Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-06-07
ARGYLE.
49,.

TIME celebrated Race Horse and Sial-
Il lion, ARGYLE, will sand the ensu.
ing Season ot the PLANTATION of Capt. Wn.
B. MAYS, four miles south of Edse6eld c.
H.. on The Augusta Road. He will be lei
to Mares q, SIS the single visit; S25 The
season and S35 TO insure and half q dol
lar to the Gfoomih every instance. The
money or au -prproved nu,e payable ,he
18th Of December next, must be sent win
each Mare. or she will moi be served.
Good pas,urass will be provided, and
Mares fed on n:grain at reasonable price,
and servants boarded gratis.
a club offive Mares shall be entitled TO
their season al $40 each Mare, aud should
they prove no, in foal. they shall have The
bcueGt. Of Tie .Fal! Season gratis. Every
care whl-be taken of the Maies and their
foals, bur 40 liabilities will he incurred for
escapes or accidents. 4 discount Of len
per cent will be allowed on all monies
paid a, The lime Of putting the Maze.
The Season will commence on the frs,
Of February, aud end on the last Of 3unc.
ARGYLE is dark brown horse, with
out white, cxcep, star, fifteen hands aud
three quarters high; possessed Of nncoln-
mon boue and muscle, and form com.
bining with perfect symmetry, every es-
seu.ial of Race Horse. he is now l2
years old, having been fnalcd in Maryland
10 .hc Spring of 1890. lie was sired by
the faindtTs Mons. Tousou. his dam This
tie. was 10y Ogie's Oscar. his sraudam by
DR.. Thornton's imported Horse Cli(dcn !;
his z. &. dam by Mr.. Halls Spot; ind his
z. z. g.dam by.Dr. NJ arshuIl's iIyder Ally,
vho wasby l.;ndsay's Arabian.
The performances of ARGYLE upon
the Turf, have placed him in the very first
rauk Of American, Horses as Racer,
while ,huse of bis get ehti.lc him 10 an
Equal standing rs Stallion. He started
Ers at OrnDgcburg. ). c., in Jan. 1884,
and ran at Barnwcll. Augusta, Macon.
Columbia aud Charleston, Two, ,hree and
four miles heats, winning successfully s
raccs, FIVE Of them OF four min heats, heat
ius Pulsy Wallace, Rattlesnake- % times)
Lucy Ashton. RushlighI, Bertrand, Junior,
(lwice) Nerumus, &c. &c. lie never
los, heat, and was rarely If ever put up
to his speed, until lis extraordinary defeat
by Johu Buscombc. iu April, 1886, the
circumstances Of IS hich are familiar to ev-
cry Que. Subsequently he was trained
and run with great success liz Virginia; |;
aud in May last on The Central Course al
Baltimore. after running tor the first heat
ofthfec miles, and losing il by head in S
m;uues 4 seconds, lie won The secopd heat
10 S minutes, 10 seconds, being the best
seccud heat ofthree miles recorded in the
American Turf, aud the mos! brilliant per-
forlnance OF year surprising oil 6'hers IN
same week, and on the same course, one
Of his daughters, Kate Sea,un. won the
great sweepstakes of $1,000, beating a fiue
Geld wi.h erea, ease; such coincidence
being hitherto unknown upon the Turf.
ARGYLE slood but oac season and 10
aiiml,ed number Of mares, not many OF
which we're thorough bred. yet bis colts
have WOO nine out Of eleven races for
which they have been started, beating at
one, two and three miles, the get Of many
Of our best Stations, besides several i'm
ported colts, sou,e Of them ia 6rst.ro,e
,irnc. Two Of his Set, Governar Butler
and Kate Seatou. are now uprivalled upon
he Turf by any thing Of their age,
The owners Of ARGYLE, in bringing
him back TO the State in which Though
no, loaled) he was frat trained and gained
lIis earliest lausNls, .preseu, him with cou
Gdence to the Public, as berS in every
way. on accoun: Of his blood. sire aud
form, his performances On the turf. SO re-
markable for endurance, as well rs speed,
aur the extraordinary success of his get,
w6rthy Of their entirs appreciation.
WILLIAM u. MAYS.
January ls, la43 II 81