Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-04-01
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| vel progoriioned ara handsome, wish pienss o.
bone, .jaes sn3 ma ce, au4 ia4aigAhly sspetb fcrs
aud feel. His massesiy power Gn9 siae, adSed q
,is heau.y, spleadit cafset uti le s0fi, rich saa
fashionable pedigree saf speed and bottom OF stoas.
ness and the great PROMISE q his colis- as Tar as
tiled, make him really ana ueosapafabiy one Of
The best Stations Ia a this section OF e.aatfy aaa
a long way The best for speed ard beuom. as well
as size, Substance ard power. Whase's career on
the nFi brilliant. AT EPSON. be was fourth
for the Derby, {i2s subscriber me fastest on re-
cord, AND il is generally coaee@a8 he would have
won bad be made play liEte soesef beating Glaa.
Gus, Forester, and many oilers. He was .econd
favorite
In 1893. August ist, he raa % for the celcbra.
ted Goodwaoi Cap, near miles, beating the esIe-
brated Beium, Gaiispada. and others The Eng.
fish Sporting Masaa5ne SAID Il he had been al
loved 10 make play be would have Won
The hcrs dry he sua the Kings Plste OF 100
guiness, near 4 miles, for all ages Whale. Svears
DID, carrying ZOE lbs;, took the truck, made play.
was never headed, and won easy--bea,ipe LADY
Fly, Of the best runners Other 3sg, ana LGces.
ts The best mare ia England Of hef YEAR
Whale received forfeit from Lofd Yerulara' 5 Ct Az
.ino at Newmarket. Oct. 23ib; be received 100
SOW as % horse To- the cod Cop A. Goodwood: he
won a sweepstakes ol 100 sevs. each. al Newman
ket. Apy 2att, 1898 q subs.l beating Nonscase
and Shylock. April 3lst ssmc place, recei.Sai af.
felt from Lord Exeter. Cactus b Sul,aB.
Meet cay, Same plaee. 1 yts. Old, celrs,ng Ias
lbs. lea, Wac. g years old, ~ ihs) rssy VI
a,or iae ana tie gent Bidiits.
worth and other important
Same day. he wen the handicap Sweepsiakes,
beating a good ied Of fine hofses--9 sa5s swing
weight 10 every hoise ia the 6ud--to some vely
heavly--to THE "a horse he gave ons year and ii
lbs, who a fine horse and frequent wlnnei. He
won, this peek, al Newinoikel, Che best coursen
England FOUR races--an uncomfortable ploof of his
claims as a racer Of the Fist order.
Jolly Both 1884, nj Goodwood. be won the La
dies plaie---4 yeors old, 10 lbs.--beatihg 0phe
Tia, years old, l02 lbs, and Kate, yrs old, ~
lbs, 3 hents-Nhae winning the last two. [Soc
weights.
Ia his short, bat brilliant racing career, he run
at the best and most fashionable courses az New
market, Epson, and Goodwood, aed beat many OF
The best horses in England, Caucus. Beram,
Lucetia, Lady Fly, aid many oihere. Wheu beat
for the Derby and GooAwood cup, the tao mos.
important races Of the year, - be was beaten (,he
Sportg. Mag, sa,s) because he vas not permitted
make play soon enough, being very garre horse
Ga the race for the Kings plate, the New Sporty.
Mag. remarks" he Whale by Whaebone, i a
fine, powerful nag, and viii make his war in the
world Alier this rfse, some OF the betting iseu
offered to take 10 to tia, te wins the Goodwood
cup next year." and called Whale one Of lie ter
rble high bred catile.'
PEDIGREE.
