Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-04-26

THE celebrated Race Horse and Stall
4 lion. a ARGYLE, withstand the cnsm-
ing Season at the Plantation of Capt.. WM.
b. MAYS, four miles south Of F,dgr6eid &.
H.. on The Augusta Road flc will he let
TO Mares at SIS the single visit; S25 the
season; and s35 20 insure; aud halfa dol
lnr TO the Groom in every instance. The
money nn approved. nr,e payable the
18th of Dece mber neat. must be sent With
each Mare. or she will Ioi Lc served.
Good pns,urage will be provided, and
Mares fed on grain at arcasonabic n prIer,
ard servants boatded erSiis.
a club offire Mares shall DO ct,irled 10
their season ii $40 each Marc, and should
they prove no, in foal, they shall have tho
beueGt Of llle Fan Season sratis.f Every
care will be taken Of The Mates and their
fouls, bu, no liabilities will be incurred FOR
escapes or accidents. 4 discoup, Of ten
per cent will be allowed on all monies
pail al the time Of putting the Maze.
The Season will commence on the first
Of FebTnery. aud end on The las, Of June.
i.RGYLE is dark brown horse. With
out white. eScep, star, fifteen hands aud
three quarters high; possessed Of uncom-
mon bone and muscle. and form COM
biuing with perfect symmetry, every es-
sen!iaI of n Race Horse. he is now t2
years Old. having been fnaied in Maryland
in the Sprinaoi' 1890. lie was sired by
the famous Mons. Tonson, his dam This
tie. was By Ogle's Oscar, his gran,lam by
DR.. Thornton's imported Horse Cliflen :;
his z. <. dam by Mr.. Halls Spot; and his
g.g &. dam by. DR.. Marshnil's Hyder Ally,
who was by kinlsay's Atabiaa,,
The performances Of ARGYLE. rpnn
the Turf, have placed him in tho very 6rst
rank of American Horses as Racer.
while liose OF his got ch,i.le bin to an
equal standing as a Stallion. He started
first Al; Orangeburg. s. c., in JAM 1884,
and ran at Baruwe!i. Augusta. Macon.
Columbia and Charleston, iwo, three and
four miles heats, winning successively s
races. five ofihem offour mile beats. beat-
ing Patsy Wallace, Ratilcsnnke, g iimes)
Lucy Ashton. Rushlighi. Bertrand, junior.
(lwice) Ncrtumus, &c. &c. He never
lost heat. aud was rarely ifever put up
10 bis speed, until his extraordinary defeat
by John Bascombe. iu April. 1886, the
circumstances of " Rich ore familiar 10 er-
cry one. Subsequently he was lraired
and run with great success in Virginia ;
and iu May las, on the Central Cnurce 10
Baltimore, after running Tor The FIRST sseas
of three miles. aud losing j, by head IN 5
minues 1 seconds, he won the second hear
in 5 minutes. 40 seconds, heine the best
second heat Of three miles recorded iisiho
American Turf, and ,he MOST bri!iia6t per-
forinance OF q year surprising all oll,crs IN
the richness OF iis annals, During ,hc
same week, and 90 the same course, one
OF his daughters, Kmc Scann, won ilc
grcn, sweepstakes of $1,000, heating fne
dehi with erea, ease; such, a coincidence
being hitherto unknown npon the Turf
ARGYLE srnod but ono season and u
a limited nu.rber of mares. NOT many o.
which wc.c thorough tired. yet his colt
have ,6on nine cut cfieleyeh faces fb
wbich they hnse been stared, beating a
orc, Two and three miles. The get Of many
Of our bcs, Slalious, besides several i'm
tportcd colts. san,e Of lbrsn in frs,!ralt
time. Two OF his sci, Governor. Buiiel
and kate Seaton, are now unriva'ied upor
the Turf by any thing nf their nee.
siThe owners of ARGYLE, in ,lrinSin.
aim back 10 The State IN which ith6ngt
no, foaled) he was: tirst irainedand eainst
his earliest laureIs. present him with con
fidcncc ta,hc Public. as being ia ever,
way, on Bcsoani, Of bis blind. sire anl
form, hisprrformuu:es on the tnrf. so re
smarkable for endurance, aswell ss speed
and the extraordinary success Of bis gci
worthy Of their entire appreciation.
z'a, WILLIAM b. MAYS.
January la. 1913 # 81
State of South Carolina.
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