Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-06-21
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THE celebrared Race Horse and S;nl-
4 lion. ARGYLE. will stand the cnsli.
ins Season nj the Plantation of Capt. WM.
B. MAYS, four miles south OF Eds"tield {.
H.. on the Augusta Read. He will be lei
to Mares al Sl5 The single visit; SD The
season; and $50 70 insure; and half dol
lar 10 the Groom in every instance. The
money oran approved nole payable tie
18Th Of December next, mrst he sent will,
each Mare or she will not be served.
Good pas,urass will nc provided, and
Mares fed or grain q, 4 reasonable price,
and servants boarded gratis.
a club offive Mares shall be entitled to
their season at 900 each Mare, and should
they prove not in foa, they shall have The
beueft of The Fall Season gratis. Every
care will be taken Of The NaIes and their
foais. but no liabilities will be incurred for
escapes or accidents. \ discount of ten
per cent will be allowed on all monies
paid a, The time Of putting the Mae.
TIE Season will commence OF Ihc Erh
Of February. aud end on The lost Of June.
ARGYLE isa dark brown horse, with
out white. except star, fifteen hands aud
three quarters high; possessed oi nncom-
mon bone and muscle. and a form com.
bining with perfect symmetry, every es-
sen:ial OF Race IIefS.. lie is now II
years old, having been ioaied in Mary land
! in the Spring of 1880. lie was sired by
the famous Mons. Tonson, his da'n This
tic. was by 0glc's Oscar. his srnnda,a by
Dr.. Thornton's impnrIcl Horse Clifdcn;
his g. s. dam by Mr. falls Spot; and his
g.g. 2. dam by DIR. Marshnli's I;yder Ally,
who was by Lindsays Arabiau.
Tho performances of ARGYLE upon
The Turf, haze placed him in The very first
rank of American Horses ms a Racer,
while those of his get chti;lc him 10 an
equal Standing as Stallion. He started
FIRST M Orangeburg, s. c., in Jan. lS3l,
and ran at BaruwelI. Anguish. Macon,
Columbia aud Charleston, Two, three and
four miles heats, winning succcssivcly 8
races, Eve Of Them OF four mile heats, beat
ing Patsy Wallace. Ran!esnahe. (3 timcsl
Lucy Ashton, Rusl,lighi, Bertrand, junior.
(lwice) Nertpmus, &c. sc. lie never
lost heat, aud was rarely il ever pun up
TO his speed, uniii his extraordinary 'le!cnt
by John Bascumbc. in April, 1886, the
circumstances Of whirh are familiar TO ev-
cry one. Subsequently he was trained
and run with great success IN Virginia; !;
and in May last on The Central Course al
Baltimore. after runniDs Tor The first heRi
Of three miles, and losing i; by head in >
minues / seconds, he won The second heat
| in 5 minutes, 40 seconds, being the best
| second hear of three miles recorded in the
American Turf, aud The most brilliant per-
formuncc Of a year surprising all others in
the richness OF It's annals. During the
same week, anl on the same course, one
OF his daughters. KATE Sca;nn. won the
great sweepstakes uf $1,000, beating n fine
field With great ease; such n coincidcnce
being hitherto unknown upon tho Tur'.
Argyll stood hui one season aud TO
limited number OF mares, not many OF
which were lhurous!, bred, yet his colts
have Won nine on, of eleven races for
! which they have been started, beating al
one, two aud three ,mi!c' ihc Set ef many
of our best Stations, besides several i'm
ported colts, some of them in hrst.ralc
timc. Two Of his gcr, Governor Butler
and Kate Scalnn, are uow ynrivalled npon
The Turf by any thing "f their age.
The owners Of ARGYLE, in brinsin.
I'him back To The State in which Though
not lonled) he was frs, trained and gained
his earliest laurels. present him with con-
lidcncc to The Public. as being in e:ery
way, on nccoun, of his blood. sire and
form, his performances on the turf. so re-
narhab!e inr endurance. rs well as speed.
and The extraordinary success Of bis get,
worthy OF llIcir entire appreciation.
WILLIAM Il. MAYS.
January 1S. 1913 # 81