Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-03-13
CERTIFICATES.

VA liln,t, gray Eclipse cot, 10y Aneelcan L.
lp,e out oi ms luii sister, ahi tolad by The III
a., ma &c VIA Inn, ana twn Ettp,c Cots
W., tfdtaln, ios MaJof " IN J0ue,, u NV Mac
kei, l. |. taat ne hal sooI 81 ecd AID bottom, aud
i.gret could not have min a,dla OF "A regular
t.Ala IL a god ht. IL, ,Lnr t. M with ucs.
rsrale htch, tao Il The lol,u; ol buckle hdvins
been forje DIVA Ito tne Assn ~ tne saddle,
where II remained uutti lac fua IN, accustomed
distance, wnlthpreycated hi be n lode uuli the
lota OF September, aud hy dnNIns NJ, work, the
tune beng shoil II, fore san, beeame sore,
pauly buca'd, ami hal 10 take huu out oi tram.
WM. IA Err.
I.onI Island Ma CT l., 1889
NJ t1Jttt "a bfeelins lodns American e
clips, b. putua5 tle AiIld ui Ia M,lI 10 he:
iuit bfJ.her, a nefcah Eclipse, and thereby ~
preserve pI,c al unc contaminated by ans i'd
rfnuuJuS of IntedoT crosses, thl, superior ~ un
eiutl.d 1oJ i,hls been IA ,hi, III LAM, Complete
" successful. h. &c les, have IN thIs youD, BOSE
last sucn u horse IN lor.n and SIZE his nobl,
stre a sttoaJ we'll placed shJuiaer, long aud
lnu SECULAR ARA, very near the point OF his shoul
der, alc chest slfiing Z 'n1hes, Jdsi the s"ine
q. VITA old American Ecipse-a nae distinct
hoai, 0tnItbg well bacH, while Tue hlnj lc,
pant forward aud place his ieet we'll uLdtt h,In
--h,s lJuts clean and small, lu,t IKE his slfe's,
tae ka.e dn1 pdst.rn JOINT anu ui course the otnci
l3ml, be,nt Just the >a,he around them as with
Odd Ecip,s. ms h 'ad /, something shorter and he
m .asui,s near turee inches less where the head
aud neck JJln, taan his sire does, which makes
hln hlnisomer NUS :, IT any taio :, than his re
noWnei sire. y other stitiIoa IA Amei,cd ha>
the merit Vi hayin. lienucaly the same blood
In his VEN, that u.d Eclipse has, together w,tn
all his winning points, but tins Sun OF hts, young
American Eclipse.
am aware ol the prrjudlces Of many in this
country, against breeding N and III, but III En,
land rn-re thty have had m he exl efience, al
though there Is a diversity OF opinoa among
breeders, the prejudice Is the Other way-but ~
lolg a, have tae example Of the English Fly
~ Childers, tie b ooI oi whose dam Was ue,r
ly ldeauclly with that OF old Spanker aud
WHO Z performances 100 yc"rs since have never
been eauillel to til, da, land from wluee stock
we procure our bast blooJ-l mu,i adhere to my
opinion, that IN breeding II Is not only useful Dul
L. acertaln extent necessary 10 ensure superior
~ III the progeny.
Ny advanced age and consequent inability IL
attend personally 10 my SiuI vi horses, hI, IN
dated me to dispose ot the prncipai part oi them
| however reserved you,g American Eclipse
with "a view ot gettlnt him established IN some
pat ., The country where hi, stock night be duly
appreciated, anl prove valuable ID the brsede,
"A rtlcrence 10 lac Turf lic-lser, will sh w IL
any one nv great ioadneSs iur The genuine horse
IL that nave INDUCED my sell IN that way iou
time 10 time 10y purchasing and holding o
years, such horses IL old y nerlcan Eclipse, cid
Imported Messenger, taat dl.l mine, Imported
Bu,sordh, a beautiful horse, Potomac, Defiance
Cock of the Rock, DinwiJdle and others. It,
conclusion may say IN sincerity. that have al
ways been a great advocate tor pure blood, and
that ela,,ured that Young American Eclipse
will propagate a stock IN every way worthy u
his family, and oae taatMi Ill a!lord pleasure and
profit 10 their owners.
CIV. VAN RANST.
To Broa lway, New York.
Young American Eclipse IS now al hi, stand,
in fine health, ready Tor his thud SEASON.
Old American Eclipse whose blood i, identi.
caly the same as Ioang American Eclipse, IN
truth the Latter is the only morse IN Amerca that
eau boist the same Advantage, with tue loru,er
will stan the easuiny season AT or near Nash.
yuie, renne ssee, wa, tdrned al $4,000, ant
will be let to mares a, the extraordinary high prize,
oil 5 i51 each and the last two or three season
past ne stood IN the vicinity OF Petersburg, Va.
ut Sl00 per mare aud must have cleared a, leas
$4,000 per season.--The English Eclipse an,
Marsk his sire, from which our Eclipse stool
sprung, both covered mares at 100 guincas, up
ward, OF $500 of our money.
Young American Eclipse was foaled the pro
perry of Mr.. G. W. Van Rans,, OF New y orr
CITY a name dear to the lovers of the turf, an,
pure blood Tor his great exertons 10 elevate tn,
Character Of the American Horse, and ceiebra
ted in the American Stud Books, : the 2roprie
tor of Old Amefic IN L .lipse, Messenger, Poto
mac. Dei,nce. Cock of the Rock, Dinwdde
Selah Calender. Liberty, Wrangler, Bussoral
Arabian, &c. &t.-Bul becoming too tar advan
cei IN years 10 give him that active attention no
nssary, placed him in the care of our late towns
man Henry brown, Jr., in the Spring of 1915
BE did not reach Lynchburg until late in the sea
scn, aAd without previous notice. sad in yer,