Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-04-05
ARGYL LIE.
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THE celebrated Race Horse and stai-
Il lion, ARGYLE, will stand the ensa.
ins Season ut the Plantation Of Capt. WM.
Is. MAYS. four miles south of Edgefield Z.
H., on the Augusta Road. He will be let
to Mares a, SIS the single visir SIS the
scuson ; and S35 to insure and taif 4 dol
lar 10 the Groom N cvcrv instance. The
money Or au approved tote payable the
10th Of December next. must be sent with
each Marc. or she will no; be served.
Good pas,aragc will 10. provided, and
Mares led on gram AZ q reasonable. price,
ard servant boarded gratis. 80
A club Olive Ma,es.s shall be entitled to
their season n, $50 each Mare, aud should
they prove mol in foal, they shall have the
bcueft oil the Fall Season gratis. Every
care will be taken Of Inc Mares and their
ioaIs, but no liabilities Will be incurred for
escapes or accidents. a discount Of len
per cent will be allowed on all monies
paid al the time of prt,iug the slare.
The Season will commence on the FIRST
OF February. and end on the last Of June.
ARGYLE is dark brown horse, with
out white. eScep, a sta, fifteen hands aud
three quarters high; possessed Of nncom-
mo- bone and muscle. and n form com.
bining with perfect symmetry, every es-
seu:ial Of n Race Horse. He is now IL
years old. having been foaicd in Maryland
in the Spring Of 1920. He was sired by
the famous Mons. Tcnson, his dam This
lie. was by Ogle's Oscar. his grandam.b by
Dr.. Thora,on's imported Horse Clifden;
his g.g. dam by Mr.. Halls Spot; and his
s.g. Z. dam by DR.. Marshall's Hyder Ally,
who was by Lindsay's Arabian.
The performances Of ARGYLE upon
the Turf, save placed him ia the very first
rank Of American Horses as a Racer,
while those OF his get entitle him 10 an
equal Standing as a Stallion. He started
frs, at Orangeburg, S. c., 10 Jan. 1884,
and ran at Barnwell, Augusta, Macon,
Columbia and Charleston, Two, three and
four miles heats. winning successfully 8
races, Eve of,hem offour mile heats, beat
ing Patsy Wallace, Raulesuake, g times)
Lucy Ashton, Rushlighi, Bertrand, Junior.
twice. Ncrtumus, &c. sc. He never
lost n heat. aud was rarely if ever put up
10 his speed, unit! bis extraordinary defeat
by John Basconbe. in April, 1886, tho
circumstances Of which are familiurto cv-
cry one. subsequently he was trained
aud run with great success in Virginia;
and ia May last on the Central Course at
Baltimore, after running for the first heat
Of three miles, and losing il by a head in
miuues 4 seconds, he won the secoud heat
10 5 minutes, 40 seconds, being the best
second heat o fthree miles recorded 10 The
American Turf, and the most brilliant Per-
fornGuce Of a year surprising all othersin
the richness OF its annals. During the
same week, ard on the same course, oue
OF his daughters, Kaie Seaton, won the
grco: sweepstakes of $1,000, beating n Emo
field with great case; such a coincidence
being hitherto unknown upon the Turf.
ARGYLE stood but one season and 10
a limited number Of mares. not many OF
which were thorough bred. yet his colts
have won nine out of eleven races for
which they have been started, beating at
one, two and three miles, the get Of many
of our hes, Stations, besides several i'm
ported colts, some Of them in Grst-rale
lime. Two OF his get, Governor Butler
and Kate Seaton, are now unriyalled upon
the Turf by any thing Of their age,
The owners OF ARGYLE, in bringing
him back to the State in which Though
not fonled) he was frs, trained and gained
his earliest %iaurels. present him with con-
Gdence TO the Public, as being in every
way, on account Of his blood. sire and
form, his performances on the turf. 90 re-
n,arkable for endurance, rs well AZ speed,
aud The extraordinary success Of his get,
worthy OF their entire appreciation.
WILLIAM b. MAYS.
January Is, lS43 IF 81
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