Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-05-20
THE IMPORTED HORSE
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"ILL stand again. at my stable In Meeklenburr.
w Virginia, and will be let to at $50 the sea- |
son-one dollar to the groom. Good and extensive pas
turagc, divided and well enclosed, aud servants board
gratis All possible care prevent accidents or escapes
that oil will be taken Of mares with fosl, bv their
sides. and they fed, twenty five cents perds and will
be Kept as much as possible to themselves with other
mare Ia their own situation. The nee Il the
i day oil March and will end the 4th day OF July Mares
mat missed Last season II accompanied by another, win
be put gratis; II not, will be charged halt price
HEpcroap got by the great racer and stallion In
England, fiho Da Puta-Yes, Fiho Da fufa--the best
race horse OF his day, and is still thought in the North Of
England, to DO equal 10 the great Eclipse himself Fhc
by Hsphszad the best son of Sir Peter Tcaxe the beat
son OF the nsverbeAen Highnycr, the best son OF Herod
the best sou OF Isr'ar the best Of Partner, &c. Sc
See English Stud Book.
Mis- Cnige, the dan.of Hedgford and Birmingham,
iuli brothers, was got by the celebrated Orvi who
vered 90 gniness mare, and guine as to The
her dam, Marchioness, by Lurcher-h grapisn Mis-.
Cosden by Phenomenon, &C., &c.--See American Turf
Register, page 262, volume l. u horse had better
richer pedigreei would love gentlemcn 10 mark
that horse TO mr., that might PROFIT by him. Aud vet
there are those who endeavored despoil him. or rather
.n,'u,on''y mlsesd the public Judgment See A. y. r.
VOL An. pages 327, 5i3, 56:and for to which,
must refer You To Hedgrds present years hand BILL
Too long tor insertion here. Any gentleman can obtain
one on application by letter regret that this is the o,-
~ mode LETT me, TO bring this to the public And
now, word OF Kindness TO Bsrinore-a frank pointed
writer In the R--whose opinions in instances
have accorded with my own. Yet in some (ong aso)
we have widely differed; and IN bis remarks In the Fee
hruary No g. most widely several OF the late i'm
Por'auous IT'S my purpose here confuc main.
ly to those Hedsord Who is b. Nav venture 70
throw my experience in the balance with hs Come let
US reason together Let me tell him, was born under
tue roo oil HIM, who from the year ITO, (at eas had
lent all his pnwcrs TO the Improvement OF blood stock nm
TO the year 1918. This deah l. lno,,n
from ,he year 1855, Miss Ssmmerkiu aud III her stock 1
nave been perfectly acquainted vi his property sy
Ncnmoni, Porto, Shark Diomed. Precipitae- aud Robin
Rejoreast--"li imported knew Obscuy, Dare Devil
Bedford, Conorsnt, Darlington, Stirling Citizen Arch.
duke, Knowsley, Sir Harry, and all The imported horse.
too pumerousto name; aud sill believe, know noun.
aineer from one Of the golden fleece, armed with what
hau the vanity 10 think experie nee: and Mr.
JHcksons advertisement about iledgford and Auocrat
venured 10 New York. and gave the horses rict
eAsauons; ana ,nen' as now, avowed my opinion de
cidedy IN svor oil Hedgord he gay airy lofty aud
active though cripPle and poor the other not so; both
horses OF heigh'; and what ascendsncy Au,ocra could
nave over him, according 10 your shewing can't se~
although all that Barinore has said Of Auocrat NAV he
out haii his due: claim Tor fIedgor much more
.1PTo'' hanu bsrinore to a i,icnd judge 1T
my ieit-not an advocate for importation. He SWEAR.
by all the powers above, the gentleman could never
have seen the horse-Excsirns ola! he has missed him
wider than ever did miss horse i'm the world =
Why, sir, | thought him one Of the gayes prc,,i..t
lore. handed horses l ever in my lie; with more
evidence OF blood about him. Mountains, indeed! Two
10 one gans' you, my Lord Yes sir. and you carry
OUT your principle OF small horse and high FORM should
turn more than thousand against youa ptinci,e
100 pam Tor argument pgmy against giant, sc. SC.
"uhout reputation as raceIi'' beg leave 10 re-
mnu b@rmore, that Hedgford about third of his
longest races--was second about another third and in
9 osr'. among many good horses him
sell lie ran more iVosbly in number OF short races
man any Other horse ever din fact, ought never TO
have started in but race OF the whole n1mber S.e
lis brst six races, for example.
ms rst race atChester, May 5 1929 two mile he
whoh he won al two heats (he only he should eve
nave run in although he his only three mile race
is next race in four days AFTER the P1enine stakes OF
on oyeregns each IA subscbers) the owner of The So
cond horse 10 receive 100 TO start at The Castle
pole and 20 once round In dis he came in second
to Hoi''o, giving him three pounds both belonging TO
Mr.. mytion, who won The whole prize. Pray my Lord
not here the cesssi evidence OF both speed and bo,,o
gwen by the same colt in the space Of four DAYS
Gould he be in order for both Aud so Of his nr
nIee races a once round and distance, and he in
second IN all three giving still higher evidences Of great
speed But his sixth race al Nottingham the very
next day alter running the above round and dis
'ahee which race was two and half miles out (I6 sub
serioers,l which lie also Nov, my Lord here are
me SIX hst races Of colt: the first two miles heats
me skin is two and half miles, both of which he wins
ms Jour intermediate short Ones aud he comes
IN second In all Jour- beating many fine col,s-apd vet
Without reputation as racer. Hedgord wss l6 or rs
times hrsf or second n his longest races In England
great and hard contested between so
Diamonu' lett the nation in doubts which was the
pest horse so IN America. AT Newmarket the hard
contested race between WraDger and Sir Arcbv LETT s
IN doubts as TO which the best horse wragie died
young. But time has proven, that Sir Arcby although
peaeh anu second ranks second to horse now In
isagsnd, the two True Blues were BROTHERS, the one
race horse, the other not. In breeding the
was Teverssde did, the other never failed 10
gc RACERS But il has been left modern times IN disco
our reputation as racer'-a doctrine long exploded by
eviuent experiences doctrine, to which YOU nor apv
oner reneeing gentleman can submit upon the slight.
est cast oil the eye, the manner i'm which cbaacer
hunted down, and reputation falsely pulled an nov
days. ' ~ wv "
Reputation, unstable tickle dame,
bcafce lives an hour, that hourt he came:
,i's lace ao~n bent, as Is the nodding grass,
My Lord, adiru. JOHN G. 1,OODE
Petersburg, March Ith IO3--w,2o,bM.,,
passage Se ,so' e 'Ss he. A. r. r. that Phosphate died