The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-01


 Dungannon often won overthe Beacon course, and won the g1Aip, the great object of a,adi- tioa. II. sf. C.
 CERTIFICATES.
 COLUMBIA, $. c. Dee. l5, 1891.
 hereby certify that the Sorrel stallion now in the possession of the Rev. H. Rf. Gryef, and bby bb him te be carried to FFeai4es see, was bred by ne, and gotten by Sir Ar- ehiei his dam, my faVorite and celebrated race brood mare Lottery, by the imported Bedford, her dam the imported mare Anya- lina by Anvil, out of Col. 0'Kelly's celebra- ted brood mare Augusta, by his stallion F. clipse. See Turf Register for the pedigree of Sir Archie and Anyalina, in full. Lottery was fine sorrel approaching to ehesnut, strong and well proportioned with fine action and admirably calculated for the, turf as a brood mare, and in her day had no equal on the Charleston turf l ran her twenty races, many ofthem mile heats, in which she was always successful, having never been beaten but once, which was the first race she ran, ; mile heats, and then by accident.
 She proved | first rate breeder after her brilliant success on the turf, us stu evidence oi it, her progeny would now command upwards of twenty thousand dollars. Her foals gen orally are strong and handsome, and all of them that were trained performed well from , to 4 mile heats. Crusader l consider to be the largest and best of her sons: indeed l doubt very much whether he has his equal in England or America. His matchlcss size, blood, figure, performance and get, will rec ommend him to the notice of all well-inforn- ed breeders.
 At 3 years of age l trained him with Ariel, of turf noteriety, and intended to run him for the splendid cup and cover at Charleston, but 1t was not offered, and l did not run hiin that season. During the whole of this train- ing with Ariel, there was TO time that he did not evince decided superiority over her.
 1t 4 years old ran him at Manchester for silver cup, mile heats, against Sally Taylor, hiultiaora, and Col. Richardson's Sir Archie Juniori the first heat Crusader did not contend f0f, the course being very wet aad soft, and he carrying 10 lbs. over his weight, which was Wonby Sally YaYor; and the second heat he distancod Sally Taylor and Multihora, and the third heat Sir Archie Iunior.-lIe then went to Charleston and met Ariel in the hands of Col. Wynn in a contest of mile heats, beat her in fife style at two heats, his rider not being able to com iiloitN Dilil III GIbuEI HglL3 hlkGT EOlHI OGU yards, sufficiently to make the race an inter- esting one to the public, and on that day he was, in my opinion, not equalled by any horse in America; his stride when extended was from 25 to 26 feet.-DuriHg the same wael; he met Ariel again in the handicap race 3 mile heats, the stewards giving her I2lbs. in riding, evidently showing ia their opinions his decided superiority over her; with this advantage, was induced to run him, know ing that her speed could be brought up to him, and that l had nothing to fsar from the contest but an accident. He unfortunately struck in a soft part of the course within 6G0 yards of the starting post, from which he re- ceiyed all injury in one fore log and did not run out the heat.
 I have bred from Sir Archie and many of ths most celebrated imported horses for the last twenty five years, and giveit as my de- cided opinion that Crusaders colts are su- periof to those l have ever bred from any O. ther stallion. Tn him are united al! the supe rior qualities for making the most valuable stock horse in America, either for the turfor the general purpose of the country.
 l have half interest in him and consent ed for him to go to Tennesse, where the spir- it of breeding fine horses is more extensively encouraged than in South Carolina at this time. The gentlemen of the West have the passion and the means of gratifying that lau- dable desire of individual wealth and nation al defence. His loss or removal, to me Is ir- reparable; to say more of him would be sn- periuous.
 Crusader comes to you with my best wish les for his success, and that he may prove an acquisition to your state. He WIS 5 years old last spring.
 (signed) RICH'D. SINGLETON.
 1.-The Certificate of Col Richard Singleton was given when he sold the half of Crusader to H. M. Cryer of Tennessee, where Cru sader has many fine colts, which fact can show by letters in my possession.
 D. .TH0MP50N.1 STATE OF TENNESSEE
 SUMNER COUNTY.
 THrs IS TO CERTIFY That we own half interest in chestnut by CRusADER--his dam, Patty Puff, by Pec- oiet: And we do unhesitatingly assert, that we think him one of the very best two-yesr- olds we ever saw. His color is rich-with- out white mark except star in his forehead. 11e IS large, aha hahusolne-ahd has saAen the prize cup at Nashville, two seasons in ccession-competing with the rsputed best btoods of the country. As further evidence of high opinion of our colt--we have entered him in a sweepstake, to come of the fail after three years old, at $500 entrance-and have bet our entry with Nr James Jackson, that our colt beats his.
 BALIE PETITION.
 ROBERT s. AVOIDING.