Feilding Star,
Volume IV, Issue
48, 25 September
1883, Page 2
INTERPROVINCIAL.
Dunedin, This Day. The Hon.
Matthew Holmes has bought
two draught mares from Mr
Robert
Gawn, for £600. One is
Nelly, described as the best
ever bred in New Zealand ;
and the other is a two-year
old filly named Princess
Alice by the famous Lard
Salisbury.
Otago
Witness , Issue 1749, 30 May
1885, Page 15
Sale
of Stock.
Messrs. Wright, Stephenson,
and Co. hold a very
successful sale at Tahuna
Park on Friday of stock from
the Moa Flat Estate. There
was a fairly large
attendance, and the
proceedings occupied a
considerable time. The
following was the result of
the sale:—
Clydesdale Stock.— Nine pure
Clydesdale four-year old
fillies by Lord Salisbury
were knocked flown, as under
: Myrtle, Mr
Robert
Gawn, 42 guineas ;
Flora, Mr Ferguson, 77
guineas ; Dora, Mr
Robert
Gawn, 44 guineas ;
Duchess, Mr Charles Clark,
37 guineas ; Countess, Mr
Charles Clark. 42 guineas ;
Fanny, Mr
Robert Gawn., 45 guineas
; Nelly, Mr
Robert
Gawn, 60 guineas. Matty.
Mr D. Haugh, 32 guineas ;
Becky, Mr Charles Clark, 40
guineas. Brood mate Jewel
(in foal to Lord Cecil), by
Lord Salisbury, to Mr
Alexander Imrie, 25 guineas
; , brown mare, to Mr
Rutherford, 12 guineas Five
three - year - old fillies,
also by Lord , Salisbury,
went as follows : —Mr J D.
Haugh, 22 guineas ; Mr
Anderson, 29 guineas; Mr E
Haugh, 41 guineas; and Mr
Charles Clark, 24 and 30
guineas. Five two-year-old
fillies by Lord Salisbury
were bought by Messrs
Gawn, R. Wood, U. Clark.
and R. Charter", prices 35,
28, 36 26, and 47 guineas.
The entire colt "Lord
Cecil," by Lord Salisbury,
went to Mr W. M Bride for 60
guineas.
Otago Witness , Issue 1803, 11
June 1886, Page
19
Lord
Salisbury's
Progeny. TO
THE EDITOR.
Sir, — My
attention
has been
called to an
advertisement
in the
Australasian
of May 15 of
a number of
New Zealand
bred draught
mares
offered for
sale in the
Melbourne
market. The
advertisement
states that
" Campbell,
Pratt, and
Co. are
instructed
by Messrs
Wright,
Stephenson,
and Co., of
Dunedin, to
offer for
sale on a
specified
date, twenty
pure
Clydesdale
pedigreed
mares and
fillies from
three to six
years old;
some of them
served by
Lord
Salisbury
and
Gladstone,
and Pride of
Scotland
(imp.)" As
the owner of
Lord
Salisbury I
must
strongly
protest
against such
representations
so far as my
horse is
concerned,
because none
of the mares
referred to
were put to
him, and I
object to
the risk of
any inferior
stock being
credited to
him in
Victoria.
The
exceptional
value of a
sire -
altogether
depends on
the merits
of his
progeny, and
indifferent
youngsters
would lessen
his money
value
seriously.
Personally,
therefore, I
have reason
to feel
aggrieved,
and I may
add that
incorrect
statements
such as the
above tend
to weaken
confidence
in the
horse-breeders
of this
colony. — I
am, &c,
Robert
Gawn.
Deerpark
Farm,
Mosgiel,
June 9.
Otago
Witness , Issue 1823, 29 October 1886, Page
17
Animals of
exceptional merit continue to pay breeders —
the hard times notwithstanding. Last week Mr
Robert
Gawn's four-year old Clydesdale entire
colt Good Hope, well known for successes in
the show ring, was delivered to the
purchaser, Mr John Dooley, Waimate, the
price being 500 guineas. The foals of this
season by Good Hope display so much
excellence that it is generally regretted
the services of the horse have been lost to
the district wherein he was bred.
Otago
Witness , Issue 1829, 10
December 1886, Page 14
TOKOMAIRIRO SHOW.
