Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1837-03-15

bone ana SIZE, MS ~ T UtAlf
exceedingly high. Ia IQ
fashionable, andM@&sZ
running pedigree, and many other recon-.
mendatioDs not often met with. is a re
markably rich and handsome bay horse,
near sixteen hands high. with fine bone
and action, great power and substance,
excellent and clean limbs, and an uncom.
monty full carcass. 10 blood, perform
ance and power as a Race Horse, he has
no superior as a cross for our American
mares, being of a family celebrated both
for its speed and its game, and combining
the best blood of all England-as Prunel
la. from whom are descended Waxy Pope,
Whalebone, Whisker, and host Of 9th
ers Young Ciantess, from whom came
Priam and Muley /; and from Selim Ube
sire Of Sultan, now covering at $3.50 WI
brother to Rubens (the grand sire of Ca.
marine,) and CastreI grand sire Of Queen
Of Trumps. only winner Of both Oaks and
ST. LegerO and running back to Match
ems grand dam.
Gentlemen are invited TO examine Felt's
history in the American Turf Register,
vol. 7, page 298, from which the following
extracts are made:
"FELT, foaled in 1926, was by Hangar
"a first rate runner all distances, and now
a ~favorite stallion) his dam, Steam, dam
also of Fang, who sold for near s25 900,
Famine, Flame, Flea, Foam and others
W sister to Starch by Waxy Pope-her
dam, Miss Staveley, "a capital runner all
distances and the dam also Of Starch, Steel
and several other excellent racers,) was
got by Shuttle out of a Drone mare Qhe
dam Of Staveley. winner of the great ST.
Leger, Sligo, barefoot, and other winners)
Hangar was by Selim (brother to Cas-
trel and Rubens) dam by WaIton-Young
Gisntess Qhe best brood mare of her day,
the dam OF Sorcerer, Eleanor, Julia, Lydia,
Cressida. dam Of Priam, &e.,) by Diomed
-Giantess by Matchem. Hangar is near.
" the same blood with the celebrated
Sultan (now covering at $3.50, being got
by the same horses, their dams by own
brothers. Hangar is the sire of several
first rates-EleaDor, best mare Of her day
and the only winner Of both Derby and
Oaks, dam Of Muley, 9 d. Of marlborough,
Margrave. and Leviathan. Waxy Pope
was by Waxy his dam, PruneIia. (dan
also of Penelope, Parasol, Pelisse, Podar
gus, Pioneer. Pledge. Pawn, Piquet, Pru
dence, Pope Joan, all ercellent) by High.
flyer; Waxy Pope. called also Lord Sill
go's Waxy, was not only winner of the
Derby, but first as a runner and stallion in
his day. FELT, at four years old, won
seven races out Of nine starts, being beat
short distances and winning the extraordi.
nary number of fire cups which | do noI
remember 10 have been done by any Other
horse-he beat many capita! runners a.
mong them Bolivar, Robin Hood, Clotil
da, Frederick, (wlnner OF the Derby Sto
forth, Retriever, Lawnsleeves, Persever.
ance, DR. Faustus, (2l times winner,) Hal.
ston (22 times winnerJ Terror N times
winner,) Mona's Pride. Cistercian, Guide
&c. To very many of these horses ht
gave weigbt-won at fashionable courses
and generally made play, relying on hp
great stoutnrss aud game"
E1tracts from authentic English Register.
and other sources:
"FELT started this year nine times, ant
won seven important races, five Of which
were Gold Cups, and ran second in tn,
eighth race, being beat by a head, an.
beating the winner three or four times or
other occasions. He won in cups apC
stakes SIS. 900, and lost in all his racing
career only four times.-A most extraor
binary and splendid performance, especi
ally when ii is considered that he frequent
Iy carried heavy extra weight"
The following strong evidence of BIZ
high character. is taken from the Sporting
Magazine for 1880:
Having this year recruited his stable
with Lord Worcester's FELT. his Lord
ship has been a gallant Misunderstanding
with this horse carried of both the great
IIadesmen's Cups at Chester and LAYER.
pool and a Cup or two elsewhere.
wish he had another nag or two in his sta.
BILE like Felt" THAT Felt is a first rate
one, will not, | fancy, be denied by any
one"-pp. &C, $50. "He beat more than
three hundred horses!"
"FELT's career on the turf was so bril-.
liant In England, that it caused his sire,
Hangar, "a capital four mile horse,) TO be
brought from Ireland to England, where
he is now one Of their best and most popu
lar stations. The last season be had "a
winning colts, that won ffty-two races,
and among them was Ellis, perhaps HE
best Colt OF his year, who won the great
st. Leger and many other races. Hangar
IS now covering mares by subscription al
about Si25, and making full seasons too.
Felt is very like his sire in form, action,
and marks. but is a good bay, while Ian,
gar Is a chestnut. Hangar IS descended
from the same stock as Priam, they being
out OF half sisters. Felt covered last wear
about one hundred mares at 500 season,
and 500 to insure, among them the cele-
6ra,ed Clara Fisher, Lady Lagrange. Gray
Gih, imported primula. imported ZiIla6.
imported Schemer, full sister of Ohio and
many other ine mares"
ask 10 be borne in mind, that the
colts OF all the horses which we have i'm
ported that are old enough and have been
tried fairly, are winners, and many Of
them capital winners in England, as Cha
teau Margaux, Luzborough, and Flexible.
will also call the attention Of breeders TO
the running of the colts Of such Imported