Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-01-28
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TIilS celebrated Race Horse; and Stall
T. lion will stand The ensuing Season..
from 18th February 10 18th Juue, at. Mr.'
WM. Is NAYS, i'll EdgcficII District, s..
C., 3 miles from the Court. House, on Tile
Augusta Roa,l. lie will lie le,io mares
ut so The single visit, $50 the, Season,
! aud so tn insure; and one dollar to the
groom in every instance. The lnnne,r money, or
an approved, note payable The 18th Deceh::
her next. musl be sent with each mare, Or
she will not be served. Good pasturage
will be provided, and mares fed Oil grain
al reasonable price, aud servants board
F.! ed Gratis. mod -;.5s. -,,s...
Every care will be taken ofmares and
iuals. bnl no liabilities will be incurred for
escapes Ur accidents. "'' -"'-'
AkGYLE5is dark brown horse, with.
ouI hitc, except star, fifteen hands AID
three quarters high; possessed Of uncom-
mon bone and muscle, aud form COM
biniua with perlecr symmetry, every. es-
scn,ial 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. Tonson,his dam This
tie, was by Ogle's Oscar, bis grandam by
DR.. Thorn,on's imported Horse Clfaen;
his =. &. dam by Nr. Halls Spot; and his
g.g. g. dam by DR.. MarshaIl's ilyder Ally,
who was by Lindsay's Arabian. ,r
The Performances Of ARGYLE upon
F., the Turf lave placed him in The very first
rank Of American Horses as Racer, while
those Of his get enlille him to an equal
standing rs Il Stallion. lic started frs, at
Orangebure. S. C. in January 1884, and
ran "a, Barnwell, Augusta, Macon, ,Colunl-
hia, and Charleston, two. three. and four
miles heats. winning successfully 8 races,
five of Them of four mile heats, beating
Palsy Wallace, Rattlesnake, (3 ,irnes) Luz
cy Ashton, Rushlight. Bertrand junior.
| (twicc) Vertu.nnus, &c. &c. He never
lost heat, aud was rarely if ever put up
to his speed, until his extraordinary defeat
by John Bascombe in April, 1886, the
circumstances of which are familiar TO
every one. Subs. Ls.quenlly he was trained
and run with great success in Virginia.
aud in May last on The Central Course al
Baltimore. ulier running for The frst heat
Of three miles, aud losing it by a head in5
minutes 4-seconds, be won the second
heal in minutes, 40 seconds, being tho
best second heat Of three miles recorded in
the history Of The American Turf, and the
most brilliant performance Of year sur
passing all others in the richness ofils an
uaIs. During The same week, and on the
same course one of his daughters. kato
Seaton. won the great sweepstakes OF
SlUyO, beating fine ield;wih great ease;
such coincidence being hitherto unknown
upon the Turf
ARGYLE stood hut one season and 10
| a limited number of mares, noi many OF
which were thorough bred, yet his colts
have won nine on, of the eleven races 10
which they haze hcen started, beatiug at
one, two, and three miles, the gel of many
of our best SlaIions, besides several i'm
ported colts, some Of Them IN hrst-ra!c
trIrc.--two oi TITS gc',- -S3u-orro+- satles=
aud Kale Sealon, are now unriyalled upon
The Turf by any thing of their age. ~;
The owners of ARGYLE. in bringing
him back to The Stale in which (,ho'snot
roaIed) he was frs, trained aud gained his
earliest laurelS, present him with cobfi-
dcnce toihc Public, as being in every way,
ON account ut his blood, sire and form, bis
performances OH the turf, so reInarkahtte
iur endurance. as well as speed, ami The
extraordinary success Of his gel, worlhyof
their entire appreciation.
w. B. MAYS
Dec. Is. 1910. 4G If
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