Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-02-23
THE BEAUTIFUL IMPORTED HORSE
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FULL BROTHER
&AJ ILL stand the ensuing my house in tha
Wv county of Mecklenburg, Virginia, FIVE miles south
OF Boydton, and within mile OF Taylor's Ferry ON
Roanoke where he will be let at $50 the season
and one dollar 10 the groomThe season to commence ON
the 18th OF February and terminate on the Let ay of
July. shall have more than thousand acres of ercaI
lent pasturewel enclosed and conveniently for
the accommodation of in their different conditions
Every attention will be paid aud every made TO avoid
aud prevent accidents but no liability for anv which NAV
happen
Iedglord is rich brown five feet Fl We inches high with
beautiful star in his forehead, elegant and neck un
eqnaed shoulders, fine back and lon good thigh and fine
bone and sinew. He is said by those who have seen
Them to be an exact likeness of his brother Birmingham
.ne nes successful and profitable of his age in
England; and they both bear strong resemblance TO their
sire Fho Da Puta who has produced more winners than
any other horse OF that kingdom. Hedeford descended
not only from the most popular ne but from the most
successful coursers in England. His grandsire Oryle
won The great St Leger in 1902 His sire, Filho Da Puta
won the great St Lcger in 1885, and his full brother Br
mngham won the great st. Leger in 1880.
, In ls2S Hedgford, then years DID, the maden's
same year he the gold cup at Nottingham, and a
sweepstakes at the same meeting In 1929 he won the
member; plate at Chester. In 1880, he won the Che
shire stakes of 20 sovereigns each, Is subscrbers-
also, stakes of 10 sovereigns each, with 40 added q
subsci6ers-aso, the same year, the plate at Wrex-
nam. lie ran several other races, for which he con-
tended WE'LL having been second in three or four and
having performed well in all--beatng many fine horses
even in the which he lost His departure from
England was noticed in several OF the sporting Journals as
national loss; and his size, his beauty, and his blood
must render him valuable acquisition to the American
and Racing Calendar Of England for the genuineness
oil nus blood, and that of his progenors, as well as
Tor the performances of them all and have full
assurance that their confidence in him will increase
IN proportion 10 the extent OF their inyestgatons-
Hedgor got by FiIho Da Pua his dam Miss Craiqee
by orville, his gIandam Warehouses by Lurcher, his
e. grandam Miss Cogoen by Phenomenon, Young Marsh,
Silvia, &c. '
Filho Da Puto (sre Of Hedgford) was got by IIapha-
zard his dam Mrs Barnet by waxy woodpecksr SOUR
REL PnncPepa 10y Blank ono Of the best of the great
SodoPhn Arabian Mr.. Scott in his q British Field
la Dufa -
and was the great kideyl of the North, where it is re
ported his speed equal TO that OF the great Eclipse
Orvile (re of Hedgfords DAMP was The favori,e son
OF the great Beniagbrough His dam (Orvlles) was got
ny HIghiier-Ia ntrum--SaDpsen-. Re gulus-MarsI's
dam As conrser, OrvilIe the pride of the English
Turf; as Stallion, he took the first rank
Birmingham full brother Hedgfor) is al this fine at
the head OF the urf in Englaud-having won more mo-
ney Than any other horse OF his day, eten exclusive OF
the great ST. Leger, which he in 1890 For detail
eg OF his performances, together with those Of
Fiho Da Puta and Orvle, the public il referred to Bills
where the memoir is compiled from the English Racing
Calendar, and the "Annals of Sporting.
JOHN C. GOODE.
January ~ 75-wtlsM