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FELT.
This rery celebrated and enurpassed
Engiish Race Horss and SiaIIoa.

high. With Hne bone and axtiou. rre., nov =, ..,l
pubstsnsr, erssilsnt snd eiess limL, and ~
unSommo1ly full s.re.sa In blood, per-
formsnses and 20 yer asa R.es Horse, he h.. no
superior a. sros' Tor oar American mares, be-
'nk Ot family celebrated beth Tor a, ,eerJ -n,l
IL SgsaS, aud combining the best Llnod OF iii
E"gi.pd-ss Prunvlla. IRON - hon arc lie secn.l-
al May Pope, Nh~lsLoor, " hi,Ler, .nd /.
DO" a. o'her'' Young C'snisss, from ~houi
same Piiam sud MulSA aud from Selim lthe
s'rs IL Sultan. nov eOSvuns 81 $3.50, Own I,o-
tVr 10 RubShs the grand are " C-ih-rine \ and
CsItsi tyrsnd siic Of Queen of 'Irunp,, oaly
~'a'e' OF both o-ks and st Leser. aud running
6sSk u Nsirhen,', graud daa-
6rn,Icmcn arr tu,itcd t. examine Frlt'. l,,,-
tory in the American Tut Itcsis,vr, vol 7, usre
-gs. iIom ~hi,h ths iJ!ioSing ex,r.SIs .Iv
u,s,lc.
FELL, foaied in 1896, IN, By i-snrar. "a
hrf' rstc runnVr al distances .nd now a favor
"c A'~lI'un' lass dam. Steam, diam also OF F,ny
Who Wit icr "rar rs vUO Famine, Fl-.nS. Fix.
Foam aud others, Own sister to Starch by NAY,
Fope-her dam, M,s> StsVclvy, Ia sapit.l tun-
uer az d.I:Gae6S, Snd the dam al.o IL Starch
Steel, rnd several ether eGCcllcut racers 80.
got by Shuttle ou, ot D,unr mare. fLe dam of
Sis''ley, winner al the great ~ ISrer, Sligo.
i,'t'out a.d O'hrr ~iuuer'l Larger VAS by
sel'n' lhroihvr To CasiT,l aud itulr,,sl dam q,
Nslton-luunE Gisnicss tti.e best brood MAJ.
81 her dsv. the dam Of .Sorscter, Ecans,. him.
Lydia, Cfsifis!'I, dam at Ptiani, Asl by Do-
r,d-G'-ftcss by Nsi,hem Iau.sr !, p,-,I,
the same blood 18th Ihr celebrated Sultan fuo.
eo'''ins al s-SJ. being got by the same hai :. =
Weir darn, %, Own hruthcrs-l.sucsri - the sire
OF scSyr-i frsf r.Is'. Elrsnur best mar. of her
dsN and the only winner 81 both D-rls anL Ok.
Dam 81 Mulcy <. Il. OF marlborough, Marrr.,r.
A"i ie''sthsn. wsly Pope was l., WrSN la,
lam ftun,ll.. tdsm also tf Pru,l opc, p-,..I
,.h''e' ro,i-'su'' Pioneer. PltdEr, rs~n.
p,pnft. Prudence. Pop, Joan. az eIcsiierri.l nv
Iighhycr, Way Pope. called also I.nrd Sl,ro'.
way, ~as not oDl' simmer ~ the D,ri, hut
frE asa runner su,l sfaiioH 10 Ia, ,I., Fen =,
years "ii, won . races out Of . starts hriny
beat shsrE d,sianecs snd winning th, ,xIt.or,i-
mary number al bre cups, ~h,sh dO tot Ismcn-
bSr 10 have be'n dOur by any ether hor>.-bc
hs"' many capital runners, sn,u,,s them Bolivar
itotn Hood. ClOtilda. Frederick, t~innrr 4
,e Drrh. Sloiurtr. Rstric,-r. IA-usi-r,cs,
n'rae'eT~i'S", DIR f'usius. "a times inntr. J
tI-i,ton. (2s times ~innerl Terror ~ timrs
stnurr,l MOna's Pri,ir. C,Siercian, Guide. &c
. 'rtt macy 20 thvsc horses he gave We. ht-
~n" al i.sl"uusLle rOutS-s, aud generally uHdr
ply, relying on his great s,ouih,n snd game -
Er'raeiI from authentic Encbyh ReyssserI and
osirr reiptrs:
~ started ihis Nc~J . times anil won i'm
portrait races, at which acre C.old Guns, and
rsn sesoud IN Ihv s'l' race, tc,ug beat by = head
aud beating the ~inner thrry or four times o..
other oce.siunS lie Won "a cup, aud STAKE
ilS, 600, aud lost ia all Lis racing carer oul,
tour HnsrA most extraordinary aud splendid
re'iVrmsnee,e'peeially When 1t IS eons,d, - Il that
hr irrqlrnily carried heavy tNtrA weight"
The io!lo- iug strong evidence Of hisL,rb ,ha.
raeter. IS taken from ihe Sporting Magazine TOT
1881:
''iis'ing this year recruited III, stable viii,
Lori Woree,trr's Felt. h,S Lorl,bip las been \
gallant ~i"ner-hs',ug ~ith this horse carr. Il
81 both thr great IrE,ssmrr's Cup, 4 Cbe,ter
-nd Liverpool, add Cup or two elsewhere.
