Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-05-03
THE CElEBRATED RACE HORSE AND STALLION
.. .:.ss ARGYLE,

"iEb snnd the ensuing sehson. u '.o pun
" tation Of Samuel Nays, in Flint District
Cherokee nation. lie will DO let to mares at $50
the season, and that paid within the year-a de.
duction Of 20 per cent. being made for moneys
maid within the season. The season TO commence
on the Is, day ofMarch, and end the 3O!h Of
Juno.
Every cnrsSwil be taken Of tho mares, and
their foas, br. no liabilities will be incurred for
escapes or accidents. Good Pas,urage will be pro,
s,ie,1 and mafes fed on grain at reasonable
price, and servants boarded gratis. Should a
mare no, prove in foal, size shall have the benefit
Of the succeeding Fall season gratis.
aao'a DESCRIPTION AND PEDIGREE.
.l2' ARGYLE is dark brown, without white. en-
cen, star, fifteen hands and three quarters high,
4 possessed of uncommon bone and muscle, and u
form combining with perfect symmetry. every es.
septial of q Race Horse. lie is now fourteen
wears old, having been foaled in Mary ylaud. in the
pr,no of 1880. He wus sired by the famous Mon.
Tonson, his dam Thistle, was by Ogles Oscar. his
crandam by DR.. Thornton's imported Horse Chit.
den. his Q. grandam by Mr.. Halls Spot; and his
rp.e. o. dam bv Dr. Marshal's yder Ally, who
was by Lindsay's Arabian.
10 PERFORMANCE ON THE TURF.
The performances OF ARGYLE on the Tdrf. have
placed him in the -cry first rank of American
Horses, as Racer, while those Of his ge, entities
him to an equal standing as Stallion. He start
+ ed frs, at Orangeburg, S. e.. IN 1854, and ran at
BarnwelI, Augusta, Macon, Columbia and Charles
ton two, three, and four mile heats. beating Pat.
sy Wallace, Rot,lesnake, (three tirnes,) Lady
Ashton, Rushlight, Bertrand. jr., Qwce.) Yer.
ummes, g., &c. He never lost heat. and was
rarely, If ever. put up to his speed, until his en-
trnordinary defeat by John Bascombe IN 1886
the circumstances Of which are familiar to every
one. Subsequently he was trained and ran with
great success in Virginia; and in May. 1888, on
the Central Course at Baltimore, after running Tor
the first hea, of three miles and losing 1t. by
head in 8 minutes and As seconds; he won the
second heat in minutes and 40 seconds, being
the hest second hea, 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.
- Dur;no The same week, and On the samo course,
one of his daughters. Kate Seaton, won the great
sweepstakes of S6OO0. beating fine field with
great ease, such coincidence being hitherto IN.
known upon tho Turf ... ... .rr...
ARGYLE stood but one senson until the year
1910, and 10 limited number OF Mares, not many
Of which wero thorough bred I; yet his colts have
won nine out of eleven races for which they have
been started, beating at one, two and three miles.
the ee, Of many ofour best Stnions besides seVera
imported colts, some Of them in first rate time
Two ofhis get, the ''Governor' and "kate Seator y
were unriyailed upon the Turf by any lining OF
heir age. -t---1 aa.I
III The owner Of ARGYLE, in bringing him 10
the West. in the Cherokee Nation, presents him
with confidence to tho Public, as being in every
wa, on account of his blood. size, and form: his
PERFORMANCE on the Turf, so remarkable for endu-
rapce, ns well as speed and the extraordinary sue
ee.. Of his sss;-wortby Of sheir entire nPpreba-
:,ar 2 = - ies555s SAMUEL MAYS.
Toit Gibson, C. N. Jan. Goth ls4'.
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