Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-12-31
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THIS celebrated Race Horse and Stal

| "HIS celebrated Race Horse amt Stall
Il Iiun will stand The ensuing Season,
from 18th February to 18th June, at MIR.
WIN. 3. Mays, ia Edgefield District, >.
c.. 3 miles from the Court, House, on the
Augusta Road. He will lie let 10 mares
at S2O The single visit, $50 the Season.
and $50 To insure; and one dollar to the
groom in every Instance. The money, or
an approved note payable the 18th Decem-
her next. must be sent with each mare, or
she will not be served Good pasturage
will be provided, and liares fed Oh grain
al reasonable price, and servants board
cd gratis.
Every care will he taken Of mares and
loals, but no liabilities will be incurred for
escapes or accidents.
ARGYLE is dark brown horse, with
oul white, except star. fifteen hands and
three quarters high; possessed Of uncom
mon bone and muscle. and form COM
binine with perfccI symmetry, every es-
sential OF Race Horse. lie is now ten
years old, having been foaled in Maryland
in the Spring Of 1880. He was sired by
The famous Mons. Tonsun, his dam This
lie, was by Ogle's Oscar. his graudam by
DR.. Thornlon's imported Horse Clilden;
his z. e. dam by Mr.. Halls SPOT; and his
g.g. g. dam by DR.. Marshall's llyder Ally,
who was by Lindsay's Arabian.
The Performances of ARGYLE upon
the Turf. have placed him in he very first
rank of American Horses as a Racer, while
those of hns get eniile him to an equal
standing asa Stallion. lie started first at
Orangebure S. C. in January 1884, and
ran al BarnwelI, Augusta. Macon, Column
bia, and Charleston, two. three, aud four
miles heats. winning successively 8 races.
five Of them of four mile heats, beating
Palsy Wallace, Rattlesnakc, t3rimes) LII
cy Ashton, RushlighI. Bertrand junior,
(twice) Ver,umnus, &c &c. He never
lost heat, and was rarely if ever put up
to his speed, until his extraordinary defeat
hy john Bascombc in April, 1876, The
circumstances nt' which are familiar to
every one. Subs 'quenlly he was trained
and run with great success in Virginia;
and in May last on The Central Course al
Baltimore, after running for The first heat
"f 'h-oe r,;Ine. ,".' lnsi"e IL by h"nd IN S
heat in 5 ninuIes. 40 seconds. hcinc the
best second heat of three miles recorded in
the history of the American Turf, and the
most brilliant performance Of wear sur
passing all others in the richness Of its an
nails. During the same week, and OIL the
, same course, one of his dan! n!hIers. ka'e
Seaton, woD the erea, sweepstakes ot
$1,000, beating finp field with great ease,
such coincidence being hitherto unknown
upon the Turf.
ARGYLE SlnOd hui one season and 10
Il limited number of mares, nnl many of
which were thorough bred, vel his colts
have won nine out of the eleven races 70
which they have hcen started. heating at
one, Two, and three miles, The get Of many
of our best Srallons. besides several i'm
ported colts, some Of Ihem in frst-rate
time. Two of his get, Governor Butler
aud Kate Sca,on, are now unrivalesl upon
the Turf by any Thing of their age.
The owners Of ARGYLE in bringing
him hack to The STATE in which (ho' not
loaled) he was first trained aud gained his
earlies, laurrls. prcscmt him with conf
dcnoc to The Public, as being in every way,
on account of his blood. sire and form. bis
performances on the turf, so remarkable
Tor endurance. as well as speed, and the
extraordinary success Of his gel, worthy Of
their entire appreciation.
w. b. MAYS.
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