-known performer, Kentucky, being by Berlin (imp.), dam, Jenny Tracey (imp.; This mare was im ported by Mr Robert Wilkin, bub before leaving America, Hiram Woodruff, a gieat authority on trotting, drove Jenny Tracey a mile in 2min 18|seca. He also used to drive Berlin's tull brother, Mambrino Dudley ; and Mr Woodruff says in his book on trotting—" If ever there was a horse which could trot a mile in 2 minutes Mambrino Dudley could before seeing so much stud duty. So it is plain that Ken tucky and General Tracey contain the very besc strains of American trotting blood. Mares grazed free. Every care taken bu o responsibility. Gj' omage fee, ss; payable at first service. J. C N. GRrGG, Longbeach, TO STAND at Allenton and at Somerset Stables on Saturdays, and travel the Alford Forest, Methvep and Surround ing Districts, THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE YOUNG CHEVIOT. YOUNG CHEVIOT was two years at the Stud, and proved himself a sure foal getter, his stock being highly spoken of. Yotjmg Cheviot, by Cheviot—Fanny, by Caledon—Jennie, by The Peer—Mosa Rose. For further pedigree see cards or New Zealand Stud Book. YOUNG CHEVIOT'S Record was highly creditable, for during the thirteen months after coming into his present owner's possession he won 13 r;jces, 7 times second, 3 times third, and 6 times unplaced, one of those limes he fell. In 1891-92, he won the Maiden Plate at Oamaru, with 9st 31b, beating Sincerity, Sst 91b, and several others. At the Tin wald meeting, he won the Flying Handi cap with Bst lib, and in the Welter Handi cap with 9st ran second to Aquarius, Bst 21b. At Hororata he carried 7st 121b in the six furlong race, and eisily defeated Lady Zetland, Bat 131b, and Kegina 9dt 3lb. At the Flumptou Park meeting he carried top weight (Bst 61b) to the h-ont, and at the same meeting he carried lOst and ran. third to Cajolery, 10at 9ib, and Bay King 10,t 121b. At the South Canterbury meeting he won the District Plate with 8-.t 51b up, beating Affection, fist. 71b, and several others. The same day he won the Welter, carrying lOst 71D, giving away heaps of weight to eveiything. On the following day he c.irried 9dt 71b in front of Yistim, 7>-t 71b, in the County Piate, and on the same day, with lOst up he ran second to Finetta Bat» At the Oeialdine meeting he ran second to Lady i Zetland in the Autumn Handicap, i Last season Young Cheviot can ied list 51b at Plumpton Park in the Flying Han '. dicap and beat Samoa, lOst 21b, and he won the County Plate at the South Canter bury meeting, carrying 9st 51b, beating Kate Grepnaway, 6st 111b, and on the second day he won the Gladstone Handi cap with 10-fc olb up, beating Lord Zet land, 7«t 51b, and later on ran home with list 101b in front of Sir Robeit 9st, and several otherd in the Members' Place. At the C JO, meeting Young Cheviot carried Bst 21b and won the Maiden Stakes —a mile in lmin 42^sec« ; the same day he won the Riccarton Welter Handicap, six furlongs, with lOstSlb up, In lmin 16Jsec. Both were very eat,y wins ; and on the second day Young Cheviot gave that great performer Merganser 14ibs in the Criterion Stakes, and was only just beaten by* a bare half length, the mare carrying 7st 51b, and Young Cheviot, Sst sib. Young Cheviot won all his races very easily, and each time he started he met good fields, so that his record on the turf stamps him as a good performer. His sire Cheviot, is one of the most sought after sires in A nrerica, where his stock are remarkable for their racing qualities and soundness. TERMS—£3 10s, payable first week in January. Thoroughbred mates, £5. Three or more mares the property of one owner, as per agreement. [ Groomage fee, ss. Paddocking wiU be found for mares at l Alienton and Alford Forest at Is 6d per i week. Ail care taken, but no responsi bility. For further particulars apply, S. ALEXANDER, 9 177 or Groom in Charge, TO STAND this Season and travel the Ashburton, Wakanui, Longbeach, an surrounding districts, THE CARRIAGE HORSE, BOOMERANG. BOOMERANG is a dark bay, rising eight years old, standing 16 hands 3 inches high, with good action, sound constitution, and even temper. Boomer ang ia by Bundoora, by the Peer, out; of Argosy. His dam, the trotting mare 1 Bess, by Touchstone, standing 17 hauds 2 inches high, and was bred by Mr Sheenan at Little River. Touchstone ia also the sire of lieer'a Gipsy and Jenny Tracey 11, and numerous other good per formers. Boomerang was bred by Mr "William Topp, at Sefcon, and as a foal secured first honours at Kaiapoi Foal Show, in 1886, and second pri^e for the best cross country horse on same date. First prize at Rangiora in 1888, also second prize at Courtenay in 1891, for the best carriage hor^e travelling the district ; also first and special at Ashburton A. snd. P. Associa tion's Show in 1892. Boomerang has proved himself a sure foal getter, his stock having taken first prize "wherever shown. He sired two first prize takers afc last Northern shpw. Tehms--£2 for the Season ; guarantee, £3 ; groomage s, payable at first service. All mares changing hands in any way, first owners will be held liable. J". n. BEG a, 9 173 Proprietor, Ashton



