Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-05-09

| this very celebrated Il aDke&&&00EFsAskTs
| unsurpassed English Race Horse and Stallion, the
conqueror of more than 300 race horses in England,
| winner Of $l5 ,000-winner ofDore cups in one sea-
son than is recollccted to have been done By any
| other horse and in all his racing lost only traces. lie
was recently seIectedin England, for his brilliant, ca.
reer on the tuff, his fine bone and size, his exceedingly
rich, fashionable, and running pedigree, and many
other recommendations not often met with; be IA a
remark ably rich and handsome bay horse, near SIX
teen hands high, with fine bone and action, great
power and substance, excellent and clean limos,
and an ~uncommonly full carcass. 10 blood, perfor-
nance, and power as a Race Horse, he has no su-
| perior as a cross for our American mares, being OF
a family celebrated boihfol its speed and its game,
and combining tho best blood of all England-ss
Prunella, from whom are descended Waxy Pope,
Whalebone, Whisker, and u host Of Others: young
Giantess, from whom ca m Priam and Muley; and
from Seiim 1.-THE sire uf Sultan, now covering at
$3.50 own brother 10 keubens, (the grand sire Of
Camafine,) and Castrel, (grand sire OF Queen OF
| Trsmps, only winner Of both Oaks and St. Leger,)
and running back to Marcbem's grand dam.
Gentlemen are invited to examine felt's history
in the American Turf Register, vol. z, PIP. 1913, from
which the following extracts are nede:
FELT, foaled in 1926, was by Hangar, Ia
6rst-rate runner all distances, and now a iayorlte
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 Waxy Pope
her dam Miss Staveley, a capital runner, all dts-
tances, and the dam also Of Starch, Steel, and sew
eral other excellent racers, was got by Shuttle out
of a Drone mare, the dam Of Staveley, the winner
Of the great St. Leger, Sligo, Harefoot, and other
winners, Hangar was by Selim, [brother to Cas-
trel and Reubensl dam by Walton-Young Clan
tess, the best brood mare of her day, the dam of
Sorcerer, Eleanor, Julia, Lydia, Cressida, dam OF
Priam, &c by Observation-Disclosures by Matchem.
Langnr ~ nearly the same blood with the celebrated
Sultan now covering at $3.50, being got by the
same horses, their dams by own brothers. Hangar,
is the sire of several frstrates. Eleanor. the best
mare Of her day, and the only winner 0 fboth Der
by and Oaks, dam Of Muley, &. d. Of Luzborough,
Margrave and Leviathan. Waxy Pope was by
Waxy; his dam, PruueIla, dam, also of Penelope,
Parasol, Pelisse, Podargus, Pioneer, Pledge, Pawn,
Piquet, Prudence, Pope Joan, all eEceAentJ by
H,ghnyer; Waxy Pope, called also Lord SIigo's
Waxy, was not only winner of the Derby, but first
as runner and stallion in his day. FELT, at Jour
years old, won svuen races out OF nine starts, being
beat short distances, and winning the extraordinary
number of fire cnps, which | do not recollect TO
have been done by any other horse-he beat many
capital runners, among them, Bolivar, Robin Hood,
Clotilda, Frederick, winner of the Derbyl Sro-
forth, Retriever, Lawnsleeves, Perseverance,, DIR.
Faustus. lei times winner, Halsion, l22 times
winner, Terror, II times winner, Mona's Pride,
Cistercian, Guido. &c. To very many Of these
horses he gave weight-won at fashionable courses,
and generally made play, relying on his great stout
ness and game"