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IMPORTED CLYDESDALE MARES
Mr. A. McCallum's Purchases.
Three valuable Clydesdale mares, which
were purchased in the Eastern States re
cently by the Minister for Works (Mr.
A. McCallum) for private use, were
landed trom the steamer Karoola at Ere
mantle yesterday.. They, will be sent to
Mr. McCallum's property at Muntadgin.
One of .the mares is from New Zealand.
She is Bahnedie Duchess and -was bred
by Mr. J. M., Smith at Kakonui by Spring
field' Stamp out of Belle. Aged 6 years,
she was recently sent to Melbourne for
the Royal Show, but arrived too late to
compete. ' Of the other two, which are
from South Australia, one is an outstand
ing animal. She is Newbold Bloom IL.
a bay mare, aged 3 years and standing
18 hands. Bred at the stud of Mr. J. w!
DawkuM, at Gawler, her sire is Brim
stone Demand, a stallion imported from
Scotland, and her dam .is Newbold Bloom.
The third mare is aged 6 years and was
bred at the McDermott stud at Copley's
Hill, South Australia.
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