Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-06-14
the CELEBRATED RACE HORSE AND STALLION
ARGYLE,

vNrIIJ .,ond the ensuing season, at the plan
" ,n,on of Sarluei Nays, in Flint district,
Cbs,okes nation. lie viii be let to mares at so
the season. and that paid within the year-a de-
duc,iop of 20 per cent. being made for moneys
p,ii within the season. The seasonto commence
on The LIST day of March, and end the 3ush oi
June.
Every Gu 70 will be taken OF tho mares, and
their foals, bu, no liabilities will be incurred iar
escapes or accidents. Good pasturage will be pro-
vided, and mares fed on grain at reasonable
price, and servants boarded gratis. Should
mare not prove in foa, she shall have tho benefit
Of the succeeding Fall season gratis.
OeSCRlPT PTi0N AND PEDIGREE.
ARGYLE is a dark brown, without whte eN.
cep, star, fifteen hands and three quarters high,
possessed of uncommon bone and muscle, and
form combining with perfec, symmetry, every es'
sen,ial Of Race Horse. lie Is now fourteen
years old. having been foaled in Mary yland, IN the
pring Of 1880. He was sired by the famous Mon.
'Tonson, his dam Thistle, was BY Og Oscar, his
grandem by DR.. Thornton's imported Horse Chit-
den, his 2. grandam by Mr.. Halls Spot; and his
g.g. z. dam by DR.. Marshall's Hyder ANY, VINO
was hy Lindsay's raban.
PERFORMANCE ON THE TURF.
The performances OF ARGYLE on the Turf, have
Horses, as Racer, while those of his &c, entities
linn to an equal standing as Stallion. He start.
ed frs, at Orangeburg, s. C.. in 1884, and ran u,
BarowelI, Augusta, Macon, Columbia and Charles.
ION .~o. three, and four mile heats, beating Pat.
sy Wallace, RattIesnake, (three times,) Lady
Ashton, Rush1ight, Bertrand. jr., (swice,) Yer
,umrnes, g., &c. He never lost heat, and was
rarely, if ever, put up 10 his speed. until his ex'
traordinary defeat by John Bascombe in 1886,
the circumstances of which are fami lar to every
one. Subsequently he was trained and run with
Rrea, success in Virginia; and in May, 1888, on
The Contra, Course at Baltimore, after running Tor
the first heat Of three miles and losing II, by
hend. in S minutes and 45 seconds he won the
second heat in minutes and 40 seconds, being
the best second heat Of three miles recorded Of
the American Turf, and the most brilliant per.
formance of year, surprising all others, in the
richness Of its annals.
During tho same week, and on the same course,
one of his daughters, Kate Seaton, won the great
sweepstakes of 5000, beating fine field with
great ease, such coincidence being hitherto un-
known upon the Turf.
ARGYLE stood but one season until the year
1910, and TO limited number Of Mares, not many
Of which wero 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 ge, of many ofour best SlnIons besides several
imported colts, some of them in first rate time
Two Of his get, the "Governor" and Kate sea'on,
wero unrivallcd upon tho Turf by any thing o
heir age.
The owner of ARGYLE, in bringing him tc
the West in the Cherokee Nation, presents hin
with confidence 10 the Public, as being in ever!
way on account Of his blood, size, and form; hi
performance Oh the Turf, so remarkable for endu
lance, as well as speed, and the extraordinary sue
cess Of his get;-worthy of their entire approba
,op. SAMUEL MAYS.
Fort Gibson, C.. N, JAM 2Olh 1915.
2--tiII Both June,