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FELT.



ID ECENTLy selected nv me in England
il y fur HE trili..s career oa In. tori. NJ, enc
bone and ssze. bis exceedingly rich, fashionable
| snd running petlixrre. aud many other rr~om-
usodrticss not cftee met With, IL . resa.rk shly
vssh s"d h-edsone hay hvrse, srsr 10 h.ssis
| high. With h.e hone ssd sctsor, great po-cr
sod substance. exeslient anal si~ss lisnbs. and
On naeonmoeiy full esrr.sa In blood, per-
fc~m.oecs snd poser k>c< Hs~ee. he IA. no
sapersor 80 sross for our A m~rissa msrvs. be-
isg Of family celebrated both for Ice spe~d and
ts yane. ssd combining the bcss blssA q ali
Esgi.sd-ss Pruseil.. from vhsm are d<s,r,d-
ed Wsxy Pops. Whsiebooe. Whi>ker, sad
host n others, loasg Gisnirss, from vAos
came Prissa and Mulsy, add from seIim fth~
sirv OF Sultan, Voc covering q $3.50, J ovs sro-
Cssirri (gvsnd sire &c Queen of Trusups. o,,iy
wi"ncr Of both Oaks aud Sc. Lexer,) and run
| ning back 90 Mstehem's grand dana
Senstemeu are invited 10 exs~sine Feit'. HE
tory IN the American Turf Register. vi 7, page
1ss. hom which the following rxtrsets are made:
| FELT. fo~led in isa6. vas By Hangar, q
bret r.tc runner al dsfances, add nov favor
tie s,stiion. his darn. Steam. (s.m si.o of Fane
shc soid for nesr So. ooO. Famine, Plane, Fres.
Fcsm and others. Own sister 60 Stsrrh by waxy
Pope-her dam, Miss Stav,i.y. 10 capital run
eer al dssfaRoes and the dam also OF Starch.
Steel and several other exeeiieaS rneetsl vas
got BY Shuttle ou, Of Droae mare tthe dam Of
s,srrley, winner OF the great 81 Ls.ser, Sligo
| bsr,toot and o,hrr inncrsl-tAnxs va. by
ssiim (bro,hsr 10 C.srel aud Rabcns) dam by
Wsitoc---f Young Giantess (the beet brood mar,
OF her day, the dam Of .Sorcerrr. Fa~aso-. Julia
Lythd, Cressida, dam Of Prisn, Ss.l D, bio.
| med-tsiantess BY Mstsl,en. Lsnear IL nearly
the same blood nth the celebrated Sultan faox
covering nj $3.50. being got by the same horse,.
their damsby Own brothers Hangar IL the sire
| OF several fra rufcs-Eieanor best mare Of hrr
'lsy and the csly sinner ofboih Derby and Oak..
dam OF Muley, Z. d Of Luzborough, Msryra,e,
and levisthsn. Wsxy Pope was by W.xy.
his dam Prunells. (dsm also OF p-n.Iope. Par.-
81, Peii..s. Po'IsrEu,. Pioneer. Pledge. Pawn.
P,quct. Psudenee, Pope Joan, al ererheVr n,
itighhyer; Wsxy Pope, called also ord sliso's
WANy, wss not Only ~in,er Of the Derby. but
frsf a runner and sfaLioa ia his slay Felt NJ
| years old, won races out of starts. being
beat s'0'f distances and winning the extraordi-
mar! number oi fue c"fs which do not rrmem-
Der to have besa done by Any other hors--he
beat many capital runners. among them Bolivar.
Robin Hood. Ciotilta, Frederick, winner Of
The Derby,l StoioTth. Retriever, IsunsIersr,
pe,seser.nsr, Dr fau'tus. ia times winner,
winner, hoaa's Pride, Cistereian, Guide. Ne
To very many Of these horsc. he gave
veight-voo 1t fashionable courses add rene.
