Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-01-25
ARGYLE.
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THHE celebrated Race Horse and Stall.
4 lion, ARGYLE, will stand the cusu
ing Season at the Plantation of Capt. WM
B. MAYS, four miles south OF EdsefirId G..
H..-qn the Augusta Road. lie will be let
10 Mares nj SIS the single visit S25 The
seasen !; and S35 TO insure /; and half a dol
lar % the Groom in every instance. The
money or an approved note payable the
i5t9 Of December next, must he sent with
each Marc. or she will not bc served.
Goad pas;uraGe will be provided, and
Mafes led on grain al 4 reasonable price,
and servants boarded gratis.
club Olive Mares shall be entitled 10
thea season al so each Mare, and should
tieI prove not in foal, they shall have the
hcOei!l Of the Fall Season s;atis. Every
caTe vii! be taken Of the Mares and their
foHis, but no liabilities will be incurred for
escapes or accidents. 4 discount Of ten
pc cen, will be aI!ow ell on MI ,I.nn:es
pad Al The tine OF put,:n. the Maic.
The aeasou will commence on The frs,
ofF'ebriary. and end un the las, Of June.
ARGYLE is dark brown horse. with.
or white. cxccr; 4 sIar E!.com i!au,!S and
tree quarters high; possessed OF uaccm
nan bone and muscle, cad 1 form coG-
tiiing with perfect symtnc.. =, every cs-
e,:ia! of q Race Horse. l.e IS row -
years old. having been !oa!ea in Maryland
u the Spring of 1880. lie vas sired b.
be famous Mons. Tonson. lis ,!an This.
20. was by oslc's Oscar. his craa'iam b.
s'. Thorn,on's imported Horse CGifLcn /;
is g. <. dam by Mr.. Halls spot; and his
/. e. Z. dam by DR.. MARSHALL, liyttr Ally.
Sho IVES by Lindsay's Arabian.
The performances Of ARGYLE upon
The Turf, have placed him in The very first
rank OF American Horses as n Racer.
those of his get cuii:!c him TO an
equal standing as Il Stallion. He started
6rs, al O%rangeburg, S. c., in Jsr. 1884.
and ran at BarnwcIl, Augusta. Macon,
Columbia and Charleston, tvo, three aud
Jour miles heats, winning excessively S
-aces. five nfthen OF four milo heats, beat
ne Patsy Wallace, Rai'!csnake. g Iimcs)
Lucy Ashton. Rush!igh', Bertrand junior.
twice. Ner,umus, &c. &r. lie never
ast a heat, aud was rarely if ever pun up
o his speed, until his extraordinary defeat
" JOHN Bascombc. in April, 1886. the
Of whicl! are Ianiiiarto ev-
nv onc. Subsequently he wa trained
nd run with srca, SUCCESS in Virginia.;
ind in May last on the Central Course At
s-ajs:-snra nfrAr running for 'i'"r"-: heat
n Inrec mics, and !o,.n- il b. ! head III
niuucs 4 seconds, he won the sec0ad heat
u 5 niuuies. ID second. Irii. he bcsl
econd hca, nGihIec niles recorded IA The
american Turf, aud the most brilliant per-
Of i year surprising all others IN
he richness of It's annals. During The
anne week, AMI ON The samc course, Que
II his daughters, Kate Seaton. %on The
.gcal sweepstakes of $1,000, beating a lime
ield with great case; such n coincidence
icing hitherto unknown upon The Turf.
ARGYLE stood hut one season ci:! 10
Limited number Of mares. not many o!
which were thorough bred. yet his colts
ave won nine out Of eleven races Tor
witch they have been started, beating at
ne, ,wn and three miles. the get Of many
for best Stations, beside, several i'm
,or,cd colts. some OF ,hcm in irst-ra,c
Two Of his S",. Governor EuIlcr
nd kaic Selton. are now umrivl,!c! upon
he Turf by any thing Of thcir age,
The owners of ARGYLE. in bringing
i'm back to the State in which Though
ut lnalci) he was first trained and gained
is car!ics, %laurels. pres cnt him with Goa
ience 10 the Public, as being in every
on accouu, Of his hlnod. sire and
orm. his performances NJ the tnrE. 50 re-
,arkabic Tor endurance, - vel ~ speed,
md the extraordinary sicccss ri his get,
worthy Of their c"'iro appreciation.
WILLIAM 3. MAYS.
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