South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-04-08

uaAy, was not only winner of the Der
~, put FIRST az RUNNER and STALLION in
ny oay. F.si7iat 4years old, won races out
VI starts, peing beat SHORT distances and
winning tne extraordinary number of FIVE
ors when 40 not remember to have been
t tJ'ie W any other horse-he beat many capt.
"a lai runners, among them Bolivar. Robin Hood
Clotilda, Frederick, (winner Of The Derby
stolorth, Retriever, Lawnsleeyes, perseyer,
ance, Or. Faustus, (2l times WINERY Hats.
lon' Y tunes winner Terror, II times win
nef,) Mona's Pride, Cistercian, Guide &c
10 very many of these horses he gave weight
won at fashionable courses, and genersIlv
game" ''u''eS' anu
Ertrocts from authentic Easlisl Rf6i;s-
terS and other sources:
"Felt started this year 9 times, and won T
important races, 5 Of which were Gold C,ns.
and ran second in the 9Th race, being beat nv
q. mead, and beating the winner three or fo,ir
'lmes on other occasions. He won in ems
and stakes $4,000, and lost in all his racing
career only four times. A most extraordina.
~ and splendid performance, especially when
IT'S considered that he frequently carried hca-
Wy extra weight.'
The following strong evidence of his high
character, is taken from the Sporting Maya
zine for 1890:
Having this year recruited his stable with
lord Worcsster's Felt, his Lordship has been
gallant winner-having with this horse car
RED off both the great Tradesmen's Cups at
chester and Liverpool; and Cup or two
elsewhere. | wish he had another nag or two
in his stable like Felt" ssThat Felt Is first
rate one, will not, l fancy, be denied by any
one. PIP. 66, 256.-HE BEAT MORE THAN
300 HoRsEs? :"
"Felt's career on the turf was so BRILLIANT
IN ENGLAND, that it caused his sire, Hangar,
a capital mile horse,) to be brought from
ireland to England, where he is now one Of
their BEST and MOST POPULAR STATIONS.
Inc last season he had "a winning colts, that
won 81 races, and among them was Elis,pe
haps the best colt of his year, who won the
great st. Leger and many other races. Ian
gar Is now covering mares by subscription at
about $l25, and making full seasons too.
Felt is very like his sire in form, action and
marks, butts good bay, while Hangar is a
chesnut. Hangar is descended from the same
stock as Priam, they being out of half sisters.
Felt covered last year about 100 mares at $50
season and 500 to insure, among them the
celebrated Clara Fisher, Lady Lagrange, Gray
Girl, imported Primula, imported Zillah i'm
ported Schemer, full sister to Ohio and many
other fine mares"
l ask it to be borne in mind, that the colts
of all the horses which we have imported that
are old enough and have been tried fairly, are
winners, and many of them capital winners in
England, as Chateau Margaux, Luzborough,
and Flexible. will also call the attention Of
breeders TO the running of the colts of such
imported horses as have them old enough to
run, and they will see them winning all over
the United States, under every disadvantage.
see that the only filly of Chateau Margaux,
that has run in America, beat at three heats
with vo.y great ease Vertumnus by Eclipse,
and Hebe by Gonanna and Sally jenkins, over
the Charleston course, winning the two last
heats hard in hand in the excellent time of 3
m. so $. 3 IN. 81 s. Can breeders ofthe blood
horse any longer doubt the superiority of the
thorough bred and first rate English horse,
(whence we derive in the native stock all that
is good,) over the native Stallion? Let facts
speak, and judgment direct them.
A. T. B.. MERRITT.
1t will be seen by the annexed terms, that
DR.. Merritt's liberality to this country has per-
mitted Felt to make season here much low
er priced than he did last year in country
where he was Justly favorite, and had crow
ded season. He will stand this season (which
has commenced, ard will end the LIST July1 at
my stable about 2 IL miles east of Battle
town, in Clarke county, Virginia, at $50 the
leap, if paid when the service is performed,
if not, then it will be considered and charged
as the season; $50 the season, to be paid on
or before the I'd day of July next; and $s75 in
surance, to be paid as soon as the mare is
known TO be in foal; [parting with the mare,
or irregular attendance at the stand, forfeits
II. 7 arsI b.
groom, to be sent with the mare. Pasturage
can be furnished at 90 cents per week, but
will not be accountable for accidents or es-
capes. Gentlemen wishing their mares fed
on grain will give written directions to that
effect, as it will be PURCHASED and furnished
at the neighborhood prices.
PRIVILEGES GRANTED.
Any gentleman putting five mares of his
own viii be entitled to the fifth mare gratis A
company of gentlemen putting six mares.and
each one being accountable for ALL, will be
entitled to the sixth mare gratis. A mare Ia
king but once will be charged for the leap on
ly, [ifpaid at the time Of the service,) unless
insured if second time, lat the TIME of the Sc
cond performance the owner may select either
season or insurance-Gentlemerf when they
send their mares, must write upon what terms
they will put them.-Mares not satisfied at
the expiration Of the season will be permitted
to go on to him free of further Charge for his
services [unless they have taken him but
once, then only sufficient to take them from
leap into season. until he leaves here, or some
time in the fall. Mares put LAST YEAR to
Byron or Flexible by the LEAP or sEAsoN,and
falling, may be insured THIS year TO Felt at
the season price, if their accounts shall have
been paid up by the first July, 1886. Mares
put THIS year by the leap or season, and fail
ing, may be insured the next year to any horse
then standing at my stable at the price of the
SEASON of such horse, if their accounts for
THIS year shall be settled at the expiration of
THIS season. No mare will be entitled to
these privileges and advantages unless the
terms are strictly complied with.
.e JOSIAH VIM. WARE.
Benyville, Clarke county,
April l, 1887.