Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-04-02
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TENHIS borough bred Horse will sand the present sea
"A son, which will expire on the first Of July next, at
the stables OF the first subscriber, one mile below Dun
kirk, and at King s Queen Comt ! House. The terms are
twenty dollars The season, discharged by the payment of
hieen dollars " ithin the season, and twenty-five dollars TO
insure a mare with foal. Twelve dollars the leap, to be
paid when the service is rendered, and fifty cents cash 10
the gfoomin every case. Parting from the mare will for
felt the insurance. Mares left with line horse will he led
with grain, if required, at 20 cents rer day. Excellent
AMI extensive pastures, well enclosed and well watered,
furnished gratis. Great care will be taken TO avoid acct.
dents or escapes, but we will not be responsible for either.
We have put him at this reduced price, not because he is
interior to any horse whaeVer, but TO enable the farmers
generally as we'll as others, TO breed from him.
Blakeford is a beautiful dark chestnut, I6 hands high, of
great bone and muscular strength, and in point of blood,
symmetry aud action, is unsurpassed. He was lOaled ia
May 1926, is a sure ioal-gelter, and his colts are large and
hand'ome. a very large majority of his progenitors were
celebrated on the Turf, in all distances, particularly in
four mile heats. BY injudicious training when very young
no sustained an injury in his right hind ANGLE, and was
taken from the Turf He was a colt OF high promise, and
remarkable for his speed.
PEDIeREE.-Blakeiord w,s gotby Gov. Rob. wrigbrs
celebrated SiIUer Heels; his dam Selma, by Col. Tay1oe's
Top Gallant < d7m Lady Jack Bu'l, by Col TayIoe's i'm
ported Gabriel; &. &. dam Active, by Chatbim; & <. z. dam
Shepherdess, by Governor Eden's imported Slim; z e. z.
z. dam Shire wshury, by Hamilton's imported Figure; G. e.
<. &. &. dam Thistle, by Hamilton's imported Dove; e q.
z <. e. &. dam Stella, by Gov. Sharpe's imported OihellO;
his e & &. &. <. q. & dam, was Col Tasker's celebrated
imported mare Seitm, by the God0lpiin arabian. Sill
yer Heels was got by Gov. Oglo's famous horse Oscar, hs
dam Pandora, by Col. Tayloe's Grey Dioncd; &. dam by
Halls Union, also The dam OF Edein's celebrated race
mare Fi0rehd; e. & dam by Leonidss; e. G z. dam by i'm
ported Othello; < z. < e. dsm by Gorgo's imported Juni-
peri & g.g. 2. g. dam by Morton's imported Traveller; his
<. g. <. &. &. &. dam, was the imported mare Selma by
Inc G~odoiphin .Ardbian. Oscar was got by the imported
Gabriel, (aso sire of Post Boy and Hsrlequin) his dam
was Col Tayloe's Vixen, by imported Medlei; z. dam
was Col. Tayloe's Penelope, by Old Yoiicki &. <. dam by
imported Ranter; &. z. &. dam, by imported Gift, who was
halt brother to TIC famous old CUB .Ware, from when de.
scended Rather, Sumpier, Childers and Flirtiua.
HUGH CAMPBELL,
March is. riO2-w4wl WM. p. COURTNEY.
CERTIFICATE.
queen INNS County, Md., Dec. 20, 1892.
We do hereby certify, that DR.. Robert virgins horse
Blakelord stood in this county in the spring Of 1881. ami
hat he is a sure foal- getter, and his coils highly approved
Of, being both large aud handsome.
ROB. J. ". ARSON
". HARRIS
j. y. SPENCER,
LINTON WRIGHT,
~. G. HICKMAN,