Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-02-15

VIE ceteGrated Race Horse anu Slai'
Il lion, ARGYLE, will stand The cnsu'
Ing Season atihe Plantation Of Capt. WM'
B. MAYs, iu4r miles south of Edgeirld {.
H., on The augusta Road. He will he lei
10 Mares al SIS The single visit So The
season I; and S335 10 insure /; aud half 4 dol
lar 10 the Gloom in every instance. The
money or als approved uotc payable the
10Th OF December next, must DC sent with
each Mare. or she will not be served.
Good pastatage will ho provided, aud
Mares led or grain ut u reasonable price,
and servants boarded gratis.
4 club oft.ye Mares shall he entitled 10
their season Il $50 cact Mare, and should
they prove MOI in foal, they shall have The
bcucft OF TIC Fall Season gratis. Every
care will be :aksn OF the MaIcs aud their
loa!s, but 40 liaE.iilics will be incurred for
escapes or aeefdcnls. i discount of ten
per cent vii be allowed on all monies
paid al the line of putting the MaIe.
The Sessda will commence on The frs,
Of Fcbruary.a aud end ON the Ins, Of Juuc.
ARGYLEssa dark brown horse, with
out white, essepta stat, fifteen hands aud
three quarter high; possessed Of nncom.
mon'bone AID muscle, and a form com.
biaing with cffscs symmetry. every cs-
seu,ial ofagsEcc Horse. lie is now IL
years old, ding been foa!ed in Maryland
IN the Spria 1890. lie was sired by
iiia anai;szI This
tic. was by ogIe's Oscar. his grandam by
DR.. rhorn.on's imported Horse Clifden /;
his 9 &. dam by Mr. Halls Spot ; and his
s.s 6. 3. dam by DR.. Marshull's llydcr Ally,
who was by Liudsay's Arabian.
The performances of ARGYLE upon
The Turf, have placed him il The very first
rank o. American Horses as n Racer,
whlic li.ose Of his Get cL:ille him To ali
equal standing as Il Stallion. lie started
first at Oranscburg, s. c.. in Jan. 1881,
aud ran ct Barnwcil, Augusta, Mncon,
Columbia und Charleston, Two. three and
four miles heals. winning successfully )
races. Eve nf,hcm oi four milo heats, beat
Ing Patsy Wallace. Rattlosnakc, Is ,imcs)
Lucy Ashton, Rusa!i.ht, Bertrand, %juuior.
(wice) Nrrumus, &c. &c. He never
lost a heat, and was rarely if ever put up
10 his speed, until his extraordinary defeat
Nv John Bascom',c. in April. lS3G. the
circumstance Of which are tamiliartn ev-
cry ono. Subsequently he was trained
aud run with great success in Virginia;
and in May last on the Central Cnu.sc Al
Baltimore, after running for The first heat
o:lhrcc miles, and losing il b. Il head in )
minues 4 seconds. 'c wun the second heat
in ) minutes, 10 seconds, being the best
second hca, q lhree miles recorded IN Inc
AMERICAN Turf, aud the mos; briiliuni per-
furmance q! year surprising all others in
r',c richness Of It's annals. During the
! same week. and un the snnic cucrsc, one
OF his daughters, Kate .;ca,un. wou the
great sweepstakes Of $1,000, beating a fine
field Wit. great case; such 4 coincidence
helm. hitherto unknown upon the Turf.
ARGYLE stood but one season aud 10
n lim;,cd nu:..ber Of mares. not many OF
which were thorough bred. yet his colts
have won niao out of eleven races for
| which they hsvc been started, beating IT
| one, w. and three miles. the get Of rIany
Of our 3est StulIions, besides several i'm
ported colts, son:c Of them in 6rs,-ralc
lime. Two Of his get, Governor Butler
aud Kate Seaton, are now unrivallcd upon
the Turf by any Thing Of their age,
The owners OF ARGYLE. ia bringing
| him back TO the State in which Though
not foaled) re was tirs, trained and gained
his carries, l%aurels. present him with cuu-
| fideuce 10 the Public, rs being in every
way. on account of his blood. sire and
form, his performances On The turf. 50 re.
markablc for endurance, as well as speed,
aud the extraordinary success Of his get,
worthy Of their entire Appreciation.
WILLIAM B. MAYS.
January Is. 1913 u 81
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