The following
concludes our report of this show :—
Filly, three years old— Robert
Gawn,
I and 2.
Draught mares—
Robert
Gawn,
1.
Champion prize for best mare or filly—
Robert
Gawn.
Star , Issue 5984, 24
September 1897, Page 1
DUNEDIN HORSE PARADE.
DUNEDIN, Sept. 23.
The Otago Agricultural and Pastoral
Society's annual horse parade to-day was
successful. There were twenty-five
Clydesdale and fourteen carriage and
trotting sires on parade, with three
Clydesdale mares. There was a good demand
for Clydesdales. Gowston Prince was sold to
Mr James Young, Wright's Bush, Southland.,
at a high figure, understood to be close on
300gs. Hatfield, by Lord Salisbury- Emerald
11. was sold to Mr
Robert
Gawn,
Taieri, for 250gs.
Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII,
Issue 1653, 3 September 1887, Page 3
On Saturday, the 27th inst, we held our weekly sale
of horses at our East street Horse Bazaar. The entry consisted of 30 horses,
out of which 20 were sold. On account of Mr
Robert
Gawn, of Deer Park, Mosgiel, we
sold 10, they being the most valuable lot of pedigree brood mares ever
offered by public auction m the Ashburton district ; also the 3-year-old
colt ''Conqueror," by Lord Salisbury. These horses were very much admired by
breeders and farmers, of whom there were a great many in attendance. The
first on the list was Damsel, a chestnut mare and foal to Lord Salisbury,
which fell to the nod of Mr Quigley at 38 guineas. The next was the chestnut
mare, Liz, Mr Quigley again becoming the purchaser at 35 guineas. A
roan mare, Young Jewel, now appeared on the scene. This mare was considered
the gem of the sale. She was started at 30 guineas, and after very spirited
competition fell to the bid of Mr Frisby at 46 guineas. Mr Frisby also
became the purchaser of the bay mare Jess at 25 guineas. The 2-year-old
filly, Darling, was knocked down to Mr John Grigg at 19 guineas.
Flora, a bay mare, rising 4 years, of great size, possessing grand bone and
hair, considered the second best in the yard, was the next to be submitted,
but as she did not reach the owner's idea of her value, was withdrawn, but
subsequently became the property of Mr Doig at 40 guineas. Maggie rising 3
years old, a very promising bay mare, was bought by Mr Hampton for
twenty-seven guineas. Dinah, another 4year-old fetched £25, and the bay mare
Miss Boyd, who had unfortunately met with an accident, fetched £13 10s.
Last, but not least of Mr Gawn's
lot, was the entire colt Conqueror. He is a bay horse rising 3 years old,
has great strength of bone with fine flowing hair, and shows quality all
over such as is rarely to be seen. His sire is that renowned stallion Lord
Salisbury, the property of Mr Gawn.
As he did not come up to the vendor's reserve under the hammer, he was
withdrawn ; but we soon found a purchaser privately in Mr Thomas Langley, at
£350. Thus ended a most successful sale. Mr Langley is to be congratulated
upon his acquisition, and the farmers of the district, both upon securing so
excellent a lot of mares, and upon having available the services of a sire
descended from the premier strains of Clydesdale blood, Conqueror's blood
being equal to that of any entire ever brought into the district.
Otago Witness , Issue 2274, 30 September
1897, Page 14
Mr
Robert
Gawn,
of the Taieri, has disposed of his draught
stallion King of Quality to an Ashburton
breeder. The price paid is understood to
have been 300gs.
Timaru Herald, Volume LX, Issue 2669, 4 April 1898, Page 2
The
attendance
of buyers
and others
interested
in the sale
was the
largest we
have seen at
the yards.
Buyers of
draught
horses
directed
their
attention
mainly to a
consignment
of 13
Clydesdale
mares and
geldings,
sent to this
market by Mr
Robert
Gawn, of
Deer Park,
Mosgiel.
These horses
were the
stamp
suitable for
the
requirement
of this
district,
and were
keenly
competed for
under the
hammer, and
all found
buyers at
the
following
prices:-
£25, £27,
£28, £29,
£31, £32 10s
to £40.
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