Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-10-11
FINE BARBs.

The following description of two fine
Barbs we take from letter in the New
York Spirit of the Times, dated St. Mary's,
OHIO, Sept. ID.
had seen Capt. Rilev's notice OF these
horses in the Spirit of last October, and
recolccted reading it, and comparing the
horses in my mind with Clay's Stan,6oul,
an the two horses brought by the same
gentleman to Gen. Jackson in 1888, but
never until accident threw me in the wav of
them and their present as worth more to
breed from than native stock. But, Mr..
Spirit, | (eei so fully convinced that these
horses are the fountain pure Of the barba-i.
an country. an just the thing for our
Southern climate TO bring up, and Impart
TO our small horses more bone, solldity, aad
strength. that believe it duty az patron
| of the turf 10 call the attention Of some Of
the knowing ones, and suggest the propri.
ely of asccrtaining by means Of such mares
as Black Maria, RandoIph's dam. Angora,
and others that could be detailed from ma.
ny Of the stables of Virginia, Kentucky, or
| Alabama, whether one or both Of them
may MOI prove Godolphins AMI now de.
clare an intention of practising what ad.
wise, by sending one mare to each next year,
If can procure those which have bred
winners at a price within the size Of ny
pile. Ma,yoube. barb, or half barb, is
the most powerful, active and quick motion.
| al / 1 III,
the western turf and stations, for The last
twenty years,--ihe Eclipse, Archy, Henry,
and Timoleon stock, as well as the Levia-
than, Luzborough and Margrave; but in say.
Ing thus much, | wish to delract from none,
nor speak in terms Of more deserved com.
mendalion. have bought, sold, trained,
and run horses of all siz"s, shapes, colors,
and dimensions, and been regular a.ten.
dant at The course whenever 10 nv power,
but never bred them. YET | consider this
horse unique. and as is we'll observed by
his owner, unable 10 be matched, until he
shall produce his own likeness. have
measured him carefully, and find him so
different, that | send you a part Of the re.
suits as curiosity, and intend to preserve
a copy for future observations and com.
! parisous. His head is up l!ke,hat ofa giraffe,
and he looks about on oil below him with a
dignifed farceness no oiher eye can ex-
press. He stand full sixteen hands and an
inch, measured back of the fore leg yet,
Two feet nine inches fills The spnce from
his ehes, to the ground girth six feet TWO
inehes from tho point on tho wfrlIers where
the name starts, to coupling, including back
and loin, twenty inches ; from same point
found tho briskct, six feet eight inches ;
from the point of hip to quarter, twenty. six
inches; from point ofthe hip overthe other
round the lower extremity of lhe quarters,
seven feet seven inches arm, twenty in
ches knee, thirteen and kalf; cannon.
eight and half; pastern, eleven small
do., seven and n half; with foo, like a
mules, deep, hard, and firm he is an
iron. grey, most black, with heavy name and
tail is a trotter and in exercise Strings with
orodipious s,riJos.-CM0drkts 10 Hkese5a00's
Wyaadoit, or somewhat like Tranby; he
is q je, black, and almost faullless stands
fifteen and one-quarer hands high, and
shews capacity for strength, speed, and
game, so much, with The most approved race
horse form, | can hardly decide which is in
my own opinion lest.
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