The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-08
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DAVID THOMPSON.

E persuade myself I have 1t in my power E to tender the services of an animal that is entitled to the favorable consideration of ex- perieneed sportsmen, judicious breeders and i refined eennoissenrs. Extraordinary size, beauty of color, ard sleekness of coat, high form and superior action, the renowned per formances of his progenitors, Crusaders own ennobling achievements, together with the unquestioned and aaquesttonable purity ofhjs blood. emboldenZme to recommend thie horse, and to expect a hattering decision from an enlightened public.
 Crusader is good chesnut, 16 hands 8 in ches high, standing on shoes. To all, who have seen him, l might rest confident that his appearance, without word from me, was sufficient recommendation. To gentlemen who have not seen him, and who, from re- l noteness of situation cannot see him, l would ] briefly say, he is excellent in all the points of the real courser, capacions, we'll placed, tapered# shoulders strong and well turned hips, muscular arms and thighs, broad strong hooks, clean flat legs, and precisely the right set of the hind legs, and neat pasterns stand ing on heofs of the best form and mGteriei. He will stand, the present season, at Colum- bus, Crawford county, one mile below Van Rnrsn and will he lei to mares at S25 ifi the i season each mare, e0 $s}6 oN7. 55'56 to insure. In case the mare Is traded before she is aseer- tained to be with foal the insurance money will be required l; and in all cases of insg- rance the money IS to be paid so soon as the mare IS ascertained to be with foal, and 50 cents in each case Is to be paid to the groom. 1 The season will commence the 10th of Feb ruary and end on the lst of July. Pastur- I age Is provided for mares from distance, gratis-and they can be corn-fed, in separate lots, if required, at one dollar and twenty ! five cents per week. An excellent groom will attend the horse, and every possible care will be taken to prevent accidents and es- capes, but will not be liable for any.
 PEDIGREE.
 Crusader and Sake SYemar, full brothers, bred by Col. Richard Singleton, of breeding fame and turf celebrity, they were got by Sir Archy out of Lottery, by imported Bedford, out Of Col. O'kelly's celebrated brood mare Augusta, by Eclipse, Slc., 65c.
 Sir Archy, on all hands, IS acknowledge to be the best, and deservedly the most pop ular horse in America, and fully on U par with any one in England. Anvil was fully equal as q racer, to any of his day, and in him were united the very best English and foreig ign crosses and Eclipse has TO equal i'll racing annals, whether they ran for heels, or ran for bottom. l am aware, that some of the American Turf Register writers attempt to deery his stock. 1t IS pity gentlemen will detfact from his reput1tion, without eX- animation. He distanced at pleasure every competitor q no horse could live by hIs side fifty rods.'' lie was familiar with the Ben con course, and was more than master q is stones weight. But tit IS said Bedford never won race, nor could hlve won race. Sup pose the fact were so, he came of Fairy, one of the best daughters of tae inVincible High flyer She won many good races and beat many good racers, among others Lady fea- gle. But he did win race Of 800 guneas, while in the possession of his breeder, Lord Grosvenor, who then sold him: He after wards won f50 and was sold and brought to Virginia by Col. Holmes at ,, and some say four years old--and who was his sire The renowned Dungannon, a horse fully equal to Potsos, the two best sons of Eclipse, and who were rather superior to any other horses of their day, both of them renowned on the Beacon course. And who were Bedford's descendants l beg you to remember Gal latin Cupbearer, Shylock, Eolus, Dungan- non, &se.--you have rot forgotten Fairy, Lot tery, Nancy Air, Peggy, Eliza, Ae. Some of you have heard of . Caroline, 3 neat little mare, for years at the head of the Nashville course, and not long since, Wild Bill, who flies like an arrow, and Piano, and Little Venus, who are game to the bone. Now, sirs, Diomede always excepted, what other im- ported horse since 30, can show such array of racers. Citizen is placed before Bedford. I acknowledge the worth of that game little horse. His dam was Bedford's grandam, and who will believe, for moment, that Highfyer and Dungannon have deteriorated the breed. And Gabriel and Spread Eagle and Chance have been placed before Bed ford. Theywere good, acknowledge. Bring toremembrance their most distinguished get, decide fairly, and Bedford loses nothing by the comparisons he rises inevitably in public estimation.
 PERFORMANCES.
 Lottery ran twenty-two races, many of them 4 mile heats never beaten but once, a 2 mile race, and then by accident.
 Sake Weimar was injured m training, but i.s trials, net cnly before his owner, but VI ! Hampton jr., was believed to be equal to any horse in the country, and his son Jefferson, and Daughter in Virginia, are fully sustain ing the sa,,,iiy ii reputation. -
 Crusader, though he did not run often, ran enough to show, that he was tt the head of the American turf As Col Singleton's cer- titicate shows, he was decidedly superior to the renowned ( Canlpaigner," Ariel, both Tn heels and bottom, and from thorough bred mares, of racing families, he will perpetuate hic litonncc and from Uood cntntrV mares.