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we H%ihonG MS dam. Steam. diam also Ot Fang,
sho sold Tor near SIS 600 Famine Flame Plea
Foam and others, losn istrr TO starch Ly WsSy
fope-her dam, Miss Stsyc!ey, Il sspitAI run-
net dG S.tfGIieet, and The dam also OF Starch.
Steel, sod se'etal otber cSecncut racer.O was
GOT hy Shuttle out ci Dtone mare. lihe dam OF
Sta'sley, winner OF the great ST. Lrger, Sligo.
HsrefoOt and other Winucrsl -tsngsr was by
Selim (broiber to C@Aitel aud Rubeusl dam b,
| Wsiioo Young diantrss 1.-THE best brood mare
Of b. day. the dam Of .S0rerrcr. EicGaor yi14si
| L3ahd, CrosEsdd. dam OF PTism. &c by D,o-
msd--S,sntcss by Msteheu- I.angar IL neatly
the same bloo,i With The celebrated Sultan mos
covering NJ $3.50, being got by the same horses,
'hcir dams by oSn brUthcts-LSngsri - the sire
OF several 6tsi rates Eleanor, best nlarr 81 her
day md the only winner ol both D,riYy snd Osks
dam OF Muleyig. q. Of marlborough, Marsra,c
shd LeVisshan. Wsxy Pope Vas nv Wsxy; his
,ls'u Pruueiis, idam also al Penelope P.rz~ol
Pelisscs Podargus, P.Oucer, Pledge, Pasn,
iiqayt. Prudence. Pope Joan, al creeleal.) by
n.,ShhyCr, Way Pops. called slso Lord Siiso's
| Way, vas not only winner % the DsTby. but
arsf ss a runner and sfGi8sR ia las sisy Felt Al
lrars old, Noa races out Of 2 starts be;nn
beat abort distances aud winning the extraordi-
aa'y number OF frc cHps, which 40 MOI remcm-
Der 20 have been done BY any other hor.c-he
beat many capital runners, among them bolivar.
| ROBIN Hood. Clotilda. Frederick winner OF
the Derby,) StofOrth. Retriever. LASnslee,es,
g. rse Vrranss, DE. Fsus,u'. IA times winner,
Hsiston, (22 times wianer.l Terrur. M timr,
| Sinner,) Mons's Pride, Cistereian, Isaide. he
To very many oT these horses Iie gave wei Gut
won at fashionable courses, and generally made
play, relying on his srrs, stoutness aud game
E-rfrdefs from Gitle1lIe EnSEyL Regisfc,s and
| Other SoUrcef.
"Fslt started this year times, and won I'M
portsht races, OF which y erc Gold Cups and
rEh sccopd ~ the sth race. being beat by a head
aud beating thc winner ihrre on tour times on
other oeeasions. lie won in cups and siakes
900, and lost IA all his racing career only
| Tour times most extraordinary aud splendid
PsIiorma"ee, especially when iii considered that
hetrvqueatiy carried heavy extra weight"
The follow iug strong evidence OF his high cha
rseier''s taken from the sPortius Magazine EOS
tISSO
"liaVing this year recruited his stable with
Lord WGrresirr's Felt, his l.oriship las been
gallant inncr-haNiug with this horse surrtsd
OIL both the great 1radesmeu's Cups At Chester
ADD Liverpool; aud Cup OF two elseu here
wish lac had another nag OF two J., has stable like
feh = That Felt Is a first rate one, will not,
fancy, be denied by aAy One--pp CO. $50. III
oeaf more mGH 500 h9rses'"
"telts career on the turf vas 80 brilliant In
England that u caused his sire, Hangar IN eaf,i-
tai mile horse, go be brought from Ireland
To England, where lac IL nov one Of their bes!
ani n,SI popular s'dAi0ns The last season he
had - winning colts, that Won 50 races and A.
mong them vas Elis, perhaps tIc best colt oThis
year, who Won the great 81. Legrr aud many
other races LAngar IS nov covering mares by
subscription Al about Si25, aud making full sea-
sous too. Felt is very like his sire In form. ac-
ton and marks, bu, Is good bay, uhile Ian
gar 10 ehesput Hangar IL descended from she
same sock adrian, they bcing out Of half 81
tsrs. rFsb covered in 1886, about 100 mares ~
800 season aud 800 To insure, sm0ng them tic
S St, Clara Fisher. Lady Leg!aoge, Gray
6'ri, imported PrimuIs, irnpartrd Elijah, i'm.
ported Sehefner, full sister To Ohio and many
other fine mares"
81 ask il TO be borne 10 mind. that the eli, Of
all the horses ~hich we have imported, that ne
lold enough snd have been tried f.irIy are - ,n-
ners, and many OF them capital winners in E,,v
land, ~ Chateau Aiargsux, iMzborough ard
Flexible. will also esl the attention oil breed
efs TO thc running Of tie colts Of such imported
horses ss have them cid enough 20 run, and lhry
VAL see them winning all over the uated States
under every dissdvshtase. Can breeders Of The
blood horse any longer doubt ihe superiority OF
the thoroughbred and FIRST rate English horse
(Shenee Se derive iH the native stock AL that IS
go9l,l over TIE native s'-llion' Let facts speak,
aud judgment direct them.