rally made play, relying oD his great stoainess
aad game"
Erfiaof' f'onr authentic EnyEsh Reslsfers and
other s0slrces:
FeH Nafted this ycaf9 times. and Won inn
portsnt races, Of which we've Gold Cups, and
ran second ia the sth rsee, be;ax best by he'd
aud beating the winner three OF -four times on
other occasions. He won in eops aad stak.,
$4,000. aud los, in ell his racing career only |
four times A most extraordinary aud splendid |
PERFORMANCES, especially when u 10 considered |
that he freqOently carried heavy extra weight" |
The following strong evidence OF his high cha |
r.e,er. siaksn from the Sporting MsKszine for
1850:
Having this year recruited his stable with
Lord Woreester's Felt. his Lordship has bseu
gallant ulnner-hsying With this horse carried /
on both The great Trsdesmen's Guns n Chester
and Liverpool, and = Cup or two elsewhere. I |
wish he he'd another nag two in his stable like
Felt =" That Felt is first rate one. will not
! tsaey, DC denied by any one''-Pp. &C, 256.-I
Ne beat more than 500 horses p"
fets career on the turf was 30 brilliant in |
England. that u caused his sire, Lauxsr. IA
capital mile horse, TO be brought from Ire
land to EnglaRd, where he IL now one of their
ben and moot p,puLar stations. The last season
he had - winning ealts, that Won 50 races. aud
among thsm vas Ellis. perhaps the best colt OF
his year, Who Won the great 81. Leeer and many
other races Hangar is now covering mares by
subscription II aboat 81 IS, and making full ses /
sons too. Felt is very like his sire In form. se-
ton and marks. but is good bay, while I.anear
70 chestnut Hangar 10 descended from The |
same sock ~ Prism, they being out Of half ais |
t-rs Felt covered last year sboat 100 mares =, |
500 season add StO0 60 insure, smonK them the /
celebrated Clara Fisher, Lady I.sersnxe. Cr-y
Girl, inportea Primals. Imperfect ZiiIsh. I'M |
ported SehemeF, toll sister TO Ohio end macy |
other hDe marcs."
ash u TO be borne in mind ths, ,he .oi,. ~ |
all the horses which ws have imported, that are
old enough aud have been tried fairIy, are win |
Dera aud many OF them capital vIaners en- Ro~- |
land. a. Chateau Margaax, I.uzboroagh. al |
Flexible. will also call the ntteotion n bred.
Al. t.
eFs 70 We running Of the colts u S1eh imported
horses IS have them old enough TO run. md thsv |
viii see them winning all over the United Stsses
under every dissdVantage. ] see that the ooly
lilly OF Chateau Msrgsux. that has run in Amert |
ca, beat II three heats vith very great ease V.,
tumnas by Eclipse, aud Hebs BY Gohanna and |
Sally jenkins, over the chsrIsston course. vim
ming ih- two last heats hard ~ hand in m. .,..I
le'st time Of m. SOL m. 81 q Can breeders |
81 the blood horse logger sioaft the s,s,~ri |
orHy ~ the Thoroughbred sod first rate EnsJ;.b
borse whence Nc deFiv In the astite stock All |
that - good, osrr the native Stallion LIT facts
speak, snd Judgment dirret them.
A. L. d. MERRITT.
II will b. seen by the annexed terms. that DIR !
Merritt lhersiisy 20 this country haa permitted
Felt 90 mske sssson here much loweP Dsioed |
thsn he did last year "a . country shers Sc vas |
justly favOrite, and hsd crowded seuson. tIs |
ssll s,and this arAson Shieh hss commenced. |
sod viii end the tst Jalyl a my stable absot "a /
miles easl of BagiIctosa, in CLARKE county. viz |
ginis, ss $50 the IesP. u paid chen The series
- performed, " rot, thsn " vili BE- considered /
sod charged - the seasoai $50 the seasou 10 BE-
PAID on % before the "a day Of July bert, and |
t75 iasursnes, 10 bs paid - sooa % the mare Il /
kBosn 20 be IN foalg ,Parting eth the Insrv, or |
irregular nitendanCr 81 the stand, f1rfria The IN
soFaneeil sod 50 eests cash 90 the grooua 20 BE- |
srni vith The mars. PassreEs ESQ hs furnish /
Ell - 81 sents pr Seck. bat siii oct BE- sssoout-
sble fDr serissssts csespss fsengissaen visA- /
ing their mares fed GA gratis will give written /
directions 70 iast eject, - u gill ~ ergcAassa
and furnished ., The ueighboshood prices
PRIVILEGES GRANTED.
Any Eentiemsn Paifsg sse mares az BIS ovn i
viil b. eHti,ied - The kfth ssre rFutis a eom- /
psny ~ ssaslesiss seliiaE ~ maTsl, saa eash !
one bring seeountsble for az, ell b. tafiflsd 30
ihc sisth naFc Erstia a mare tsking bet oass /
sil b. eharEed for ~ ieap oniy, ~ psid q fhe
TINE ~ ~ trrree. uniuss iaaufrd II seeaua |
isine, ~ ~ nas a the seccaf parfarmaaes Re /
ouper msy ssiset sitAeF scason ~ insaFuasa. - /
t'snil'rfnen, phea hey sead fhsir msres. suual /
sviie ugoa shst tsrSsa theg sin PIE fh1n. - /
Mares noi sstisaed 81 ths sEpirsii0a ~ ne 49,
500 sh ~ permitted % 50 - . hin free ~ far
tii-r charge ~ his serviset hnlsss try hsss ~
kea him hw oaoe, then paiy sunlient 70 isks |
lam from leap trto aass0al unlH he leaves /
here e. aoutr tune IN fha I'll 49, 80 L.