Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-04-19
ARGYLE.
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THE celebrard Race Horse and Stall
l. lion. ARGYLE, will stand the ensu
ing Season at the Plantation Of Capt. WM
b. MAYS, four miles south Of EdgeGsld G
H., on The Augusta Road. lie will be lel
to Mares Of SIS The single visit ; SIS The
season ; and S35 to insure /; and half a dol.
lar to me Groom 10 every instance. The
money or an approved note payable the
18th of December next, must be sent with
each Marc. or she will not be served.
Good pasiur5ge viii DO provided, mud
Mares fed on grain nj q reasonable price,
and servants boarded gratis.
a club offre Mares shall he entitled 10
their season al $40 each Mare, and should
thsr prove not in ionl, they shall have the
beucit OF The Fall Season gratis. Every
care will be taken OF the .MaIcs and their
foais. but no liabilities will be incurred for
escapes or accidents. A d~iscoun, of ten
per cent will be allowed on aII monies
paid oil the time Of putting the aialo.
The Season will commence on rhe frs,
OF February. and end on the last Of June.
ARGYLE is a dark brown horse, with
out white, except a stnr, fifteen hands aud
three quarters high; possessed of nncom.
mon bone and muscle, and a form COM.
blnlng with perfect symmetry, every es-
sen:ial ofa Race Horse. He is now IL
years old, having been fnaled 10 MARYLAND
IN the Springof 1890. He was sired by
the famous Mons. Tnnsop. his dam This
tie, was ny 0gie's Oscar. bis graudam by
DIR. Thornion's imported Horse Clisdcn;
his 5. 6. dam by Mr.. Halls Spot; and his
g.g. e.dam by DR.. Marshall's Hyder Ally,
who was by Lindsay's Arabian.
The performances of ARGYLL upon
F"-e !'-e rlacci linn in tho very first
rank of American Honcs as q Eacer,
while ihose OF his get euti.ie him 10 mn
equal standing as a Stallion. He started
at orangeburs. s. c.. in Jsn. 1894,
and RIM CT R'rrweIl, Augusta. Macon.
I 1iunlbia uud Cnaricsion, Two. three aud
Tour miles heats, winning successfully s
races. Eve Of them OF four mile heats, beat
ing Patsy Wallace, Rair!esnak,. g ,imes)
Lucy Ashton, Rushligh,, Bertrand. junior,
twice. Nertumus. &c. sc. He never
lost heat. and was rarely il ever pul up
.. !, ms speed. iiabo, in April, i6eS: the
circumstances of which are familiar TO cv-
Try one. Subsequently he was trained
run with grea, success in Virginia;
and in May last on the Central Course q.
Baltimore, after running for the fire. hca,
three miles, and losing it by a head in 5
4 seconds. 10 won ihc second heat
IL , minutes, 4d Seconds, beng Tie besl
hca, orthree miles recorded in the
American Turf, and tie niust brilliant per-
form-nce IF n year surprising I'll "tL"r, in
the richness oil its annals. During The
Same wech. and on The >1mc course, one
OF his daughters, Kate Seaton, won The
grca.i AZ crpSiakcsor $1,000, hcaiiis u iur
field with great ease; such q coincidence
tHt"rto unknown upon the Turf.
ARGYLE stood but one season aud 10
Il i..nIied number of mares. moi many OF
which were thorough bred. ye, his colts
have won nine "a Of eleven races for
which they have been started, beating at
one, two and three miles, the eel Of many
Of our best Stations. besides several i'm
ported coils, some Of them in frst-ro,e
time. Two Of his get, Governor Butler
and Kate Scatou, are now unrivalied upon
The Turf by any thing Of their age.
The owners u ARGYLE, in bringing
him back TO the State in which Though
not foaIed) he Nas frs, trained and gained
his earliest %laprels, present him with on
fdeuce TO the Public, as being in every
way, on accouo Of his blood. sire and
form. his performances nm the turf. so re-
markuble for endurance, as wei! as speed,
aud the extraordinary success OF his gel,
worthy Of their eniiro appreciation.
WILLIAM h. MAYS.
January 10, 1913 II 81