Al. D. MERRITT.
NNTRACT Of a letter from DR.. Merritt,
Ia dated MAY 2d. 1887.
IHoss predict that IN fcw YEAR,. Fell will
be one Of tle best Stations "a America I am
sure from The appearance Of FrIt's colts here
Ahu % England, no horse can boast Of q better
! OF more promising progeny. They will be. in
! my opinion. 1erg distinguished on the turf snd
under The saddle-ycs, every where The
colts Of the imported horses arc winning al ,,r
s,AAea ~ The best possible s,yi and msnnrr -
w. o. ~ races "a Which the imported horses
colts have started, thy have on Q races. AMI
| bat Tor the unkind running Of = coli. vo.td
! baNe son tbe other Tacr. There we're - or ,o
subscribers 90 the large Petersbu-r ,t.krs-oT
/ These There we're org by our isorscs--tl,e res,
/ ~ or uPSsrdsl b. American Stsilions The
colts ~ oar horses run lst. 81 81 ant gsh, IN
| the race woo 81 . hests, TAX ,a-vg h.,t, -
| time good each heat. u o. SLOWED i,y al ,.4r-
htetObe tie best race ever maiir osrrtiI,. ensrss
here were " subscribers % The other stake -
NeT MA'kei- = BY our horses, and by ma
/ 'uVes. s0n n hrsts by Major Rtdlev'. eoiI
10y an imf oftcd horse ! Ia 10 sas sn,t IN a.,
/ sAas wy rnstg. The colts ~ irpf,ott.d
! horses, run "a The large stakes ~ I.swreoee-
| tule' ~ entrance, Hsrc pisccd IL ID ana
~ ~ we raee-ti'ere we're - many or mog,-
.atses ihah colts BY imported horses Al
Brlheid they son 3 Nskss IN Gr,t.rste time
! eud ~ rfratHg ih 2 a. them in Ia s.d
I KS sod faPorfed colts eoutrnffng G.r 2 a. a.
| racea TO oHe Of these stakes there var, 3
[ tnpsei'gct'' anb only one colt ~ our horses
| 'quHllhcd 20 start Nov 700 have a. ~, 49,.
al our Vcry bcsi Imported hnfsts a batter tor,,
in ny hufnbic oftuiun siao M araueh or
| zoe and sce hov their coils run h"
| " VIII b. seen By the antis rsd terms. has IN
Mefrua ihrraiiiy 20 tiis roastry has rlrtoit,, a
~ ~ make q s'-asou berr nlurh lover prired
/ ihnn - dtd in county utere a. u.ss il,.fI, !.
ieyofitc. aht hsd 4 rfas sird srssaa a. .,ii 10y,
/ ihis ?, ato1 shich has coniui-nard and la ..t
lhe ~ 81 JOY % ny stable about "a fstles 80, II
h@iiici0Hn- tn tlsfkr souHfy Nifrlsia eta a. 49,
season, o. b. psid on a. before tfe 10 dsy I.i,
7 neEti aud 80 iururaHee. % D. raid 81 80 =.
tie u'are % kHoun tu g. b. fuail rlartir si,i -
eaFff ~ trrcEuisr ATTENDANCE 10 g. tfsr,d Fsf.s.
ne fiturantrfi snd 80 orHfs fssh Oh fha ef..s,
z o. b. ssht uih ihe mare. Fasiararr esu r. f..r-
"isird ~ Sd sents pee eetk. bui I eli tot A.,
accountable To- afsitirHts ur ctcslfa fs-nit.f.r,
sithing u,rir Hisres 90 on gr.iu vfii slsr sftf-
ten difgeiions tothst eject. stil ~ frrt 49,
I - and FURNISHED % che riEhbofhood nrie~s -
I BY letter o. conversation vii, me. gen.
ilemen can ascertain upon What cosdi-
tons half end cold bred mares can BE-
attended TO by Felt ior so the mase.
PRIVILEGES GRAvTgD
Any EsHilcusH Ilufung hre msrts a bfs oa.,
Eii ~ rniliicd % ihe STD mare efsus A e0sa.
Pant % EeH'hHfrn Pufuug 80 nlsfss saf s,~i,
ofis BENG arsouutahis igr ~ uiii b. tntiflsd H.
tle saih msfe grstit. AtUas a-e oft &C. ---r...f
friosiaatlcei the oUnrr a a. naafe fnsy s.l.-t
e"hff season. ~ Iutfuahse. f.eHfi-r.rr. d, 49,.
Uaey sefa uloir naafrs, uuif ufita ufro $50
ierula ihey sih ~ iisgni. Msfss .ot s.ii,r.d =
"a Epffaii0a a ~ srssan sln g. rrgrsirl-f T..