South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-05-13

and 81 ,,cd6cr,A ana running back to
Matchem's grand dam.
Gentlemen arc invited to examine
Felt's history in the American Iuri
Register, vol. I, page 298, from which
the following extracts are made -
"FELT. foaled in 1895, was by Hangar, "a
! srst r,tc runner ALL DISTANCES, and row
rayor;fe stallion,) his dam, Steam, (dam also
| IF Fang, who sold for near Ss25,o00, FAMINE,
Flame. Flea, Foam and others,) own sister 10 /
| Starch by Waxy Pope-her dam, Miss otaye-
lev. IA capital runner ALL DISTANCES and the
dam also of Starch, Steel and several other
excellent raceTs,) was gof by shuttle on. %
The Great st. Leger, Sligo, Hsre!oot and other
winners l-Laug5r was by Seiim tbro1her 70
| Castrel and Rubens) dam by Walton. oung
| Giantess Che best brood mare OF her Gay, Tue /
| dam of SoRcERER, ELEAEoE, JTLiA,LYpiA'
CRrssIpA, dam of PriaIn, dc.) by Dlomeo-
| Gientess by Matchem. I.angor ls nearly aae
same hood with the calabroted Sultan CHOW
covering at $780, being got by the came ho:-
scs, their dams by oSn brcthers--Lansal Is
the sire of several FIRST RATEs--s1ieahof,
best mare of her day end the only winner OF
both Derby and Oaks, dam OF kiuley &; G.
of Luzborough, Margrave, and Leylatnan.
Waxy Pdpe was by Waxy his dam Prunci-
la. (dam also of Penelope, Parasol, Pelisse,
podafgus, Pioneer, Pledge, Pawn, Plquet,
| prudence. Pope Joan, ALL EXCELLENT, lDy
Highdyer; Waxy Pope, called also Lord Sill
po's Waxy. was not only winner OF the Der
| by. but FIRST as RUNNER and STALLION IN
his day. Felt, at years old, won races out
of starts, being beat SHORT distances ana
winning the extraordinary number OF FIVE
cups which do not remember to nave oeeh
done by any other horse--he beat many capt.
tai runners, among them Bolivar, Robin Hood.
Clotlda, Frederick, (winner of the Derby,).
Stofortb, Retriever, Lawnsleetes. Persever-
ance, Dr.. Fausttis, (2l times WINERY hals-
ton, (22 times winner, Terror, IL times WIN
ner.3 Mona's Pride, Cistercian, Guide, so.
To yery many Of these horses he gave weight
won at fashionable courses, and generally
made plsy, relying On his great Stoutnsss anu
game
Extracts from, authentic English Regis
tiers and other sources:
"Fe]t started this year times, and won Z
important racey, Of which were Gold Cups,
and ran second in the 6th race, being beat by
head, and beating the winner three or four
times on other occasions. He won in cups
and stakes $l5,cG0, and lost in all his racing
career only four times. A most extraordina-
nv and splendid performance, especially when
. tits considered that he frequently Carried hea-
Wy extra weight"
The following strong evidence Of his high
character, is taken from the Sporting Mage
zine for 1880: 81,
"Haying this wear recruited his stable with
Lord Worcester's Felt, his Lordship has been
gallant winner-having with this horse car
ried off both the great Tradesmen's Cups at
Chester and Liverpool and q Cup or two
elsewhere. I wish he had another nag OF two
in his stable like Felt" "That Felt is first
rate one, will not, fancy, be denied by any
."-pp. IS, 256.--HE ntAT MORE THAN
: 800 HORSES y
'sFelt'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.
The last season he had 24Fwinning colts, that
won 81 races, and among them was Ehs,per-
haps the best colt of his year, who won the
great st. Legef and many other races. Lam.
gar is now covering mares by subscription at
about 1925, and making full seasons too:
Felt is very like his sire in fcrrn, action ana
marks, but is good bay, while Hangar IS
chestnut. Hangar is descended rom me same
stock as Priam, they being out OF halt sisters.
Felt covered last year about 100 mares at 500
season and $l00 to insure, among them the
celebrated Clara Fisher, Lady Lagrange, Gray
Girl. imported Primula, imported Zlilah, I'M
ported Schener, full sister TO Ohio ana many
other fine mares"
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. I 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 FLY Of Chateau Margaux,
that has run in America, beat at three heats
with very great ease Vertumnus by Eclipse,
and Hebe by Gonanna and Sally Jenkins,ove
the Charleston course, winning the TWO last
heats hard in hand in the excellent time of 3
IN. so s. 3 m. 81 S. Can breeders OF the 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, and will end the LIST July at
nv stable about l-2 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 Cd day of July next; and $50 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 stend. forfeits
the insurance j and so cents cash to the
groom, to be sent with the mare. Pasturage
can be furnished at SO cents per week, but l
will not be accountable for accidents or es.