WALKER'S BOT FLY REMEDIES. 1 ftVrAIiRAKTEf) TO CURE ANE HOUSE AFFLICTED WITH BOTS, IF ■ ' GIVEN IN" TIME, and to Improve the Condition of the Horse, whether he has Bots or not, given in two drenches. LOCAL TESTIMONIALS. Gray's read, Ainberley, unarmed aboatthe rest of rrys'ock. lasedjour Sep-fr'mbfir 6 1892. -B°T LV Remedies on oae that was very bad, Mr Walker, Sir,—Your Bot Fly 'kemedy h(id eV(l'y sjmptom o? dying, and in ihree rcaoh. d me in dm course. I gavn them lo da^B sne wa3 completely cured, nnd is doinc one iha', was vtry b>,d, end aa I had well- l believe it is a proper thing, and if lost a splendid poung hcrap, I ?l ot very Biven n* ne proper time we shall have no arix'oui?, as the stomach prosented one aiase more deaths from the Bot Fiv. o? bots ia all stages, wi h ihe roa ing eaten David Bb-^wv. away. I am glad to tell you that the ore 1 ~ drenched according (o your instructions got Brook*ide, December 12, 1892. Quito bttler, and is now'at his work again. Mr Walker,— S r,—l wish to add my 1 would highly recommend farmers lo use the testimony to the wonderful cffeJs of your j tne in time, a-'1 un t--atMk-d that they will Bot Fly Rtsmediea. I had a valuable horse save and greauy improve the condition of the which got very bad and gradually got wor;e. horse. Send me seme of your Box Fly I quite believe he would have died. He kept Fbeventivis for the summer, ,end oblige,— losing fleeh, gt a dry coat, tight skin, care- Yours very respectfully, worn-expression of the e^e, a cough, running Edward Watson. »t the Dostrib, and could scarce work I got ,  your remedies and gve them na directed, Killinohy, September 14, 1892. with Ihe moat beneficial results. The second Mr Robert Walker, Chriatohurob, Dear day *fi>e* getting the last drenoh he began to Sir—Your Bot Fly Remedies have proved a P9BB botß in bandfuls, some of which I bere complete sucocsb with my horse. Ha nad wito hand you. Immediately after pausing been very bad for some time ; the coat dry, a me DOtB nt) began to mend, and is now as fat tight skin, got very low in condition, and'got as batter, hearty and well, thanks lo Walker's scarce able to walk. I tjaiie expected he Bot-fly Eemedies Any who doubt send would die, as he had all the symptoms of one tnem l° me > and I will convince them that that my neighbor lost with the bo s 1 gave your remedies are a boon to the community your remedies as you directed, with the Bnd tne suffering horsa Every horse should following resuls:—The horse, after getting have them in the season, as lam confident the late bott'e, became very pained, lying >* uaed there will be no more deathß from the down ro!ling and groaning with paiD, in the bot-fly Use this as you pleaße. paddock. He began to cough very hard, eaoh H, Lovell, cough brirjging away a thick humorous —— matter from the nostrils, the like of which I Greenwood Farm, never saw before coming from a horse. This Southbridge, August 2, 1392 continued all next day, whion lam certain Mr Walker, Sir,—l an glad to bear testi were the bote bursting from the effects of the mO ny to the wonderful effects of your Bot Remedy, and coming up through the nostrila Fl y Remedies. One of my best horses be by the effects of the oough. After this ceased, oatne very D>d . the t j gnf> the eye )ife the horsa began to mend, and in six days I i essa nd a bad color, and got low in condition, had him at work again, heartily well, You Anxious to finish ploughing a paddock I did should make these Remedies public, so that not want t0 i ay him Hp until he beoame un farmers might know there is a remedy for able to i i(t b i ß f eet) or do aDy more . We had this deßtiuoiive pasts. Send me some to help him into a stable I gave him your Pbeventive for keeping oS the fly in sum- Remedies, and, and the trsatment you pre mer,—And oblige, scribed, and ia a few days he wa3 quite ROBERT McIOBBiW. better) ftnd now at fajg wor fc f he ar ty Bn d we U, r~~T . „nn I quite believe, had I not given him your m  ™ .. i Amberley, July 26,1892. Eemedies, he would have died. You can use To Mr Eoberb Walker, Chnstohuroh, Sir, tDis as y^ pi ease# —Having lost three good horses, and on ex- ' Robert Thompson. animation found the stomaoh of two oom pletely eaten through, and the whole ofthe stomaoh thickly covered with bots in all stages of transformation, I became much AGENTS FOR ASHBURTON—W. Anderson &J. Heseltinb, Saddler. MANUFACTURER—ROBERT WALKEB, Canal Reserve, Woolaton.



