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ID ISiNG seven years old, full ,iy.,.,
IL = hands high. Of beautiful form al!
tion, aud IL point Of blood not sGr,a,,,. y
any horse IA the upper country. W.i...,I
the present season at Tie farm ~ ~. ~..
seoiisy. near SmithGeld, ON thc rad
TO ChsT,estosn. aud be let 10 mare, ..
reduced price Of sl1 the SEASON, .....
gle leap. To be paid when the mare =, ,.r..
II not, 10 be continued by the soI>ou =.
insure n marc 10 be With foai-,,U ,,.,i...
the groom in each case. faftiag y .tt...
not Attending regularly To the horse fore.
the insurance. Pasture provided for ,ulr.,
from distance, but no responsibility ior d. 70
cIdcnts or escapes. The season la. cum
meneej, and =. 10 end on the 25Huf J.r.
next Mares that went TO Trat;;e last wear.
and did not prove with foal, will be in,LEeL
at the sc ason price. I deem II necessar, q,
state, that OF all the mares that weLl &,
Traihe last year, there were but one or tvs
ihat missed being with foal, and the mott ~
them were by the single leap knowing That
the mares in the Valley Will not Justify hi-,
prices, stand Traffic lower than lny lor,s
Of has grade, wishing that every gcn,lcu.aa
who feels disposed, may raise tine ho.e
PEDIGREE.
TRArrrc Is out Of the famous Sally Brow
dam Of the celebrated Sting. and se,.rai d..
Tiers, good runners she by old Buck Rabbi
lac 10y Jim Crack, jim by the old import,
Medley Trafllc's grand dam by TIE Old .-
ported Know sey she out OF a fail bred A. '..
AIR mare. Tr1ilic was sired by the unc.ga.-
led Sir Charles, whose colts are now rt.l.
with more success than those Of any or.
horse thai ever stood uYirsinia. For in,tarr..
Slender, winning the - 900 st-kes m i-.l
at Long Island, beating Be,scy Ransom ~
'irginian, Black Maria by Eclipse, and Bon
Il Of Htl.f "A -. ,
each, beating Goliah by Eclipse, add Clara
Fisher by kosoiuskO. Andrew, the best :
mile horse VI has day, running the second
heat Of four miles, al Norfolk ia "a in l,s,
time than It was ever done by any other horse
on the continent. lroncttc, that Won her rae,
last fall at Baltimore, beating Mcdsa,-ilst
since sold for $40 900; Colier-tfe WINNER
OF IL hard run races an one year. And Tn
lie, now the untl. iutet mistress II tie t..s
winning ali her races last fall, beating o.
best horses M the United Statcs-n .nnit /.
her race at Long Island 10 fine STYLE, brat.r.
Alice Gray, by Sur Henry, and di,tancif,s
black Marl- For these facts, refer Co u,
Iurf Register. ! name these few colt, 81
Sir Charles get 10 shew that Traffic wa. ,.r.
ed by the best horse that ever stood in Ane
rica, which every candid man must acknow
ledge That IS acquainted with the racing world
PERFORMANCE.
The spring Of 1892, Traffic won a Jockey
club purse a. Fairfield, after running Sheat..
beating Mr.. Johnson's celebrated horse CiI,.
lord that cost Four Thousand Dollars a,t
MIR. Davis fine mare Dolly Dickson. fun ST.
Ter TO Sally Hornet that won the 5000 p,r,,,
last spring at New Market, beating Flyip-
Dutehman by John Richards. The fail of
l-S2, he was second IN the race AT Taylor,-
vile, two mule heats. A few DAYS after. Ia
run at Fairfield two miles and repe al. a,ain,,
The celebrated Mary Randolph Traffic tai.
ing the FIRST heat in 3m. 53s.--runnine ~,
second IN 3m. 5is. A few days after. he rnn
al Iree-Hili, two miles and repeat. against
betsey Hair and others-beat by Bet,ey liar.
4 hard race. Traffic dbl himself great er,J,t
IN this race, being in dreadful condition aaI
lame After standing for mares last snr,nr
Traffic won purse at Charlestown when q,
Dad order) after running five heats, bea,inr
ashinston by Rather; lie tSey Nelson by SIR
Charles Tremendous by Mar, lander; ara
Pizarro by Monsieur Tonson. lie Was ac,c,-
wards beaten at BattIetown by Bet.ey Nj.
son. owing 10 the short turns IN the traet
together with the dead weight be carried.
March 20, 1884.