Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-04-10

have the services, for +" MAY
one more season, of ~ M
his very celebrated ~ Am9E&eMa0an-k&sns
unsurpassed English Race Horse and Stallion, the
conqueror Of more than 800 race horses In England,
winner of SIS, 000-winner of more cupsi in one sea-
.~a than is reeoIlected to have been done by any
other horse and in all his racing lost only 4 races. lie
was recently selectedin England, for his brilliant ca
reeT on the turf, his 6De bone and size, his exceedingly
rich, fashionable, and running pedigree, and many
other recommendations not often met with; he IS a
remarkably rich and handsome bay horse, near SIX
teen hands high, with fine bone and action, great
power and substance, excellent and clean limbs,
and an ~uncommonly full carcass. In blood, pertor-
nance, and power as a Race Horse, he has no SUI
perior as a cross for our American mares, being oil
a family celebrated bothfor it's speed and its game,
and combining the best blood of all Ensland-as
PrunelIa, from whom are descended Waxy Pope,
Wlislebone, Whisker, and o host Of others: young
Giantess, from whom came Priam and Muley; and
from Seiim (the sire Of Sultan, now covering at
$500 own brother TO Reubens, (the grand sire OF
Camarine,) and Castrel, (grand sire Of Queen OF
Tramps, only winner OF both Oaks and st. Leger,)
and running back TO Matchem's grand dam.
Gentlemen are invited to examine Felt's history
in the American Turf Register, vol. 7, PIP. 298, from
which the following extracts are made:
"FELT, foalcd in 1926, was by Hangar, "a
trst-rate runner 0H dtStnnces, ana now aidNoiit0
stallion,) his dam, Steam, (dam, also, of Fang who
sold for near $25 900, Famine, Flame, Flea, Foam,
and others own sister TO Starch by Wsxy Pope
her dam Miss Stayeley, a capital runner, all d's-
tances, and the dam also Of Starch, Steel, and sew
eral other excellent racers, was got by Shuttle out
of Drone mare, the dam Of Stayeley, the winner
Of the great st. Leger, Sligo, barefoot, and other
winners, 1--Laugar was by Selim, l%brother to Cas-
trel and Reubens1 dam by Walton-Young Clan
tess, the best brood mare Of her day, the dam Of
Sorcerer, Eleanor, julia, Lydia, Cressida, dam OF
PIiam, &c. by Diomed-Giante by Matchem.
Hangar is nearly the same blood with the celebrated
Sultan NOW covering at $3.50 being got by the
same horses, their dams byown brothers. Hangar,
$ the sire Of several 6rst-rates. Eleanor, the best
mare OF her day, and the only winner OF both Der
by and Oaks, dam of Muey, s. d. of Luzborough,
Margceye and LeVis,tnn. Waxy Pope was by
Waxy his dam, Prunella, dam, also OF Penelope,
Parasol, Pelisse, Podargus, Pioneer, Pledge. Pawn,
Piquet, Prudence, Pope Joan, all erceHent] by
H,ghfyer; Waxy Pope, called also Lord SiIgo's
Waxy, was not only winner of the Derby, but first
as a runner and stallion in his day. FELT, at four
years old, won sppen races out of nine starts, being
beat short distances, and winning the extraordinary
number Of fee cups, which | do not recollect to
have been done by any other horse-hs beat many
capital runners, among them, Bolivar, Robin Hood,
Clotilda, Frederick, winner Of the Derby Sto-
forth, Retriever, Lawnsleeves, Perseverance, DIR.
Faustus, ri times winner, Halston, l22 times
winner, Terror, II times winner, Mona's Pride,
Cistercian, Guido. &c. To very many Of these
horses he gave weighl-won at fashionable courses,
and generally made play, relying on his great stout
ness and game"