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Liis S~y esiecraisd and uass,passeI
EngEsa Race Horss and Sfsfiion.

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| EngiisA Race Horss and Sfaflion.
i - EcENrLY selected By m, N Eux,.nt
- Zoe hss brilliant esre~r on the tsrf. Ais ks..
ooss sad ssre. hts excerd,sgiy tish. fashionable
sna san'''ng pedipce. and msny other rrson,
er"o-t'o.s yos oOsu mel With. "a rrB.rkabl,
i ,ses sna h.ndsorns by hersc. hear 10 h.,sd,
49,, s''h nne eoas sasi action. grrst power sad
sessssser, ssssiisat sad sls.s Iimu,. sad an
u"eonmoniy fsii rsre.s,. In blood. r~r-
tt'rm."sss sod poser itses lio-.-. ne hs. .,y
s"trr'or sss eros. tor o.sr American sa.rrs b.
ING '-'"'y e~iesf-'sd bsSh fos its sserd aud
| -. gar's, and combining the k~s bl..od al III
tsgissS-.s Pruaeiia. from -Ls.n arr q, ,rr,d-
cal Wssy fSs'~. whs,sboa-. vis,ler, sud |,
s'ssi ~ cth-r.i Young GisA,rsa from ~bo,,
<-snr Prissu ssd MulSy, and from s.I,rn 49,.
SIRE VI sultss. 100 sss~tisg 1t s3j0. ! /. al sro.
nrr 10 h"eSns tshe Er.s'si sire 81 Csuaarae shd
Ssst'ri tgr~sd ssfe 81 Gssvs ~ Trumra oaIx
s,ssvr u 18th O-ks ssd 81. Leger, and runnI,..
back 10 hstshem's grand dana.
Sxn,iemrs sr~ issitrc to- ex.rnine Feit-s bis-
toryt's the Anerlesa Turf Register, vol. ?. par.
S9s; Iron -h'sh III. following extracts ere
"fELr. fo.iei !. Isas, "a. n, Lamar. 4,
hrst rate runssr al hsfaners. and nov = f.sor-
"s s.ii,oes h's dan. Sisssn, (dsm also Of Fang,
.ho soid Tor p~sr SIS 90 Famine. Flame, Ftr.
rssm ssd others, lown sister To Starch b, Wax,
rops-ssr dam. Miss St-seiey. (s e.yiI.i rum
al
Steei. aud several other exselis,a raesrs J wa
kot " shaiiis out OF Dross mare. l,hr ,Ism 81
os'siry. wtnaef 81 The etrsi 81 L-gcr, sligo.
t.reioot SD other sina~rsl Hangar Va. h,
Ssi,m (hru,bvr To CSs,rei sa.i Rvb<n.l dan, h,
wniion-fpang t''sstrss (ibe beet brood rasrs,
't nsr DAY. the sss'n 81 So-ceyrr. Eeasar. Jtsha.
Lydia, Csctsda, dam 81 Prism, Ne b, D,,,-
.ed-c'.eisss By M.,shesn. Hangar 10 nraiI,
Tie s-rse bio-Hi nth the eslrlr.t,, Suii.,, fno
eoserieg 81 $3.50. bring got by ,he same hors-.,
'ss'r d-m. =, osn brvshsrs-L.RgT ~ the sirr
o. se.rr.l 51sf rates. Eie.nnr, bv-, mare Of her
esy and the oniy winner of both Derby aud U.ks
dam a Maieys E. q. 81 Marlborough. MarEr.vs,
and Ls''~'ha''- Way Pope wss by Wax, has
usm rfcuelis, fdsm also vt penrlope p.r..,I
rsi's'r; Pod.ryss. Pioneer. Pledge. Pawn.
psqsst. Pr..isnsc. Pope Joan. al eTesHenf. ) by
,,wusnhJn, Ws1s PoPe, called siso Llad Siigo'.l
wshy, ~ss not onis winner oi ,h. D~Tb, bot
sra - riaHer snd sfGiios. IN NJ. day Feii, Al
syrars Old, Won racer out OF starts. being
best ebert distances aud vtausns the ex,r.o,,l,-
gary Number OF fre cups. whiShl 10 not remrn,-
ser 70 have be~n dosc b, sny other hor.e-be
hesi many espiisi runners snlSav th.r. Rol;y.r
to6la Hood, Ctotilds, Frr,lcrisk, winner or
the Derey.) Stoforth, Retriever, iAwn,i-e.r..
