Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-04-17

6 to the groom; bot may be discharged with nv
!, provided they are paid b. the first Gay OF os'ops
next. As gopd pastu,aye as any IN '''s'"'' W.
separate Enclosures Tor mares ara eos',i go
and ,hr -ra,es, Alteration shsll be paid them bns
:. will nor be answesabie for accidents or escapes
ERFOR1flN1ES.
r,1zo6 Wonder, then two years oo, wohtne
.s,s.,.,,tcs ~ York os 50 guineas each, for two
wears old colts. 8 stone, FLIES stone - ios SIX
subscribers, beating lord a. Harniltons psother
TO Rat,oon. and mr. Lo"1hers {. ~ D'on,eo'
out of Tu,in, twenty 70 one against the winner.
: Ia 1907, when years old. carrying stone z lbs
a, Donoa ;,er he beat mr. Sitwell's Commod are. 3
stc.,e. the last hal fnie for 100guineas each The
same ,iay he received forfeit from mr. Bakers c.
Hap Hazard, IS SC each, 200 guineascach, 2n,iles.
In 1913. lie wen the great produce stakes at York
of 200 gaineas each. 5 subscribers. miles.
Tni 1879. he won the sweepstakes ut Stamford,
often guincas each for all ages, beating mr. Heath.
cores Warter, SUBSCRIBERS, 9 miles. The same
year he ran s,eond in a sweepstakes at York, for
ID guineas each. Subscribers 9 miles, beating
lord a Hzmiton's colt by Wainat, out Of Nun,
sir rhowas Gascoigne's Maid of'the Mil, and
abraham Newland. now called Coekfghrer. !.
In 1900, for the York OAllands, of fifty rui.
meas each, he ran second TO Cockfgh,er, allow
ing him seven pounds, beating Mr.. Cookson' S
Sir Harry. eleven subscribers, two miles. The
zane year, at Doncastcr, he beat Sir George Ar
nnitage's Tartar, one hundred guineas each, four
rni'es.--The same year, he challenged MIR. John-
sons Sir solomon, ofIsr,rg five pounds, Ave hun.
dred cHineas each, two nsiles.
WONDER was famed IN training in 1901.
and has never since started He was bred by
Lord Fitzwilliam. is fifteen hands three inche,
high ten years old last spring, full of bore, We.
ry handsome, and free fiom all natural blemish.
es--He is 4 dark chestnut, and is unquestionably
as fine horse as was ever imported to this coun-
try, and OF as good stock-and as runner he
certainly has exhibited well, having bea,cn War.
ter, Cockhghter, and Sir Harry. three of he best
horses on the English turf. 1t viii be observed.
that his dam was got by Doomed, and he is per.
haps as nearly like his grand SIRE as ii is possi-
bic for one horse co be like another,
WONDER covered two seasons in England
the first at two and the last at five euneas.
which strongly indicates his growing reputation
as foal ge,ter.
re RE.
He was go, by Phenomenon, out of the dsr,
clifford Fhzwilliam's Brown Fanny, by Diomed
--grancam by Marske, Young Hsg. Lalurnhae,'s
dam by skim. Old Hag. Hydra's dam 10y Grab,
Eboay by Chilhers, out of Old Ebony by Pasto.
--Phenomcnon was got by King Herod--his dam
Frenzy by Eclipse. hey dam by Engineer. gran
dam by Blank. Lass of the Mill by Traveller
Miss Mskeless by Young Crsyhound. 'Parsner.
Voodcock. Crot's Bay Barb. Makeless, Brim-
mer, Diokey Pisfson, son of Dodswor,h, Bur-
ton Barb mare. Taken from the General Stud
Book.
RICHARD BLAND.
Prince George, February ID, 1906. CIV
~. y. The season TO end tic first of August
next, & commence NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. boar.
ded gratis--and n,sres fed with grain AZ the
market price, Il required.
There will bs large new boat ken, at mr. Sa,