Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-04-03

has been induced ~xHW YAA
70 permit the public 10 a5X kN
have the services, for ]" bhlI
one more season, Of n my
this very celebrated IL ~MGE6&7z-~kxsas
unsurpassed English Race Horse and Stallion, the
copourror of more than 800 race horses Ia England,
winner Of sl5, 000-wipner gilmore cups in one sea-
son than is recollected to have been done by any
other hors 70 and In all his racing lost only traces. He
was recently seleciedin England, for his brilliant ca
reer on the turf, his fine bone and size, his exceedingly
rich, fashionable, and running pedigree, and many
other recommendations not often met with; he Is 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 limbs,
and an ~uncommonly foil carcass. In blood, perior-
nance. and power az a Race Horse, he has no SUI
perror as q cross for our American mares, being OF
a family celebrated both for its speed and its game,
and combining the best blood OF all England-as
Prunella, from whom are descended Waxy Pore,
Whalebone, Whisker, and a host Of others: young
Giantess, from whom came Pfiam and Muley and
from Selm (the sire If Sultan, now covering at
$500 own brother to Reubens, (tbe grand sire of
Camarine) and Castrel, (g,and sire Of Queen Of
Trsmps, only winner Of both Oaks and st. Leger,)
and running back TO Maichem's grand dam.
Gentlemen are invited to examine Felt's history
in the American Turf Register, vol. z, PIP. 298, from
which the following extracts are made:
"EEET, foalrd in 1896, was by Hangar, Ia
~frst-rate runner all distances, and now a favorite
stallion his dam, Steam, (dam, also, Of Fang who
sold for near $25. 900, Famine, Flnme. Flea, Foam,
and others, own sister to Starch by Waxy Pope
her dam Miss Stsveley, a capital runner, all DIS
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 Stayeley, the winner
Of the great St. Leger, Sligo, Harefoot, and other
winners, l-Lsngnr WINS by Selim, brother TO Cas-
treI and Reobensl 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 Observation-Disclosures by Matchem.
Hangar is nearly the same blood with the celebrated
Sultan NOW covering at $3.50 being got by the
same horses, their Hams by own brothers. Hangar,
= the sire of several Grst-rates. Eleanor, the best
mare of her day, and the only winner of both Der
by and Oaks, dam of Muley, G. d. Of Luzborough,
Margraye and Leyiatls an. Woxy Pope was by
Waxy; his dam, Prunella, [dam, also of Penelope,
Parasol, Pelisse, Podargus, Pioneer, Pledge, Pawn,
Piquet, Prudence, Pope Joan, all e1ceHent] by
Hlghhycr; Waxy Pope, called also Lord SiIeo's
Waxy, was not only winner OF the Deiby, but first
az a runner and stallion in his day. FELT, at four
years old. won spuen races out OF nine starts, being
beat short distances, and winning the extraordinary
number Of fire cups, 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 DerbyJ S,o-
forth, Retriever, Lawnsleeves, Perseverance, DIR.
Fsustus, rel times winner, Halston, 100 times
winner Terror, II times winnei,] Mona's Pride,
Cistetcian, Guido. &c. To very many Of those
horses he gave ueighi-won at Questionable courses,
and generally made play, relying on his great stout
ness and game"