Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-04-17
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nR. MERRITI

nR. MERRITT
has been induced ~xzrw@M VA
10 permit the public to W wv
have the services, fer X bnly
one more seas0a, OF X my
this very celebrated "a sye&&6E&8&1Ez@&s~p
unsurpassed English Race Horse and Stallion, the
conqusror Of more than 300 race horses in England,
winner Of SIS .0~00-winner of more cups in one sea-
son than Is recollected 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
reer on the turf, his fine bone and size, bis exceedingly
rich, fashionable, and running pedigree, and many
other recommendations not often met with; he IS a
remarkably rich and handsome bay horse, near ak
teen hands high, with fine bone and ectiOn, great
power and substance, excellent and clean limbs,
and an ~uncomnonly full carcass. In blood, perfor-
nance, and power as a Race Horse, he has no su-
peror as a cross for our American mares, being OF
a family celebrated both for its speed and its game,
and combining the best blood of all Englsnd--as
Prunella, from whom are descended Waxy Pope,
WhsIebone, Whist er, and q host Of Others: young
Giantess, from whom came Priam and Muley; and
from Seiim (tbe sire of Sultan, now covering at
$250) own brother 10 Reubens, (the grand sire Of
Camarine, J and Castrel, (grand sire Of Queen of
Trnmps, only winner Of both Oaks and St. Leger,)
and running beck TO Mafchem's grand dam.
Gentlemen are invited to examine Felt's history
in the American Turf Register, vol.7, Pp.29a, from
which the following extracts are made:
"FELT, foaled in 1926, was by Hangar, Ia
hrst-rate runner all distances, and now a fayorite
s,alliou,1 his dam, Steam, (dam, also, of Fang who
sold for near SOS, 900, Famine, Flame, Flea, Foam,
and Others, own sister to Starch by Waxy Pope
her dam Miss Staveley, 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, barefoot, and other
winners, 1-Lsngar was by Selim, 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
Prian, &c. | by Diomed-Giantess by Matchem.
Hangar Is nearly the same bloc 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 6rst-rates. Eleanor, the best
mare of her day, and the only winner of both Der
oy and Oaks, dam of Muley, 6. d. Of Luzborough,
Margrave and Leyiatban. Waxy Pope was by
| Waxy; his dam, Prunella, dam, also OF Penelope,
Parasol, Pelissc, Podargus, Pioneer, Pledge, Pawn,
Piquet, Prudence, Pope Joan, all eJceHentl by
Highnyer; Waxy Pope, called also Lord Sligo's
Waxy, was not only winner OF the Derby, but first
as q runner and stallion in his day. FELT, at Jonr
years old, won sruen races out of nine starts, being
bea, short distances, and winning the extraordinary
number Of fue cups, which | do not recollect to
have been done by any other horse-he beat many
capital runners, among them, Bolivar, Robin Hood,
Clolilda, Frederick, [winnsr Of the Derby Sto-
forth, Retriever, LawBsleeves, Perseverance, DIR.
Faustus, rel times winner, Halston. [22 times
winner, Terror, IL times winner, Mupa's Pride,
Cistercian, Guido, &c. TO very many of these
horses he gave weighi-won at fashionable courses,
and generally made play, relying on his great stout
ness and game"