Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-01-18
ARGYL e..
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Z lion, ARGYLE. will stand the ensu
Ing Season 81 The Plantation Of Capt. WIN.
Is. NAYS, four miles south OF Edgeheld {.
H., on the Augusta Road. He will be let
to Mares at Sis the single visit S25 The
season ; ana S35 to insure !; and half a dol
lar TO the Groom in every instance. The
money or n n approved note payable the
18TH Of Dece mber next, must be sent with
each Mare. or she will not be served.
Good paslurags will be provided, aud
Mares fed on grain al n reasonable price,
and ervants boarded gratis.
& club uffvc Mares shall be entitled TO
rhcir season al $50 each Mare, aud should
they prove not in foal, they shall have the
beueGt OF the Fall Season gratis. Every
care will be taken of The Malcs and their
loals, but no liabilities will be incurred for
escapes or accidents. 4 discoun, Of ten
per cent will be allowed on all monies
paid nj The lime of putting the Maze.
The Season will commence on the irsl
Of February, aud end on the last OF June.
ARGYLE is Il dark brown horse. with
Cut white, except 4 star, fifteen hands and
three quarters high; possessed of uncom
mon bone and muscle, and a form COM
hiuing with perfect symmetry, every es-
sen,iul Of a Race Horse. He is now IL
years old, having been fnaled in Maryland
in the Springof 1880. lie was sired by
The famous Nous. Tonson, his dam This.
tie, was by Osle's Oscar, his grandam by
DR.. Thornton's imported Horse Clifdcn !;
his e. <. dam by Mr.. Halls Spot; and mis-
&. G. G. dam by DR.. Marshall's Hyder Ally,
who was by Lindsay's Arabian.
The performances Of ARGYLE upon
The Turf, have placed him in The very first
rank Of American Horses AZ n Racer,
while those of his get cu,itIe him to an
equal standing as a Stallion. He started
first at Orangcburg, 5. c., in Jan. 1884,
and ran at Barnwcll, Augusta. Macon,
Columbia aud Charleston, Two, three aud
four miles heats. winning successfully s
races. Eve Of them Of four mile heats, beat
ing Patsy WaIlnce. Ra,lcsnake, Is rimes)
Lucy Ashton, Rushlight, Bertrand. junior.
twice. Ncr,umus, &c. &c. He never
lost heat. anl was rarely il fever put up
10 his speed, until his extraordinary defca,
by Join Bascombe. i'll April, 1896. the
circumstances Of which are familiar 10 ev-
cry one. Subsequently he vas trained
aud run with great success in Virginia
and in May last on the Central Course NJ
Baltimore, after running for The first heat
Of three niles, and losing it by a head in )
miuues 4 seconds, he won the second heat
in 5 minutes. 40 seconds, being the best
second heat Of Three miles recorded in The
!..nericun Turf. aud the most br:i!iant per
fnrmauce Of a year surprising all others in
the richness of its annals. During the
same week, and on the same course, ON,
Of his daughters. Kate Sea.uu. son III,
grea, sweepstakes of $1,000, beating a fin,
field with grea. ease; sch q coincidenc,
being hitherto unknown upon the Turf
AEGfLE stood but one season aud Il
4 limited number OF mares. not many O
which were thorough bred, yet his colt
have won nine out Of eleven races 70
which they have been started, bea ting q
une, I've und three miles, The get Of mau,
ofour best Stations. besides several i'm
ported colts, some Of them in frst-ral,
time. Two Of his gel, Governor Butle
and Kate Seaton. are now unrivaI!ed upol
the Turf By any thing Of their age.
The owners Of ARGYLE. in bringing
him back To The State in which Though
not foaled) he was first trained and gained
his earliest laurcls. present him with con,
6dencc 10 the Public, as being 10 every
way, on account Of his blood. sire anl
form. his performances on The turf. so 70
markablc for endurance, as well as speed
aud the extraordinary success Of his gel
worthy of their entire appreciation
WILLIAM b. MAYS.
January ls, lS43 II 81