Wslale was got BY Wnalebone. (winner Of the
Derby. and frstrate racer and Stallion out Of
Reciory by Octavius, (winner Of the Derby, and Il
son of Orville,) Cathariue b. Wool peeker, Camil
la by Trenlham, Co9uette b; the Compton Balb,
sister to Eegulus by the Godopbin Arabian. Reg
illus vas the best sou of the GodolpA.n Arabian,
and never beaten. WhaIebone. own brother To
Whisker, sire Of Economist, (sife OF Ha,kaway,y
Of Delphife, (dam of Monarch and the Queep,) Of
Memnon and the Colonel (winners Of the Legerj
was got by Waxy ont of Penelope by Trumpetcr;
Prunella by Hshhyer; Promise by Snap. &c. lie
sire Of many OF the best horses OF the day, rs
Camel, and several winners ofthe Derby and 04ks.
ociavius by Or:ille, sire of Emilius, (sire Of
Priam, Plenipo, and many others.)
Whales dam brought many capital winners at
oil distances, as Grampus, Shark, &c, and all hs
stock. on both sides of his pedigree are Iemaika-
BILE as runners both for speed and game. There is
not a richer pedigree in the STUD Book or mote
running fanily-indeed it is the very best. For
further particulars Of Whale see a iner. Turl. Reg.
Vol 7tb, page 1853.
WHALES GET.
Whale has had 8 colts trained 10 tie y States:
one ran two-mile heats at Baltimore Gladly rdden)
in 3m. 49s.--3u,. 49s., and had $500 cash oaar-
cd for hiul--while another won at Rchmond at
three two-mii- heats, and had $4,000 Offer for
him. Mr.. Robards colt is thought by many ex
cellent judges to BIO the best colt trained Ameri-
ca last year.
al assure you that I consider the Whale coli,
trained by me this fall, very Grst.rate colt
have trained and managed different times some
of the best racers in the country, to wit:--ih5
Queen. Billy Townes, Steel Eloise and otaers,
when years old, and after full and sufficient tras
do not hesitate shy that consider the Whale
colt the best year old colt ever trained,
civilian A. PORTER"
October 22d, 1889.
This is very encouraging to breeders 10 paironize
Nhaie-his Oldest colts being from a few indiiiet-
mares he arrived too late to make full
sea>on. The above was prepared by DR.. Merritt
from the English Journals and other authentic sour
ces. See what the Spirit of the Times says Of
Feb. 30, 1871: We would direct attention 70 the
advertisement ofimported Whale--he was a distin-
suished performer the English Tuif, and gen.
tleman of The FIRST distinction among our Turfnen,
has assured US that he was esteemed among the RAJ
cling world in Eng land, to his Knowledge as one of
the spfediest stoutesg, aud gamest horses in the
kingdom, and that he was the horse relied upon hy
the English when the match against time was talk
ed of. to run miles with English weights, in less
time than Eclipse and Henry made on Long Island"
TERMS AND PRIVILEGES GRANTED
Whale will stand this season, Uhch will end the
LIST Of July, my stable q miles east of Berryvle
Clarke county, Va, at $50 the season, to be paid
or before the I'd day Of July next, and SIS in
surence. to be paid the mare Is known
TO be in foal. Parting with the mare, or Irregular
attendance at the stand lorfeits The insurance.
Aud s to the groom, TO be sent with the mare.
This is fine grass country, and pasturage will
be furnished at SO cents per week, but viii not
be accountable for accidents OF tscspes. Every at
tenton shall be paid TO mares, and mares and colts
and Precaution used to prevent either. Gentlemen
wishing their mares fed grain, will give Written
directions TO that effect II shall be done cheap
as possible.
BY euer or conversation with me, gentlemen can
ascertain upon hat conditions hall bred end coarse
mares oan come at $50 The season. and $50 iasur-
ancS,
A gentleman putting 6 mares Of bis own, viii be
entitled to Of them gratis company putting
/ mares, and each one being accountable for all,
will be entitled TO Of them gratis. When gem
temen send their mares. they must write upon what
terms they will put them. Mares put last year by
the season. and failing. may be insured this year at
the season price, if iher accounts we're pad up by
the "a of July, 1870. Mares put ibis year by the
season, and failing ney he insured next yeario
any horse then standing my stable at the prce Of
the season Of such horse if their accounts for this
wear shall be settled at the expiration Of this
sor. No mare will be entitled to these privileges
! and advantages unless the terms strictly