Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-03-30

mate the season. and /. Dollar
u 20 inc groom bus may be discharged with 1--WE
provided they are pa;d BY the 6rx DAY OF o aober
: next. As good pastl,,ageas any kVirginia fv,i,b
separate Enclosures Ter mares and coits) gratis
and the greatest auenion shall be paid the m bur
viii noe be answerable for accdenss or ESCAPES.
Rh<NCES
: In 1895. Wonder, then Two years old, won the
sweepstakes al York of so .uineas each for two
yea's old colts, stone. II HES stone 70 los six
subscribers, beating lord Il Hanon's brother
to Rattoon. and mr. Lowther's b by Doomed.
out of Tulip, tw.nty to one against the winner.
| In 1877, wher3 years cid. carrying 8 stone 7lbg
at Doncaster, le beat mr. Sitwe.l's CoInmcdol 3
stone, the last nfnile, for 100 guineas each The
same day he received forfeit from mr. Bakers p C.
Hap Hazard. sss each, 200 guineaseach, 2miies.
In 1898 he wDn the great produce stakes 1T York
Of 200 gpisoaseach. S subscribers. 4 miles.
Ii 1879. ne won The sweepstakes at Stamford,
OF ten guireaseach for all ages. bearing mr. Heath-
Goes WarteI 8 subscribers. mics. The same
year he ran second IN a sweepstakes At Yoik, for
20 guineas each. 7 subscribers, miles beating
lord A Haml,ons colt By Walnut, out of Nun,
sir rhoma Gascognc's Maid of the Mill, and
Abraham, New and, now called CocAGghter.
In 1900 for the York Oa,lanas, of Fifty gui-
meas each, he ran second to Cpckfghter allow
ing him seven pounds. beating MIR Cookson's
Sir Harry. eleven subscribe s, two miles. The
same year. ~ DOpcaster, he beat Sir George Ar
mIsaee's Tartar, one hundred guineas each, four
miles The same year, he challenged Mr.. john
sons Sir solomon. Offering Eve pounds, FIVE hum
ored guineas each, two miles.
WONDER famed in training in 1901.
and has never since started. He was bred by
Lord Fitzwilliam- is Fifteen hands thr, e inches
high ten years old last spring, full oil bone, We.
ry handsome, and fee from al natural bleTnish.
es--He is dark Chestnut, and s unques,ionabiy
as fine horse was ever imp rted 10 this coua.
try, and of rs good siock--arid as q runner he
Certainly has exhibited " ell, having beaten War
ter Cock6ghter. and Sir Harry, three f The best
horses on the English turf. IL will be observed
thar his dam was got by Dioned, and he is per-
haps as nearly like his grand sire IS il is posi-
bic for or F horse go be like another
WONDER covered two easons in England
the FIRST az two and the last al Eve suaeas
which strongly indicates his growing reputation
as a foal ge,ter.
PEDIG RE.
He was got by Phi. nomenon, ont of The dam
of l. ord Fiizwillism's Brown Fanny by Dion,ed
by Msrskc, Young Nag I.alurnhsn's
dam by skim on Hag. II ydra's dam BY Crab.
Ebony by Childsis out of Old 5cny by Bas.o.
-Fhen"hen n was got By King Iiercd-his dam
/ renz by Eciie hef dam b, Engineer, gran4 >
Ia n by Blank. Lass OF fhe Mil by Traveller
Miss Makeiess b Young Greyhound. Farmer.
w O'Clock Crcfts Bay Barb afafe ess. Brirn-
ner Dickey PieIson, son of Dsa worth Bur-
ton Barb mare. Taken from the General Stud
Book
RICHARD BLAND.
Prince George, February II. 1905. 6w
N. r. TIE season e. end The fist of Augu,t
dcd g'atis-- and mares fed with gain az he
marker prtcc If yeott;,ed