Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-05-17
ARGYL lie.
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THE celebrated Race Horse and Stall
Il lion, Argyll Z. will stand the eusu-'
ing Season nt the Plantation of Capt. WM.
B. MAYS, four miles south Of Edgeheld c.
H., on the Augusta Road. He will be let
10 Mares al SIS the sirgle visit; S25 the
season; and S35 TO insure and half dol
lar TO the Groom in every instance. The
money or Gu. approved norc payable the
18TH of Dece ember next, must be sent with
each Mare. or she will mt DC served.
Good pas:urags will be provided, aud
Mares fed on grain ar reasonable price,
ana servants boarded gratis.
4 club Olive Mares shall be entitled to
their season al $50 each Mare, and should
they prove no, in foaI, they shall have The
beueit OF the Fal, Season gratis. Every
care will be taken of the Mates and ti.cir
foaIs, bu, no liabilities will be incurred for
escapes or accidents. a discount Of ten
per cent will be allowed on all monies
paid AT The lime Of putting the Maze.
The Season will commence on the first
Of February. aud end oil the las, Of June.
ARGYLE is dark brown horse, with
out white, except q stat, fifteen hands aud
three quarters high; possessed Of nncom-
NOR bone and muscle, and a form COM
bining with perfect symmetry, every es-
scniui OF a Race Horse. He is now I2
years old, having been foaled in Maryland
in the Spring Of 1880. He was sired by
the famous Nous. Tonson, his dam This
Ito. was by Og!e's Oscar. his grandam by
DR.. Thorntou's imported Horse Clifden;
lis g. &. dam by Mr. Halls Spot; and his
g. 6. g. dam by DR.. SlarshaIl's Hyder Ally,
who was By Lindsoy's Arabian.
The performances Of ARGYLE upon
the Turf, have placed him IN the very first
raua OF American Horses as Racer.
while those of his get cnsiIie him 10 an
equal standing az S,allion. He started
FIRST at Ornngeburg, S. c., in Jan. 1884,
and ran ut BsrpweH, Augusta. Mncon.
Columbia aud Charleston, two, iflree and
four miles heats, winning auccessively S
races, five Of them Of four mile heats, beat
ing Palsy WaBace, Rat,lesnake. e timcs)
Lucy Ashton, Ruslligh,, Bertrand, junior,
(twicel Ncrumus, &c. &c. He never
lost heat. and was rarely il ever put up
10 his speed, until his extraordinary defeat
by John Bascombe. IN April, 1886, the
circumstances Of which are familiar TO eg-
cry one. Subsequently he was trained
and run with great success in Virginia;
and in May las; on the Central Course AZ
Baltimore. aftcr<unuing .forihe first heat
ofthrec miles, andlos;ng j. by head in S
miuues seconds, i.c ,waa the second heat
in 5 minutes, 40 seconds, being the best
second heat Of three miles recorded in tho
American Turf, aud The most brilliant per-
Torrance Of year surprising all Others in
the richness OF its annals. During the
same week, and on the same COURSE, ono
Of his daughters. Kate Sea,ou. won tho
grca, sweepstakes of $1,000, beating fine
field with great ease; such coincidence
being hitherto unknown upon the Turr.
ARGYLE stood but one season und 10
limited number Of mares. not many OF
which were thorough bred. yet bis colts
have won nine out Of eleven races for
which they have been starred, beating ut
one, TWO and three miles, The get Of fmouy
oforr best Slallions, besides several i'm
ported colts, some of them in frs,-ra,e
time. Two Of his get, Governor Butter
and Kate Seaton, are now Uurivallca upon
the Turf by any Thing of their age,
The owners Of ARGYLE, in bringing
him b1ck TO the State in which Though
not loa!ed, he was frs, trained and gnined
his earliest Iaurels. present him with CON-
idcnce TO The Public, as being in every
way, on account Of his blood. sire aud
form, his performances on the turf. SO re-
for endurance. as well as speed,
aud the extraordinary success Of his get,
worthy Of their entire appreciation.
WILLIAM B. MAYS.
January Is. 1913 If 81