Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-06-28
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Iut CELEBRATED RACE HORSE AND STALLION
ARGYLE,

vurII.I. stand the ensuing season, at tho plan
" ,a,;op of Samuel Mays, in Flint District,
Che,okee nation. lie will b. let TO mares at 9So
Tho season, and that paid within the year-a de-
duc,iou of 30 per cent. being made tor moneys
n,;j within the season. The season to commence
On ,be Is, day Of March, and end tho sun oi
June. ,oJ
Fverv care will bc taken Of tho mares, and
,h.,, co,s but no liabilities will be incurred Tor
escapes or accidents. Good pasturage VIII DO pro
v;ded. and mares fed on grain at re.sonaoIe
nice and servants boarded gratis. Should a
mare no, prove in foal, she shall have tho benefit
of the succeeding Fall season gratis.
DESCRIPTION AND PEDIGREE.
ARGYLE is dark brown, without whlte. eN'
cen, n star, fifteen hands and three quarters hi9h'
rossossed of uncommon bone and muscle, and a
form combining with perfect symmetry, every es-
sen,;oI of a Race Horse. lie is now fourteen
Won rs old. having been foaed in Maryland, IN the
',r;no ~ 1890. He was sired by he famous Mon.
Tonsoo. his dam Thistle. was BY Ogle's Oscar. his
orondam by Dr. Thornton's imported Horse Cni'
den. his o. prandam by Mr.. Halls Spot and ms
= a. dam BY DR.. MarshalI's Hyder Ally, who
Wns by Lindsny's Arabian.
PERFORMANCE ON THE TURF.
The performances OF ARGYLE on the Idri nave
,,oced him in the very first rank of American
Horses. as Racer, while those Of his GO, entities
him to an equal standing as Stallion. Tie start
ed first at Orangeburg. S. G.. in 1884. and ran at
RornwelI. Augusta, Macon, Columbia and Charles.
ton two, three. and four milo heats. beating Pat
sv Wallace, Rattlesnake. (,hree times,) Lady
Ashton, Rushlight, Bertrand, jr., (twice,) Yer
,ummes, g., &c. fle never lost heat. and was
rarely, if ever, put up to his Speed until his en-
,raordinary defeat BY John Bascombe in 1886,
tho circumstances of which are familiar to every
one. Subsequently he was trained and run with
great success in Virginia; and in May. 1888, on
tbe Central Course at Baltimore, after running ior
the first hea, of three miles and losing It, by
head. in 5 minutes and 45 seconds he won the
second heat in minutes and 40 seconds, being
the best second heat Of three miles recorded o'
the American Turf, and the most brilliant per
formance of year, surprising all others, in Tho
richness Of its annals.
During tho same week. and on the same course
on, of his daughters. Kate Seaton. won the grea
.wceps,akes of $4,000. heating n fine field wit
great ease, such coincidence being hitherto un
known upon the Turf.
ARGYLE stood but one season until the yea
ls4O, and to limited number Of Mares, not man
of which were thorough bred yet his colts hav
won nine out of eleven races for which they hav
boen started, beating at ono, two and three miles
the get of many Of our best Stations, besides severn
;mportcd colts, some of them in first rate time
Two ofhis GET, the "Govcrnor' and kate Season,
were unriyalled upon the Turf by any thing O
heir age.
The owner Of ARGYLE, in bringing him
the West, in the Cherokee Nation, presents hin
with confidence 10 the Public, as being IN ever,
wo,, on account of his blood, size, and form; hi
performance on the Turf,so remarkable for endu
lance, as well as speed. and the extraordinary sue
cess of his gct-worthy of their entire npproba
!on. SAMUEL Mhio.
Fort Gibson. c. N, Jan. 20lh lS45.
2--tilT 3Oth June.