wish Ice hsd another Ess OF two - his stable LAX r
Felt" "Ib-t Fell "a FIRST rate one, vtII not,
fancy, be denied by any one-pp &C, $50. he
seat more Dad1 30 horses -"
"Frlrs carer on the turf Vas 30 brilliant in
England. that u caused his sire. LANCER. espi-
tai mile horse, to be brought from lrrI.nh
To Engl.ud. HhcTe he is nov one OF their be,,
and mos! popular sidLioHf. The last season lac
had ~ Winning coils, that Won 81 ra,cs, and n
monS them was Kl,s, perhspi the beat colt Of HI,
year Who Won the great ST. Leger aud many
other races. iangsr 10 now covering mares by
subscription at about si25, aud making full Sew
sous too. Felt Is very like his sire Ia form, ae-
tion and marks, but iSA good bay, ~biIe Lam
est 70 che ,Dut. l-sugar 10 descended from ,hs
same stock a. PLAN. they being out Of half SIS.
t-Ts. Feli covered 10 1856. about 100 mares Al
500 season and 800 to insurr, SmOng them Iiie
celebrated Clara Fisher. Lady L-gr.ngc. G1,
Girl. imported Primuls. imported Znl-h. ifu.
ported SChemcr, iuli sister 10 Ohio and msu,
other ine msrrs"
81 ask q TO be horne in mind that tie colts OF
ell the horses which We have imported, that are
old enough and have been iIird fairly are vim.
ners, snd many 81 them eapit-l winners IN Eng.
land. - Chateau MsrgauN, Marlborough, and
FLEXIBLE. vii also call the stteniion OF breed.
rri 10 the running Of the colts Of such imported
hnrtss as have tb, IA old enough to run And the,
VIII see Uiem uinHIus all over the United States
under every disadvantage. Can breeders OF ia,
blood horse any logger doubt the sup-riotiiy Of
, the Thoroughbred sud fret rate RngIish hors.
tshenee We derive in the native stock all that Il
COOL. over the native Stsllionl Let f.stsspesk
( and Ju'gmeut direct them.
At. u. MERRITT.
FNXTRACT OF letter from Dr.. Merritt
n 4 dated MAr -, 1857
"IHsly predict thst in fcv years Fell vii
/ . be Quo a. the beat StsliionS "a Amctirs I ar
surc. from ihe appearance OF Felt colt, her,
s"d IN kngl'nd. no horse can boast 81 bctiri
or more pfonising progeny. They uilt be- %
my opinion, rcry distinguished OF the tort On,
und'r the asddle-ycS, every Nhers. III.
colts ~ lie imported hnrses arc ~,nniug al oui
stakes ~ the bcst possible suir sod ulsnurr -
Got of 10 races N which the imported horses
colts have started. they have YOU races. az,
bat Ter the uhkini runuing of = colt, ws.i,
have won tie other race There we're % or :,
'iubser'hcrs 70 the large Petersburg ,takrs-ol
these there ucTr 8 o. = by our horses-the re-
/ . % or upSards) bv American Stsilions Tn,
colts by our horses run Isl, 81. 81 and An. !,
I the rsce v.aSt heals, tfHok rcrV heavy. an,
| time good r-th heat II % slIO. 81 ~ al mar
itrtto he u bss ever ma,ir overthe course
| here wcre ~ subssr,bsttt the other si.ke a
Ntu hIst by onf horses and ~ ma
I 'Nres zen ~ hrsB by Nsjor RidIc,'s colt
e laJ "a 'nf oftrd hUrs~, IN In Sjs sn,i IN IN
. Sc very eCs.ig. The coils BY impntt,
horses. run ~ tie large stakes 81 Lawrence.
vile. $50 entrance, Sere placed 1T, 81, go
81 ~ thc raec-tbrre we're - rnauv or ra.r,
n'i'1es Than colts ~ imported horses A
Z brlhrid They Won > U.kgt ~ lr,t.r.tr tim.
sud Anticipating IT, 2 Il th' ~ MIN So
SIS. End imported colts cortcudine for IL tl,,
fsc~s. 10 one Of it,sr stakes there YER.
Subscribers, and only ono colt bv our hors
'qualt6ri % start Nos YOU have IN IN. o..
e Ger ycry beu imported horses. . better t,ef.,
~ nv Luu'bi- ot,inipn than I.nxboFosst, q,
f1idt sod see boz their colts run."
IL will b. scen w. he spns red terms. that d.
MfUHts ltbtrsl,ty 90 tbs c1untry las perrnitt.,
FeIi a. mske = tessuu here much loser priee,
then Re did iHs eountfy vbcrr ie as iti.tiv
'''s sc-son aLieA hes conirncr-rd. sd I'll rrs
ihe lst otJus - n,y stable about "A miles e-st III
h-itletosn in Clarke county \ irrii,is. q kslti,
'e-s"n. o. o. p-d or 90 hsf1f- ibr 20 dsy ~ Bot,
nrtii ed t5i Insurance. Go hr aiI - t..ot. =,
i's mere 'skuo~n 70 be in fsi. tl-ftinr uii, 90,
fn-re, % irregular sti~rdsnee u 0ir sistd, ffii
ihe in'ufsn,si : snd So ccnts fssh 90 ihr -ra.r
lp BE- $50 situi i.e mare. Psuufsge esu b. fur.
H'thed - - scrts 80 vvtk. but vil not b,
accountable ~ sseiirnts Or csszi.rs csn,i, rii
snitng their nsfss frd 90 grsiu ill e1te s,tt.
tru dfrr ciIors 90 t.tst 81 ~ ssd utH i ftfrrAos
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