Perseverance. DR.. fnasfus, f2t tio.es ~,a,... /
'.'Soh, w times winery Terror, M 6sn~s
..'"ner,l hoss's Pride. Cisiersian, Guide, &s
very many OF these horses lie gave weight
Won Al fashionable courses, aud generally mssIs
play relying on biz great sIOutnes, sni game. &"
Erfraefs FROM apfl>'sne EaybSA Reriser, and
etaer so.ross:
"Fsit stprted this year times. and won i'm
Portsst races. 5 Of Shich we're Geld Guns and
tan ,eeoad aga Tie ash r.ee, I~iHg beat bv a bead,
ntd bcating the winner tilrre or four tiu,.s o,,
other oeehs'onG lie y, eups u".l st.k,-.
$t3,pOo, and lost In ell hiI racing carer oui,
'0ur times most extraordinary and s9lel,lia
performances. espsssiy ~ben Il u sOnsis red tlst
he irrq1rntiy carried heavy extra wrixit"
The ioiiovhg stroag evidence Of his h.eh chs
r.eier.is taken IRON the Sporting Magazine Tor
"IIsving thi, year recruited III, rsbI. .i,h
Lord WOteestrr's Feit, his I.ortlsl,ip la, Le-,,
gsllso, demonstrating With this horss carried
on both the great irsdrsineE's Cura II Cb,sirr
aud LiNesPooi, and Cup OF two elsewhere.
v'sh be had another nag OF tuo 81 hls statute like
feh fhstfvlt iss ira rate Oa-, wilInut,
iansy, be denied BY any ORe--isp. &C, 2SG, He
bsaf more thaa 500 horses ?"
"teh's career Va The turf Vas - krilsaaf in
England, that % eauaed his sire, l-4gar (. S.,,-
tai mile horse, To be brought from Ireland
70 Engisno, where he 10 nov Que OF their beat
snn med pcftiiar sfaLloHs. The last se.so.. Dec
had - ~tnisiaR eotts, that voa 81 rnees aud A.
m"ag them Us Ellis. perhsp, the best sult 81 s,is
ysar' Who uoa the great NJ. i4eser and maay
other races t-aigsr % no~ covering mars isy
subscription 81 shout Sie5, snd making full sss.
soas too Felt - very like his sirr ia fuSul, se-
S'' -' 'saafess oot ~ kood bny, Nhtle Lam
gar ~ eh~enut. LaaRsr 20 deseSnsle,i from thx |
same ssoSk AsPFiArn, thsy being cat of half sis-
terA Fsit eosSvwd in 1856. shout Iuo mares st
80 se-eoa sad flVO 60 iasafe, s.asIIg them IL.
eeissrssed Clara fistrr, L,dy LeKrshEr, Gray
"'ri' imported Prip.ula, imported Ziilsh, im.
ported Sshen'rr. tall sis,er 10 Oaio aud maay
other hoe mssSs"
81 ask ., 10 be borne ia mind, tNN the colts Of
ali tAe horses uhieh ~e ,sfc imported, thai arc
o'd S"oosh sod hare been tried fairly, are vim
ner,, and msnJ Of them espiIsl SINNERS ia Eas-
land, - Cls-srsa Mstg-uK, LsiEl,otoOgh, susi
fieIibis. gill slso esllt Tia attsBtiOn Of breed
sts 10 tue running OF the soits 81 sush imported
horses - have tlssm old enough 10 rua, and they
~hl s-r them winning ell over th< United Ststes,
u''srt every dssadSAnlAge. Can breeders oC the
eiot.i horae sny longer hoaa the Superiority II |
The thorouEh-bred sud 6Tst rate HasEIish hors-, |
tShenee Ss Jerits la the native stock all tLaa -
goo5, over the native St~il'Oal tStIsels speak |
shd Jodgmstt direSl them.
A. T. q. MERRITT.
HExrRACT Of letter from DR.. Merritt,
- listed Mar III. 1857