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TO STAND and travel ibis Seaw in the Elude, M.j}field, Mount Burners, Wii-owby and fimoanding districts. THE HIGH-CLASS THOROUGHBRED HORSE, LuRD HOPEIOUN. 6 yenrs old. T ORD HOPETOUN is a i-loh cheßtnut ■Lv landing ;.early sixteen hands high, is Will made and shows a lo'' of qua>ny He was at the Bud last season and pt.>ved him self a sure foa^ g tier. Lord Hope oun was raced twice. At hia firtt attempt he ran third emoDß»t a iaige field, The next time he started was at Rlocarton with list 101b top weight on hia baok, and ran creditably. Lord Hojetoua was go 1; by Mataku, by Tr.nucer out of Speargrass, she being ;ha (sam of Tua-oek engaged in the neit New Zealand Gup. Lotd Hopetoun'a dam, Chrise mer, ia by Montros°, dam by Blood Royal. Terms : Guarantees £3 10a for one mare, two or more mares as per agreement. Sea son £2 5s payable January 1,1894; groomage fee se, payable first service, All mares changing bands first ownerj held liable, and to be paid for as season marcs. THOMAS ANNETT, 10 58 Proprietor, Hinds. nnHE CARRIAGE STALLION SILCHESTER Will travel the Ashburton, Methven, Rakaia, and surrounding districts this season. SILCHESTER, a rich chestnut, three years old by Rouser, dam by Admiral, grand dam by Camden. Admiral by Malton—Spray byDonizette—Lady Ann. Rouser by Messenger—Kate O'Shane, by Oaledon—Laura, by Young Emigrant- Maggie. Messenger by Battler—Ludia. Terms for season, payable January 1, 1894, £2 ; guarantee £3 10s. Groomage fee ss. ALSO,— THE ENTIRE PONY ALA BABA (late the property of Mrs Scott), will stand this season at Owners' farm, Educational Reserve, South Rakaia. Terms for season, £1103 ; guarantee, £2 2s. Groomage fee ss. Mares for both horses grazed at 2s per week. Every care taken but no responsi bility, J. & W. A. STRACHAN, South RaVaia. NOTICE. TZ)LANS, Specifications, and Estimates I for any kind of Buildings can be had from Georp^ W. Andrews, East Belt. Agent fo& At W. A, P. Clarkson, Architect, A.R.1.8.A., Christchurch. Specimen plans on hand. Charges moderate. Agent for Watters' Celebrated Ranges and Austin and Son's Chimney Pots and Glazed Drain-Pipes. Orders taken for Brick, Concrete, and Asphalt work 9 51 LONQBE^CH COACH^T ON and after MONDAY, October 2 for the summer months, the Longbeach Coach will start from Ash* burton at 5 p.m. R. Tt. BROWNE, Hoachmani LANDELLS AED PEESTON, KKGINEERS and CYCLE EXPERTS, GUN AND LOCKSMITHS. "VTAME PLATES, Stencils, Engrav 1\ ing and Die Sinking. Sewing Machine;?, Lawn Mowers, &&o f repaired. LANDELLS AND PRESTON will commence business in Ashburton on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, in the Premises in Burnett street, next 9f 9 Ashburton Club a card] MR H. G. ORBELL, SOLICITOR, ASHBURTON. Office : Montgomery's Buildings, Corner East and Burnett Streets. ißt!27 A NEW AND POWERFUL INVENTION. The Crystal Soap' HAS ALREADY been tried and proved to be the Best Household Cleanser in the Market. The following are a few of the numerous testimonials already received:— Messrs Craighead Bros. Sirs, —I have used your Soap and find it excellent for all cleansing purposes.— Mas WiLLiiMsotf, Ashburton. Seaview, September 16, 1893. To Craighead Bros. I tried your Soap and found it answered very well for washing and scrubbing.— Mrs P. Stewart. Tinwald, September 19. Craighead Bros. Sirs, —I have used your Crystal Soap and find ib a great labor-saving soap for scrubbing and washing, Ie is also ex* cellent for cleaning glass and tinware.^ Mrs M. A. Woods. Wakanui Read, Ashburcon, September 16,1893. Messrs Craighead Bros. Dear Sirs,—Your Crystal Soap for? washing and cleansing purposes gives perfect satisfaction. I can highly recom mend it.—P. Anderson. To be obtained from J. Orr & Co,, H. Zander, R. McCallum, G. Light, Working Men's Co-operative, Ashburton, and front J. Gudsell and J. Robinson, Tinwald. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY CRAIGHEAD BROS., ASHBURTON. Tlj-ONEY TO LEND on Approved iecurities, in sums to suit borrowers, ftfc LOWEST CURRENT RATES. H. C. ORBELL, Solicitor, Ashburton. JLleweT(rir"Oweii # " pianoforte7~singing and HARMONY. ARCADE CHAMBERS. 1 (Dances not attended.) 4