Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-02-24
"2hs thorough bred and Ieauiifa al horse
CLIFTON.


NVitL. stand at Govsn>'o~n. on Mon
w da,., Tue.dsy,, aud ". dnesd.,s snd
The rem sioder of the wee st the Msr,Isnd
isssTn, four miles from Baltimore vi SI5
Tor each m-re wh, h -utn mss ID. uislbarg-
ed by seudins eIs With me mSr- a. 3 to
the groom. JOHN >. SIMMER "
PEDIGREE, on the side If the SIRE Cliff
ton was got d, The cri-trs,.a runnips horse
Wonder, out OF . thorough tired Ia, ..ed
mare Wonder wss got toy he 'mpott-d
horse wonisr: he n, FI"r'z.i H.. dan,
Zarbarissa, got b, Mai, hem, out OF turors,
by the Duke 81 NortIumb. lands Grid-n
Arabian Fiorizei was got b. Herod. "a, Of
C,gnei mere; her dam by Csrtou'h. LbC-
nv. b, Ch,JerS
On, the Dam sids-Iris the d. m of Clifton,
va. GOT b, The imported hor.- STERLING; her
dam h. the mport.d horse CaGr d. Icon,
her grand dam was MIR MEADE. c~,.brsied
running msrc Oracle, who was GOV by the
imported hors- OhscUr.,y; her = guam bv
r-isr; ggg dam d, the imported tors,
Partner; hergg 8 dam by the imported
H. rae Janus; herg g dam b> The IN
ported horse valiant; her gg.g dsu,
n, the imported horse JoIi, Rog~. out OF
an impaired mare, the property II Peter
Randolph. Esq.
In support Of the hne blood aud high pro-
misc Of the hnrse have selected tor my
stock farm. Ihs'e the Satisfaction tn submit
The following voucher from very high suiho-
lily. J. ) s."
wAsHIsoTos, MARCH 18th.
"Desr Sir; have extracted. - YOU re.
Gusstcd. from the Epgl,>h Stud Book, tho
p-digre. Of the imported horse Wonder,
the grand sire O: YOUR ,oung horse Chfion
which - 9n>exed. TIE Pedigree Of YOUR
horse, on both sides Is equal 10 an, in tne-
rics His dam 1ris. parishes of tho m"-t
and his sire BY the imported horse Wonder,
- inferior to non- in England IVA. very
much piessed with the appearance # your
horse, and I'll 7 ihink 4" b~ regretted that
,ou have never trained him for the surf
where. ! think. from his biood and form he
would have made . Distinguished 6gure -
His hne appearance and .xcsll"ri blood.
certainly suiitIe him to th- ii'niion ..
those ~ no wish io improve .he breed IF goo,.
horses; sbd hsv- no doubt under W.. aus.
piees e he gentleman VIII" vii pstronre
him that he will. D. he crrtsirI, ought
MIKE good season Youts. must truly.
John TAYLoE."
To Josfru LEwis. Esq
"To accomplish the highest atainsbIs
Impr"'' meni ~ the form sud sriIon OF the
morse fCr the turf saddle. snd harness,
nave selected the high bred horse Clifton.
from t,t yer, best stock Of running horses
w fNkiUtbs Dctutfbl tnfs0tt e'r-
rel. full l55 hsOds high. wiih great nors snd
muscle. ,. > SKINNER"
tFor the above extracts. see 'Amsriean
Farmer. vOL ~. PiGE 4I6
HAVING procured number OF mares
II II OF various degrees Of blood. and hsv-
ing entered pretty extensively Oh the pro
htable business Of breeding horses caleu-
lated for the turf. saddle. and hsrpess,-
since the grazing and feeding Tor market
Of horned cattle has become with me at
leasO worse than Ps"fiicsS. and being
unable 20 bear the expense Of the seasons
generally demanded for thorough bred
horses. purchase for my or n indis idusl
use. the above valuable Stallion. IL has
occurred TO me. however. that there may
be Others wiling 60 RAISE fine colts. end
like myself. unable TO afford high prices:
therefore hereby Oder 20 such. the ser
wee OF Clifton, the ensuing season, at 50
= mare, being. s. gill DO observed, lees
than one third of the amount he hiss here
tofore stood 81 A note must be sesi With
each msre. and will ~ ait, II desired. un-
tl the 1st Of October. for payment Of tho
money. IT, addition tO the above ample
testimonials of The merit of Clifton. 90 .
stock horse, u may be stated. that some OF
his colts are distin guisbed on The turf; aad
all. az fsr 49, have been able 10 asreF-
isis. are remarkable for great size. fac
action. and valuable qoslties
Ny imported Jack, DON CARLOS.
having smother. viii b~ sold. or hired out
for the season. on very los terms
NV improved. short horn Bull. Der
GAM. ~ili be let 60 cows ~ - cagh--tbe
money 10 be seat with each cow
n. y. TURNER.
FEB -. 1891.